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As a small child Cwej had a yellow teddy bear named [[Mr. Buttons]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ursine Brood (short story)|The Ursine Brood]]'') When he was five years old, he attended his [[Volsted Kornbluth Cwej's father|Grandfather Cwej]]'s funeral. At some point, he was given a pair of [[holo-noculars]]; while using them on his family's front balcony, he saw a human corpse floating in the canal below. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The V Cwejes (short story)|The V Cwejes]]'') At one point during his childhood, he had two heads. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'') He grew up watching a show about the [[Third Dalek War]] called ''[[EarthDoom XV]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sky Pirates! (novel)|Sky Pirates!]]'') | As a small child Cwej had a yellow teddy bear named [[Mr. Buttons]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ursine Brood (short story)|The Ursine Brood]]'') When he was five years old, he attended his [[Volsted Kornbluth Cwej's father|Grandfather Cwej]]'s funeral. At some point, he was given a pair of [[holo-noculars]]; while using them on his family's front balcony, he saw a human corpse floating in the canal below. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The V Cwejes (short story)|The V Cwejes]]'') At one point during his childhood, he had two heads. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'') He grew up watching a show about the [[Third Dalek War]] called ''[[EarthDoom XV]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Sky Pirates! (novel)|Sky Pirates!]]'') | ||
As a teenager Cwej had a [[reptile|reptilian]] pet. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'') He spent much of his late adolescence experimenting with [[body bepple|body-beppling]] to aid his romantic prospects, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[When I Remember | As a teenager Cwej had a [[reptile|reptilian]] pet. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'') He spent much of his late adolescence experimenting with [[body bepple|body-beppling]] to aid his romantic prospects, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[When I Remember (short story)|When I Remember __________]]'') and spent some time as a [[catboy]] with tufted ears. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The V Cwejes (short story)|The V Cwejes]]'') | ||
Chris became interested in law enforcement, not because of any desire to take command, but because of an interest in customised vehicles, powerful weaponry and women. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') Following in his father's footsteps, he enlisted in the Guild of Adjudicators, and spent two years training on the colony world [[Ponten IV]]. During a tour of duty while training, Chris visited the planet [[Jallafillia]]; he witnessed the ruling [[Church of Saint Thoth]] killing children for having red hair, but was unable to intervene because of a clause in the [[Colonies Cultural Identities Act]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') While on a rooftop on [[Hellman's World]], he witnessed an altercation between the criminals [[Uncle Bob]] and [[Judy Collins]]; Chris shot Bob dead to save Collins's life. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Judy Collins vs Christopher Cwej (short story)|Judy Collins vs Christopher Cwej]]'') In [[2975]], he graduated as an [[Adjudicator]] alongside twenty-five other students on Ponten IV. His parents attended the ceremony. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'', ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') | Chris became interested in law enforcement, not because of any desire to take command, but because of an interest in customised vehicles, powerful weaponry and women. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') Following in his father's footsteps, he enlisted in the Guild of Adjudicators, and spent two years training on the colony world [[Ponten IV]]. During a tour of duty while training, Chris visited the planet [[Jallafillia]]; he witnessed the ruling [[Church of Saint Thoth]] killing children for having red hair, but was unable to intervene because of a clause in the [[Colonies Cultural Identities Act]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Christmas on a Rational Planet (novel)|Christmas on a Rational Planet]]'') While on a rooftop on [[Hellman's World]], he witnessed an altercation between the criminals [[Uncle Bob]] and [[Judy Collins]]; Chris shot Bob dead to save Collins's life. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Judy Collins vs Christopher Cwej (short story)|Judy Collins vs Christopher Cwej]]'') In [[2975]], he graduated as an [[Adjudicator]] alongside twenty-five other students on Ponten IV. His parents attended the ceremony. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'', ''[[Lungbarrow (novel)|Lungbarrow]]'') | ||
