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|individual name= Sabalom Glitz
|image       = SabalomGlitzLooksRightTMP.jpg
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|species    = Andromedan
|race= [[Human]]
|origin      = [[Salostopus]]
|home planet= [[Salostophus]]
|first cs    = The Mysterious Planet (TV story)
|home era= c. [[2,000,000]]
|appearances = {{appears}}
|appearances=<ul><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]''</li><li>[[DW]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]''</li><li>[[NA]]: ''[[Head Games]]''</li><li>[[MA]]: ''[[Goth Opera]]''</li><li>[[PDA]]: ''[[Mission: Impractical]]''</li></ul>
|actor       = Tony Selby
|actor= [[Tony Selby]]
|clip        = Goodbye Mel, Hello Ace! - Doctor Who - Dragonfire - BBC
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'''Sabalom Glitz''' was a rogue from the [[planet]] [[Salostopus]] in the [[galaxy]] of [[Andromeda Galaxy|Andromeda]]. The morality of his activities was dubious even when their legality was not. Though Glitz's first love was [[money]], he occasionally made uneasy alliances with [[the Doctor]] in his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnations]], and also briefly worked with {{Ainley}}.


'''Sabalom Glitz''' was a rogue from the [[planet]] [[Salostophus]] in the [[Andromeda Galaxy|galaxy of Andromeda]]. The morality of his activities was dubious even when their legality was not. Though Glitz's first love was money he occasionally made uneasy alliances with [[the Doctor]] in his [[Sixth Doctor|sixth]] and [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnations]], and also briefly worked with [[the Master]].
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Sabalom Glitz came from a broken home on [[Salostopus]] and credited his upbringing with unbalancing him and making him selfish. He became a criminal and spent some time in [[prison]], during which he saw several [[psychiatrist]]s, one of whom he attempted to kill. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mysterious Planet (TV story)}}) During his criminal career, he partnered with {{Ainley}} for "a few nice little tickles", although the two did not trust one another, ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Ultimate Foe (TV story)}}) and became a wanted man in six different [[galaxy|galaxies]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mysterious Planet (TV story)}})


==Personal History==
=== Secrets of the Matrix ===
Glitz's background was predictably shady, though he once claimed to be the product of a broken home - which according to at least one psychiatrist was the cause of his more sociopathic tendencies. He was already an accomplished criminal when the Doctor and [[Peri]] first encountered him. With his accomplice, [[Dibber]], they had come to the planet [[Earth]] (at that time known as Ravolox) in order to acquire secrets from [[the Matrix]] then in the possession of the [[L-3]] robot [[Drathro]].  
With his accomplice, [[Dibber]], he came to the planet [[Earth]] (at that time known by name of Ravolox) in order to acquire secrets from [[the Matrix]], then in the possession of the [[L3]] [[robot]] [[Drathro]].


:''By unknown means, the secrets had found their way from [[the Sleepers]] into Drathro's underground bunker. Though neither of them explicitly confirmed it, it is likely that Glitz was attempting to retrieve the Matrix secrets on behalf of the Master.''
Glitz planned to destroy the [[black light]] system which provided Drathro with energy and then steal the secrets. When Dibber destroyed the external collection aerial, the system became dangerously unstable, and only the Doctor's intervention prevented a potentially catastrophic explosion. Drathro was destroyed, and the secrets with him. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Mysterious Planet (TV story)}})


Glitz planned to destroy the [[black light]] system which provided Drathro with energy and then steal the secrets. When Dibber destroyed the external collection aerial, the system became dangerously unstable, and only the Doctor's intervention prevented a potentially catastrophic explosion. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Mysterious Planet]]'')
Near the end of [[the Doctor's trial (The Mysterious Planet)|the Doctor's trial]] by the [[Time Lord]]s, Glitz, like [[Melanie Bush]], was dispatched to the space station by his business partner, the [[renegade Time Lord]] known as {{Ainley}}. Glitz accompanied the Doctor into the simulated reality of the Matrix to fight [[the Valeyard]]. The Master bribed Glitz to betray the Doctor, but in turn was tricked by the Valeyard. Given what he thought were the true secrets of the Matrix, the Master tried to upload them into the systems of [[The Master's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. This activated a [[particle disseminator]] so that both were in fact trapped, causing the Master and Glitz to be paralysed within the TARDIS. After the Doctor had finally defeated the Valeyard, he pleaded with the Time Lords to show leniency to Glitz, who he believed still had some good in him. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Ultimate Foe (TV story)}})


