Damaged Goods (novel)

Damaged Goods is a 1996 novel in the Virgin New Adventures range of original Doctor Who novels. The book is most notable in that it was written by Russell T Davies, nearly a decade before he revived the Doctor Who television franchise as executive producer.

Publisher's summary
Wherever this cocaine has travelled, it hasn't gone alone. Death has been its attendant. Death in a remarkably violent and inelegant form. The Doctor, Chris and  Roz, arrive at the Quadrant, a troubled council block in Thatcher's Britain. There's a new drug on the streets, a drug that's killing to a plan. Somehow, the very ordinary people of the Quadrant are involved. And so, amidst the growing chaos, a bizarre trio moves into number 43.

The year is 1987: a dead drug dealer has risen from the grave, and an ancient weapon is concealed beneath human tragedy. But the Doctor soon discovers that the things people do for their children can be every bit as deadly as any alien menace - as he uncovers the link between a special child, an obsessive woman, and a desperate bargain made one dark Christmas Eve.

Characters

 * Seventh Doctor
 * Mentions an anti-Dalek weapon he built during the Shoreditch Incident.


 * Roz Forrester
 * Smokes cigarettes (as her 30th century metabolism will not allow the cigerette to cause any harm to her body).


 * Chris Cwej
 * Has sex with David.
 * Wears an earing in his right ear (1980s gay culture dictated that the right was the 'gay' ear).


 * David Daniels
 * Flirts with Chris Cwej.
 * Has sex with Chris.
 * 20 years after meeting Chris, David contracts HIV1.


 * Winnie Tyler


 * Bev Tyler


 * Gabriel Tyler
 * Is a low level psychic.


 * Simon Jenkins

Continuity

 * Events of this story lead into NA: So Vile a Sin.

Timeline

 * This story takes place after NA: The Death of Art
 * This story takes place before NA: So Vile a Sin