Prostitute

Claire, a prostitute. (TV: End of the Road)

A prostitute was a person hired for sex.

In Kish, the temple prostitutes, such as En-Gula, were priestesses of Ishtar. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Genesys)

In the early 21st century, American legislation meant that prostitutes operating in an area with a high incident of HIV7 could be arrested for attempted murder. (PROSE: Cat's Cradle: Warhead)

Claire was a prostitute hired by Jilly Kitzinger for Oswald Danes. (TV: End of the Road)

Jabe Ceth Ceth Jafe wondered if Rose Tyler was the Ninth Doctor's prostitute. (TV: The End of the World)

Behind the scenes

• According to a Digital Spy interview with Velile Tshabalala, Rosita Farisi, her role in The Next Doctor, was a prostitute before meeting Jackson Lake. This is hinted at in the episode when Rosita and the Tenth Doctor confront Miss Hartigan and she replies to her by saying, 'You can be quiet; I doubt he paid you to talk'.