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|featuring= Kathy Swanson
|featuring= Kathy Swanson
|featuring2= Nina Rogers
|featuring2= Nina Rogers
|enemy= [[Dellacoi]]
|enemy= [[Zombie]]s
|setting= [[Cardiff]], [[2009]]
|setting= [[Cardiff]], [[2009]]
|writer= [[Mark Morris]]  
|writer= [[Mark Morris]]  
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== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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 tugboat 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 [[Torchwood SUV|SUV]] take over a crime scene. [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]] must now contend 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|the all-night zombie horror show]]!
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 tugboat 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 [[Torchwood SUV|SUV]] take over a crime scene. [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]] must now contend with the [[Time energy barrier|intangible barrier]] surrounding Cardiff, and some [[Dellacoi life-shell|unidentified space debris]] that seems to be regenerating itself. Plus, of course, [[The All-Night Zombie Horror Show|the all-night zombie horror show]]!


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Rhys Williams]]
* [[Rhys Williams]]
* PC [[Andy Davidson]]
* PC [[Andy Davidson]]
* [[Dellacoi]]
* [[Jackie Hargreaves]]
* [[Jackie Hargreaves]]
* [[Joe Hargreaves]]
* [[Joe Hargreaves]]
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* [[Nobby (Bay of the Dead)|Nobby]]
* [[Nobby (Bay of the Dead)|Nobby]]
* [[Alexander Martin]]
* [[Alexander Martin]]
* [[Leet]]


== References ==
== References ==
=== People ===
* Toby has a sister called [[Jess (Bay of the Dead)|Jess]] and a girlfriend called [[Lauren (Bay of the Dead)|Lauren]].
* Kathy thinks [[Myers (Bay of the Dead)|Myers]] is a nuisance.
* Kathy thinks [[Myers (Bay of the Dead)|Myers]] is a nuisance.
* Sophie has a lodger called [[Kate (Bay of the Dead)|Kate]].
* [[Emily Holroyd]] ran Torchwood in the [[1890s]].
* Alexander's nurse is called [[Ben (Bay of the Dead)|Ben]].
=== Species ===
* Leet is a "child of the [[Dellacoi]]".
=== Geography ===
* [[James Street]] is a street in Cardiff.
=== Popular culture ===
* Rhys compares a man to [[Jacob Marley]].
* Rhys mentions ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''.
==== Music ====
* Jackie and Joe listen to [[Elbow (musical group)|Elbow]] on the car radio.
* Jackie and Joe listen to [[Elbow (musical group)|Elbow]] on the car radio.
* Andy owns the ''[[Only by the Night]]'' CD by [[Kings of Leon]].
* Andy owns the ''[[Only by the Night]]'' CD by [[Kings of Leon]].
* One of the zombie teenagers wears a gore-spattered [[Girls Aloud]] T-shirt.
* One of the zombie teenagers wears a gore-spattered [[Girls Aloud]] T-shirt.
* [[James Street]] is a street in Cardiff.
* Oscar is played [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[Bon Jovi]] and [[Bruce Springsteen]] in his hospital bed.
 
=== Miscellaneous ===
* Staff and visitors to [[St Helen's Hospital]] show a touch of [[Dunkirk spirit]].
* Staff and visitors to [[St Helen's Hospital]] show a touch of [[Dunkirk spirit]].
* Rhys compares a man to [[Jacob Marley]].
* Oscar is played [[Queen (band)|Queen]], [[Bon Jovi]] and [[Bruce Springsteen]] in his hospital bed.
* [[Emily Holroyd]] ran Torchwood in the [[1890s]].
* Gwen and Rhys take cover behind a [[Citroën]].
* Gwen and Rhys take cover behind a [[Citroën]].
* Rhys mentions ''[[Night of the Living Dead]]''.
* Gwen sarcastically asks Rhys if he is trying to call [[Rentokil]].
* Gwen sarcastically asks Rhys if he is trying to call [[Rentokil]].


Revision as of 22:20, 5 November 2019

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Bay of the Dead was the eleventh release in the BBC Torchwood Novels series.

Publisher's summary

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 tugboat 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 must now contend 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!

Plot

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Characters

References

People

  • Toby has a sister called Jess and a girlfriend called Lauren.
  • Kathy thinks Myers is a nuisance.
  • Sophie has a lodger called Kate.
  • Emily Holroyd ran Torchwood in the 1890s.
  • Alexander's nurse is called Ben.

Species

Geography

Popular culture

Music

Miscellaneous

Notes

  • 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.
  • This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.

Continuity

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