Aditya Singh

This article is about **the character from the Netflix series**. You may be looking for **Dr. Singh, the character from the graphic novel series**.

## Biographical information

### Relatives

* Rani Singh (wife)
* Gus (Experimented on)

### Occupation

Medical Researcher
Doctor

## Appearances

### Portrayed by

Adeel Akhtar

**Dr. Aditya Singh** is a main character and deuteragonist of *Sweet Tooth*. He is a close friend and former colleague of Gladys Bell. Adi's wife, Rani, lives with the Sick, albeit discreetly. Adi is relentless in his quest to find a cure for the virus and save his wife, even if it means working with the Last Men.

## Biography

### History

Little is known about Adi's life before the Great Crumble and Rani's infection with the Sick. He worked as a doctor during the initial outbreak, presumably alongside Gladys Bell and the two became good friends. Shortly after Rani became sick, Adi gave up practicing medicine to stay at home and care for his wife. Unknowingly, Rani's illness was being suppressed by a booster vaccine that Adi would retrieve from Gladys's on a regular basis.

### Taking the helm

After years of researching a cure for the H5G9 virus, on one of their regular visits, Gladys revealed to Adi that she was suffering from stage four cancer, therefore would be giving up her research for a cure. Gladys explained that she wanted Adi to take over from her, but warned her that she had done some things that she was not proud of in her quest for the cure. Gladys handed him a book wherein she had documented all of her research that had led up to their current situation; including experiments on hybrid children.

Adi was disgusted at the methods Gladys had used during her efforts to find a cure, and vowed that he could not take over from her as it went against everything he believed in. Pressures build for Adi when his neighbour, Nancie, believes something to be amiss in the community. Upon explaining that she wanted to implement weekly virus screenings, both Adi and Rani panicked, believing that Rani was about to be exposed. Shortly after, however, Nancie is accidentally killed when Adi's horse kicks her in the chest, fixing the problem for the two.

### Issues

Things became complex for Adi, however, when the townspeople begin to question where Nancie was. Adi was forced to lie, remarking that Nancie got sick and they had to depose of her. Whilst they initially began to believe Adi, things turned for the worst when Rani began to cough, and the others suspected that she had the Sick. Adi and Rani were tied up, and the townspeople set the lab on fire with the intention to kill both Adi and Rani.

Fortunately, the research at the lab was deemed too important by Abbot and the fire was stopped by the Last Men. After retrieving Bell's research, Abbot instructed that the two were to be killed, but Adi was able to convince Abbot that he was close to a cure, and therefore useful.

### Research

After being saved by the Last Men, Rani was taken hostage and placed in a secure room in an effort to ensure Adi complied with his promises and continued to research a cure for the Sick. Abbot told Adi that he wanted to be the only one with the cure, therefore the one who decided who would live and who would die.

Adi set up his workspace to begin his experiments, but found it troubling when Gus was brought before him. Adi told Johnny a story about a deer, therefore found it too superstitious to experiment on Gus. Nonetheless, Adi began his experiments on one of the hybrids saved from the Preserve.

## Personality

Adi is very timid and anxious, but he loves his wife very much. He is not as religious as he once was. Aditya has a strong sense of duty toward his wife and his research for the cure to The Sick.

## References

1. ↑ *Weird Deer S\*\*t*
2. ↑ *Secret Sauce*
3. ↑ *What's in the Freezer?*
4. ↑ *Stranger Danger on a Train*