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After graduating, Chris spent a year on traffic patrol in [[Spaceport Nine Overcity]]. He was then squired to Roz Forrester, whom he considered a legendary Adjudicator. They were working on their first case together, investigating a [[murder]] that had occurred in [[Spaceport Five Undertown]], when they met the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] and helped them defeat [[Tobias Vaughn]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'') | After graduating, Chris spent a year on traffic patrol in [[Spaceport Nine Overcity]]. He was then squired to Roz Forrester, whom he considered a legendary Adjudicator. They were working on their first case together, investigating a [[murder]] that had occurred in [[Spaceport Five Undertown]], when they met the [[Seventh Doctor]] and [[Bernice Summerfield]] and helped them defeat [[Tobias Vaughn]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'') | ||
==== Travels with the Doctor, Roz and Benny==== | ==== Travels with the Doctor, Roz and Benny ==== | ||
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[[File:Chris and Roz casual.jpg|thumb|left|Chris and [[Roz Forrester]] squabble in [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'')]] | [[File:Chris and Roz casual.jpg|thumb|left|Chris and [[Roz Forrester]] squabble in [[the Doctor's TARDIS]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Original Sin (novel)|Original Sin]]'')]] | ||
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Subsequently, Cwej travelled with Benny to defeat [[Deed]] and the [[Godhead]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oblivion (novel)|Oblivion]]'') and to take down [[the Project]] on [[Megerra]] in [[2594]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mean Streets (novel)|Mean Streets]]'') | Subsequently, Cwej travelled with Benny to defeat [[Deed]] and the [[Godhead]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Oblivion (novel)|Oblivion]]'') and to take down [[the Project]] on [[Megerra]] in [[2594]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Mean Streets (novel)|Mean Streets]]'') | ||
Cwej continued to be an operative of the Great Houses ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'') as they entered their [[War in Heaven]]. They altered his biochemistry to give him various abilities, including [[telepathy]], [[time travel]], and the potential to [[regenerate]] from fatal injury into an adaptive cybernetic form - a [[regen-inf]] soldier. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') They also altered | Cwej continued to be an operative of the Great Houses ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'') as they entered their [[War in Heaven]]. They altered his biochemistry to give him various abilities, including [[telepathy]], [[time travel]], and the potential to [[regenerate]] from fatal injury into an adaptive cybernetic form - a [[regen-inf]] soldier. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') They also altered Chris' memories of his time with the [[Seventh Doctor]], making him remember the Doctor as the "[[Evil Renegade]]" who abducted him from [[Earth]] and killed [[Roz Forrester]]. Chris came to think of the Great Houses, rather than humanity, as "his people". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dead Romance (novel)|Dead Romance]]'') | ||
Chris worked for the Time Lords in securing the [[bottle universe]] which contained a version of [[1970]] Earth. There, he became friends with [[Christine Summerfield]] and showed her the real universe outside the bottle. During this time, he also negotiated alliances with the [[Dalek]]s on [[Skaro]], [[the People]] in the [[Worldsphere]] and the [[Sphinx (Dead Romance)|Sphinxes]] on [[Simia KK98]]. | Chris worked for the Time Lords in securing the [[bottle universe]] which contained a version of [[1970]] Earth. There, he became friends with [[Christine Summerfield]] and showed her the real universe outside the bottle. During this time, he also negotiated alliances with the [[Dalek]]s on [[Skaro]], [[the People]] in the [[Worldsphere]] and the [[Sphinx (Dead Romance)|Sphinxes]] on [[Simia KK98]]. | ||
