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- The XYY Man began as a series of novels by Kenneth Royce, featuring the character of William (or Willie) 'Spider' Scott, a one-time cat-burglar who leaves prison aiming to go straight but finds his talents still to be very much in demand by both the criminal underworld and the British secret service. Scott has an extra Y chromosome that supposedly gives him a criminal predisposition – although he tries to go straight, he is genetically incapable of doing so. Royce's original books were: The XYY Man (1970); Concrete Boot (1971); The Miniatures Frame (1972); Spider Underground (The Masterpiece Affair) (1973) and Trap Spider (1974), though he returned to the character in the 80s with The Crypto Man (1984) and The Mosley Receipt (1985). Regular characters included Scott's long-suffering girlfriend Maggie Parsons; British secret service head Fairfax (although this is a codename; the character's real name is Sir Stuart Halliman. In one episode of the television series, Fairfax identifies himself as "Stuart" in a telephone conversation); Detective Sergeant George Bulman, the tenacious policeman who wants nothing more than to see Scott back behind bars; journalist Ray Lynch; gay photographer Bluey Palmer and KGB chief Kransouski. (en)
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- David Wood (en)
- Ray Goode (en)
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- Ken Grieve (en)
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- Carol Wilks (en)
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- Tony Smith (en)
- Anthony Ham (en)
- Brian Tagg (en)
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- William "Spider" Scott (en)
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- Spider buys a half-share of an executive aircraft charter company. One of his first customers is an old acquaintance from his criminal past, then one of his old friends turns up dead. (en)
- Spider goes on the run with his fellow escapee, but it isn't only the police who are in pursuit. (en)
- Reisen brings pressure to bear on Spider. (en)
- Spider decides to take Fairfax on at his own game and offers to sell the photograph to rival foreign agents, unaware just how high the stakes are and that his own life is in danger. (en)
- Spider is implicated in robbery and murder, and finds Laidlaw and Bulman are both on his tail. (en)
- Spider seeks out a criminal who threatened his girlfriend. (en)
- Spider, facing a murder charge, agrees to go back to prison to carry out a job for Fairfax – helping another prisoner to escape. (en)
- Cat burglar Spider Scott is released from prison and wants to go straight. A British Intelligence officer called Fairfax has other ideas though and wants to use Spider's talents to retrieve an incriminating photograph. (en)
- Spider finds himself on the run from foreign agents, who are also after the photograph which they plan to use for their political ends. (en)
- Spider is released from custody, but only so he can help capture an enemy agent. (en)
- Spider is convinced that the police were tipped off about the break-in. He attempts to get close to Thresher's daughter, but soon finds his life under threat. (en)
- Spider plays along with the scheme to smuggle a man out of the country, unaware that he is being set up as a decoy for a deadly international operation. (en)
- Spider is invited to serve on a committee investigating prison conditions, but is soon asked to resign by the committee chairman. (en)
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- Edward Boyd (en)
- Murray Smith (en)
- Tim Aspinall (en)
- Ivor Marshall (en)
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- The XYY Man began as a series of novels by Kenneth Royce, featuring the character of William (or Willie) 'Spider' Scott, a one-time cat-burglar who leaves prison aiming to go straight but finds his talents still to be very much in demand by both the criminal underworld and the British secret service. Scott has an extra Y chromosome that supposedly gives him a criminal predisposition – although he tries to go straight, he is genetically incapable of doing so. (en)
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- William "Spider" Scott (en)
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