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During the [[Great Depression]], many homeless people in [[United States|America]] lived in shanty towns called [[Hooverville]]s. In [[1930]], Hooverville residents in [[New York City]] were abducted by the [[Cult of Skaro]] and converted into [[pig slave]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'', ''[[Evolution of the Daleks (TV story)|Evolution of the Daleks]]'')

During [[the Blitz]], many children were left orphaned and homeless in [[London]]. [[Nancy (The Empty Child)|Nancy]] looked after them and helped them get food. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'')

In [[1966]], a [[tramp (The War Machines)|tramp]] planned to sleep in an abandoned [[warehouse]], but was killed by labourers under [[WOTAN]]'s control after he discovered them building [[War Machine]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The War Machines (TV story)|The War Machines]]'')

In [[1968]], [[the Sentience (Nightshade)|the Sentience]] possessed a homeless man named [[Billy Coote]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Nightshade (novel)|Nightshade]]'')

In [[1969]], [[Melody Pond (Prequel to The Impossible Astronaut)|Melody Pond]] became homeless after she escaped from the [[Silent]]s. Six months later, in New York City, a [[Tramp (Day of the Moon)|tramp]] witnessed her [[regeneration|regenerate]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'')

Prior to [[1971]], the [[documentary]] ''[[Cathy Come Home]]'' publicised the issue of homelessness in [[London]]. In response, the [[charity]] [[Shelter (charity)|Shelter]] was established and set up several [[halfway house]]s for the homeless in the city. During [[Dodo Chaplet]]'s period of homelessness following her time at the [[Glasshouse]], she regularly stayed at one such house before moving in with [[James Stevens]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Killed Kennedy (novel)|Who Killed Kennedy]]'')

In the [[1970s]], a tramp named [[Pigbin Josh]] was captured and killed by [[Axos]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Claws of Axos (TV story)|The Claws of Axos]]'') Some years later, a [[Tramp (Planet of the Spiders)|tramp]] was run over by a [[hovercraft]] driven by the [[Third Doctor]], who was chasing [[Lupton]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'')

The [[The Master (Terror of the Autons)|UNIT-era Master]] regarded a [[homeless man (Terror of the Master)|homeless victim]] as "a vagrant", of absolutely no consequence. His [[Skaross]] ally asked the Master if he had ever been homeless, and he admitted he had never really considered the question. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Terror of the Master (audio story)|Terror of the Master]]'')

In [[1992]], a tramp nicknamed [[Leapy]] helped the [[Seventh Doctor]] defeat a [[Gantac]] invasion. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Invaders from Gantac! (comic story)|Invaders from Gantac!]]'') Later, [[Tramp (The Tramp's Story)|another tramp]] became the Doctor's companion. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tramp's Story (short story)|The Tramp's Story]]'')

In [[1997]], [[vampire]]s killed many homeless people in [[San Francisco]] for their [[blood]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Vampire Science (novel)|Vampire Science]]'')

On a [[Christmas Eve]] in the late [[20th century]], the [[Second Doctor]], [[Jamie McCrimmon]] and [[Zoe Heriot]] stopped a desperate homeless man named [[Charlie (Goodwill Toward Men)|Charlie]] from robbing the [[Los Angeles Midnight Mission|Midnight Mission]] in [[Los Angeles]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Goodwill Toward Men (short story)|Goodwill Toward Men]]'')

In the early [[21st century]], with increasing [[pollution]] bringing declining health, the [[Butler Institute]] acquired homeless people as a source of replacement organs for the corporation's employees. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Cat's Cradle: Warhead (novel)|Cat's Cradle: Warhead]]'')

Circa [[2006]], [[Torchwood One]] abducted several homeless people and experimented on them with [[alien]] [[DNA]], eventually creating the [[Chimera (The Legacy of Torchwood One!)|Chimera]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Legacy of Torchwood One! (comic story)|The Legacy of Torchwood One!]]'')

In [[2007]], a [[Bruydac]] killed several homeless people in [[Cardiff]] for their spinal fluid. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Another Life (novel)|Another Life]]'')

In [[2009]], [[Eve (The Mad Woman in the Attic)|Eve]] abducted four homeless people for companionship. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mad Woman in the Attic (TV story)|The Mad Woman in the Attic]]'')

On [[24 December]] in approximately the [[2000s]],{{note|Both ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'' and ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' are referred to in dialogue as taking place after the end of ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'', which is set in either [[2008]], according to [[TV]]: ''[[The Fires of Pompeii (TV story)|The Fires of Pompeii]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Waters of Mars (TV story)|The Waters of Mars]]'', and [[AUDIO]]: ''[[SOS (audio story)|SOS]]'' (and heavily implied by [[TV]]: ''[[The Star Beast (TV story)|The Star Beast]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Giggle (TV story)|The Giggle]]''), or six weeks after the middle of [[May]] [[2009]], circa [[June]], according to [[PROSE]]: ''[[Beautiful Chaos (novel)|Beautiful Chaos]]''. However, the year of ''The End of Time'' is unspecified, as is whether or not it is intended to be the [[Christmas]] immediately after ''Journey's End''.}} the [[Saxon Master]] killed two homeless men, [[Tommo (The End of Time)|Tommo]] and [[Ginger (The End of Time)|Ginger]], for their life force. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')

In [[2011]], a homeless man witnessed a [[Metalkind]]'s arrival on Earth. He later told [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and [[Rani Chandra]] what he had seen. ([[TV]]: ''[[Sky (TV story)|Sky]]'')

Later that year, [[Clyde Langer]] met and befriended [[Ellie Faber]] and other homeless people when he was under [[Hetocumtek]]'s curse. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Curse of Clyde Langer (TV story)|The Curse of Clyde Langer]]'')

In [[2012]], [[Henry van Statten]], who often had his employees mind-wiped and abandoned on the streets of various cities, suffered this fate himself at the hands of [[Diana Goddard]] as punishment for all the deaths caused by the [[Metaltron]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'')

In the [[2010s]], homeless people in [[South Wales]] were targeted by [[Oblation]]. The programme involved reconfigured [[Sorvix]] [[fire drone]]s, which gave the homeless the choice of death or injection with experimental drugs. [[Tyler Steele]] was one such person, resorting to [[prostitution]] in order to make money. He remarked that regular people ignore the plights of the homeless and himself ignored the existence of a homeless friend after being set up at [[the Hub]]. Oblation ended when Tyler tagged its creator, [[Ben (Hostile Environment)|Ben]], who was burnt to death. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hostile Environment (audio story)|Hostile Environment]]'')

In [[2050]], [[Darius Pike]] encountered two tramps in a junkyard. They locked him in a wardrobe for invading their territory. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fear Itself (TV story)|Fear Itself]]'')

On [[Pete's World]], [[John Lumic]] had [[Cybus Industries]] round up homeless people and convert them into [[Cyberman (Pete's World)|Cybermen]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'')

On an unnamed planet in the [[82nd century]], a [[Tramp (The Shape Shifter)|tramp]] tried to eat a [[burger]] he found in a [[dustbin]], only to find it was actually [[Frobisher|Avan Tarklu]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Shape Shifter (comic story)|The Shape Shifter]]'')