Davenport (The Unicorn and the Wasp)
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Davenport was a footman at the home of Lady Clemency Eddison in 1926. He had an affair with Lady Eddison's son, Roger Curbishley, which by the time of the arrival of the Tenth Doctor that December was clearly well developed, a fact that is shown when the Doctor and Donna are searching the house for the Vespiform and when the guests poke their heads out of the doors (making it difficult to see who the alien is), Davenport is in Roger's room. Their relationship is inferred as being not as secret as it should have been for the time; when Greaves the butler sees Davenport's furtive glance at Roger, he makes a face of dismay. Davenport could mix drinks in Roger's favourite style. He was the first to realise Roger had been killed and expressed despair at this. Donna later expressed her sadness that because of the attitudes of the time, Davenport could not publicly mourn his lover's death. (TV: The Unicorn and the Wasp)
