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[[The Man in Grey]] and [[the Man in Black]] were both devised by [[Callum Phillpott]] in loose reference to the 1980 song ''[[Man at C&A]]'', whose fairly mysterious lyrics identify singer {{w|Terry Hall (singer)|Terry Hall}}'s character as “the Man in Grey”, seemingly distinct from “the Man in Black”, with both of them being knowledgeable but powerless figures in the context of the Cold War abruptly erupting into a nuclear World War Three. | [[The Man in Grey]] and [[the Man in Black]] were both devised by [[Callum Phillpott]] in loose reference to the 1980 song ''[[Man at C&A]]'', whose fairly mysterious lyrics identify singer {{w|Terry Hall (singer)|Terry Hall}}'s character as “the Man in Grey”, seemingly distinct from “the Man in Black”, with both of them being knowledgeable but powerless figures in the context of the Cold War abruptly erupting into a nuclear World War Three. | ||
{{quotebox|''Warning, warning, nuclear attack!''<br>''Atomic sounds designed to blow your mind!''<br>''World War Three! Nuclear, nuclear attack!''<br>(…)<br>''The Man in Black, he told me the latest Moscow news about the storm across the | {{quotebox|''Warning, warning, nuclear attack!''<br>''Atomic sounds designed to blow your mind!''<br>''World War Three! Nuclear, nuclear attack!''<br>(…)<br>''The Man in Black, he told me the latest Moscow news about the storm across the Red Sea.''<br>''They drove their ball-point views.<br>I'm the Man in Grey, I'm just the Man at C&A,''<br>''And I don't have a say in the war games that they play.''|Man at C&A}} | ||
[[File:The Specials - Man At C&A|thumb|right|The Specials performing ''Man at C&A'' live on November 24th, 1980.]] | [[File:The Specials - Man At C&A|thumb|right|The Specials performing ''Man at C&A'' live on November 24th, 1980.]] | ||
The first incarnation of the character to make its way to released media was [[the Man in Black]], who appeared in Phillpott's novel ''[[w:c:tardis:Cyber-Hunt (novelisation)|Cyber-Hunt]]'', set in the [[Third Universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]]. Adapted from the earlier audioplay of the same name, which featured no such figure, the book depicted “the man in black” (then uncapitalised) as a highly mysterious figure with whom [[Nth Doctor (Third Universe)|Fred]] makes a deal. Various possible identities for the man in black were proposed or hinted at, including some version of the Doctor's nemesis [[w:c:tardis:The Master|the Master]], the [[w:c:tardis:Time Lord messenger (Genesis of the Daleks)|Time Lord messenger]] seen in the ''Doctor Who'' episode [[w:c:tardis:Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|''Genesis of the Daleks'']], [[Death]], or [[Nyarlathotep]]. | The first incarnation of the character to make its way to released media was [[the Man in Black]], who appeared in Phillpott's novel ''[[w:c:tardis:Cyber-Hunt (novelisation)|Cyber-Hunt]]'', set in the [[Third Universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]]. Adapted from the earlier audioplay of the same name, which featured no such figure, the book depicted “the man in black” (then uncapitalised) as a highly mysterious figure with whom [[Nth Doctor (Third Universe)|Fred]] makes a deal. Various possible identities for the man in black were proposed or hinted at, including some version of the Doctor's nemesis [[w:c:tardis:The Master|the Master]], the [[w:c:tardis:Time Lord messenger (Genesis of the Daleks)|Time Lord messenger]] seen in the ''Doctor Who'' episode [[w:c:tardis:Genesis of the Daleks (TV story)|''Genesis of the Daleks'']], [[Death]], or [[Nyarlathotep]]. | ||
