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|series        = [[Torchwood]] - [[BBC Torchwood novels]]
|image          = SkyPoint.jpg
|series        = [[BBC Torchwood novels]]
|number        = 8
|number        = 8
|main character = Captain [[Jack Harkness]]
|main character = [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]], [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]]
|featuring      = [[Gwen Cooper]]<br>[[Toshiko Sato]]<br>[[Owen Harper]]<br>[[Ianto Jones]]<br>[[Rhys Williams]]
|featuring      = Rhys Williams
|enemy          = [[Besnik Lucca]]
|enemy          = [[Besnik Lucca]], [[Mr Pickles]]
|year          = [[Earth]], [[Wales]], [[Cardiff]]
|setting        = [[Cardiff]], [[2008]]
|writer        = [[Phil Ford]]
|writer        = Phil Ford
|publisher      = [[BBC Books]]
|publisher      = BBC Books
|release date  = 2nd [[October]], [[2008]]
|release date  = 20 November 2008
|format        = Hardcover Book, 251 Pages
|format        = Hardcover Book, 256 pages
|isbn          = ISBN 1-84607-575-0
|isbn          = ISBN 1-84607-575-0
|previous story = [[Pack Animals]]
|prev = Pack Animals (novel)
|next story     = [[Almost Perfect]]
|next    = Almost Perfect (novel)
}}
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'''''SkyPoint''''' was the eighth release in the [[BBC Torchwood novels|BBC ''Torchwood'' Novels]] series. It was the final novel to feature [[Owen Harper]] and [[Toshiko Sato]].


==Publisher's Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
[[SkyPoint]] is the latest high-rise addition to the ever-developing [[Cardiff]] skyline. It's the most high-tech, avant-garde apartment block in the city. And it's where [[Rhys Williams]] is hoping to find a new home for himself and [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]]. When [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]] discover that residents have been going missing from the tower block, one of the team gets her dream assignment. Soon, SkyPoint's latest newly married tenants are moving in. And [[Toshiko Sato]] finally gets to make a home with [[Owen Harper]]. Then something comes out of the wall...
[[SkyPoint]] is the latest high-rise addition to the ever-developing [[Cardiff]] skyline. It's the most high-tech, avant-garde apartment block in the city. And it's where [[Rhys Williams]] is hoping to find a new home for himself and [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]]. When [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]] discover that residents have been going missing from the tower block, one of the team gets her dream assignment. Soon, SkyPoint's latest newly married tenants are moving in. And [[Toshiko Sato]] finally gets to make a home with [[Owen Harper]]. Then something comes out of the wall...


==Story Summary==
== Plot ==
[[Rhys Williams]] and [[Gwen Cooper]] both return from their first day of work since their honeymoon. Rhys has a surprise for Gwen and quickly ushers her back out of the flat for an appointment at half six. The appointment was with an estate agent, [[Brian Shaw]], at [[SkyPoint]], the new high-tech, high-rise apartment block in [[Cardiff]]. Gwen immediately protests the price, but Rhys convinces her to at least look. As they enter the building, Gwen spots [[Besnik Lucca]], a criminal she knew of from her [[police]] days, who never got convicted. Upon asking the receptionist, , what he was doing there, she informs Gwen that he owns the penthouse at SkyPoint. Gwen tries to leave, claiming it wouldn't be safe, but they are stopped by the arrival of Brian. He begins to show them around an apartment, but disappears after the tour is only half finished. Suspecting the [[Cardiff rift|Rift]], Gwen returns to work.
''to be added''


However, back at [[Torchwood Three|the Hub]], [[Toshiko Sato]] tells Gwen that there was no Rift activity at SkyPoint at that time. Wishing to investigate more, [[Jack Harkness]] and Toshiko head for SkyPoint, whilst Jack sends Gwen home to enjoy married life.
== Characters ==
 
==Characters==
* Captain [[Jack Harkness]]
* Captain [[Jack Harkness]]
* [[Gwen Cooper]]
* [[Gwen Cooper]]
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* [[Besnik Lucca]]
* [[Besnik Lucca]]
* [[Brian Shaw]]
* [[Brian Shaw]]
* [[Carmen]]
* [[Carmen (SkyPoint)|Carmen]]
* [[Ewan Lloyd]]
* [[Ewan Lloyd]]
* [[Wendy Lloyd]]
* [[Wendy Lloyd]]
* [[Alison Lloyd]]
* [[Alison Lloyd]]


==References==
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Harwood's Haulage]]
* Rhys and Gwen have just returned from their ten-day honeymoon to [[Cuba]].
:* Gwen mentions Rhys' job. Harwood's use [http://www.freightlinertrucks.com/ Freightliner] trucks.
* Owen hears [[Evanescence]] playing from one of the flats in [[SkyPoint]].
*Gwen keeps her maiden name for work purposes
*Jack dies twice
* Rhys and Gwen have just returned from their 10-day honeymoon to [[Cuba]].


