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Book cover of Doomsday Book
Doomsday BookConnie WillisOxford Time Travel, book 1

Characters in Doomsday Book

10 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Kivrin

    Young medieval historian from Oxford who is sent back in time and has to hide who she is.

Supporting characters

  • James Dunworthy

    Her reluctant supervisor, who tries to find out what happened to her drop as the epidemic spreads.

  • Mary Ahrens

    Doctor and friend of Dunworthy who treats the infected in Oxford.

  • Badri Chaudhuri

    Technician who sets Kivrin's coordinates while falling ill.

  • Colin (Doomsday Book)

    Mary Ahrens's grand-nephew, who befriends Dunworthy.

  • Gilchrist (Doomsday Book)

    Acting head of Balliol College, who orders the time-travel net closed.

  • Agnes (Doomsday Book)

    A child of the village household whom Kivrin bonds with.

  • Rosemund (Doomsday Book)

    A child of the village household whom Kivrin bonds with.

  • Roche (Doomsday Book)

    Father Roche, the village priest.

Minor characters

  • Maisry (Doomsday Book)

    A servant in the medieval household.