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Cwej's only notable mission in the fourth and fifth decades of the War was his takedown of [[Faction Hollywood]] in [[1999]] [[Los Angeles]]. Using his experience with the Cwejen, he manipulated the [[House of the Seven Gables]] into betraying information about [[Michael Brookhaven]] by framing [[Rhett (The Book of the War)|the oldest member]] for the [[Black Dahlia]] murders. Using the information he learnt from [[Hawthorne gardener (The Book of the War)|another member]], he invaded the set of Brookhaven's film ''[[Mujun: The Ghost Kingdom]]'' during the [[Hollywood Bowl shooting]], initiating [[Mount Usu duel|a cinematic Samurai duel]] with Brookhaven. Despite Cwej's advantage, he was left completely at Brookhaven's mercy before they were interrupted by the [[Gods of the Ainu]]. After trying to save Brookhaven, Cwej fled. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | Cwej's only notable mission in the fourth and fifth decades of the War was his takedown of [[Faction Hollywood]] in [[1999]] [[Los Angeles]]. Using his experience with the Cwejen, he manipulated the [[House of the Seven Gables]] into betraying information about [[Michael Brookhaven]] by framing [[Rhett (The Book of the War)|the oldest member]] for the [[Black Dahlia]] murders. Using the information he learnt from [[Hawthorne gardener (The Book of the War)|another member]], he invaded the set of Brookhaven's film ''[[Mujun: The Ghost Kingdom]]'' during the [[Hollywood Bowl shooting]], initiating [[Mount Usu duel|a cinematic Samurai duel]] with Brookhaven. Despite Cwej's advantage, he was left completely at Brookhaven's mercy before they were interrupted by the [[Gods of the Ainu]]. After trying to save Brookhaven, Cwej fled. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Book of the War (novel)|The Book of the War]]'') | ||
After the War, the [[Superior]]s summoned Chris to undergo the [[V-Time]] Experiment, a procedure that would destroy his body in order to transform him into an artificial intelligence. He initially refused, fleeing to the obscure system of [[Orniticon]]; but after an encounter with his two previous incarnations, he relented and travelled to [[Duskeriall Palace]]. [[The Surgeon (The V Cwejes)|The Surgeon]] unravelled | After the War, the [[Superior]]s summoned Chris to undergo the [[V-Time]] Experiment, a procedure that would destroy his body in order to transform him into an artificial intelligence. He initially refused, fleeing to the obscure system of [[Orniticon]]; but after an encounter with his two previous incarnations, he relented and travelled to [[Duskeriall Palace]]. [[The Surgeon (The V Cwejes)|The Surgeon]] unravelled Chris' body and transferred his consciousness to a slab of the silicate [[lagh]], which was divided and placed in microchips on the necks of several million Cwejen, any of whom Chris would be able to enter and control. | ||
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Chris, Larles and Kwol travelled to [[31st century]] [[Gantifreet]], where a legally dubious farm populated by [[Cyberon]]-uplifted animals was operating. After consulting with the metamorphic missionary [[Lauren Anderson|Lorre]], and confirming that the animals were remorseless Cyberon agents, the trio destroyed the farm. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Barnyard of the Cyberons (short story)|Barnyard of the Cyberons]]'') At some point in their travels, Chris became acquainted with the [[Jubilant Nilso]], who knew him as Scongo. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Aftermath (short story)|The Aftermath]]'') | Chris, Larles and Kwol travelled to [[31st century]] [[Gantifreet]], where a legally dubious farm populated by [[Cyberon]]-uplifted animals was operating. After consulting with the metamorphic missionary [[Lauren Anderson|Lorre]], and confirming that the animals were remorseless Cyberon agents, the trio destroyed the farm. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Barnyard of the Cyberons (short story)|Barnyard of the Cyberons]]'') At some point in their travels, Chris became acquainted with the [[Jubilant Nilso]], who knew him as Scongo. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Aftermath (short story)|The Aftermath]]'') | ||
During a holiday to [[Deptford County]], [[Washington]], | During a holiday to [[Deptford County]], [[Washington]], Chris' interest was piqued by an upcoming expedition planned by the marine biologist [[Roger Daly]] to a supposed [[Fountain of Youth]] on the ocean floor. Chris posed as a sea captain to infiltrate the expedition. While piloting a submersible to inspect the trench, he witnessed hundreds of spectral human figures rising toward the surface; he later speculated that they were people lost at sea, moving towards reincarnation. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Flickering Flame (short story)|Flickering Flame]]) | ||
