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{{Infobox Individual
|image          = [[File:Rupesh patanjali 446.jpg|250px]]
|image          = Rupesh Pantanjali close (COED1).jpg
|individual name = Dr. Rupesh Pantanjali
|alias          =  
|race            = [[Human]]
|species        = Human
|home planet    = [[Earth]]
|origin          = [[Earth]]
|home era        = Early [[21st century]]
|job            = Doctor
|appearances     = [[TW]]: [[Day One (Children of Earth)|Day One (Children of Earth)]],
|affiliation     = British government
[[Day Two (Children of Earth)|Day Two (Children of Earth) (Dead Body only)]]
|affiliation2    = St Helen's Hospital
|actor          = [[Rik Makarem]]
|death date      = [[2009]]
}}
|first          = Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)
'''Rupesh Patanjali''' was a doctor, originally from the Midlands, who worked at the A&E department at St Helen's Hospital in [[Cardiff]]. Jack and Ianto encountered him while they removed an alien Hitchhiker from within a patient. His interest in Torchwood piqued, Rupesh tracked them down to the Bay and Gwen talked with him at length.
|appearances    = [[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Two (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Two]]''
|actor          = Rik Makarem
|clip            = The children stop - Torchwood - BBC
}}'''Rupesh Patanjali''' was a [[doctor]], originally from the Midlands, who worked at the A&E department at [[St Helen's Hospital]] in [[Cardiff]].


However he turned out to be working with the government and shot [[Jack Harkness]] so he could be restrained and a bomb planted inside of him. He was later shot by [[Johnson (Children of Earth)|Agent Johnson]] in the back while trying to escape. His original plan was as to be planted as an [[MI5]] infiltrator, to be hired and to get information on Torchwood from the inside. ([[TW]]: ''[[Day One (Children of Earth)|Day One]]'')
By [[2009]], Rupesh had been working with the [[British government]] for months to infiltrate [[Torchwood Three]]. Rupesh first encountered [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Ianto Jones]] when they removed an alien [[Hitchhiker (species)|hitchhiker]] from [[Williams (Children of Earth: Day One)|a deceased patient]]. Realising they were Torchwood, Rupesh tried attracting their attention with a series of bodies that had been vanishing from the mortuary. Ianto and Jack declined. Rupesh tracked them to [[Cardiff Bay|the Bay]], where another Torchwood member, [[Gwen Cooper]], talked with him at length about [[Torchwood Three]].
 
His body was then taking to an MI5 compound. When Gwen Cooper and Rhys Williams went to rescue Jack Harkness from the same compound, they found his body. ([[TW]]: ''[[Day Two (Children of Earth)|Day Two]]'')
When the children of Earth began saying "We are coming" in unison, his initial orders had changed. After luring Harkness back to the hospital by killing [[Chow Lee Jee|a patient]] matching the profiles of the other disappearances, he shot Jack in the back, killing him.
 
[[Johnson (Children of Earth: Day One)|Johnson]]'s team implanted a bomb inside Jack before he resurrected. Patanjali asked Johnson what was to become of him, now that his cover had been blown. Her silence indicated that, in order for the mission to succeed, he must also die. Fearing for his life, Patanjali tried to run away, but was shot in the back by the cold-blooded Johnson. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'')
 
His body was then taken to [[Ashton Down]] and his family requested its release. When Gwen and [[Rhys Williams]] went to rescue Harkness from the same compound, they found his body. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Two (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Two]]'')
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==Behind the Scenes==
BBC promotional materials and early in the episode itself it looked as if he was going to join the team as a replacement doctor role since the death of [[Owen Harper]] in a similar way to [[Suzie Costello]].
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Latest revision as of 00:25, 10 March 2024

Rupesh Patanjali was a doctor, originally from the Midlands, who worked at the A&E department at St Helen's Hospital in Cardiff.

By 2009, Rupesh had been working with the British government for months to infiltrate Torchwood Three. Rupesh first encountered Jack Harkness and Ianto Jones when they removed an alien hitchhiker from a deceased patient. Realising they were Torchwood, Rupesh tried attracting their attention with a series of bodies that had been vanishing from the mortuary. Ianto and Jack declined. Rupesh tracked them to the Bay, where another Torchwood member, Gwen Cooper, talked with him at length about Torchwood Three.

When the children of Earth began saying "We are coming" in unison, his initial orders had changed. After luring Harkness back to the hospital by killing a patient matching the profiles of the other disappearances, he shot Jack in the back, killing him.

Johnson's team implanted a bomb inside Jack before he resurrected. Patanjali asked Johnson what was to become of him, now that his cover had been blown. Her silence indicated that, in order for the mission to succeed, he must also die. Fearing for his life, Patanjali tried to run away, but was shot in the back by the cold-blooded Johnson. (TV: Children of Earth: Day One)

His body was then taken to Ashton Down and his family requested its release. When Gwen and Rhys Williams went to rescue Harkness from the same compound, they found his body. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Two)