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|species = Human
|species     = Human
|origin = [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]], [[Texas]]
|origin       = [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]], [[Texas]]
|job = Surgeon
|job         = Surgeon
|affiliation     = City General Hospital
|affiliation = City General Hospital
|affiliation2   = Torchwood (team){{!}}Torchwood
|affiliation2 = Torchwood (team){{!}}Torchwood
|mother = Vera Juarez's mother{{!}}Mother
|mother       = Vera Juarez's mother{{!}}Mother
|brother = Vera Juarez's brother{{!}}Brother
|brother     = Vera Juarez's brother{{!}}Brother
|spouse = Vera Juarez's ex-husband{{!}}Ex-husband
|spouse       = Vera Juarez's ex-husband{{!}}Ex-husband
|first = The New World (TV story)
|first       = The New World (TV story)
|appearances = [[TV]]: ''[[Rendition (TV story)|Rendition]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Dead of Night (TV story)|Dead of Night]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Escape to LA (TV story)|Escape to LA]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Immortal Sins (TV story)|Immortal Sins]]''
|appearances = [[TV]]: ''[[Rendition (TV story)|Rendition]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Dead of Night (TV story)|Dead of Night]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Escape to LA (TV story)|Escape to LA]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Immortal Sins (TV story)|Immortal Sins]]''
|actor = Arlene Tur
|actor       = Arlene Tur
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}}
[[Doctor|Dr]] '''Vera Juarez''' was a surgeon at [[City General Hospital]] in the [[21st century]] and an associate of the [[Torchwood (team)|Torchwood team]]. She was also [[Rex Matheson]]'s lover and his personal doctor/spy for info gathering.
[[Doctor|Dr]] '''Vera Juarez''' was a [[surgeon]] at [[City General Hospital]] and an associate of the [[Torchwood (team)|Torchwood team]].
 
During [[Miracle Day|the Miracle]], Vera was key to changing how [[hospital]]s in the [[United States of America|United States]] operated, but was disgusted at how her idea to treat minor injuries before major ones was interpreted as abandoning those in severe need of help. She joined Torchwood in their mission to end the Miracle because of her feelings of responsibility for the [[overflow camp]]s and was ultimately burnt to death by [[Colin Maloney]] when she threatened to have him prosecuted.


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
=== Early life ===
Vera came from [[San Antonio]] and her family included [[Vera Juarez's mother|her mother]] and [[Vera Juarez's brother|a brother]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Immortal Sins (TV story)|Immortal Sins]]'') She became a [[doctor]] and married [[Vera Juarez's ex-husband|a man]] who worked at [[Cedarbrook]]. They later [[divorce]]d, ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'') although he sometimes called her for [[sex]] and [[drug]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rendition (TV story)|Rendition]]'')
Vera Juarez came from [[San Antonio, Texas|San Antonio]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Immortal Sins (TV story)}}) and had [[Vera Juarez's brother|a brother]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|End of the Road (TV story)}}) She claimed that she was once [[Catholicism|Catholic]] before she "got better" and studied [[medicine]] at [[Columbia University|Columbia]] where she had a college mentor who made her want to give back to the world like she did. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dead of Night (TV story)}})


=== Miracle Day ===
Vera got a job as a [[surgeon]] at [[City General Hospital]] in [[Washington DC]] and had a friend at [[Royal Free Hospital]]. She had a failed [[marriage]] with [[Vera Juarez's ex-husband|a man]] who worked at [[Cedarbrook]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|The New World (TV story)}}) and who called her asking for [[drug]]s and [[sex]] after their [[divorce]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rendition (TV story)}}) In [[2010]], Vera had to make the difficult decision to let [[Vera Juarez's mother|her mother]] [[death|die]] after she suffered a massive [[stroke]] and made a commencement speech about her college mentor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dead of Night (TV story)}})
In [[March]] [[2011]], she performed emergency surgery on [[Rex Matheson]], correcting damage to his pericardium, major veins and arteries. She also alerted [[Esther Drummond]] to the [[Miracle Day|medical miracle]] going on around the world. Through her contacts at various hospitals around the [[United States]] and [[Great Britain]], she was able to determine that no one had died for over twenty-four hours — a statistical impossibility. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'')


