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{{Infobox Individual
{{Infobox Individual
|image        =  
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|alias        = The Lord, the Old God, the Sorvix God
|alias        = The Master of All, the Ruler of the Elements, the Old God, the Lord, the Sorvix God
|affiliation  =  
|affiliation  =  
|first mention = Escape Room (audio story)
|first mention = Aliens & Sex & Chips & Gravy (audio story)
|first        = Future Pain (audio story)
|first        = Future Pain (audio story)
|appearances  = [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Man Who Destroyed Torchwood (audio story)|The Man Who Destroyed Torchwood]]'', ''[[See No Evil (audio story)|See No Evil]]'', ''[[Night Watch (audio story)|Night Watch]]'', ''[[Flight 405 (audio story)|Flight 405]]'', ''[[Hostile Environment (audio story)|Hostile Environment]]'', ''[[Another Man's Shoes (audio story)|Another Man's Shoes]]'', ''[[Eye of the Storm (audio story)|Eye of the Storm]]'', ''[[A Mother's Son (audio story)|A Mother's Son]]'', ''[[Day Zero (audio story)|Day Zero]]'', ''[[Thoughts and Prayers (audio story)|Thoughts and Prayers]]''
|appearances  = [[God (Future Pain) - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']]
|voice actor  = Jacqueline King
|voice actor  = Jacqueline King
}}
}}
'''God''', also known as the '''Old God''' ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Escape Room (audio story)|Escape Room]]'') or the '''Lord''', ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Future Pain (audio story)|Future Pain]]'') was a being that travelled from planet to planet answering prayers and feeding off of [[faith]], ultimately resulting in the destruction of the world's people.
'''God''', also known as the '''Old God''' ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Escape Room (audio story)|Escape Room]]'') or the '''Lord''', ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Future Pain (audio story)|Future Pain]]'') was a being who travelled from planet to planet answering prayers and feeding off of [[faith]], ultimately resulting in the destruction of the world's people.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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By the [[2010s]], God was so old that she could not remember if she had any other [[name]], nor what kind of being she was. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thoughts and Prayers (audio story)|Thoughts and Prayers]]'') She travelled from world to world with her arrival preceded by [[Ng|the Herald]], who prepared the inhabitants for her. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Herald of the Dawn (audio story)|Herald of the Dawn]]'', ''[[Future Pain (audio story)|Future Pain]]'') She fed on the [[faith]] of those that worshipped her and heard all of their [[prayer]]s. However, granting these prayers always resulted in the destruction of the world. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day Zero (audio story)|Day Zero]]'', ''[[Thoughts and Prayers (audio story)|Thoughts and Prayers]]'')
By the [[2010s]], God was so old that she could not remember if she had any other [[name]], nor what kind of being she was. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thoughts and Prayers (audio story)|Thoughts and Prayers]]'') She travelled from world to world with her arrival preceded by [[Ng|the Herald]], who prepared the inhabitants for her. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Herald of the Dawn (audio story)|Herald of the Dawn]]'', ''[[Future Pain (audio story)|Future Pain]]'') She fed on the [[faith]] of those that worshipped her and heard all of their [[prayer]]s. However, granting these prayers always resulted in the destruction of the world. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day Zero (audio story)|Day Zero]]'', ''[[Thoughts and Prayers (audio story)|Thoughts and Prayers]]'')


The [[Sorvix]] fled from their [[Sorva|home planet]] to [[Cardiff]] in the late 2010s when God came to them. This time, the Herald hid from God in the body of [[Gwen Cooper]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Herald of the Dawn (audio story)|Herald of the Dawn]]'') [[Bilis Manger]] sent the location of Earth to God through [[the Rift]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Kill to a View (audio story)|A Kill to a View]]'') She eventually came to Cardiff through the Rift at [[Torchwood Three]] [[the Hub|Hub]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Herald of the Dawn (audio story)|Herald of the Dawn]]'')
The [[Sorvix]] fled from their [[Sorva|home planet]] to [[Cardiff]] in the late 2010s when God came to them. This time, the Herald hid from God in the body of [[Gwen Cooper]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Herald of the Dawn (audio story)|Herald of the Dawn]]'') When the Sorvix left, God was trapped. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Escape Room (audio story)|Escape Room]]'') [[Bilis Manger]] sent the location of Earth to God through [[the Rift]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Kill to a View (audio story)|A Kill to a View]]'') She eventually came to Cardiff through the Rift at [[Torchwood Three]] [[the Hub|Hub]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Herald of the Dawn (audio story)|Herald of the Dawn]]'')