The Superiors sent Chris and [[Iris Wildthyme]] to investigate a rift in the spacetime fabric in [[Plymouth]], in the year [[2020]]. The corpses of several humans, apparently victims of spontaneous combustion, were discovered nearby. Chris and Iris eventually tracked down the killer: a spindly, faceless alien creature with a rod-like instrument that could incinerate organisms at a distance. After they sealed the rift, Iris speculated that the creature was a scientific explorer from another plane of existence. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Flickering Flame (short story)|Flickering Flame]]'') | The Superiors sent Chris and [[Iris Wildthyme]] to investigate a rift in the spacetime fabric in [[Plymouth]], in the year [[2020]]. The corpses of several humans, apparently victims of spontaneous combustion, were discovered nearby. Chris and Iris eventually tracked down the killer: a spindly, faceless alien creature with a rod-like instrument that could incinerate organisms at a distance. After they sealed the rift, Iris speculated that the creature was a scientific explorer from another plane of existence. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Flickering Flame (short story)|Flickering Flame]]'') | ||
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[[File:Chris Cwej (Collective Unconscious).jpg|thumb|left|Chris Cwej in the [[Psychosphere (Collective Unconscious)|Psychosphere]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Collective Unconscious (short story)|Collective Unconscious]]'')]] | [[File:Chris Cwej (Collective Unconscious).jpg|thumb|left|Chris Cwej in the [[Psychosphere (Collective Unconscious)|Psychosphere]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Collective Unconscious (short story)|Collective Unconscious]]'')]] | ||
Chris met with [[Valerie Pascal]], a professor acquaintance who had an unusual problem: she had lost her ability to speak the name of her town. He brings her to ''La Kraw el Sol'' and connects her to the Vicinity, which investigates her brain patterns and identifies her as a native of [[Auvergne]]. The place seems not to exist, though [[Averoigne]] and [[Aveyron]] do. The computer reveals that a fluctuation in the timeline is to blame, centring on the writer [[Clark Ashton Smith]], who coined the name Averoigne in one of his stories and after whose work the real region was renamed. The group travelled in time to meet Smith, who was on an expedition to find the [[Zothiqua]]s, creatures he has seen in visions. They encountered an undead parody of Smith's friend, [[H. P. Lovecraft]], created by the Zothiquas, but they fled when Smith recognised them as alien parasites, and Valerie recovered her memories. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[When I Remember | Chris met with [[Valerie Pascal]], a professor acquaintance who had an unusual problem: she had lost her ability to speak the name of her town. He brings her to ''La Kraw el Sol'' and connects her to the Vicinity, which investigates her brain patterns and identifies her as a native of [[Auvergne]]. The place seems not to exist, though [[Averoigne]] and [[Aveyron]] do. The computer reveals that a fluctuation in the timeline is to blame, centring on the writer [[Clark Ashton Smith]], who coined the name Averoigne in one of his stories and after whose work the real region was renamed. The group travelled in time to meet Smith, who was on an expedition to find the [[Zothiqua]]s, creatures he has seen in visions. They encountered an undead parody of Smith's friend, [[H. P. Lovecraft]], created by the Zothiquas, but they fled when Smith recognised them as alien parasites, and Valerie recovered her memories. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[When I Remember (short story)|When I Remember __________]]'') | ||
Chris was sent to investigate a disturbance on the planet [[Nibo]]. He encountered a sprawling mushroom entity which had grown from abandoned [[Time Engine]]s, and which had time-distorting effects. After expending hundreds of Cwejen bodies fighting the [[Shadow-Mantis]]es it generated, Chris defeated the entity. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mushroom at the End of the Universe (short story)|The Mushroom at the End of the Universe]]'') | Chris was sent to investigate a disturbance on the planet [[Nibo]]. He encountered a sprawling mushroom entity which had grown from abandoned [[Time Engine]]s, and which had time-distorting effects. After expending hundreds of Cwejen bodies fighting the [[Shadow-Mantis]]es it generated, Chris defeated the entity. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mushroom at the End of the Universe (short story)|The Mushroom at the End of the Universe]]'') | ||
