Bubonic plague


 * For the IDW Publishing comic of similar title, see Black Death White Life.

The Bubonic Plague, also known as the Black Death was a deadly plague that many Europeans succumbed to, until it was finally cured. It is associated with the Grim Reaper.

14th century
Durac, also known as Death, appeared during a Black Death outbreak in Cardiff until one brave girl fought him to a standstill. (TW: Dead Man Walking)

16th century
William Shakespeare's son Hamnet was a victim. It was grief over his death that saw Shakespeare at his lowest ebb. (DW: The Shakespeare Code)

17th century
In 1666, escaped Terileptil convicts created a deliberately more virulent variant on the black death in order to infect rats with it so as to spread it to Humans. A fire started at the Terileptil base set London ablaze helping cleanse the area partially of infection. The Terileptils dressed their android up as the Grim Reaper to frighten the townsfolk. (DW: The Visitation)

21st century
When the Cardiff rift was opened, people with the black death fell through time into Cardiff. (TW: End of Days)