Wilson Stevens

Wilson Stevens was a 20-year-old homeless person from Stockton, England. He was a close friend and frequent pickpocket partner of Jason Whittaker, living in a homeless shelter alongside Tommi Davies and Bernie McTighe. Often described as overly optimistic, he regularly annoys the people around him with his naive outlook on life.

Sometime in 2022, just following the regeneration of The Doctor and her crash on Earth, Wilson was absorbed by a living shadow and became a Shadowman. He was saved when the Doctor used her remaining regeneration energy to destroy the Unknown Shade, freeing all those possessed by shadow from the Unknown Shade. Following the Minister of War's attack on Earth, Wilson took refuge in the TARDIS and played a key part in the attempt at saving the world. Wilson was murdered by the Minister of War who turned him into a Shadowman and then ordered him to disintegrate himself.

Biography
Wilson spent his days on the streets of Stockton scrounging for anything that he can use to get by or make a living. He often had little luck in this endeavour so had to resort to more illicit methods such as when he stole the wallet of self-righteous Preacher from the Stockton high street with Jason and Tommi. After being spotted the trio dispersed and ran away, easily escaping the aged man. Wilson ended up in a dark alley, suddenly remembering the rumours of people disappearing mysteriously and being taken by shadows. He feels the shadows overcome him and dematerialises into the surrounding shadows, waking up a few hours later on a rooftop with the other victims after being saved from the Unknown Shade by the Doctor. He returned to Bernie's homeless shelter much to Tommi's relief, later retelling the story to the other residents (AUDIO: Open Doors). When Jason returns to Stockton after a short trip in the TARDIS, Wilson claimed that he wasn't concerned by Jason's absence (AUDIO: Out Of Service).

When the Minister of War took over the Earth for use as a battleground between his two shadow armies, Wilson was among those offered refuge by Jason in the TARDIS. He was characteristically optimistic in the initial discussion about stopping the Shadowmen citing the fact that they'd stopped them before. Alongside Tommi and Bernie, he attempted to infiltrate the Minister's ship, taking one of the UNIT uniforms with Tommi to disguise themselves. The two succeed in making it to the Prime ship and were unable to escape when encountered by the Minister of War who turned Wilson into a Shadowman and Tommi into a Shadow Host. With Jason unable to choose which of his friends to die, the Minister instructed the shadow possessing Wilson to retire itself, disintegrating itself and killing Wilson in the process (AUDIO: Against The Dying Of The Light).