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|image=baydead.jpg
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|series=[[BBC Torchwood novels]]
|series = [[BBC Torchwood novels]]
|number= 11  
|number = 11  
|main character= [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]], [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]], [[Andy Davidson|Andy]]
|main character= [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]], [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]], [[Andy Davidson|Andy]]
|featuring= Kathy Swanson
|featuring = Kathy Swanson{{!}}Swanson
|featuring2= Nina Rogers
|featuring2 = Nina Rogers
|featuring3= Alexander Martin
|featuring3 = Alexander Martin
|enemy= [[Search unit]]s
|enemy = [[Search unit]]s
|setting= [[Cardiff]], [[2009]]
|setting = [[Cardiff]], [[2009]]
|writer= [[Mark Morris]]
|writer = Mark Morris
|publisher= BBC Books  
|publisher = BBC Books
|release date= [[25 June (releases)|25 June]], 2009
|release date= 25 June 2009
|format= Hardcover Book
|format = Hardcover Book, 256 pages
|isbn= ISBN 978-1-84607-737-1
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-84607-737-1
|prev= Into the Silence (novel)
|prev = Into the Silence (novel)
|next= The House That Jack Built (novel)
|next = The House That Jack Built (novel)
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'''''Bay of the Dead''''' was the eleventh release in the [[BBC Torchwood novels|BBC ''Torchwood'' Novels]] series.
'''''Bay of the Dead''''' was the eleventh release in the [[BBC Torchwood novels|BBC ''Torchwood'' Novels]] series.
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== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
=== Individuals ===
=== Individuals ===
* Joe and Jackie have been visiting [[Mike Roach|Mike]] and [[Sue Roach]].
* Joe and Jackie have been visiting [[Mike Roach|Mike]] and [[Sue Roach]].
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Bay of the Dead was the eleventh release in the BBC Torchwood Novels series.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

When the city sleeps, the dead start to walk…

Something has sealed off Cardiff, and living corpses are stalking the streets, leaving a trail of half-eaten bodies. Animals are butchered. A young couple in their car never reach home. A stolen yacht is brought back to shore, carrying only human remains. And a couple of girls heading back from the pub watch the mysterious drivers of a big black SUV take over a crime scene.

Torchwood have to deal with the intangible barrier surrounding Cardiff, and some unidentified space debris that seems to be regenerating itself. Plus, of course, the all-night zombie horror show.

Not that they really believe in zombies.

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  • Rhys crashes his Saab.
  • Gwen and Rhys take cover behind a Citroën.
  • Gwen sarcastically asks Rhys if he is trying to call Rentokil.

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  • The title appears to be a reference to Romero's Living Dead movies, most notably Day of the Dead.
  • The dense fog which foreshadows the appearances of zombies in the novel appears to reference the cult horror film The Fog, in which a glowing fog sweeps over a Californian town, bringing with it the vengeful ghosts of mariners killed in a shipwreck 100 years prior.
  • Although it remains unnamed in the book, a reference is made to the film The Incredible Shrinking Man. Reference is also made to The Addams Family.
  • This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.

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