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|range | |range = Consequences (anthology) | ||
|number in range | |number in range = 1 | ||
|main character | |main character = [[Emily Holroyd|Emily]], [[Charles Gaskell|Gaskell]], [[Alice Guppy|Alice]], [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] | ||
|enemy | |enemy = [[Henry Montague]] | ||
|setting | |setting = [[Cardiff]], [[1899]] | ||
|writer | |writer = David Llewellyn | ||
|release date | |release date = 15 October 2009 | ||
| | |anthology = Consequences (anthology) | ||
|series | |series = ''[[Consequences (anthology)|Consequences]]'' | ||
|next | |next = Kaleidoscope (short story) | ||
}} | |||
'''''The Baby Farmers''''' was a short story published in the anthology ''[[Consequences (anthology)|Consequences]]''. It was written by [[David Llewellyn]]. | '''''The Baby Farmers''''' was a short story published in the anthology ''[[Consequences (anthology)|Consequences]]''. It was written by [[David Llewellyn]]. | ||
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* [[Alice Guppy]] | * [[Alice Guppy]] | ||
* Captain [[Jack Harkness]] | * Captain [[Jack Harkness]] | ||
*[[Henry Montague]] | * [[Henry Montague]] | ||
*[[Tiberius Finch]] | * [[Tiberius Finch]] | ||
*[[Gertrude Blight]] | * [[Gertrude Blight]] | ||
*[[William Mayhew]] | * [[William Mayhew]] | ||
*[[Clara (The Baby Farmers)|Clara]] | * [[Clara (The Baby Farmers)|Clara]] | ||
*[[McQuaid]] | * [[McQuaid]] | ||
*[[Tice]] | * [[Tice]] | ||
* [[Mary Thomas (The Baby Farmers)|Mary Thomas]] | |||
* [[Mr Crank]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
'' | * Emily compares a building to something "from a Brontë novel", mentioning [[Jane Eyre]] and [[Wuthering Heights]] specifically. | ||
* Mayhew expresses his distaste for the work of [[Gilbert and Sullivan]]. | |||
* When Gaskell pulls a gun on him, McQuaid compares him to [[Wild Bill Hickok]]. | |||
* Henry Montague listens to [[Franz Schubert|Schubert]] on a [[gramophone]]. | |||
* Gaskell references his days serving in the British Navy, and recalls meeting Admiral Montague aboard the [[HMS Atropos|HMS ''Atropos'']] in [[Portsmouth]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
'' | After Emily and Alice's first encounter with Gertrude Blight, Blight says “Good day, Miss Holroyd, Miss Guppy", despite neither Emily nor Alice revealing their surnames. While it's possible that Blight has been keeping tabs on Torchwood this is never confirmed, and Emily and Alice do not address it. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * Torchwood are measuring [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|rift activity]] from the Hub. | ||
* Jack states that he’s working “freelance” for Torchwood, as was established in [[TV]]: {{cs|Fragments (TV story)}}. | |||
* Emily receives a telegram from a reporter working for ''[[Western Mail]]''. The newspaper was first seen in [[TV]]: {{cs|Boom Town (TV story)}}. | |||
* [[Charles Dickens]] read in Cardiff at [[Christmas|Christmas time]] in [[1869]], and a poster for this reading was displayed outside the Hub thirty years later. This reading of ''[[A Christmas Carol]]'' was interrupted by the arrival of the [[Gelth]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Unquiet Dead (TV story)}}. | |||
* The Blowfish were in Cardiff in 1899, as they were in [[TV]]: {{cs|Fragments (TV story)}}. | |||
* Alice and Emily's relationship is expanded on, previously hinted at in [[TV]]: {{cs|Fragments (TV story)}}. | |||
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