Can I just drag/drop files to the TC to back them up ?

As it appears to be 'just' a hard drive, can I simply drag/drop any files I want to back up immediately, onto the TC and they will copy across ?
Will this not affect the backup images ?

Yes. The Time Capsule is indeed just a disk being served across the network with no special purpose. It is not dedicated to Time Machine (though that's probably what most people buy & use it for and it's certainly marketed for that purpose).
If you were doing Time Machine backups to a local disk (e.g. Firewire or USB connected external drive) then you'd you'd see a folder for your computers backups with loads of folders inside named for the date & time of that backup. Those are all maintained by Time Machine. You can drop a file anywhere else in the drive (don't drop it inside the folders that Time Machine maintains).
When using either Time Capsule or the newer Airport Extreme Base Station with the GigE & USB port for printer/disk support, Time Machine works just like a local disk except it encrypts the backup in a sparse image file (basically the same thing as 'FileVault') They key to encrypt/decrypt the data in the spare image is kept in your keychain. You can click your Time Capsule in Finder to mount it and you'll see the sparsebundle file(s). Your Time Machine backups are in the sparebundle files. You can drop & drop files anywhere you want on the Time Machine other than inside the sparsebundles (Time Machine manages them... so you shouldn't mess with those manually unless you know what you're doing.)

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http://osxdaily.com/2011/07/18/disable-mac-os-x-lion-resume-window-restore/
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