A contract was a legal document between two or more parties, generally signed or agreed upon by all sides agreeing to an engagement, agreement, obligation, situation, work or marriage. Upon agreement of the contract it was signed or marked by all individuals involved, binding them to the agreement. (TV: The Crusade [+]Loading...["The Crusade (TV story)"], Warriors' Gate [+]Loading...["Warriors' Gate (TV story)"], Fugitive of the Judoon [+]Loading...["Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)"], New Earth [+]Loading...["New Earth (TV story)"], PROSE: No Future [+]Loading...["No Future (novel)"]) The specifics of a contract were known as the "small print". (AUDIO: Scavenger [+]Loading...["Scavenger (audio story)"]) In more complicated contracts they would contains multiple clauses. (PROSE: Demontage [+]Loading...["Demontage (novel)"])
In larger negotiations some companies would tender for a contract before one was agreed upon. (PROSE: The Sword of Forever [+]Loading...["The Sword of Forever (novel)"])
Contracts could be rendered null and void. However, compensation was often offered in the form of one-time individually negotiated buy-out payments. (AUDIO: The Juggernauts [+]Loading...["The Juggernauts (audio story)"])
The opposite of a contracted individual was freelancer. (AUDIO: The Harvest [+]Loading...["The Harvest (audio story)"])
To lease a premises a contract was signed between landlord and tenant. (TV: Knock, Knock [+]Loading...["Knock, Knock (TV story)"])
Gordon Jago had a contract with Li H'sen Chang in 1892 for performances at the Palace Theatre (TV: The Talons of Weng-Chiang [+]Loading...["The Talons of Weng-Chiang (TV story)"]
The Judoon had a contract to retrieve the Fugitive Doctor from 2020 Earth. (TV: Fugitive of the Judoon [+]Loading...["Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)"])
Drax had a contracted job on Atrios for rebuilding and assisting from war damage. (TV: The Armageddon Factor [+]Loading...["The Armageddon Factor (TV story)"])
Rassilon had a contract with the Kro'ka. (AUDIO: Caerdroia [+]Loading...["Caerdroia (audio story)"])
The Celestis loved contracts, and never broke deals or contracts they engaged in. (PROSE: Alien Bodies [+]Loading...["Alien Bodies (novel)"])
Death[[edit] | [edit source]]
The assassins of the Lesser Order of Oberon, of which Doom was a member, used contracts for kills. If an individual was contracted to die, the assassins would make sure they were killed. (GAME: AI am the Doctor, Wrong Place at the Right Time)
Turlough entered into a contract with the Black Guardian to kill the Fifth Doctor, it was nullified by Enlightenment. (TV: Mawdryn Undead [+]Loading...["Mawdryn Undead (TV story)"], Enlightenment [+]Loading...["Enlightenment (TV story)"], AUDIO: Cobwebs [+]Loading...["Cobwebs (audio story)"])
Goods and services[[edit] | [edit source]]
Kiv intended to negotiate a contract with the Krontep king Yrcanos which would include development loans and some limited scientific advances. (TV: Mindwarp [+]Loading...["Mindwarp (TV story)"])
The Galatron Mining Corporation had a contract with Varos to buy Zeiton-7 ore. (TV: Vengeance on Varos [+]Loading...["Vengeance on Varos (TV story)"])
Skonnos had a contract with the Nimon requiring sacrifices to be provided from Aneth and hymetusite to be delivered to the Nimon's complex on Skonnos. In turn the Nimon provided technology to the Skonnons, and the promise of larger space fleet and other upgrades. (TV: The Horns of Nimon [+]Loading...["The Horns of Nimon (TV story)"])
Employment[[edit] | [edit source]]
In 2593 Bernice Summerfield's employment contract stipulated she would take up the Edward Watkinson Chair of Archaeology, she would be required to mention the quality of the St Oscar's University's archaeology department in the sequel to her book Down Among the Dead Men. (PROSE: Oh No It Isn't! [+]Loading...["Oh No It Isn't! (novel)"])
Aldo and Royce were under "all-in" contracts with Rorvik on his spacecraft, meaning they received no bonuses. (TV: Warriors' Gate [+]Loading...["Warriors' Gate (TV story)"])
Torchwood[[edit] | [edit source]]
All members of Torchwood One signed a contract which bound them to continue with Torchwood right up until their deaths, barring a dismissal from Yvonne Hartman. This meant Tommy Pierce was not allowed to retire, (AUDIO: Retirement Plan [+]Loading...["Retirement Plan (audio story)"]) and Guleraana Arbid would not be permitted to leave and seek other employment. (AUDIO: Uprising [+]Loading...["Uprising (audio story)"])
Unlike both operatives and office workers, outsider personnel under contract at Torchwood Tower — janitors, bin emptiers, window cleaners, and those in printer services, all of whom were regularly retconned — were provided pensions and permitted to retire.
However, Ianto Jones questioned whether Torchwood One outsider personnel, like Dave Cooke the cleaner, had had the support staff retcon protocols mentioned in their employment contracts. He argued that Dave had not willingly agreed signed off his memories for 10% above minimum wage and 4 weeks off a year for holiday. (AUDIO: Locker 15 [+]Loading...["Locker 15 (audio story)"])