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At the time that he joined the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] crew, Oliver was facing arrest by the [[Metropolitan Police Service]] for engaging in [[homosexuality|homosexual]] practices, then still a crime under [[British]] law. When this happened he found out that the company he worked for was trading in human slaves. After he helped the Doctor to stop this he was asked to travel with them. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Perpetual Bond (audio story)|The Perpetual Bond]]'') He initially kept his sexuality from the Doctor and Steven as he believed that they would disapprove and force him to leave the TARDIS if they were to find out. After he had confessed his secret, though, Steven assured Oliver that the Doctor would do nothing of the sort. Furthermore, Steven told him that by his time, there was no longer any [[homophobia|stigma attached to homosexuality]] and that same-sex relationships were common. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cold Equations (audio story)|The Cold Equations]]'') | At the time that he joined the [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] crew, Oliver was facing arrest by the [[Metropolitan Police Service]] for engaging in [[homosexuality|homosexual]] practices, then still a crime under [[British]] law. When this happened he found out that the company he worked for was trading in human slaves. After he helped the Doctor to stop this he was asked to travel with them. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Perpetual Bond (audio story)|The Perpetual Bond]]'') He initially kept his sexuality from the Doctor and Steven as he believed that they would disapprove and force him to leave the TARDIS if they were to find out. After he had confessed his secret, though, Steven assured Oliver that the Doctor would do nothing of the sort. Furthermore, Steven told him that by his time, there was no longer any [[homophobia|stigma attached to homosexuality]] and that same-sex relationships were common. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Cold Equations (audio story)|The Cold Equations]]'') | ||
He | He travelled to the [[planetoid]] [[Grace Alone]] as the Doctor saw in a database that they had been there. He was killed by the [[Vardan]]s but remained as a [[ghost]] in the TARDIS. As a ghost, he witnessed the Doctor's [[regeneration]] [[The Tenth Planet (TV story)|into his]] [[Second Doctor|second incarnation]] in [[Antarctica]] in [[December]] [[1986]]. ([[AUDIO]]:'' [[The First Wave (audio story)|The First Wave]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
