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The [[Life Knife]] is a three-bladed knife used by [[Suzie Costello]] to kill people in oder to to test the [[#R|Resurrection Gauntlet]] in "[[Everything Changes (Torchwood)|Everything Changes]]". After Suzie's death, the knife was locked away in Jack's safe sealed with a "NOT FOR USE" tag. The knife is associated with the glove as they are made of the same metal, and that those killed with the knife are easier for the Glove to resurrect.
{{Infobox Object
|image      = Life knife.jpg
|type        = [[Knife]]
|first      = Everything Changes (TV story)
|appearances = [[TV]]: ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]'', ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]''
|clip        = Bringing back the dead - Torchwood - BBC
}}
The '''Life Knife''' — as coined by [[Ianto Jones]] — was a three-bladed [[knife]] (8 [[inch]]es deep by 3 inches wide) of extraterrestrial origin used by [[Suzie Costello]] to kill people in order to test the [[resurrection gauntlet]]. The knife was associated with the glove as they were made of the same metal, and those killed with the knife were easier for the glove to resurrect. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'', ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]'')


Stabbing the deceased with the knife can increase the connection with the glove even post mortem. The name "life knife" was coined by [[Ianto Jones]].
After Suzie's death, the knife was locked away in [[Jack Harkness]]'s safe sealed with a "NOT FOR USE" tag. [[Torchwood Three]], however, had to retrieve it to make the resurrection gauntlet effective on Suzie herself. Jack stabbed it into her chest, and she awoke from death immediately. The Torchwood team learned that use of the Life Knife in tandem with the gauntlet presented an extreme risk to whoever awoke a subject from death, siphoning off their own life force to fully resurrect the subject. [[Toshiko Sato]] shot the glove into pieces, cancelling out its effect, and the Life Knife was once again returned to its proper place in the Hub's secure shelves. ([[TV]]: ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]'')


Flashbacks in [[Everything Changes (Torchwood)|Everything Changes]]" shows [[Gwen Cooper]] remembering seeing Suzie either constructing or repairing the knife upon her first visit to the Hub. This was how Suzie was discovered as the killer in the first episode.
The Life Knife was presumably destroyed, lost, and/or buried with the destruction of the Hub by a mile-wide radius [[bomb]], which engulfed nearly all of the underground base. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'') Its former owner Suzie, however, came back to life a second time for revenge. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Long Time Dead (novel)|Long Time Dead]]'')


=Notable Quotes=
[[Category:Torchwood Three's items]]
 
[[Category:Alien artefacts]]
'''Owen Harper''': ''(as Jack gets the knife that joins with the Glove)'' "Ianto?"
[[Category:Handheld weapons]]
'''Ianto Jones''': "Life knife."
[[Category:Cutting tools]]
 
'''Captain Jack Harkness''': ''(after Jack shoots Max with a stun-gun)'' "That one's for  Ianto. Risen-Mitten, Life Knife, and the all time favourite, the Stun-Gun."

Latest revision as of 21:09, 3 September 2020

The Life Knife — as coined by Ianto Jones — was a three-bladed knife (8 inches deep by 3 inches wide) of extraterrestrial origin used by Suzie Costello to kill people in order to test the resurrection gauntlet. The knife was associated with the glove as they were made of the same metal, and those killed with the knife were easier for the glove to resurrect. (TV: Everything Changes, They Keep Killing Suzie)

After Suzie's death, the knife was locked away in Jack Harkness's safe sealed with a "NOT FOR USE" tag. Torchwood Three, however, had to retrieve it to make the resurrection gauntlet effective on Suzie herself. Jack stabbed it into her chest, and she awoke from death immediately. The Torchwood team learned that use of the Life Knife in tandem with the gauntlet presented an extreme risk to whoever awoke a subject from death, siphoning off their own life force to fully resurrect the subject. Toshiko Sato shot the glove into pieces, cancelling out its effect, and the Life Knife was once again returned to its proper place in the Hub's secure shelves. (TV: They Keep Killing Suzie)

The Life Knife was presumably destroyed, lost, and/or buried with the destruction of the Hub by a mile-wide radius bomb, which engulfed nearly all of the underground base. (TV: Children of Earth: Day One) Its former owner Suzie, however, came back to life a second time for revenge. (PROSE: Long Time Dead)