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==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
[[Seventh Doctor | The Doctor]] | [[Seventh Doctor | The Doctor]] | ||
*Mentions an anti-[[Dalek]] weapon he built during the [[Shoreditch Incident]]. | |||
[[Roz Forrester]] | [[Roz Forrester]] | ||
* Smokes | * Smokes cigarettes (as her 30th century metabolism will not allow the cigerette to cause any harm to her body). | ||
[[Chris Cwej]] | [[Chris Cwej]] | ||
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David Daniels | David Daniels | ||
* Flirts with Chris Cwej. | * Flirts with Chris Cwej. | ||
* 20 years after meeting Chris David contracts HIV1. | * 20 years after meeting Chris, David contracts HIV1. | ||
Winnie Tyler | [[Winnie Tyler]] | ||
Bev Tyler | [[Bev Tyler]] | ||
Gabriel Tyler | [[Gabriel Tyler]] | ||
*Is a low level [[psychic]]. | |||
Simon Jenkins (aka The Capper) | Simon Jenkins (aka The Capper) | ||
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* [[Harry Sullivan]] is still alive in [[2015]]. | * [[Harry Sullivan]] is still alive in [[2015]]. | ||
*[[Tribophysics]] literally means the science of interacting surfaces in relative motion and dates back to the [[Time of Legend]] on [[Gallifrey]]. | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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==Continuity== | ==Continuity== | ||
'' | *Events of this story lead into [[NA]]: ''[[So Vile a Sin]]''. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 16:56, 17 April 2008
Publisher's Summary
'Wherever this cocaine has travelled, it hasn't gone alone. Death has been its attendant. Death in a remarkably violent and inelegant form.'
The Doctor, Chris and Roz, arrive at the Quadrant, a troubled council block in Thatcher's Britain. There's a new drug on the streets, a drug that's killing to a plan. Somehow, the very ordinary people of the Quadrant are involved. And so, amidst the growing chaos, a bizarre trio moves into number 43.
The year is 1987: a dead drug dealer has risen from the grave, and an ancient weapon is concealed beneath human tragedy. But the Doctor soon discovers that the things people do for their children can be every bit as deadly as any alien menace - as he uncovers the link between a special child, an obsessive woman, and a desperate bargain made one dark Christmas Eve.
Characters
- Mentions an anti-Dalek weapon he built during the Shoreditch Incident.
- Smokes cigarettes (as her 30th century metabolism will not allow the cigerette to cause any harm to her body).
- Wears an earing in his right ear (1980s gay culture dictated that the right was the 'gay' ear).
David Daniels
- Flirts with Chris Cwej.
- 20 years after meeting Chris, David contracts HIV1.
- Is a low level psychic.
Simon Jenkins (aka The Capper)
References
- Patrexes are a Gallifreyan Chapter of artists, aesthetes and shallow Epicureans with pretentious minds. They think there's something beautiful about the death of suns.
- N-Forms exist in a pocket dimension.
- Haemovores became extinct as their evolution feed on itself.
- Harry Sullivan is still alive in 2015.
- Tribophysics literally means the science of interacting surfaces in relative motion and dates back to the Time of Legend on Gallifrey.
Notes
- This novel written by New Series creator Russell T. Davies, features a council estate and a family named Tyler.
Continuity
- Events of this story lead into NA: So Vile a Sin.
External Links
- The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Damaged Goods
- Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide entry for Damaged Goods
- List of Drug References in Science Fiction
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