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'''Cell 114''' was the official designation of a species that invaded [[planet]]s with [[sleeper agent]]s to gather information. After stripping their homeworld of resources, they were left in dire need of a new planet. | |||
== Methods and technology == | == Methods and technology == | ||
Cell 114 were ruthless killers. They tended to infiltrate [[planet]]s, first with an advance guard of | Cell 114 were ruthless killers. They tended to infiltrate [[planet]]s, first with an advance guard of sleeper agents, sometimes watching for years, until they knew all they wanted to about the planet's dominant species and were ready to take over. Apparently, agents were modified to resemble the native species, with implants which could take information and transmit it to the main invasion fleet. | ||
Active spying was not necessary; the implants constantly took in information from their surroundings. These implants even had built-in weaponry such as spikes and explosives. As well as visually resembling the natives, Cell agents could generate false sensor images as a personal [[force field]] less than a nanometre around their [[body]] (mainly the arm where the implant was stored) for protection. Their [[Electromagnetism|electromagnetic fields]] could disrupt nearby electrical devices such as [[light bulb]]s. Sleeper agents were given false [[memory|memories]] and artificial personalities so that they believed themselves to be members of the infiltrated species. Their real memories stored in the implant until activation. | Active spying was not necessary; the implants constantly took in information from their surroundings. These implants even had built-in weaponry such as spikes and explosives. As well as visually resembling the natives, Cell agents could generate false sensor images as a personal [[force field]] less than a nanometre around their [[body]] (mainly the arm where the implant was stored) for protection. Their [[Electromagnetism|electromagnetic fields]] could disrupt nearby electrical devices such as [[light bulb]]s. Sleeper agents were given false [[memory|memories]] and artificial personalities so that they believed themselves to be members of the infiltrated species. Their real memories stored in the implant until activation. | ||
The Cell's main resource seemed to be the aforementioned implant located in the right [[arm]] (at least when mimicking [[human]]s), which contained collected data and transmitted it to the main invasion fleet. They also contained at least one small [[bomb]] with which an agent could carry out sabotage or a suicide bombing, or to self-destruct if capture was imminent. The arm could be transformed into a large spike for close combat. In the case of Beth Halloran, a threat to her life in the form of a [[burglar]] | [[File:Sleeper Bomb implant.jpg|thumb|left|Cell 114's [[bomb]] implant. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Sleeper (TV story)}})]] | ||
The Cell's main resource seemed to be the aforementioned implant located in the right [[arm]] (at least when mimicking [[human]]s), which contained collected data and transmitted it to the main invasion fleet. They also contained at least one small [[bomb]] with which an agent could carry out sabotage or a suicide bombing, or to self-destruct if capture was imminent. The arm could be transformed into a large spike for close combat. In the case of [[Beth Halloran]], a threat to her life in the form of a [[burglar]] caused her alien personality to awaken and swiftly kill the intruders. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Sleeper (TV story)}}) | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
Cell 114 | Cell 114 stripped their homeworld of resources and were left in desperate need of a new planet. They set their sights on [[Earth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Serenity (audio story)}}) | ||
[[File:Sleeper Xray.jpg|thumb|An [[X-ray]] of [[Beth Halloran]]'s Cell 114 impant. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Sleeper (TV story)}})]] | |||
[[Torchwood Three]] were aware of Cell 114 as early as [[1998]], according to a report from [[Alex Hopkins]]. On the morning of [[27 June]] 1998, the police had called Torchwood to an incident, considering it "nothing they could deal with". They found a grey, hard-skinned man, [[Iannamet]], standing over what seemed to be a human body. Iannamet told Torchwood that the man he killed wasn't human, which the autopsies confirmed; it was a member of Cell 114. Iannamet had followed the individual through the rift to [[21st century]] [[Cardiff]], where he speculated that the Cell 114 agent was trying to contact his "fellows" on Earth, and killed him. [[Jack Harkness]] had said he had heard of them, but didn't specify where. Alex Hopkins said that no-one ever got close enough to members of Cell 114 "for a proper study". He did know of their MO — send one agent as an advance guard; disguise the agent as the dominant species with false memories so that even they don't know they're an alien; collect data through their implant; send similarly disguised agents; activate "when the time is right". | |||
