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{{Infobox Individual
|image = Clarence DiMarco.png
|image       = Clarence (TNOTD).jpg
|name = Clarence DeMarco
|species     = Human
|species =  
|first      = The Name of the Doctor (TV story)
|only = The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor
|appearances = {{il|[[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Clarence and the Whispermen (home video)|Clarence and the Whispermen]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ghoul (short story)|The Ghoul]]''}}
|actor = Michael Jenn
|actor       = Michael Jenn
|origin = [[Earth]]
}}
}}
'''Clarence DeMarco''' was a serial killer active in [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[London]].  
'''Clarence DeMarco''' was a serial killer active in [[Victorian era|Victorian]] [[London]]. In [[1893]], he was apprehended there for [[murder]]ing [[14 (number)|fourteen]] women and was sentenced to death. He was chosen by the [[Great Intelligence]] as a courier of information for [[the Doctor]]'s associates, an encounter which put him into a traumatic state of mind. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'') The Intelligence had previously considered and dismissed the idea of using [[Patsy (The Talons of Weng-Chiang)|the woman]] in the cell next to his, instead. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ghoul (short story)|The Ghoul]]'')


==Biography==
The day before his execution, he was approached by the [[Whisper Man|Whispermen]] and the coordinates to [[Trenzalore]] were impressed onto his memory. They claimed that if he cooperated with them, he would be spared his [[execution]] to live a good long life, except for troubled sleep. ([[HOMEVID]]: ''[[Clarence and the Whispermen (home video)|Clarence and the Whispermen]]'')
Judging by his accent, DeMarco was likely one of the many [[Poland|Polish]] Jews that fled to London during the late [[19th century]] to escape the pogroms of Tsarist [[Russia]]. In [[1893]], he was apprehended in London for murdering fourteen women and was sentenced to death. In the end, his life was spared because he helped [[Madame Vastra]] by giving her information related to [[the Doctor]], which he knew thanks to his ability to hear the 'whispers of the universe', such as coordinates that led to [[Trenzalore]] and the phrase, "The Doctor has a secret he will take to the grave... and it is discovered."
 
In the end, his execution was postponed because he helped [[Madame Vastra]] by giving her information related to the Doctor, such as coordinates that led to [[Trenzalore]] and the comment, "The Doctor has a secret, you know. He has one he will take to the grave... and it is discovered." ([[TV]]: ''[[The Name of the Doctor (TV story)|The Name of the Doctor]]'')
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Latest revision as of 18:50, 3 November 2024

Clarence DeMarco was a serial killer active in Victorian London. In 1893, he was apprehended there for murdering fourteen women and was sentenced to death. He was chosen by the Great Intelligence as a courier of information for the Doctor's associates, an encounter which put him into a traumatic state of mind. (TV: The Name of the Doctor) The Intelligence had previously considered and dismissed the idea of using the woman in the cell next to his, instead. (PROSE: The Ghoul)

The day before his execution, he was approached by the Whispermen and the coordinates to Trenzalore were impressed onto his memory. They claimed that if he cooperated with them, he would be spared his execution to live a good long life, except for troubled sleep. (HOMEVID: Clarence and the Whispermen)

In the end, his execution was postponed because he helped Madame Vastra by giving her information related to the Doctor, such as coordinates that led to Trenzalore and the comment, "The Doctor has a secret, you know. He has one he will take to the grave... and it is discovered." (TV: The Name of the Doctor)