Anne Reid's Nurse Crane had a memorable death during her first Doctor Who appearance in 1988's The Curse of Fenric, when formerly-disabled charge Doctor Judson set a group of vampires on her. But when she came back in 2007 via Russell T Davies' Smith and Jones, she went decidedly on the offensive. Seemingly a harmless patient at a hospital transported to the Moon, dotty old Florence was actually a Plasmavore, roaming the wards and draining consultants. Her weapon of choice? A drinking straw! Guest star Roy Marsden checked out prematurely as the blatantly-named Mr Stoker who became a rich source of food thanks to his privatized diet of liquid lunches and expensive dinners. Held in position by Reid's lethal couriers, he wound up on the carpet, drier than a Ryvita dropped in the Sahara Desert.
I am a journalist and comedian who enjoys American movies of the 70s, Amicus horror compendiums, Doctor Who, Twin Peaks, Naomi Watts and sitting down. My short fiction has been published as part of the Iris Wildthyme range from Obverse Books.