The following day, Juarez was overseeing her ER when she had a revelation: the nature of the miracle meant that the entire triage system was now backwards, due to patients being unable to die. Long-term care was now the priority; patients in "critical" condition would have to be temporarily ignored in favour of getting patients with minor injuries out of the medical system. Hoping to spread this insight, Juarez attended a conference in [[Washington DC]], where she realised that infections would become disastrous due to being able to indefinitely grow inside never-dying hosts. While there, she received a call from Rex, who explained that [[Jack Harkness|the only mortal man on Earth]] had been poisoned with arsenic, and talked Rex and [[Gwen Cooper]] through treatment. Once the man, Jack Harkness, had been stabilised, Rex asked Juarez to meet him at the airport when he returned. On her way out, Juarez was accosted by [[Jilly Kitzinger]], who mentioned that Juarez would need to work to repeal legislature restricting antibiotic access and offered Juarez her card. At the airport, Juarez only briefly met Rex, who was being pursued by the CIA, before being left behind. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rendition (TV story)|Rendition]]'')
=== The Miracle ===
On [[19 March]] [[2011]], Vera learnt that there had been no [[death]]s at City General, [[St Jude's Hospital|St Jude's]], [[Cedarbrook]] or the [[Royal Free Hospital]] and was able to treat [[Rex Matheson]]'s otherwise fatal injury as a result of [[Miracle Day|the Miracle]], which she told [[Esther Drummond]] about when she visited him. She protested against [[Victor Louis Santini]] removing the head of [[Suicide bomber (The New World)|a suicide bomber]] at a session where she briefly met [[Jack Harkness]] and later failed to prevent Rex from leaving the hospital on account of the severity of his injuries. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The New World (TV story)}})


Later on, Rex, who had joined Torchwood, broke into Vera's house for help, as his wound was getting worse. She helped him and Rex proceeded to have [[sex]] with her. He then offended her, causing her to throw him out of her house, but later decided to help him infiltrate [[PhiCorp]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead of Night (TV story)|Dead of Night]]'')
Vera realised that the hospital's usual procedure had to be reversed to free up [[bed]]s and joined a medical panel to discuss the response to the Miracle after hearing that the [[Dean of Medicine]] had gone to one despite having no knowledge of how what was happening. She deduced that the mass production of [[painkiller]]s would have to begin immediately and attracted the attention of [[Jilly Kitzinger]], who gave her a sample of [[PhiCorp]] painkillers and advised her to petition for access to surplus drugs reserved for the civil defence programme. After getting the help of her panel to assist Rex and [[Gwen Cooper]] in creating [[ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid|EDTA]] to save Jack's life aboard an [[aeroplane]] over the [[Atlantic Ocean]], she took the painkillers to Rex at the [[airport]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Rendition (TV story)}})


She later witnessed [[Ellis Hartley Monroe]] and [[Oswald Danes]] battle it out for popularity, which disgusted her. ([[TV]]: ''[[Escape to LA (TV story)|Escape to LA]]'')
Vera found Rex inside her home after returning from a panel meeting and the pair had [[sex]] after she redressed his wound, trusting that he was not a [[traitor]] as the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] claimed he was, but she kicked him out when he attempted to get her to [[spy]] on PhiCorp by playing on the fact that their apparent knowledge of the Miracle could have kept her from letting her mother die. Despite this, she changed her mind and let Gwen into PhiCorp's headquarters whilst attending a presentation Jilly invited her to. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Dead of Night (TV story)}})
 
Rex called Vera to ask about [[Ellis Hartley Monroe]]'s "Dead is Dead" campaign and how he could acquire prescription drugs in [[Los Angeles]] with no questions asked, a request which she was unable to help with. She disagreed with [[Bisme Katusi]]'s suggestion that emergency patients be moved to an abandoned hospital and, once it was implemented, she found the state of the facility and its makeshift wards disgraceful and tried to get Katusi to tell her what the long-term plan was. She was also disgusted by [[Oswald Danes]] competing for popularity against Hartley Monroe using an abandoned baby. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Escape to LA (TV story)}})
 