=== Arriving in Cardiff ===
=== Arriving in Cardiff ===
God appeared on Colchester's memorial service in the form of a pleasant humanoid woman, chatting with [[Tyler Steele]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Future Pain (audio story)|Future Pain]]'') Answering Tyler's prayer, she resurrected Colchester. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day Zero (audio story)|Day Zero]]'')
Taking the form of a [[human]], God attended [[St John Colchester]]'s [[St John Colchester's funeral|funeral]] and talked to [[Tyler Steele]], who told her that he would give anything to bring Mr Colchester back. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Future Pain (audio story)|Future Pain]]'') Answering Tyler's prayer, she resurrected him, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day Zero (audio story)|Day Zero]]'') and she also gave Jack a taste of [[mortality]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thoughts and Prayers (audio story)|Thoughts and Prayers]]'')


Still in the humanoid form, she briefly met with [[Brent Hayden]], whom Tyler was using to cover up the Sorvix presence in Cardiff, and granted his wish for more subscribers. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Man Who Destroyed Torchwood (audio story)|The Man Who Destroyed Torchwood]]'') She was also present when an [[Predator (See No Evil)|alien predator]] covered the whole of Cardiff in total darkness, until [[Yvonne Hartman (Pete's World)|Yvonne Hartman]] was able to trap and kill it. She saved Ng from being killed by the predator and approached [[Orr (Orr)|Orr]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[See No Evil (audio story)|See No Evil]]'')
God briefly met [[Brent Hayden]] in a [[pub]] and granted his wish for more subscribers to his channel, ''[[Tomorrow's Truth]]''. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Man Who Destroyed Torchwood (audio story)|The Man Who Destroyed Torchwood]]'')


She appeared to Orr after the Black Sun came to the city and put almost everyone to sleep. She told her that she's the only one who can maintain the "night watch", and used Orr's unique powers to absorb the pieces of the Light that followed the Black Sun and latched to people's pain. Later she explained to Orr that the Light was the only thing left after the first attack of the Black Sun, after it destroyed their home planet. Orr helped to unite the Light together, and now God was able to give them a new home. She also told Orr that she wouldn't reveal herself to the rest of the Torchwood team until they start to "get along". And after that she showed Orr her true powers, declaring "God is love", and that turned Orr to a puddle. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night Watch (audio story)|Night Watch]]'')
As balance was required, God had to let "a couple of things" through [[the Rift]] after bringing back Mr Colchester. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thoughts and Prayers (audio story)|Thoughts and Prayers]]'') The first was [[predator (See No Evil)|a predator]] that brought its own [[darkness]] and from whom God saved Ng and [[Orr]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[See No Evil (audio story)|See No Evil]]'')


She later appeared to [[Norton Folgate]] on the crashing plane, telling him to remember who his "true friends" are ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Flight 405 (audio story)|Flight 405]]'') and again to Tyler Steele when he became homeless and suffered at the hand of the drug-injecting drones, reminding him of one person he saved in the past, but he could not remember. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hostile Environment (audio story)|Hostile Environment]]'') She was referring to Colchester. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thoughts and Prayers (audio story)|Thoughts and Prayers]]'')
The second was the [[Night Sun]], which God allowed to feed on the [[dream]]s of the people of Cardiff. She employed Orr to keep the people of the city safe and to find and absorb [[Light (Night Watch)|the blue lights]] that accompanied the Night Sun, making people point to where the lights were. Afterwards, she revealed her [[love]] to Orr, who turned into a puddle. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night Watch (audio story)|Night Watch]]'')


God stole body-swapping [[The Evolved|Evolved]] technology from [[the Committee]] and used it to switch [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] and Colchester, Tyler and Norton and [[Yvonne Hartman (Pete's World)|Yvonne]] and [[Andy Davidson|Andy]]. Ng found her in an ice cream van, where God told her that she was testing Torchwood to see if they were ready to "weather the storm" and to see how Ng would react. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Another Man's Shoes (audio story)|Another Man's Shoes]]'')
God met [[Norton Folgate]] on [[Flight 405]], bringing his attention to the [[skeleton]] under a [[tarpaulin]] and telling him to remember who his "true friends" were. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Flight 405 (audio story)|Flight 405]]'') She appeared again to Tyler whilst he was [[homeless]], giving him some [[tomato soup]] and telling him that he had saved a life. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hostile Environment (audio story)|Hostile Environment]]'')