What Iannamet knew about the species was that when they strike, they do with "comprehensive information" about the target planet. Iannamet once told of a story where a planet taken on by the cell had started by morning, ended by mid-afternoon, and was stripped bare in a couple of weeks. According to Alex, Iannamet went into such detail about this invasion, that Alex was forced to give his team the rest of the day off, saying, "It's hard to concentrate in the afternoon when you've heard something like that in the morning." ([[GAME]]: {{cs|Torchwood Mission Game|namedpart=Incident Report #1998/137}}) | |||
By the mid-[[2000s]], Cell 114 were in the process of infiltrating Cardiff until [[Torchwood Three]] became aware of their presence. [[Beth Halloran]], who thought of herself as an ordinary human, made inexplicably fierce attacks on two burglars who had invaded her home. After Torchwood discovered the Cell presence, a [[Paramedic (Sleeper)|paramedic]], a commuter called [[David (Sleeper)|David]] and a [[Mother (Sleeper)|mother]] were activated and tried to set in motion a plan to explode [[nuclear missile]]s stored in an old mine near the city. Two of the Cell agents suicide-bombed a military oil pipeline and Cardiff's telecommunications station, and the remaining agent attempted to access the mine's nuclear missiles but was thwarted by Torchwood. However, the agent told the Torchwood team that there were more members of the Cell's invasion force already on Earth, before self-destructing. | |||
Beth Halloran, struggling to cope with the idea of losing her human personality, finally decided to take [[Gwen Cooper]] hostage inside the [[Torchwood Hub]]. This incited the rest of the team to aim their guns at Beth if she decided to lunge for a kill, and having previously disabled her electromagnetic [[force field]], the bullets would penetrate her. Beth was actually staging a [[suicide]]-by-cop-like death, despite Gwen's pleading to stop. Beth lashed out with deadly force and was promptly shot dead by the rest of Torchwood before she could strike Gwen. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Sleeper (TV story)}}) | |||
The Cell launched a second attack some time later, planning on converting the people of Earth into sleepers from [[Serenity Plaza]]. However, they were stopped by Jack Harkness and [[Ianto Jones]], with Jack committing genocide and wiping out Cell 114 on their spaceship with the press of a button. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Serenity (audio story)}}) | |||
== Legacy == | |||
Some time after the cell's initial invasion of Cardiff, [[Paul Talbot]] went on a [[Cannibalism|cannibalistic]] rampage after [[DNA]] was [[Mutation|mutated]] by exposure to [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|the Rift]]. When he was captured by Torchwood Three, Jack asked Tosh if he might be another sleeper agent. Tosh then found Paul's [[birth certificate]], confirming him to in fact be human. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Monster (short story)}}) | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
In an earlier version of {{cs|Sleeper (TV story)}}, titled ''[[Cross My Palm with Silver (unproduced TV story)|Cross My Palm with Silver]]'', Cell 114 were a telekinetic race called "Cormonia-114".<ref>{{Cite book|title=[[TM 24|Torchwood Magazine: Issue 24]]|date=28 October 2010|page=38|publisher=[[Titan Magazines]]}}</ref> | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Military units]] | [[Category:Military units]] | ||
[[Category:Shapeshifters]] | [[Category:Shapeshifters]] | ||
[[Category:Species wiped out by genocide]] | |||
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[[Category:Humanoid species]] | |||
Latest revision as of 05:00, 5 November 2024
Cell 114 was the official designation of a species that invaded planets with sleeper agents to gather information. After stripping their homeworld of resources, they were left in dire need of a new planet.
Methods and technology[[edit] | [edit source]]
Cell 114 were ruthless killers. They tended to infiltrate planets, first with an advance guard of sleeper agents, sometimes watching for years, until they knew all they wanted to about the planet's dominant species and were ready to take over. Apparently, agents were modified to resemble the native species, with implants which could take information and transmit it to the main invasion fleet.
Active spying was not necessary; the implants constantly took in information from their surroundings. These implants even had built-in weaponry such as spikes and explosives. As well as visually resembling the natives, Cell agents could generate false sensor images as a personal force field less than a nanometre around their body (mainly the arm where the implant was stored) for protection. Their electromagnetic fields could disrupt nearby electrical devices such as light bulbs. Sleeper agents were given false memories and artificial personalities so that they believed themselves to be members of the infiltrated species. Their real memories stored in the implant until activation.
