Charles S'Avage

Character Profile

Charles S'Avage was the brother of Dirk Savage, the husband of the late Julie Savage and Mariam Andrews and the father of Dennis Savage. He was the seventh and final murder victim of serial killer The Gloved Hand Killer.

Biography[]

2014: Arrival[]

Dr. S'avage was first mentioned by his son, Dennis Savage, when Dennis told his cousin, Will Savage, of how his father left him with his uncle, Dirk Savage, to pursue his medical career at the time. In 2014, Charles was transferred to Dee Valley University Hospital. During the hospital siege in October 2014, Charles tried to stand up to detainer Big Bob when Freddie Roscoe was shot by Bob, but Charles was overpowered by Bob. Bob was later shot dead during a scuffle with Cameron Campbell, and Charles declared him dead. He promised to help Lindsey Butterfield get her job back at the hospital. It was also revealed that he is Dennis's father. Dennis and Charles struggled to reconcile, especially when Dr. S'avage disapproved of Dennis' transgender girlfriend, Blessing Chambers. However, Charles managed to convince Dennis to give him the matches, after Dennis threatened to blow up Trevor Royle's flat, in revenge for Trevor's bomb causing the death of Dennis's late wife, Leanne Holiday, in October 2013.

2015: Finding his ex-wife & supporting Dirk[]

Dr. S'avage revealed to Tegan Lomax that the reason her daughter, Rose's blood transfusion did not work was because Rose was a different blood type than what Tegan was told at her birth - meaning that Rose was not her biological daughter. Later, Charles informed Tegan that her cancer treatment had not worked and to Tony Hutchinson that his cancer treatment had caused him to become infertile. After the baby swap dilemma came to light, the midwife who unintentionally switched them, Mariam Andrews, was revealed to be Dr. S'avage's ex-wife. Mariam blackmailed Dr. S'avage into helping her, threatening to expose one of his secrets. Dr. S'avage had Mariam placed in a mental ward, which Sienna Blake discovered. Sienna became close to Mariam to try and uncover his secret, and Dr. S'avage, panicking, promised to get Mariam out. Dr. S'avage was angry at his nephew, Will, for kidnapping Dennis in 2013, and later supported Dirk when he revealed he is being blackmailed over letting his son Will die when Will was murdered in February 2015. Dr. S'avage assured Dirk that he had nothing to feel guilty about. He also helped Dirk set up traps to catch the blackmailer, who was later revealed to be Robbie Roscoe.

2015: Secret revealed & Growing close to Sienna[]

Sienna and Dr. S'avage grow closer over the following weeks, which a newly released Mariam is jealous about so she reveals Dr. S'avage's secret: he never fully qualified as a doctor. This panics Sienna as he is treating her daughter, Nico Blake, who has a kidney infection. Dr. S'avage, however, assures her that he has never misdiagnosed a patient and that if the truth comes out she may be deemed fit to stand trial and could end up in prison. When Mariam accuses him of killing patients, he denies it and Sienna helps destroy the evidence of him not qualifying as a doctor. When Mariam is found dead in his office after being murdered by the Gloved Hand Killer, Sienna gives him an alibi. A few weeks later, Dr. S'avage finds Sienna suffering an allergic reaction from a bee sting after Nico abandoned her and encourages Sienna to report Nico to Social Services as she needs help. Sienna agrees but later regrets her decision and has an argument with Dr. S'avage about it, before breaking down in tears. Dr. S'avage comforts her and they share a kiss. Sienna tells him later that she just sees him as a father figure, devastating him. Reenie McQueen then starts flirting with him to get his money, but Dr. S'avage does not believe Sienna when she tells him. After Sienna pushes Reenie down the city stairs, Dr. S'avage helps her cover it up after she admits she needed him by blackmailing Reenie over her using his credit card. He then treats Sienna's wounds after Reenie attacks her and promises to mend her wicker make of the Titanic, which Reenie also destroyed.

2015: Covering up Carly's murder, finding the Gloved Hand Killer & Death[]

In August 2015, Dr. S'avage discovers that Nico murdered Carly Bradley while protecting Sienna and tries to cover it up, but the police are called by Celine. He panics when Nico is arrested, but she is later released. He also treats Leela Lomax after a car explosion and is seen outside when the Gloved Hand Killer murdered Dylan Jenkins, ruling him out as a suspect. He then becomes suspicious of Dylan's death and when Cindy Cunningham finds the Gloved Hand Killer's locker with photos of their victims, she shares what she found with Dr. S'avage. Dr. S'avage then finds a strand of hair in the locker and orders all his staff to take a drug test in an attempt to find out who it is. However, Celine panics as she is using hospital appetite suppressants to get thin and she switches her DNA sample in order to throw the scent off her. Dr. S'avage places a camera in the drugs locker to try and catch the killer, but it fails. Later, when Ashley Davidson is murdered by the Gloved Hand Killer, Dr. S'avage uses the CCTV camera he placed in Ashley's room and succeeds in catching the killer. But, when advancing into the Hollyoaks Pride Festival, he calls Cindy to tell her who the killer is, unaware that the killer is behind him, armed with a syringe. Dr. S'avage is then injured when he is struck by a falling beam after Trevor shot it down by accident. In the confusion, the killer reaches Dr. S'avage and fatally injects him with a large dose of potassium chloride, which was witnessed by young Charlie Dean. Dr. S'avage descends into cardiac arrest and is rushed to hospital, but dies when being resuscitated. Dirk is devastated by this as they always argued with each other. However, Cindy is adamant that the Gloved Hand Killer murdered him. Lindsey is later revealed as the killer soon after Dr. S'avage's death.