Nora Tachyon
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| Mrs. Tachyon | |
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| Name | Nora Tachyon, also known as "Tacky Nora" |
| Race | Human, but... |
| Age | Very old |
| Occupation | Tramp |
| Physical appearance | Old, wearing all her clothes at once |
| Residence | Blackbury through the ages |
| Death | |
| Parents | |
| Relatives | |
| Children | |
| Marital Status | "Mrs" suggests widowed |
| Appearances | |
| Books | Johnny and the Bomb |
| Cameos | Johnny and the Dead |
Mrs Tachyon is the local baglady of Blackbury. She pushes a shopping cart filled with black plastic bags wherever she goes. She has been an old lady for ages...
She is often accompanied by a real cat named Guilty.
In The BBC adaptation of Johnny and the Bomb she was played by Zoë Wanamaker.
Annotation
A Tachyon is a theoretical faster than light particle. As it moves faster than light, it must also move backwards in time, and is therefore a staple for sci-fi writers everywhere who want to add some quantum physics into their novels.