With the closing of the medical panels and the introduction of the [[categories of life]], Vera flew to Los Angeles to join [[Torchwood (team)|Torchwood]] in their mission to end the Miracle. She suggested that the modules at the [[overflow camp]]s could be being used to cultivate [[disease]]s and gained access to the [[San Pedro Overflow Camp]] as an observer to investigate after pulling strings in Washington. Rex and Jack attempted to stop her, but she felt some responsibility for the camps on account of her being a part of the panels which resulted in them being set up. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Categories of Life (TV story)}})


=== Death ===
=== Death ===
After the new categories of life were released and the medical panels were disbanded, Vera decided to join [[Torchwood (team)|Torchwood]] — a rag-tag band made up of ex-[[Torchwood Three]] and ex-[[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] members — to stop [[miracle Day|the Miracle]]. Vera went under cover inspecting an [[overflow camp]], despite Rex's concerns, but was shot at the leg and the shoulder and put into a module with Category 1 individuals by [[Colin Maloney]] after threatening to prosecute him for not looking after the patients in the overflow camp correctly. The modules were actually ovens and the Category 1 patients were being burnt alive. Maloney switched on the module, burning alive all the patients, including Vera. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]'')
Vera was shown around the camp by [[Colin Maloney]] and disagreed with how her suggestions at the panels had been interpreted to recategorise patients in decline to divert attention to those who could recover. She was disgusted to find that patients without [[insurance]] were being stored away and that one had been mislabelled as a [[Category 1]], leading her to threaten Maloney with prosecution for causing harm to those in his care. After insulting him, he shot her in the leg and took her to the module where she was burnt to death as Rex recorded her final moments to expose the practice. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Categories of Life (TV story)}})


Vera's death was later exposed by Rex and Esther following their escape from the camp. While this prompted the [[White House]] to launch an official investigation into the San Pedro camp, the policy for handling category ones was left unchanged. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Middle Men (TV story)|The Middle Men]]'')
== Legacy ==
Rex swore that he would burn whoever killed Vera, but Maloney was instead made Category 1 by Esther and [[Ralph Coltrane]]. Torchwood released the footage of her death and an investigation began. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Middle Men (TV story)}})


Vera was survived by [[Vera Juarez' brother|her brother]], who received a [[phone]] call from [[Rex Matheson]], expressing his condolences. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'')
The video of Vera's death received over five million views and people set up [[memorial service]]s for her. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Immortal Sins (TV story)}})
 
Vera was survived by [[Vera Juarez's brother|her brother]], who received a [[phone]] call from Rex expressing his condolences. ([[TV]]: {{cs|End of the Road (TV story)}})
 
== Appearance ==
[[Colin Maloney]] told Vera that she was beautiful and "thin as a twig". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Categories of Life (TV story)}})


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Latest revision as of 09:21, 22 September 2024

Dr Vera Juarez was a surgeon at City General Hospital and an associate of the Torchwood team.

During the Miracle, Vera was key to changing how hospitals in the United States operated, but was disgusted at how her idea to treat minor injuries before major ones was interpreted as abandoning those in severe need of help. She joined Torchwood in their mission to end the Miracle because of her feelings of responsibility for the overflow camps and was ultimately burnt to death by Colin Maloney when she threatened to have him prosecuted.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Early life[[edit] | [edit source]]

Vera Juarez came from San Antonio (TV: Immortal Sins [+]Loading...["Immortal Sins (TV story)"]) and had a brother. (TV: End of the Road [+]Loading...["End of the Road (TV story)"]) She claimed that she was once Catholic before she "got better" and studied medicine at Columbia where she had a college mentor who made her want to give back to the world like she did. (TV: Dead of Night [+]Loading...["Dead of Night (TV story)"])

Vera got a job as a surgeon at City General Hospital in Washington DC and had a friend at Royal Free Hospital. She had a failed marriage with a man who worked at Cedarbrook (TV: The New World [+]Loading...["The New World (TV story)"]) and who called her asking for drugs and sex after their divorce. (TV: Rendition [+]Loading...["Rendition (TV story)"]) In 2010, Vera had to make the difficult decision to let her mother die after she suffered a massive stroke and made a commencement speech about her college mentor. (TV: Dead of Night [+]Loading...["Dead of Night (TV story)"])