God posed as a nurse at the care home on [[Cathedral Road]]. She spoke to [[Roy (Ghost Mission)|Roy]], a member of the Committee, about the weather and offered him [[tea]], but they dispensed with the charade when the other pensioners went to [[bingo]]. When the tsunami approached Cardiff, Roy informed her that they had manipulated her into causing Norton's betrayal, leading to the tsunami occurring. The care home was hit. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Eye of the Storm (audio story)|Eye of the Storm]]'')
To test Ng and Torchwood, God used [[the Evolved|Evolved]] technology stolen from [[the Committee]] to switch the bodies of Mr Colchester, [[Jack Harkness]], [[Yvonne Hartman (Pete's World)|Yvonne Hartman]] and [[Andy Davidson]]. She led Ng to her, in an [[ice cream van]], and told her what she had done and why. She later bumped into Andy and ruminated on the end of the world. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Another Man's Shoes (audio story)|Another Man's Shoes]]'')


Feeling that she had lost all that she had after being manipulated by the Committee, God watched the [[Disaster Recovery Committee]]'s inquiry and spoke to [[Bethan Foster]] about it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Mother's Son (audio story)|A Mother's Son]]'')
=== Tsunami and aftermath ===
Posing as a [[nurse]] at [[Bide-a-Wee Care Home]], God spoke to [[Roy (Ghost Mission)|Roy]], a member of the Committee, about Torchwood's ongoing actions. He told her that the Committee had manipulated her into causing the [[tsunami]], which would not have happened if God had not spoken to Norton. They were both in the care home when the tsunami hit. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Eye of the Storm (audio story)|Eye of the Storm]]'')


Yvonne found God in a coffee shop and later told Andy where she was. Andy sent the D.R.C. to arrest her. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day Zero (audio story)|Day Zero]]'')
Feeling that she had lost all that she had after being manipulated by the Committee, God watched the [[Disaster Recovery Committee]]'s [[Inquiry (A Mother's Son)|inquiry]] and spoke to [[Bethan Foster]] about it, hinting that there was [[retcon|something]] in the [[water]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Mother's Son (audio story)|A Mother's Son]]'') She secretly transferred her powers to Orr so that she would be of no use to the Committee. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thoughts and Prayers (audio story)|Thoughts and Prayers]]'')


[[The Committee]] planned on using God's power to remake Earth, unaware that God had transferred her powers to [[Orr (Orr)|Orr]]. After the Committee was defeated by Yvonne Hartman, God left Cardiff intending to open a tea shop. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thoughts and Prayers (audio story)|Thoughts and Prayers]]'')
On [[Day Zero]], God sat in [[Café (Day Zero)|a café]], being served by [[Alice (Day Zero)|Alice]], and met Yvonne. She encouraged Yvonne to believe in herself and, once it started [[rain]]ing, dismissed Alice before being arrested by Andy. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day Zero (audio story)|Day Zero]]'')
 
God was taken to a cell containing Jack's body and went with him to [[the Hub]] after he revived. She attempted to take her powers back from Orr through [[sex]] but was unable to. After Yvonne used the [[Lens]] to direct Orr's powers through the [[dimension bridge]] to destroy the Committee's final form and [[Erebus]], God was left powerless and decided to explore the world and perhaps open a coffee shop. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thoughts and Prayers (audio story)|Thoughts and Prayers]]'')
 
== Legacy ==
[[Orr]] believed that "getting off" with God made her more empathic. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Aliens Next Door (audio story)|Aliens Next Door]]'')
 
== Powers ==
God had the power to grant people's [[wish]]es, although balance was needed. For example, when she [[resurrection|resurrected]] Mr Colchester per Tyler's wish, she had to allow [[predator (See No Evil)|a predator]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[See No Evil (audio story)|See No Evil]]'') and the [[Night Sun]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night Watch (audio story)|Night Watch]]'') through the Rift. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thoughts and Prayers (audio story)|Thoughts and Prayers]]'') She also had the power of [[hypnosis]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Man Who Destroyed Torchwood (audio story)|The Man Who Destroyed Earth]]'') the ability to [[teleport]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night Watch (audio story)|Night Watch]]'', ''[[Flight 405 (audio story)|Flight 405]]'') to see from afar ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Eye of the Storm (audio story)|Eye of the Storm]]'') and was able to see through [[Predator (See No Evil)|the predator]]'s [[darkness]] and tell it to leave. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[See No Evil (audio story)|See No Evil]]'')


== Behind the scenes ==
== Behind the scenes ==

Latest revision as of 09:49, 11 May 2023

God, also known as the Old God (AUDIO: Escape Room) or the Lord, (AUDIO: Future Pain) was a being who travelled from planet to planet answering prayers and feeding off of faith, ultimately resulting in the destruction of the world's people.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Before Earth[[edit] | [edit source]]

By the 2010s, God was so old that she could not remember if she had any other name, nor what kind of being she was. (AUDIO: Thoughts and Prayers) She travelled from world to world with her arrival preceded by the Herald, who prepared the inhabitants for her. (AUDIO: Herald of the Dawn, Future Pain) She fed on the faith of those that worshipped her and heard all of their prayers. However, granting these prayers always resulted in the destruction of the world. (AUDIO: Day Zero, Thoughts and Prayers)

