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novel name= The Undertaker's Gift |
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series=[[Torchwood]] - [[BBC Torchwood novels]]|
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number= 14 |
|series=[[BBC Torchwood novels]]
main character= Captain [[Jack Harkness]]|
|number= 14  
featuring= |
|main character= [[Jack Harkness|Jack]]
enemy= |
|featuring= Gwen Cooper|Gwen
year= [[Earth]] |
|featuring2= Ianto Jones
writer= [[Trevor Baxendale]] |
|enemy = [[Keshkali]]  
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|setting= [[Cardiff]], [[2000s]]
release date= [[October]], [[2009]] |
|writer= Trevor Baxendale
format= Hardcover Book|
|publisher= BBC Books  
isbn= ISBN 978-1846077821|
|release date= 15 October 2009
previous story= [[Risk Assessment]]|
|format= Hardcover Book, 256 pages
next story= [[Consequences]]
|isbn= ISBN 978-1-84607-782-1
|prev= Risk Assessment (novel)
|next= Consequences (anthology)
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'''''The Undertaker's Gift''''' was the fourteenth release in the [[BBC Torchwood novels|BBC ''Torchwood'' Novels]] series.


==Publisher's summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
The Hokrala Corp lawyers are back, and they're suing planet Earth for mishandling the twenty-first century! An assassin has been sent to remove Captain Jack Harkness! And, a record number of aliens have been coming through the Rift - it's been a busy week in Cardiff. Now, there are reports of an extraordinary funeral cortege in the night time city, with mysterious pallbearers guarding a rotting cadaver that simply doesn't want to be buried. Torchwood should be ready for anything, but with Jack the target of an invisible killer, Gwen trapped in a forgotten crypt, and Ianto Jones falling desperately ill, could a world of suffering be the Undertaker's gift to planet Earth?
The [[Hokrala Corp]] [[lawyer]]s are back, and they're suing [[planet]] [[Earth]] for mishandling the [[21st century|twenty-first century]]! An [[assassin]] has been sent to remove [[Captain]] [[Jack Harkness]]! And, a record number of aliens have been coming through the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Rift]] — it's been a busy week in [[Cardiff]]. Now, there are reports of an extraordinary funeral cortege in the night time city, with mysterious pallbearers guarding a rotting cadaver that simply doesn't want to be buried. Torchwood should be ready for anything, but with Jack the target of an invisible killer, [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] trapped in a forgotten crypt, and [[Ianto Jones]] falling desperately ill, could a world of suffering be the [[Undertaker's Gift|Undertaker's gift]] to planet Earth?


==Characters==
== Plot ==
*Captain [[Jack Harkness]]
''to be added''
*[[Gwen Cooper]]
*[[Ianto Jones]]


==References==
== Characters ==
''to be added''
* Captain [[Jack Harkness]]
* [[Gwen Cooper]]
* [[Ianto Jones]]
* [[Nina Rogers]]
* [[Jessica Montague]]
* [[Rachel Banks]]
* [[Wynnie (The Undertaker's Gift)|Wynnie]]
* [[Gillian (The Undertaker's Gift)|Gillian]]
* [[Kerko]]
* [[Harold (The Undertaker's Gift)|Harold]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* Jack was once imprisoned on [[Rigel 77]].
* Jack takes a pair of [[SIG Sauer]] 9mm pistols, an energy lance, a [[Sontaran]] [[Stenk 11 pistol]] and a pair of [[AI knife|AI throwing knives]] from the Torchwood armoury.
* [[Warp shunt]] technology can be used to achieve time travel if used near a [[time rift]].
* Jack and the [[Time Agency]] were involved in the sinking of [[Atlantis]].
* The [[Keshkali]] soldiers use Flechette guns which use compressed [[praxis gas]].
* The [[Keshkali Ring Worlds]] were where the Keshkali homeworld was located. It was destroyed by a [[temporal fusion bomb]].
* The team capture a [[Vortex Dweller]].
* Harold sends Torchwood a recording on [[Betamax]].
* [[Pitbullfrog]]s are predators.
* AI knives are made of [[Trintillium]].
* [[Grolon rat]]s infest [[Butetown]].


==Notes==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.


==Continuity==
== Continuity ==
*Jack mentions the [[Silurian]]s. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Silurians]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[Warriors of the Deep]]'')
* Jack mentions the [[Silurian]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Silurians (TV story)|The Silurians]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Warriors of the Deep (TV story)|Warriors of the Deep]]'')
* The team use [[Abaddon]], the [[Sleeper agent|Alien Sleepers]] ([[TW]]: ''[[Sleeper]]''), the [[Pharm]] ([[TW]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'') and the events at CERN ([[BBCR]]: ''[[Lost Souls]]'') to prove the success of Torchwood Three.
* The team use [[Abaddon]], ([[TV]]: ''[[End of Days (TV story)|End of Days]]'') the [[Sleeper agent|Alien Sleepers]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Sleeper (TV story)|Sleeper]]'') [[the Pharm]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'') and the events at [[CERN]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lost Souls (audio story)|Lost Souls]]'') to prove the success of Torchwood Three.
*Wynnie knows [[Nina Rogers]]. ([[TWN]]: ''[[Bay of the Dead]]'', [[TWN]]: ''[[Consequences]]'')
* Wynnie knows [[Nina Rogers]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bay of the Dead (novel)|Bay of the Dead]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Consequences (short story)|Consequences]]'')
*[[Harriet Derbyshire]] was interested in the abduction of Francis Morgan.
* [[Harriet Derbyshire]] was interested in the abduction of Francis Morgan. ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'')
*Jack calls [[Kathy Swanson]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie]]'')
* Jack calls [[Kathy Swanson]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]'')
*[[Erisa Magambo]] calls Jack. ([[DW]]: ''[[Turn Left]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
* [[Erisa Magambo]] calls Jack. ([[TV]]: ''[[Turn Left (TV story)|Turn Left]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Dead (TV story)|Planet of the Dead]]'')
* Torchwood has been busy since [[Jackson Leaves]] and [[Agnes Havisham]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The House That Jack Built (novel)|The House That Jack Built]]'', ''[[Risk Assessment (novel)|Risk Assessment]]'')
* Jack and Ianto talk about the last time they received a Hokrala writ, around the time they encountered the [[Strepto]] [[Water Hag|Hag]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Something in the Water (novel)|Something in the Water]]'')


==Timeline==
== External links ==
*The Undertaker's Gift occurs between: [[TW]]: ''[[Exit Wounds]]'' & ''[[Children of Earth: Day One]]''
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The Undertaker's Gift was the fourteenth release in the BBC Torchwood Novels series.

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

The Hokrala Corp lawyers are back, and they're suing planet Earth for mishandling the twenty-first century! An assassin has been sent to remove Captain Jack Harkness! And, a record number of aliens have been coming through the Rift — it's been a busy week in Cardiff. Now, there are reports of an extraordinary funeral cortege in the night time city, with mysterious pallbearers guarding a rotting cadaver that simply doesn't want to be buried. Torchwood should be ready for anything, but with Jack the target of an invisible killer, Gwen trapped in a forgotten crypt, and Ianto Jones falling desperately ill, could a world of suffering be the Undertaker's gift to planet Earth?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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