Nearing the end of the Doctor's trial by the [[Time Lord]]s, Glitz, like [[Melanie Bush]], was dispatched to the space station by his business partner, [[the Master]].  Glitz accompanied the Doctor into the simulated reality of the Matrix to fight the [[Valeyard]]. The Master bribed Glitz to betray the Doctor, but in turn was tricked by the Valeyard. Given what he thought were the true secrets of the Matrix, the Master tried to upload them into the systems of [[the Master's TARDIS|his TARDIS]]. This activated a [[particle disseminator]] so that both, were in fact, trapped, causing the Master and Glitz to be paralysed within the TARDIS. After the Doctor had finally defeated the Valeyard, he pleaded with the Time Lords to show leniency to Glitz, whom he believed still had some good in him. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe]]'')
=== Captain of the ''Nosferatu'' ===
Glitz next ran into the Doctor when he and Dibber planned the "crime of the century" on the planet [[Vandor Prime]], where they also stole a spacecraft called the ''[[Nosferatu (ship)|Nosferatu]]''. The Doctor and [[Frobisher]] collaborated with Glitz to steal a valuable artefact in order to avert interstellar war by returning it to its original owners. According to this account, however, Dibber was killed during the mission. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Mission: Impractical (novel)}})


Glitz next ran into the Doctor when he and Dibber planned the "crime of the century" on the planet Vandor Prime. ([[MA]]: ''[[Mission: Impractical]]'')
After [[Regeneration|regenerating]] into his [[Seventh Doctor|seventh incarnation]], the Doctor and Mel next ran into Glitz on [[Iceworld]], a tourist destination and trading post on the [[planet]] [[Svartos]]. Glitz owed money to the vengeful [[Kane (Dragonfire)|Kane]], having bankrupted himself with a gambling debt. The crew of the ''Nosferatu'', who had rebelled against Glitz's dubious leadership, were sold to Kane to form part of his army of [[amnesia]]c warriors.


The Doctor, having since [[regenerate]]d into his seventh incarnation, and, with Mel, next ran into Glitz on [[Iceworld]] on the planet [[Svartos]].
Glitz had by this time made the acquaintance of the then sixteen-year-old [[Ace]], a [[human]] who had travelled to this time by [[time storm]] from the year [[1987]] and now worked as a waitress. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dragonfire (TV story)}}) Despite their age differences, Ace had lost her [[virginity]] to him whilst on Iceworld. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Happy Endings (novel)}})


At this time, Glitz owned a small ship known as the ''[[Nosferatu]]''. He had ended up in [[Iceworld]], a tourist destination and trading post on the [[planet]] [[Svartos]]. Glitz owed money to the vengeful [[Kane]], having bankrupted himself with a gambling debt. The crew of the ''Nosferatu'', who had rebelled against Glitz's dubious leadership, were sold to Kane to form part of his army of amnesiac warriors.
After Kane destroyed the ''Nosferatu'', Glitz was consumed by vengeance. The folly of Kane's ambitions were revealed to him by the Doctor. Kane's people had died out thousands of years ago, leaving him no one on which to revenge himself. Kane chose to kill himself, leaving Glitz with Iceworld, which he christened the ''[[Nosferatu II]]''. Glitz was not pleased when Mel decided to stay behind to help him run his business and make sure that he gave up his criminal ways. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dragonfire (TV story)}})


Glitz had by this time made the acquaintance of the 16 year old [[Ace]], who had travelled to this time by [[time storm]] from the year [[1987]] and now worked as a waitress. ([[DW]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'') Actually, despite their age differences, Ace had lost her virginity to him. Almost uniquely amongst Ace's known romantic and/or sexual partners, Glitz's liaison with her was not closely followed by extreme personal trauma or his untimely and violent death. ([[NA]]: ''[[Happy Endings]]'')
=== Later career ===
Glitz and Mel once encountered a [[Galactic Heritage]] fleet. The experience led Mel to describe the organisation as "a militarised, spacefaring National Trust". ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The High Price of Parking (audio story)}}) According to one account, Glitz sold Mel's possible futures to [[Speravore Investment Holdings]] and abandoned her on [[Ricosta]] to pay off his debts. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|A Life of Crime (audio story)}})


Subsequently, Kane destroyed the ''Nosferatu'', after which Glitz was, himself, consumed with vengeance. The folly of Kane's ambitions were revealed to him by the Doctor, Kane's people having died out thousands of years ago, leaving him no one on which to revenge himself. Kane chose to kill himself, leaving Glitz with Iceworld, which he christened the ''Nosferatu II''. Glitz was not pleased when Mel decided to stay behind to help him run his business and make sure that he gave up his criminal way.s ([[DW]]: ''[[Dragonfire (TV story)|Dragonfire]]'')
According to another account, Glitz and Mel travelled with Dibber. After six months of travel, Mel left them in order to hitch-hike to Earth. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Head Games (novel)}}) Following her departure, Glitz and Dibber took possession of a [[miniscope]] containing [[Drashig]]s, inside of which [[Romana II]] was imprisoned by [[Ruath]]. She was later rescued, and the miniscope was destroyed. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Goth Opera (novel)}})