The Sorvix fled from their home planet to Cardiff in the late 2010s when God came to them. This time, the Herald hid from God in the body of Gwen Cooper. (AUDIO: Herald of the Dawn) When the Sorvix left, God was trapped. (AUDIO: Escape Room) Bilis Manger sent the location of Earth to God through the Rift. (AUDIO: A Kill to a View) She eventually came to Cardiff through the Rift at Torchwood Three Hub. (AUDIO: Herald of the Dawn)

Arriving in Cardiff[[edit] | [edit source]]

Taking the form of a human, God attended St John Colchester's funeral and talked to Tyler Steele, who told her that he would give anything to bring Mr Colchester back. (AUDIO: Future Pain) Answering Tyler's prayer, she resurrected him, (AUDIO: Day Zero) and she also gave Jack a taste of mortality. (AUDIO: Thoughts and Prayers)

God briefly met Brent Hayden in a pub and granted his wish for more subscribers to his channel, Tomorrow's Truth. (AUDIO: The Man Who Destroyed Torchwood)

As balance was required, God had to let "a couple of things" through the Rift after bringing back Mr Colchester. (AUDIO: Thoughts and Prayers) The first was a predator that brought its own darkness and from whom God saved Ng and Orr. (AUDIO: See No Evil)

The second was the Night Sun, which God allowed to feed on the dreams of the people of Cardiff. She employed Orr to keep the people of the city safe and to find and absorb the blue lights that accompanied the Night Sun, making people point to where the lights were. Afterwards, she revealed her love to Orr, who turned into a puddle. (AUDIO: Night Watch)

God met Norton Folgate on Flight 405, bringing his attention to the skeleton under a tarpaulin and telling him to remember who his "true friends" were. (AUDIO: Flight 405) She appeared again to Tyler whilst he was homeless, giving him some tomato soup and telling him that he had saved a life. (AUDIO: Hostile Environment)

To test Ng and Torchwood, God used Evolved technology stolen from the Committee to switch the bodies of Mr Colchester, Jack Harkness, Yvonne Hartman and Andy Davidson. She led Ng to her, in an ice cream van, and told her what she had done and why. She later bumped into Andy and ruminated on the end of the world. (AUDIO: Another Man's Shoes)

Tsunami and aftermath[[edit] | [edit source]]

Posing as a nurse at Bide-a-Wee Care Home, God spoke to Roy, a member of the Committee, about Torchwood's ongoing actions. He told her that the Committee had manipulated her into causing the tsunami, which would not have happened if God had not spoken to Norton. They were both in the care home when the tsunami hit. (AUDIO: Eye of the Storm)

Feeling that she had lost all that she had after being manipulated by the Committee, God watched the Disaster Recovery Committee's inquiry and spoke to Bethan Foster about it, hinting that there was something in the water. (AUDIO: A Mother's Son) She secretly transferred her powers to Orr so that she would be of no use to the Committee. (AUDIO: Thoughts and Prayers)

On Day Zero, God sat in a café, being served by Alice, and met Yvonne. She encouraged Yvonne to believe in herself and, once it started raining, dismissed Alice before being arrested by Andy. (AUDIO: Day Zero)

God was taken to a cell containing Jack's body and went with him to the Hub after he revived. She attempted to take her powers back from Orr through sex but was unable to. After Yvonne used the Lens to direct Orr's powers through the dimension bridge to destroy the Committee's final form and Erebus, God was left powerless and decided to explore the world and perhaps open a coffee shop. (AUDIO: Thoughts and Prayers)

Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]

Orr believed that "getting off" with God made her more empathic. (AUDIO: Aliens Next Door)

Powers[[edit] | [edit source]]

God had the power to grant people's wishes, although balance was needed. For example, when she resurrected Mr Colchester per Tyler's wish, she had to allow a predator (AUDIO: See No Evil) and the Night Sun (AUDIO: Night Watch) through the Rift. (AUDIO: Thoughts and Prayers) She also had the power of hypnosis, (AUDIO: The Man Who Destroyed Earth) the ability to teleport, (AUDIO: Night Watch, Flight 405) to see from afar (AUDIO: Eye of the Storm) and was able to see through the predator's darkness and tell it to leave. (AUDIO: See No Evil)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Jacqueline King was credited as a "mourner" on the Big Finish website for God Among Us 1. She appeared in little scenes throughout the first three episodes of God Among Us, and only in the final episode of the first box-set her character revealed herself as God, exclusively to Orr. In the audio credits for the first box-set she was named "God", as well as on the Big Finish website starting with second box-set.
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