The Miracle[[edit] | [edit source]]

On 19 March 2011, Vera learnt that there had been no deaths at City General, St Jude's, Cedarbrook or the Royal Free Hospital and was able to treat Rex Matheson's otherwise fatal injury as a result of the Miracle, which she told Esther Drummond about when she visited him. She protested against Victor Louis Santini removing the head of a suicide bomber at a session where she briefly met Jack Harkness and later failed to prevent Rex from leaving the hospital on account of the severity of his injuries. (TV: The New World [+]Loading...["The New World (TV story)"])

Vera realised that the hospital's usual procedure had to be reversed to free up beds and joined a medical panel to discuss the response to the Miracle after hearing that the Dean of Medicine had gone to one despite having no knowledge of how what was happening. She deduced that the mass production of painkillers would have to begin immediately and attracted the attention of Jilly Kitzinger, who gave her a sample of PhiCorp painkillers and advised her to petition for access to surplus drugs reserved for the civil defence programme. After getting the help of her panel to assist Rex and Gwen Cooper in creating EDTA to save Jack's life aboard an aeroplane over the Atlantic Ocean, she took the painkillers to Rex at the airport. (TV: Rendition [+]Loading...["Rendition (TV story)"])

Vera found Rex inside her home after returning from a panel meeting and the pair had sex after she redressed his wound, trusting that he was not a traitor as the CIA claimed he was, but she kicked him out when he attempted to get her to spy on PhiCorp by playing on the fact that their apparent knowledge of the Miracle could have kept her from letting her mother die. Despite this, she changed her mind and let Gwen into PhiCorp's headquarters whilst attending a presentation Jilly invited her to. (TV: Dead of Night [+]Loading...["Dead of Night (TV story)"])

Rex called Vera to ask about Ellis Hartley Monroe's "Dead is Dead" campaign and how he could acquire prescription drugs in Los Angeles with no questions asked, a request which she was unable to help with. She disagreed with Bisme Katusi's suggestion that emergency patients be moved to an abandoned hospital and, once it was implemented, she found the state of the facility and its makeshift wards disgraceful and tried to get Katusi to tell her what the long-term plan was. She was also disgusted by Oswald Danes competing for popularity against Hartley Monroe using an abandoned baby. (TV: Escape to LA [+]Loading...["Escape to LA (TV story)"])

With the closing of the medical panels and the introduction of the categories of life, Vera flew to Los Angeles to join Torchwood in their mission to end the Miracle. She suggested that the modules at the overflow camps could be being used to cultivate diseases and gained access to the San Pedro Overflow Camp as an observer to investigate after pulling strings in Washington. Rex and Jack attempted to stop her, but she felt some responsibility for the camps on account of her being a part of the panels which resulted in them being set up. (TV: The Categories of Life [+]Loading...["The Categories of Life (TV story)"])

Death[[edit] | [edit source]]

Vera was shown around the camp by Colin Maloney and disagreed with how her suggestions at the panels had been interpreted to recategorise patients in decline to divert attention to those who could recover. She was disgusted to find that patients without insurance were being stored away and that one had been mislabelled as a Category 1, leading her to threaten Maloney with prosecution for causing harm to those in his care. After insulting him, he shot her in the leg and took her to the module where she was burnt to death as Rex recorded her final moments to expose the practice. (TV: The Categories of Life [+]Loading...["The Categories of Life (TV story)"])

Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]

Rex swore that he would burn whoever killed Vera, but Maloney was instead made Category 1 by Esther and Ralph Coltrane. Torchwood released the footage of her death and an investigation began. (TV: The Middle Men [+]Loading...["The Middle Men (TV story)"])

The video of Vera's death received over five million views and people set up memorial services for her. (TV: Immortal Sins [+]Loading...["Immortal Sins (TV story)"])

Vera was survived by her brother, who received a phone call from Rex expressing his condolences. (TV: End of the Road [+]Loading...["End of the Road (TV story)"])

Appearance[[edit] | [edit source]]

Colin Maloney told Vera that she was beautiful and "thin as a twig". (TV: The Categories of Life [+]Loading...["The Categories of Life (TV story)"])

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