The Cell's main resource seemed to be the aforementioned implant located in the right arm (at least when mimicking humans), which contained collected data and transmitted it to the main invasion fleet. They also contained at least one small bomb with which an agent could carry out sabotage or a suicide bombing, or to self-destruct if capture was imminent. The arm could be transformed into a large spike for close combat. In the case of Beth Halloran, a threat to her life in the form of a burglar caused her alien personality to awaken and swiftly kill the intruders. (TV: Sleeper [+]Loading...["Sleeper (TV story)"])
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
Cell 114 stripped their homeworld of resources and were left in desperate need of a new planet. They set their sights on Earth. (AUDIO: Serenity [+]Loading...["Serenity (audio story)"])
Torchwood Three were aware of Cell 114 as early as 1998, according to a report from Alex Hopkins. On the morning of 27 June 1998, the police had called Torchwood to an incident, considering it "nothing they could deal with". They found a grey, hard-skinned man, Iannamet, standing over what seemed to be a human body. Iannamet told Torchwood that the man he killed wasn't human, which the autopsies confirmed; it was a member of Cell 114. Iannamet had followed the individual through the rift to 21st century Cardiff, where he speculated that the Cell 114 agent was trying to contact his "fellows" on Earth, and killed him. Jack Harkness had said he had heard of them, but didn't specify where. Alex Hopkins said that no-one ever got close enough to members of Cell 114 "for a proper study". He did know of their MO — send one agent as an advance guard; disguise the agent as the dominant species with false memories so that even they don't know they're an alien; collect data through their implant; send similarly disguised agents; activate "when the time is right".
What Iannamet knew about the species was that when they strike, they do with "comprehensive information" about the target planet. Iannamet once told of a story where a planet taken on by the cell had started by morning, ended by mid-afternoon, and was stripped bare in a couple of weeks. According to Alex, Iannamet went into such detail about this invasion, that Alex was forced to give his team the rest of the day off, saying, "It's hard to concentrate in the afternoon when you've heard something like that in the morning." (GAME: "Incident Report #1998/137" [+]Part of Torchwood Mission Game, Loading...{"namedpart":"Incident Report #1998/137","1":"Torchwood Mission Game"})
By the mid-2000s, Cell 114 were in the process of infiltrating Cardiff until Torchwood Three became aware of their presence. Beth Halloran, who thought of herself as an ordinary human, made inexplicably fierce attacks on two burglars who had invaded her home. After Torchwood discovered the Cell presence, a paramedic, a commuter called David and a mother were activated and tried to set in motion a plan to explode nuclear missiles stored in an old mine near the city. Two of the Cell agents suicide-bombed a military oil pipeline and Cardiff's telecommunications station, and the remaining agent attempted to access the mine's nuclear missiles but was thwarted by Torchwood. However, the agent told the Torchwood team that there were more members of the Cell's invasion force already on Earth, before self-destructing.
Beth Halloran, struggling to cope with the idea of losing her human personality, finally decided to take Gwen Cooper hostage inside the Torchwood Hub. This incited the rest of the team to aim their guns at Beth if she decided to lunge for a kill, and having previously disabled her electromagnetic force field, the bullets would penetrate her. Beth was actually staging a suicide-by-cop-like death, despite Gwen's pleading to stop. Beth lashed out with deadly force and was promptly shot dead by the rest of Torchwood before she could strike Gwen. (TV: Sleeper [+]Loading...["Sleeper (TV story)"])
The Cell launched a second attack some time later, planning on converting the people of Earth into sleepers from Serenity Plaza. However, they were stopped by Jack Harkness and Ianto Jones, with Jack committing genocide and wiping out Cell 114 on their spaceship with the press of a button. (AUDIO: Serenity [+]Loading...["Serenity (audio story)"])
Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]
Some time after the cell's initial invasion of Cardiff, Paul Talbot went on a cannibalistic rampage after DNA was mutated by exposure to the Rift. When he was captured by Torchwood Three, Jack asked Tosh if he might be another sleeper agent. Tosh then found Paul's birth certificate, confirming him to in fact be human. (PROSE: Monster [+]Loading...["Monster (short story)"])
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
In an earlier version of Sleeper [+]Loading...["Sleeper (TV story)"], titled Cross My Palm with Silver, Cell 114 were a telekinetic race called "Cormonia-114".[1]
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Torchwood Magazine: Issue 24 p. 38. Titan Magazines (28 October 2010).