==Behind the Scenes==
=== Death ===
''[[Doctor Who]]'' scripts by [[Robert Holmes]], a former police officer, frequently included some sort of "dodgy" colourful character, usually a criminal. These ranged from [[Unstoffe]], [[Vorg]] and [[Milo Clancey]] and [[Henry Gordon Jago]], to the more serious [[Mandrel]], [[Stotz]] and [[Rohm-Dutt]]. Of these, only Glitz appeared in more than one story. He was also the last major character created by Holmes, as he died while writing Glitz's second story, ''The Ultimate Foe''.
Glitz died at the age of 101 after tripping over a [[whisky]] bottle. He had a [[Viking]]-themed funeral. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Giggle (TV story)}})


Writer [[Ian Briggs]] created the character of Ace and, writing a character background for her, decided that, while on Iceworld, that she had sex for the first time there, with Glitz. Predictably, this never got revealed on-screen, though [[Paul Cornell]] addressed this piece of continuity and made it official.
== Appearance ==
Glitz was a burly, thick-set man whom [[Katryca]] described as "fat". He had dark, tightly-curled hair and a groomed beard which gave him a friendly air. His field gear included breeches, boots and a multicoloured jerkin with a layered epaulette on his right shoulder. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Mysterious Planet (novelisation)}})


[[Category:Human criminals|Glitz, Sabalom]]
== Behind the scenes ==
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' scripts by [[Robert Holmes]], a former police officer, frequently included some sort of "dodgy" colourful character, usually a criminal. These ranged from [[Garron]], [[Vorg (Carnival of Monsters)|Vorg]], [[Milo Clancey]] and [[Henry Gordon Jago]], to the more serious [[Stotz]] and [[Rohm-Dutt]]. Of these, only Glitz appeared in more than one televised story. He was also the last major character created by Holmes, as the veteran writer died while working on Glitz's second story, ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]''.
**That being said, however, there was some discussion regarding a TV spin-off series revolving around Jago and [[George Litefoot]], which would later evolve into the [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]] audio series ''[[Jago & Litefoot]]''.
* Glitz is sometimes referred to as a [[companion]], due to his return appearance during the last segment ''[[Season 23 (Doctor Who 1963)|The Trial of a Time Lord]]''. Although this is disputed, it is interesting to note that in the 2008-09 comic book series ''[[The Forgotten (comic story)|The Forgotten]]'', when the [[Tenth Doctor]] encounters an entity capable of impersonating his past companions, the Doctor discusses the possibility of the entity turning into Sabalom Glitz.
* After his [[Krynoid]] audio ''[[The Green Man (audio story)|The Green Man]]'' was produced, [[Zoltán Déry]] pitched an audio story focused on Glitz to [[BBV Productions]], ''[[Bring me the Head of Sabalom Glitz (audio story)|Bring me the Head of Sabalom Glitz]]'', whose premise would have seen Glitz becoming "the most wanted man in the galaxy". It was ultimately unproduced due to [[Bill Baggs]] wanting to focus on ''[[The Faction Paradox Protocols]]''.
* Glitz also appeared in the gag-comic strip ''[[How Much For Just The Planet? (comic story)|How Much For Just The Planet?]]''
* [[Brian Blessed]], [[James Bolam]], [[The Who|Roger Daltrey]], {{w|Michael Gothard}}, [[Del Henney]], [[Gareth Hunt]], [[Alfred Lynch]] and {{w|John Thaw}} were considered for the role before [[Tony Selby]] was cast.
* [[Tony Selby]] considered the character to be a space equivalent of Arthur Daley from {{wi|Minder (TV series)|Minder}}.
 
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Latest revision as of 20:09, 19 May 2024

Sabalom Glitz
Appearances

Sabalom Glitz was a rogue from the planet Salostopus in the galaxy of Andromeda. The morality of his activities was dubious even when their legality was not. Though Glitz's first love was money, he occasionally made uneasy alliances with the Doctor in his sixth and seventh incarnations, and also briefly worked with the Tremas Master.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Early life[[edit] | [edit source]]

Sabalom Glitz came from a broken home on Salostopus and credited his upbringing with unbalancing him and making him selfish. He became a criminal and spent some time in prison, during which he saw several psychiatrists, one of whom he attempted to kill. (TV: The Mysterious Planet [+]Loading...["The Mysterious Planet (TV story)"]) During his criminal career, he partnered with the Tremas Master for "a few nice little tickles", although the two did not trust one another, (TV: The Ultimate Foe [+]Loading...["The Ultimate Foe (TV story)"]) and became a wanted man in six different galaxies. (TV: The Mysterious Planet [+]Loading...["The Mysterious Planet (TV story)"])

Secrets of the Matrix[[edit] | [edit source]]

With his accomplice, Dibber, he came to the planet Earth (at that time known by name of Ravolox) in order to acquire secrets from the Matrix, then in the possession of the L3 robot Drathro.