==Notes==
== Notes ==
===Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors===
* The novel takes place at the exact same time as the short story ''[[Plant Life (short story)|Plant Life]]'', both featuring Gwen's first day back to work after her honeymoon. In both Gwen tells Jack that she is retaining her name professionally.
* The novel takes place at the exact same time as the short story [[TWM]]: ''[[Plant Life]]'', both featuring Gwen's first day back to work after her honeymoon and in both Gwen tells Jack that she is retaining her name professionally.
* This book is set just over two weeks after ''Something Borrowed'', and Toshiko mentions that it's [[September]]. However the novel ''[[Pack Animals (novel)|Pack Animals]]'' takes place in early [[November]], just after Halloween, and is set before Gwen's wedding in ''Something Borrowed''.
*Tosh has gone through the records of past team members and had noted all had died 'on the job'. But in [[TWN]]: ''[[Trace Memory]]'' it indicates [[Charles Cromwell]] leaves ''Torchwood'' in [[1975]] and lived for another 30 years.


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
* Gwen remembers getting pregnant on her hen night ([[TW]]: ''[[Something Borrowed]]''), the first time she saw a [[Weevil]] in the [[Royal Cardiff Infirmary]] ([[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'', the
* Gwen remembers getting pregnant on her hen night ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]'') and the first time she saw a [[Weevil]] in the [[Cardiff Royal Infirmary|Royal Cardiff Infirmary]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'') The reference is made to the fact that Rhys has encountered a few aliens in the past few months. ([[TV]]: ''[[Meat (TV story)|Meat]]'', ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Harm's Way (short story)|Harm's Way]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Pack Animals (novel)|Pack Animals]]'')
* Reference is made to the fact that Rhys has encountered a few aliens in the past few months. ([[TW]]: ''[[Meat]]'', ''[[Something Borrowed]]'', [[TWM]]: ''[[Harm's Way]]'', [[TWN]]: ''[[Pack Animals]]'')
* Gwen suspects that Brian Shaw was taken by [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|the Rift]], a concept that is further explored in [[TV]]: ''[[Adrift (TV story)|Adrift]]''.
* Gwen suspects that Brian Shaw was taken by the [[Cardiff rift|Rift]], a concept that is further explored in [[TW]]: ''[[Adrift]]''.
* It has been two months since [[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'' and just under two weeks since [[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]''.
* It has been two months since [[TW]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'' and just under two weeks since [[TW]]: ''[[Something Borrowed]]''.
* Jack recalls his last day on the [[Boeshane Peninsula]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Adam (TV story)|Adam]]'')
* Jack remembers his first death, by [[Dalek]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|The Parting of the Ways]]'')
* Jack had visited SkyPoint. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Conspiracy (audio story)|The Conspiracy]]'')
* The book mentions that Gwen and Rhys' honeymoon took place in [[Cuba]], despite it being placed in [[Paris]] in [[TV]]: ''[[From Out of the Rain (TV story)|From Out of the Rain]]''.


==Timeline==
== External links ==
*SkyPoint occurs between: [[TWN]]: ''[[Something Borrowed]]'' and [[TW]]: ''[[Exit Wounds]]''
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SkyPoint was the eighth release in the BBC Torchwood Novels series. It was the final novel to feature Owen Harper and Toshiko Sato.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

SkyPoint is the latest high-rise addition to the ever-developing Cardiff skyline. It's the most high-tech, avant-garde apartment block in the city. And it's where Rhys Williams is hoping to find a new home for himself and Gwen. When Torchwood discover that residents have been going missing from the tower block, one of the team gets her dream assignment. Soon, SkyPoint's latest newly married tenants are moving in. And Toshiko Sato finally gets to make a home with Owen Harper. Then something comes out of the wall...

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Rhys and Gwen have just returned from their ten-day honeymoon to Cuba.
  • Owen hears Evanescence playing from one of the flats in SkyPoint.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The novel takes place at the exact same time as the short story Plant Life, both featuring Gwen's first day back to work after her honeymoon. In both Gwen tells Jack that she is retaining her name professionally.
  • This book is set just over two weeks after Something Borrowed, and Toshiko mentions that it's September. However the novel Pack Animals takes place in early November, just after Halloween, and is set before Gwen's wedding in Something Borrowed.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

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