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|number= 12
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|main character= [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]]
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|featuring= [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]], [[Andy Davidson|Andy]], [[Alexander Martin|Alexander]]
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|enemy = Interdimensional creatures
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|setting=[[Penylan]], [[Cardiff]], [[2009]]
writer= [[Guy Adams]] |
|writer= Guy Adams
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|publisher= BBC Books  
release date= May, [[2009]] |
|release date= 25 June 2009
format= Hardcover Book|
|format= Hardcover Book, 256 pages
isbn= ISBN 9781846077395|
|isbn= ISBN 978-1-84607-739-5
previous story= [[TWN]]: ''[[Bay of the Dead]]''|
|prev= Bay of the Dead (novel)
next story= [[TWN]]: ''[[Risk Assessment]]''}}
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'''''The House That Jack Built''''' was the twelfth release in the [[BBC Torchwood novels|BBC ''Torchwood'' Novels]] series.


==Publisher's Summary==
== Publisher's summary ==
Jackson Leaves: an Edwardian house in Penylen, built in 1906, semi-detached, three storeys, spacious, beautifully presented, and left in good condition to Rob and Julia by Rob's late aunt. It's an ordinary sort of a house...except for the way the rooms don't stay in the same places. And the strange man that turns up in the airing cupboard. And the apparitions. And the temporal surges that attract the attentions of Torchwood. And the fact that the first owner of Jackson Leaves in 1906 was a Captain Jack Harkness...
''[[Jackson Leaves]]'': an [[Edwardian era|Edwardian]] house in [[Penylan]].


==Characters==
Built in [[1906]], semi-detached, three storeys, spacious, beautifully presented. Left in good condition to [[Rob Wallace|Rob]] and [[Julia Wallace]] by [[Julia Wallace's aunt|Julia's late aunt]].
 
It's an ordinary sort of a house. Except for the way the rooms don't stay in the same places. And the strange man that turns up in the airing cupboard. And the apparitions. And the temporal surges that attract the attentions of [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]].
 
And the fact that the first owner of ''Jackson Leaves'' in 1906 was a [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]]...
 
== Plot ==
''to be added''
''to be added''


==References==
== Characters ==
''to be added''
* [[Jack Harkness]]
* [[Gwen Cooper]]
* [[Ianto Jones]]
* [[Rhys Williams]]
* [[Andy Davidson]]
* [[Danny Wilkinson]]
* [[Alexander Martin]]
* [[Trudy Topham]]
* [[Leon Harris]]
* [[Sellers]]
* [[Nina Rogers]]
* [[Alison (The House That Jack Built)|Alison]]
* [[Miles (The House That Jack Built)|Miles]]
* [[Rob Wallace]]
* [[Julia Wallace]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* Danny wears [[Hugo Boss]] aftershave.
* Danny remembers the story of [[Br'er Rabbit and the Tar-Baby]].
* Gwen and Rhys visit [[H&M]].
* Andy is on his way to attend an incident at [[Boots (shop)|Boots]].
* Rhys buys a ''[[James Bond]]'' boxset.
* Rhys mentions [[Cluedo]] and ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot|Poirot]]''.
* Ianto references [[Jeremy Kyle]] while heading to the suburbs.
* Ianto played with [[Action Men]] while growing up.
* Ianto's tie is in a [[Windsor knot]].
 
== Notes ==
* This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.


==Notes==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Jack tells Alexander that he "spotted [him] at the [[St Helen's Hospital|hospital]] the other day", and Alexander remembers the "rampaging hordes of the [[Search unit|living dead]]". ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bay of the Dead (novel)|Bay of the Dead]]'')
* Gwen says that the scale of their alien encounters have increased with the zombies ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Bay of the Dead (novel)|Bay of the Dead]]'') and people dropping like flies during the [[Welsh Amateur Operatic Contest]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Into the Silence (novel)|Into the Silence]]'')
* Julia plans on getting an apartmnet in [[SkyPoint]]. Gwen advises her against it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[SkyPoint (novel)|SkyPoint]]'')
* [[Alice Guppy]] and [[Charles Gaskell]] are operatives of Torchwood Cardiff in [[1906]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Exit Wounds (TV story)}})


==Continuity==
== External links ==
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* {{Penguin|1083420/torchwood-the-house-that-jack-built/}}
{{dwrefguide|torchwood_n12.htm|The House That Jack Built}}
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==External Links==
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[[Category:Torchwood novels]]
[[Category:Torchwood novels]]
[[Category:2009 novels]]
[[Category:Stories set in Cardiff]]
[[Category:Stories set in 2009]]

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The House That Jack Built was the twelfth release in the BBC Torchwood Novels series.

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

Jackson Leaves: an Edwardian house in Penylan.

Built in 1906, semi-detached, three storeys, spacious, beautifully presented. Left in good condition to Rob and Julia Wallace by Julia's late aunt.

It's an ordinary sort of a house. Except for the way the rooms don't stay in the same places. And the strange man that turns up in the airing cupboard. And the apparitions. And the temporal surges that attract the attentions of Torchwood.

And the fact that the first owner of Jackson Leaves in 1906 was a Captain Jack Harkness...

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]]

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