When damage from a war between the [[Hytherian]]s and [[Geldex]] over the [[Psychosphere (Collective Unconscious)|Psychosphere]] began affecting the [[dream]]s of [[21st century]] [[Earth]], | When damage from a war between the [[Hytherian]]s and [[Geldex]] over the [[Psychosphere (Collective Unconscious)|Psychosphere]] began affecting the [[dream]]s of [[21st century]] [[Earth]], Chris' mind was uploaded to the Psychosphere to find a way to shut it down. While there, he met [[Jen Ashfield]] and [[Sara Willox]], who both remembered their encounters with Cwej as [[nightmare]]s. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Collective Unconscious (short story)|Collective Unconscious]]'') | ||
When Chris was staying at the [[Yakushima Tower]] with an old girlfriend, [[Kizzi Abriela]], the building's AI, [[HANS]], seemingly malfunctioned and took over the bodies of the lizard bankers who were there for a conference. Chris defeated them and got to safety. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Soft Target (short story)|Soft Target]]'') | When Chris was staying at the [[Yakushima Tower]] with an old girlfriend, [[Kizzi Abriela]], the building's AI, [[HANS]], seemingly malfunctioned and took over the bodies of the lizard bankers who were there for a conference. Chris defeated them and got to safety. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Soft Target (short story)|Soft Target]]'') | ||
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A Vicinity malfunction sent Chris to the body of a Cwej on an uncharted blue desert planet, inhabited by thousands of Cwejen, who lived in mud huts and spent their days idling, uncommunicative and with no apparent concept of the outside universe. The [[Cwej-Prime]]s subsisted on meat delivered by cybernetic [[Cwej-Magnus]]es. Though initially distressed, Chris eventually mellowed, and ultimately remained stranded here so long he began to forget his previous life. | A Vicinity malfunction sent Chris to the body of a Cwej on an uncharted blue desert planet, inhabited by thousands of Cwejen, who lived in mud huts and spent their days idling, uncommunicative and with no apparent concept of the outside universe. The [[Cwej-Prime]]s subsisted on meat delivered by cybernetic [[Cwej-Magnus]]es. Though initially distressed, Chris eventually mellowed, and ultimately remained stranded here so long he began to forget his previous life. | ||
[[File:The ursine brood.png|thumb|left|Cwej in the grip of the giant [[Cwej-Ursa]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ursine Brood (short story)|The Ursine Brood]]'')]] | [[File:The ursine brood.png|thumb|left|Cwej in the grip of the giant [[Cwej-Ursa]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ursine Brood (short story)|The Ursine Brood]]'')]] | ||
One day, he saw a priest-like [[Cwej-Plus]] sermonizing about the world beyond, and begged him for information. The priest took Chris to a crystalline crater containing a damaged timeship. He activated it, then emerged with several newly created Cwejen of all three types, demonstrating that this was how the population reproduced. Horrified, Chris attempted to destroy the timeship, but the priest summoned a mob to drag him into a cavern. Seeing butchered Cwejen below, he realised the meat he had been eating was Cwej flesh. In a subterranean colosseum, he saw Cwejen performing gladiator battles as Adjudicators and criminals. The winner was devoured by [[Cwej-Ursa]], a colossal cybernetic monstrosity resembling a blond teddy bear: a Cwej who had crash-landed here aeons ago and regenerated hundreds of times, subsisting on the flesh of his clones. The cavern collapsed as the sabotaged timeship exploded, and the injured Ursa began to regenerate into an ethereal winged creature with many eyes. The blast incinerated Chris' body, and he woke in ''La Kraw el Sol'' to find only seconds had passed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ursine Brood (short story)|The Ursine Brood]]'') | One day, he saw a priest-like [[Cwej-Plus]] sermonizing about the world beyond, and begged him for information. The priest took Chris to a crystalline crater containing a damaged timeship. He activated it, then emerged with several newly created Cwejen of all three types, demonstrating that this was how the population reproduced. Horrified, Chris attempted to destroy the timeship, but the priest summoned a mob to drag him into a cavern. Seeing butchered Cwejen below, he realised the meat he had been eating was Cwej flesh. In a subterranean colosseum, he saw Cwejen performing gladiator battles as Adjudicators and criminals. The winner was devoured by [[Cwej-Ursa]], a colossal cybernetic monstrosity resembling a blond teddy bear: a Cwej who had crash-landed here aeons ago and regenerated hundreds of times, subsisting on the flesh of his clones. The cavern collapsed as the sabotaged timeship exploded, and the injured Ursa began to regenerate into an ethereal winged creature with many eyes. The blast incinerated Chris' body, and he woke in ''La Kraw el Sol'' to find only seconds had passed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ursine Brood (short story)|The Ursine Brood]]'') | ||
