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{{Infobox Individual | {{Infobox Individual | ||
|image = Charles Gaskell.jpg | |image = Charles Gaskell Exit Wounds.jpg | ||
|species=Human | |aka = Charlie Gaskill | ||
|origin= [[Earth]] | |species = Human | ||
|origin = [[Earth]] | |||
|job = Sailor | |job = Sailor | ||
|affiliation | |job2 = operative | ||
|first = Exit Wounds (TV story) | |affiliation = Torchwood Three{{!}}Torchwood Cardiff | ||
|appearances= [[PROSE]]: | |affiliation2 = Royal Navy | ||
|actor= Cornelius Macarthy | |first cs = Exit Wounds (TV story) | ||
|appearances = [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Baby Farmers (short story)}} | |||
|actor = Cornelius Macarthy | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''Charles Gaskell''' was | '''Charles Gaskell''', also known as '''Charlie Gaskill''', ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Twilight Streets (novel)}}) was an operative of [[Torchwood Cardiff]] in the early [[20th century]]. He had previously been a [[sailor]] in the [[Royal Navy]] aboard the [[HMS Atropos|HMS ''Atropos'']] before he came to Torchwood. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Baby Farmers (short story)|The Baby Farmers]]'') | ||
== Biography == | |||
During the [[1890s]], Charles was working as a sailor in the [[Royal Navy]], aboard the HMS ''Atropos''. He was recruited to Torchwood Cardiff at some point by its leader, [[Emily Holroyd]]. | |||
In [[1899]], Gaskell was working at Torchwood. When [[Jack Harkness]] went missing under mysterious circumstances, he was asked to investigate Sir [[Henry Montague]]. Seeking to hide his involvement, Montague hired [[Tice]] and [[McQuaid]], two of Gaskell's old Navy friends, to kill him and cover it up, but Gaskell incapacitated them. When Torchwood investigated the [[HMS Hades|HMS ''Hades'']], he was the one to eventually blow it up after it was found to be a lab for experimenting on [[alien]]s. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Baby Farmers (short story)}}) | |||
After being told of underground energy signals by [[Alice Guppy]] in [[1901]], he began digging at the location. There, he discovered a version of Jack from the future buried [[20 (number)|twenty]] [[Foot (unit)|feet]] underground. He had been buried by [[Gray (Adam)|Gray]] and [[John Hart]] in [[27]] [[AD]]. Charles and Alice interrogated Jack, believing him to be the Jack from their relative time. Jack avoided answering his questions and instead asked to be placed in the [[Morgue (Torchwood Hub)|morgue]] and frozen. Jack was eventually placed [[suspended animation|cryogenic suspension]] until the [[21st century]] so that he could avoid crossing [[Personal timeline#Jack Harkness|his own timeline]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Exit Wounds (TV story)}}) per Emily's strict instructions. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Stock Take (short story)}}) | |||
In [[1906]], Gaskell and his team discovered alien cryo-tech, which was later utilised for regular use. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Twilight Streets (novel)}}) On [[17 March]] that same year, He visited the site of an explosion in [[Penylan]], and noticed signs of non-contemporaneous material and [[temporal flux]] in the area after his [[Chronometer Device]] "threw a fit". Alice Guppy later noted this in an incident report on the matter. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The House That Jack Built (novel)}}) | |||
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Latest revision as of 19:45, 29 September 2024
Charles Gaskell, also known as Charlie Gaskill, (PROSE: The Twilight Streets [+]Loading...["The Twilight Streets (novel)"]) was an operative of Torchwood Cardiff in the early 20th century. He had previously been a sailor in the Royal Navy aboard the HMS Atropos before he came to Torchwood. (PROSE: The Baby Farmers)
Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]
During the 1890s, Charles was working as a sailor in the Royal Navy, aboard the HMS Atropos. He was recruited to Torchwood Cardiff at some point by its leader, Emily Holroyd.
In 1899, Gaskell was working at Torchwood. When Jack Harkness went missing under mysterious circumstances, he was asked to investigate Sir Henry Montague. Seeking to hide his involvement, Montague hired Tice and McQuaid, two of Gaskell's old Navy friends, to kill him and cover it up, but Gaskell incapacitated them. When Torchwood investigated the HMS Hades, he was the one to eventually blow it up after it was found to be a lab for experimenting on aliens. (PROSE: The Baby Farmers [+]Loading...["The Baby Farmers (short story)"])
After being told of underground energy signals by Alice Guppy in 1901, he began digging at the location. There, he discovered a version of Jack from the future buried twenty feet underground. He had been buried by Gray and John Hart in 27 AD. Charles and Alice interrogated Jack, believing him to be the Jack from their relative time. Jack avoided answering his questions and instead asked to be placed in the morgue and frozen. Jack was eventually placed cryogenic suspension until the 21st century so that he could avoid crossing his own timeline, (TV: Exit Wounds [+]Loading...["Exit Wounds (TV story)"]) per Emily's strict instructions. (PROSE: Stock Take [+]Loading...["Stock Take (short story)"])
In 1906, Gaskell and his team discovered alien cryo-tech, which was later utilised for regular use. (PROSE: The Twilight Streets [+]Loading...["The Twilight Streets (novel)"]) On 17 March that same year, He visited the site of an explosion in Penylan, and noticed signs of non-contemporaneous material and temporal flux in the area after his Chronometer Device "threw a fit". Alice Guppy later noted this in an incident report on the matter. (PROSE: The House That Jack Built [+]Loading...["The House That Jack Built (novel)"])
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