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{{Infobox Individual
|individual name= Pearl
|image= Pearl.jpg
|image=[[Image:I can see it.jpg|250px]]
|species= Humanoid
|race=  
|alias= The Mermaid
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|origin=  
|home planet= [[Earth]]?
|affiliation = Night Travellers
|home era=[[20th century]]
|only= From Out of the Rain (TV story)
|appearances= [[TW]]: ''[[From out of the Rain]]''
|actor = Camilla Power
|actor=[[Camilla Power]]
}}
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'''Pearl''' was an accomplice of the [[Ghostmaker]]. She was also involved in a romantic relationship with him.


'''Pearl''', was a companion and accomplice to the dark ringmaster, the [[Ghostmaker]]. She enjoyed bathing in, smelling, and tasting water. She travelled with the [[Night Travellers]] in the [[Joshua Joy Travelling Show]] from the late [[19th century]] onward. The Ghostmaker described her as the "closest thing you will see to a living [[mermaid]]" and described her as capable of living on the ocean's floor.
Pearl enjoyed bathing in, smelling and tasting water. She travelled with the [[Night Travellers]] in the [[Night Travellers|Joshua Joy Travelling Show]] from the late [[19th century]] onward. The Ghostmaker described her as the "closest thing you will see to a living [[mermaid]]" and said she was as capable of living on the ocean's floor.


After the end of the Night Travellers all that remained of them were memories and films. It was from these films that Pearl and the Ghostmaker escaped. They set about taking away the last breaths of people, yet leaving them alive as an "audience". They collected the breath in a silver flask. Pearl took great delight in drinking people's tears. She and the Ghostmaker robbed a film of the Night Travellers from [[Jonathon Penn]]'s flat. She filled the bath there and submerged in it. Later, the pair travelled to the old cinema and played the tape releasing the remaining Night Travellers. [[Jack Harkness]] filmed them all and exposed the tape, destroying them as they were just a film. Jack claimed that Pearl and the Night Travellers could return if there were more films of the Night Travellers out there. ([[TW]]: ''[[From out of the Rain]]'')
When film and cinema killed off the travelling shows, Pearl and the other Night Travellers became trapped on film. However, Pearl and the Ghostmaker were able to escape in the [[21st century]] when a roll of film with the Night Travellers on was played at the [[Electro]]. The duo set about taking away the last breaths of victims in the area, yet leaving them alive as an "audience". They collected the breaths in a silver flask.


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[[File:Pearl vanquished.jpg|left|thumb|Pearl's celluloid physical form is destroyed. ([[TV]]: ''[[From Out of the Rain (TV story)|From Out of the Rain]]'')]]
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When Pearl decided that the other Night Travellers should be free as well, she and the Ghostmaker stole the film of the Night Travellers from [[Jonathan Penn]]'s flat. They then returned to the Electro and played the film, releasing the other Night Travellers. However, [[Jack Harkness]] filmed them all on a film camera and exposed the camera's untreated film, destroying them. Though Pearl and the other Night Travellers were apparently destroyed, Jack feared that they could return through other lost rolls of old film that contained them. ([[TV]]: ''[[From Out of the Rain (TV story)|From Out of the Rain]]'')
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Latest revision as of 17:16, 9 March 2023

Pearl was an accomplice of the Ghostmaker. She was also involved in a romantic relationship with him.

Pearl enjoyed bathing in, smelling and tasting water. She travelled with the Night Travellers in the Joshua Joy Travelling Show from the late 19th century onward. The Ghostmaker described her as the "closest thing you will see to a living mermaid" and said she was as capable of living on the ocean's floor.

When film and cinema killed off the travelling shows, Pearl and the other Night Travellers became trapped on film. However, Pearl and the Ghostmaker were able to escape in the 21st century when a roll of film with the Night Travellers on was played at the Electro. The duo set about taking away the last breaths of victims in the area, yet leaving them alive as an "audience". They collected the breaths in a silver flask.

Pearl's celluloid physical form is destroyed. (TV: From Out of the Rain)

When Pearl decided that the other Night Travellers should be free as well, she and the Ghostmaker stole the film of the Night Travellers from Jonathan Penn's flat. They then returned to the Electro and played the film, releasing the other Night Travellers. However, Jack Harkness filmed them all on a film camera and exposed the camera's untreated film, destroying them. Though Pearl and the other Night Travellers were apparently destroyed, Jack feared that they could return through other lost rolls of old film that contained them. (TV: From Out of the Rain)

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