Larles and Kwol noticed that Chris had seemed disturbed lately. [[Suala]] of [[Temporal Team X]] offered to remove the pain of | Larles and Kwol noticed that Chris had seemed disturbed lately. [[Suala]] of [[Temporal Team X]] offered to remove the pain of Chris' memories, something to which Chris eventually agreed. He finally confided in his friends about the things he had seen on Ursa's planet, though Suala told [[Cwejen 178]] that they had not actually remove the pain from his memory, and that the treatment had been a placebo. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Trauma Deception (short story)|The Trauma Deception]]'') | ||
Chris, Larles and Kwol went to PsyCon, a tech convention where the Superiors have identified unusual activity. An attending magician, Dylaxu, stole a new piece of equipment, the Futura Visor. Dylaxu revealed that he was Donacho Munchausen, who revealed that he was the one who murdered the Superior High President, as well as arranging for Chris to meet Larles and Kwol. This was an elaborate scheme to steal the visor and make money. Kwol grabbed the visor and used it to look into the future, where they saw humanity presiding over the destruction of the universe. Kwol attacked Chris, who was forced to kill them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The PsyCon Prediction (short story)|The PsyCon Prediction]]'') | Chris, Larles and Kwol went to PsyCon, a tech convention where the Superiors have identified unusual activity. An attending magician, Dylaxu, stole a new piece of equipment, the Futura Visor. Dylaxu revealed that he was Donacho Munchausen, who revealed that he was the one who murdered the Superior High President, as well as arranging for Chris to meet Larles and Kwol. This was an elaborate scheme to steal the visor and make money. Kwol grabbed the visor and used it to look into the future, where they saw humanity presiding over the destruction of the universe. Kwol attacked Chris, who was forced to kill them. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The PsyCon Prediction (short story)|The PsyCon Prediction]]'') | ||
After admitting to harbouring the alien fugitives for the last seven years, Chris was tried on the Base of Operations and sentenced to execution. The Superiors destroyed the Vicinity, the hardware of which was a small glass cube. Chris woke in another reality with Vicky, a woman who revealed herself to be the embodiment of the Vicinity. Having used the last of her energy to send him here, she told him to move on, but Chris contacted George Cwej and asked to be sent back to the Base. Chris shot the High President, then went on the run. Months later, he was accosted by Larles, now an agent of the Superiors. | After admitting to harbouring the alien fugitives for the last seven years, Chris was tried on the Base of Operations and sentenced to execution. The Superiors destroyed the Vicinity, the hardware of which was a small glass cube. Chris woke in another reality with Vicky, a woman who revealed herself to be the embodiment of the Vicinity. Having used the last of her energy to send him here, she told him to move on, but Chris contacted George Cwej and asked to be sent back to the Base. Chris shot the High President, then went on the run. Months later, he was accosted by Larles, now an agent of the Superiors. Chris' actions had inspired an [[Uprising of the Cwejen]], led by a rebel Cwej named [[Thomas Mackeray]]. Larles showed Chris the devastation the Uprising had caused, but abandoned him when he made a glib comment about Kwol. Chris attempted to rebuild the Vicinity, then sealed himself in a cave on a moon of [[Svelter V]], and retreated into the virtual reality with a simulation of Kwol. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Aftermath (short story)|The Aftermath]]'') | ||
