Dorium Maldovar was a black marketeer in the 52nd century as well as the owner of the bar he made his business transactions in also being a master computer expert. Given his friendly chat with River (Melody Pond), he quite often made deals with her, thought given how he was forced into handing over a vortex manipulator, he was always" forced to give her the times she requested.
Biography
In 5149, After hearing that she was in search of time travel, Dorium met with River Song in the Maldovarium bar to offer her a Vortex manipulator that was, according to him, "Fresh off the wrist of a handsome Time Agent". As payment Song offered him a Callisto Pulse which could disarm Micro-explosives from up to 20 feet. When he enquired as to what kind of micro-explosives the pulse could disarm, she responded by saying the kind that she had just put in his wine. He was then forced to give her the Vortex Manipulator. (DW: The Pandorica Opens)
Dorium supplied a trio of Headless Monks with a Judoon's brain that contained a security protocol in exchange for payment. As his customer's left he questioned their motives as to kidnapping "the child" and told them not to make the Doctor mad. (WC: Prequel (A Good Man Goes to War))
Dorium was one of many people who owed the Doctor a debt. He was summoned by the Doctor to help in the mission to rescue Amy and her baby at Demon's Run. He did not serve a combat role but instead into the station's computer and discovered the Melody Pond had 'Human plus Time Lord' DNA due to being concieved during travel in the Time Vortex. Dorium made a fatal mistake when he and the others were surrounded by the Headless Monks, he didn't believe they would harm him as they were his friends. He approached them with open arms, they swiftly killed and decapitated him. Though a box wasn't used to remove hsi head, it seems the Monks reanimated his corpse to help fight. (DW: A Good Man Goes to War)
Behind the scenes
- Dorium is given the additional name of Maldavar on Simon Fisher Becker's online CV.[1]
- It seems likely that this (possibly a different spelling of Maldovar) is a descriptive term for an entity belonging to the planet Maldovarium, which Dorium could be. Further, shortly prior to his death, Dorium was referred to as "Mr. Maldavar" by the Sontaran, Strax.