Tranquil Repose was a funeral business located on the planet Necros, renowned for their funeral arrangements for the galaxy's elite. The business was created so that, after death, a person's funeral would be held and then they would be placed into suspended animation until a point in time when the cure for their death was created and they could be returned to life. Those placed into suspended animation were called the Resting Ones.
Structure and staff[]
The establishment had a parlour for funeral services, after which the person would be moved to the catacombs underneath Tranquil Repose, where their body would be put into suspended animation. Outside the building was the Garden of Fond Memories, where statues of the Resting Ones were erected in their memory.
The head of Tranquil Repose was Jobel, assisted by Tasambeker, who was a third year student of his. The security of the facility, who guarded the few thousand stiffs from body snatchers, was headed by Takis and Lilt. Tranquil Repose also provided a DJ, who kept the resting consciousnesses of the bodies updated with any cultural or technological news of the person's choice so that when they came back to life, they wouldn't feel that the universe had left them behind. The DJ played Earth music from the 1950s and 60s, and would give messages from still living loved ones. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks)
History[]
Tranquil Repose was chosen to host the funeral of President Vargos's late wife. At that time, however, the facility had been taken over and used as a base by Davros, who was going under the alias of "the Great Healer". Davros used the bodies for his experimentation with the Dalek race, creating a new generation who would be loyal to him rather than the Supreme Dalek. The bodies not fit for experimentation were turned into a highly concentrated protein that Davros gave to Kara, whose factories sold to developing planets, eliminating famine throughout the galaxy. After the Sixth Doctor and Peri arrived at the facility, Davros was discovered and the Dalek Empire arrived to take him to Skaro for trial. Tranquil Repose was destroyed when Orcini detonated a bomb intended to kill Davros. (TV: Revelation of the Daleks)