Inside the new Vicinity, Chris had a psychedelic vision where he re-experienced his initial transformation into an AI, witnessed many past and future versions of himself, and realised that he had never been an ordinary Cwej, but was in fact the original, Cwej-One. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The V Cwejes (short story)|The V Cwejes]]'') | Inside the new Vicinity, Chris had a psychedelic vision where he re-experienced his initial transformation into an AI, witnessed many past and future versions of himself, and realised that he had never been an ordinary Cwej, but was in fact the original, Cwej-One. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The V Cwejes (short story)|The V Cwejes]]'') | ||
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* Creator [[Andy Lane]] said that he based Cwej and Roz on characters from ''NYPD Blue'', with Roz being a gender-flipped version of Andy Sipowicz (played by Dennis Franz). This presumably means Cwej was modelled on the character John Kelly (played by David Caruso).<ref>https://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv43/onediscussion.html</ref> | * Creator [[Andy Lane]] said that he based Cwej and Roz on characters from ''NYPD Blue'', with Roz being a gender-flipped version of Andy Sipowicz (played by Dennis Franz). This presumably means Cwej was modelled on the character John Kelly (played by David Caruso).<ref>https://doctorwho.org.nz/archive/tsv43/onediscussion.html</ref> | ||
* Cwej's appearance in ''Original Sin'', where he has been modified by a [[body bepple]] to look something like a [[teddy bear]], was inspired by [[Chewbacca]].<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/doctorwho/comments/jev3rz/_/g9gkeyf/?context=2 Andy Lane AMA on r/DoctorWho]</ref> | * Cwej's appearance in ''Original Sin'', where he has been modified by a [[body bepple]] to look something like a [[teddy bear]], was inspired by [[Chewbacca]].<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/doctorwho/comments/jev3rz/_/g9gkeyf/?context=2 Andy Lane AMA on r/DoctorWho]</ref> | ||
* ''[[Damaged Goods (novel)|Damaged Goods]]'', the 1996 novel which depicts | * ''[[Damaged Goods (novel)|Damaged Goods]]'', the 1996 novel which depicts Chris' sexual encounter with a [[gay]] man, was written by future ''Doctor Who'' showrunner [[Russell T Davies]], whose work often includes gay themes. (The same year had already seen [[Dave Stone]]'s ''[[Death and Diplomacy (novel)|Death and Diplomacy]]'' establish that [[Jason Kane]] had sex with both men and women, and the comics introduce [[lesbian]] companion [[Izzy Sinclair]].) In 2003, Davies mentioned Cwej in an introduction to the ''Queer as Folk'' DVD: "I even wrote a ''Doctor Who'' novel in which the six-foot blond, blue-eyed companion interrupts the hunt for an interdimensional Gallifreyan War Machine to get a blowjob in the back of a taxi. Like you do."<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/sep/15/channel4.gayrights</ref> Cwej tells David that [[sexuality]] is a non-issue where he comes from - a sentiment later echoed by [[Jack Harkness]], another future-human companion, whom Davies created for the 2005 revival. | ||
* The covers for the [[Big Finish]] audio adaptations ''[[Damaged Goods (audio story)|Damaged Goods]]'', ''[[Original Sin (audio story)|Original Sin]]'', and ''[[Cold Fusion (audio story)|Cold Fusion]]'' use photographs of voice actor [[Travis Oliver]] to represent Cwej. While Oliver generally resembles Cwej, his dark hair conflicts with the books' consistent descriptions of Cwej as blond. The 2020 short story ''[[The V Cwejes (short story)|The V Cwejes]]'' potentially explains this difference, revealing that the regenerated, black-haired Cwej, following Superior orders, abducted his own younger self at strategic points in an effort to supplant [[Seventh Doctor|the Defector]]'s influence on his life; in the altered timeline, the younger Cwej's hair temporarily darkened as a side-effect of contamination from his future self's biodata. | * The covers for the [[Big Finish]] audio adaptations ''[[Damaged Goods (audio story)|Damaged Goods]]'', ''[[Original Sin (audio story)|Original Sin]]'', and ''[[Cold Fusion (audio story)|Cold Fusion]]'' use photographs of voice actor [[Travis Oliver]] to represent Cwej. While Oliver generally resembles Cwej, his dark hair conflicts with the books' consistent descriptions of Cwej as blond. The 2020 short story ''[[The V Cwejes (short story)|The V Cwejes]]'' potentially explains this difference, revealing that the regenerated, black-haired Cwej, following Superior orders, abducted his own younger self at strategic points in an effort to supplant [[Seventh Doctor|the Defector]]'s influence on his life; in the altered timeline, the younger Cwej's hair temporarily darkened as a side-effect of contamination from his future self's biodata. | ||
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