The Gray Market

The Gray Market was an underground trading scene for alien leftovers and curios which existed by the 21st century.

It was addictively frequented by US dotcom giant Henry Van Statten for these leftovers, which was motivated by his childhood interest in alien worlds (PROSE: Henry Van Statten ^[+]Loading...["Henry Van Statten (short story)"]) and for his company Geocomtex to derive new "cutting edge" technology. (TV: Dalek ^[+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"], PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac ^[+]Loading...{"chaptname":"Everything Changes","page":"146","chaptnum":"3","1":"The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"}) His frequent purchasing was also funded by the wealth that Geocomtex produced. (PROSE: Henry Van Statten ^[+]Loading...["Henry Van Statten (short story)"])

Many of Van Statten's alien possessions were displayed in his collection in the Exhibit Room of the Vault in Utah, fifty-three storeys under the ground. (TV: Dalek ^[+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"], PROSE: The Time Traveller's Almanac ^[+]Loading...{"chaptname":"Everything Changes","page":"146","chaptnum":"3","1":"The Time Traveller's Almanac (reference book)"})

Behind the scenes

• While there exists a grey market in the real world, the Gray Market mentioned by Van Statten seems to be a separate and alien-focused market; the name is also likely a reference to gray aliens.