The Fancy was the sailing ship (frigate) of Captain Henry Avery. (TV: The Curse of the Black Spot)
Crew[]
Avery's crew included Cherub, Tim Deadman, Zeb Gurney, Joseph Longfoot, Samuel Pike, Jack Ringwood, Daniel Smallbeer, (TV: The Smugglers) an unnamed boatswain, Dancer De Florres, McGrath, Mulligan and, later, Captain Avery's son, Toby Avery. (TV: The Curse of the Black Spot)
History[]
In 1699, the ship was stranded in the same spot as a spaceship from another universe. The spaceship's virtual doctor came to Fancy to heal all members of the crew who were sick or injured. However, the crew believed the virtual doctor to be a sea siren who had come to kill them.
Eventually, Fancy's entire crew at the time was taken to the other universe and they flew the Skerth spaceship away from Earth. (TV: The Curse of the Black Spot) They later joined the Eleventh Doctor's army. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War)
Legacy[]
Some time in the 17th century, some surviving member's of Avery's crew believed their captain to be dead. These included Samuel Pike and Cherub, who had since become captain and first mate respectively of a new ship, the Black Albatross, and Joseph Longfoot, now a churchwarden in Cornwall. (TV: The Smugglers)