Glitz planned to destroy the black light system which provided Drathro with energy and then steal the secrets. When Dibber destroyed the external collection aerial, the system became dangerously unstable, and only the Doctor's intervention prevented a potentially catastrophic explosion. Drathro was destroyed, and the secrets with him. (TV: The Mysterious Planet [+]Loading...["The Mysterious Planet (TV story)"])

Near the end of the Doctor's trial by the Time Lords, Glitz, like Melanie Bush, was dispatched to the space station by his business partner, the renegade Time Lord known as the Tremas Master. Glitz accompanied the Doctor into the simulated reality of the Matrix to fight the Valeyard. The Master bribed Glitz to betray the Doctor, but in turn was tricked by the Valeyard. Given what he thought were the true secrets of the Matrix, the Master tried to upload them into the systems of his TARDIS. This activated a particle disseminator so that both were in fact trapped, causing the Master and Glitz to be paralysed within the TARDIS. After the Doctor had finally defeated the Valeyard, he pleaded with the Time Lords to show leniency to Glitz, who he believed still had some good in him. (TV: The Ultimate Foe [+]Loading...["The Ultimate Foe (TV story)"])

Captain of the Nosferatu[[edit] | [edit source]]

Glitz next ran into the Doctor when he and Dibber planned the "crime of the century" on the planet Vandor Prime, where they also stole a spacecraft called the Nosferatu. The Doctor and Frobisher collaborated with Glitz to steal a valuable artefact in order to avert interstellar war by returning it to its original owners. According to this account, however, Dibber was killed during the mission. (PROSE: Mission: Impractical [+]Loading...["Mission: Impractical (novel)"])

After regenerating into his seventh incarnation, the Doctor and Mel next ran into Glitz on Iceworld, a tourist destination and trading post on the planet Svartos. Glitz owed money to the vengeful Kane, having bankrupted himself with a gambling debt. The crew of the Nosferatu, who had rebelled against Glitz's dubious leadership, were sold to Kane to form part of his army of amnesiac warriors.

Glitz had by this time made the acquaintance of the then sixteen-year-old Ace, a human who had travelled to this time by time storm from the year 1987 and now worked as a waitress. (TV: Dragonfire [+]Loading...["Dragonfire (TV story)"]) Despite their age differences, Ace had lost her virginity to him whilst on Iceworld. (PROSE: Happy Endings [+]Loading...["Happy Endings (novel)"])

After Kane destroyed the Nosferatu, Glitz was consumed by vengeance. The folly of Kane's ambitions were revealed to him by the Doctor. Kane's people had died out thousands of years ago, leaving him no one on which to revenge himself. Kane chose to kill himself, leaving Glitz with Iceworld, which he christened the Nosferatu II. Glitz was not pleased when Mel decided to stay behind to help him run his business and make sure that he gave up his criminal ways. (TV: Dragonfire [+]Loading...["Dragonfire (TV story)"])

Later career[[edit] | [edit source]]

Glitz and Mel once encountered a Galactic Heritage fleet. The experience led Mel to describe the organisation as "a militarised, spacefaring National Trust". (AUDIO: The High Price of Parking [+]Loading...["The High Price of Parking (audio story)"]) According to one account, Glitz sold Mel's possible futures to Speravore Investment Holdings and abandoned her on Ricosta to pay off his debts. (AUDIO: A Life of Crime [+]Loading...["A Life of Crime (audio story)"])

According to another account, Glitz and Mel travelled with Dibber. After six months of travel, Mel left them in order to hitch-hike to Earth. (PROSE: Head Games [+]Loading...["Head Games (novel)"]) Following her departure, Glitz and Dibber took possession of a miniscope containing Drashigs, inside of which Romana II was imprisoned by Ruath. She was later rescued, and the miniscope was destroyed. (PROSE: Goth Opera [+]Loading...["Goth Opera (novel)"])

Death[[edit] | [edit source]]

Glitz died at the age of 101 after tripping over a whisky bottle. He had a Viking-themed funeral. (TV: The Giggle [+]Loading...["The Giggle (TV story)"])

Appearance[[edit] | [edit source]]

Glitz was a burly, thick-set man whom Katryca described as "fat". He had dark, tightly-curled hair and a groomed beard which gave him a friendly air. His field gear included breeches, boots and a multicoloured jerkin with a layered epaulette on his right shoulder. (PROSE: The Mysterious Planet [+]Loading...["The Mysterious Planet (novelisation)"])

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

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