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=== Deal with Dick Turpin === | === Deal with Dick Turpin === | ||
[[File:The Scream Sommelier in the 18th century.png|thumb|left|[[Dick Turpin | [[File:The Scream Sommelier in the 18th century.png|thumb|left|[[Dick Turpin]]'s [[god]] betrays him, laughing at his impending [[execution]]. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Untitled (FCBD2024 comic story)}})]]After [[Dick Turpin]], a murderous bandit, was arrested in [[1739]], ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Doomwood Curse (audio story)}}) he was contacted by the collector of screams, who gave him a [[Cybergauntlet]] capable of firing energy pulses. Telling Turpin of his nature as a [[god]], the entity also promised him "riches and infamy beyond [Turpin's] wildest dreams" if he managed to make the Doctor scream, drawing the Doctor's TARDIS to the correct time and place for him to encounter Turpin. However, their confrontation was short, with the Doctor refusing to be cowed and using [[Fifteenth Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his sonic screwdriver]] to short out Turpin's gauntlet and incapacitate him. Knowing that they [[Fixed point in time|couldn't alter the event]], the Doctor and Ruby let the 18th centuries recapture Turpin and resume their attempt to kill him. | ||
On his second visit to the gallows, Turpin still had hope that his god would rescue him. He initially felt vindicated upon noticing the deity among the crowd, but then realised, when he saw him [[laugh]]ing, that his god had forsaken him and had only come to watch him die. He screamed in terror, and the god [[bottle]]d his scream, deeming it a "unique vintage", if inferior to the prize he hoped for. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Untitled (FCBD2024 comic story)}}) | On his second visit to the gallows, Turpin still had hope that his god would rescue him. He initially felt vindicated upon noticing the deity among the crowd, but then realised, when he saw him [[laugh]]ing, that his god had forsaken him and had only come to watch him die. He screamed in terror, and the god [[bottle]]d his scream, deeming it a "unique vintage", if inferior to the prize he hoped for. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Untitled (FCBD2024 comic story)}}) | ||
