Ron Thorpe

Thorpe was the grocery store owner at Devil's End. According to, he padded the grocery bills of the local gentry.

He, along with most of the other villagers, was frightened into serving the Master. He took part in the attempt to burn the Third Doctor to death, but was stopped by Olive Hawthorne. (TV: The Dæmons)

Behind the scenes
In the novelisation, he is given the first name of Ron.