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{{Infobox Individual | {{Infobox Individual | ||
|image = Harriet Derbyshire.jpg | |||
|image=Harriet Derbyshire.jpg | |||
|species=Human | |species=Human | ||
|origin= [[Great Britain]] | |origin= [[Great Britain]] | ||
| | |birth date = c.[[1893]] | ||
|actor= | |death date = [[1919]] (aged 26) | ||
}} | |affiliation = Torchwood Three | ||
|first= To the Last Man (TV story) | |||
|appearances= [[COMIC]]: ''[[Rift War! (comic story)|Rift War!]]'' | |||
|actor= Siobhán Hewlett | |||
}}'''Harriet Derbyshire''' (c. [[1893]]-[[1919]]) worked for [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood's branch in Cardiff]] in [[1918]]. | |||
In [[June]] [[1918]], Derbyshire and her colleague [[Gerald Kneale]] investigated alleged hauntings (actually [[time shift]]s from the future) at [[St Teilo's Hospital]] in [[Cardiff]]. They escorted [[Tommy Brockless]] out of his ward to ensure his [[cryogenic]] freezing and returned the "future" Tommy to his native time to ensure history would take its proper course. ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'') | |||
She worked alongside [[Jack Harkness]]. She asked and received a favour from a [[British Army]] [[Army officer (Rift War!)|officer]]; she wanted to borrow a [[tank]] and travelled to [[2008]] to use it. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Rift War! (comic story)|Rift War!]]'') | |||
Derbyshire died in [[1919]] at the age of 26 while in active service. ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | |||
[[File:Torchwood 1918 promo.jpg|thumb|right]] | |||
The full version of the photograph seen in the episode was released by the production team. | |||
The [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|series 2]] version of the [[Torchwood website]] had a profile of 1918 [[Torchwood Three]] operatives, including Harriet. It said that in her time period, though women could attend lectures and sit examinations, they could not take degrees. Harriet sat in physics lectures at the University of Oxford, educating herself in the subject "for years". Recognising her aptitude, a professor at the University recommended her to Torchwood. Prior to her death in 1919, she was making notes for a paper that would have "beaten Heisenberg to the Uncertainty Principle". When Oxford changed its regulations in 1920, Harriet was given a posthumous degree. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/sites/arg/pages/episodes.shtml?folder=tw_case_ep03&tab=1&page=2 |title=Episodes - To the Last Man - Torchwood 1918 |date of source= |website name=[[Torchwood website|BBC - Torchwood]] |accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref> | |||
The series 2 version of the Torchwood website features a morgue stock take by [[Owen Harper]]. It lists Harriet's body as being one of the morgue's "permanent residents" in bay 15. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/sites/arg/pages/episodes.shtml?folder=tw_case_ep13&tab=3 |title=Episodes - Exit Wounds - Stock Take |author=Harper, O |date of source= |website name=[[Torchwood website|BBC - Torchwood]] |accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref> | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:34, 23 September 2024
Harriet Derbyshire (c. 1893-1919) worked for Torchwood's branch in Cardiff in 1918.
In June 1918, Derbyshire and her colleague Gerald Kneale investigated alleged hauntings (actually time shifts from the future) at St Teilo's Hospital in Cardiff. They escorted Tommy Brockless out of his ward to ensure his cryogenic freezing and returned the "future" Tommy to his native time to ensure history would take its proper course. (TV: To the Last Man)
She worked alongside Jack Harkness. She asked and received a favour from a British Army officer; she wanted to borrow a tank and travelled to 2008 to use it. (COMIC: Rift War!)
Derbyshire died in 1919 at the age of 26 while in active service. (TV: To the Last Man)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
The full version of the photograph seen in the episode was released by the production team.
The series 2 version of the Torchwood website had a profile of 1918 Torchwood Three operatives, including Harriet. It said that in her time period, though women could attend lectures and sit examinations, they could not take degrees. Harriet sat in physics lectures at the University of Oxford, educating herself in the subject "for years". Recognising her aptitude, a professor at the University recommended her to Torchwood. Prior to her death in 1919, she was making notes for a paper that would have "beaten Heisenberg to the Uncertainty Principle". When Oxford changed its regulations in 1920, Harriet was given a posthumous degree. [1]
The series 2 version of the Torchwood website features a morgue stock take by Owen Harper. It lists Harriet's body as being one of the morgue's "permanent residents" in bay 15. [2]
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Episodes - To the Last Man - Torchwood 1918. BBC - Torchwood. Retrieved on 26 July 2013.
- ↑ Harper, O. Episodes - Exit Wounds - Stock Take. BBC - Torchwood. Retrieved on 26 July 2013.
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