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|species       = Human
|species= [[Human]]
|origin        = [[Earth]]
|home planet= [[Earth]]
|spouse        = Geraint Cooper
|appearances= [[TW]]: ''[[Something Borrowed]]''<br>[[TW]]: ''[[The New World]]''<br>[[TW]]: ''[[The Categories of Life]]''<br>[[TW]]: ''[[Immortal Sins]]''<br>[[TW]]: ''[[End of the Road]]''<br>[[TW]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]''<br>[[TW]]: ''[[The Blood Line]]''
|child        = Gwen Cooper
|mentions = [[TW]]: ''[[Ghost Machine]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]''<br>[[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One]]''<br>[[TW]]: ''[[The Middle Men]]''
|in-law        = Rhys Williams
|actor= [[Sharon Morgan]]}}{{Cleanup|The "Personality" section needs a little sorting.}} '''Mary Cooper''' was born some time prior to 1947. She married [[Geraint Cooper]], and the two would have a daughter, [[Gwen Cooper]]. Through her daughter Gwen, Mary would eventually become the mother-in-law of [[Rhys Williams]] and grandmother of [[Anwen Williams]].
|grandchild    = Anwen Williams
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|first mention = Ghost Machine (TV story)
|first        = Something Borrowed (TV story)
|appearances  = {{Appears}}
|actor         = Sharon Morgan
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'''Mary Cooper''' was the mother of [[Gwen Cooper]] and wife of [[Geraint Cooper|Geraint]].


==BIOGRAPHY==
[[Retcon]]ned after almost being killed by [[Carrie (Something Borrowed)|a Nostrovite]] at Gwen and [[Rhys Williams]]'s wedding, Mary eventually learnt the truth about her daughter's job and supported her and Rhys in their hiding despite it meaning she rarely saw [[Anwen Williams|her granddaughter]]. She lost her husband when [[the Miracle]] ended and was ultimately murdered by [[Ng]].
===Before Miracle Day===
In her encounter with the [[quantum transducer]], Gwen used the ghost machine to instigate a flashback of her and Rhys leaving to attend Mary's 60th birthday party. ([[TW]]: ''[[Ghost Machine]]'')


At the time of her daughter's wedding, Mary was living in [[Swansea]]. Mary attended Gwen's wedding. After seeing Gwen, who unbeknownst to Mary was actually impregnated by a [[Nostrovite]], Mary was happy at the prospect of a grandchild - particularly because she believed it would shock Brenda. Although Mary was not privy to the nature of Gwen's job, she was caught up in the adventure when she was threatened by the Nostrovite who had assumed the guise of Brenda. Despite Gwen and Rhys proclaiming that they would not keep secrets from each other in their marriage, Mary's memories -like those of the other wedding guests - were erased by [[Jack Harkness]]. Mary forgot about the whole ordeal, which her daughter felt to be "for the best". At the end of that day, she was seen sleeping against Brenda - perhaps an indication that the two would manage to put aside their differences. ([[TW]]: ''[[Something Borrowed]]'')
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Mary was born in the [[1940s]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Machine (TV story)|Ghost Machine]]'') and [[marriage|married]] [[Geraint Cooper]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]'') with whom she had a daughter, [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] in [[1978]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'', ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'') She shopped at [[Timothy Whites]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'') and once took Gwen to [[G. R. Owen's]] as a treat. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Department X (audio story)|Department X]]'')


During the [[Dalek Invasion of Earth (2009)|Dalek invasion of Earth]], Gwen told Rhys tell Mary to take her pills and go to sleep. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'') When investigating [[Clement MacDonald|a man]] connected to [[the 456]] going by the alias "Timothy White"; Gwen commented that her mother used to shop there. {{What?}} ([[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One]]'') At some point prior to [[Miracle Day]], Gwen informed Mary of the true nature of her job with the Torchwood Institute. ([[TW]]: ''[[The New World]]'')
Whilst Gwen lived in [[Cardiff]] with [[Rhys Williams]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'') Mary and Geraint lived in [[Swansea]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]'') The young couple attended Mary's sixtieth birthday in the [[2000s]] and dressed up smart per her wishes. ([[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Machine (TV story)|Ghost Machine]]'') Although Geraint and [[Barry Williams]] got on fine, Mary did not get on with [[Brenda Williams|Brenda]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]'')


===[[Miracle Day ]]===
=== Kept in the dark ===
Gwen joined [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]] and told Mary and Geraint only that she had a new job which demanded a lot of her time. She had minimal contact with them after joining the organisation as a result and rarely made phonecalls, also having to cancel several plans to meet up with them. ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]'')


On Miracle Day, Mary accompanied her husband to the hospital after he had had a heart attack, and met her daughter, son in law and her grandaughter Anwen for the first time since she was born. Mary asked Gwen for information about the Miracle, though she didn't get any answers as Gwen didn't know what had happened. ([[TW]]: ''[[The New World]]'') After they were released from police custody, Mary shared her home in Swansea with son-in-law Rhys and grandaughter Anwen. When Geraint was taken to [[Cowbridge Overflow Camp]], Mary encouraged Gwen's rescue mission with [[Torchwood (team)|Gwen's Torchwood team]], also collating all the information she could find about the camps. ([[TW]]: ''[[The Categories of Life]]'') Shortly after Geraint was rescued, Mary was kidnapped along with the rest of Gwen's family, and used as leverage in an attempt to force Gwen to turn in [[Jack Harkness]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[The Middle Men]]'') However, after Esther Drummond got in contact with [[Andy Davidson]], Gwen's former colleague, he came to the family's rescue with a South Wales attack team. ([[TW]]: ''[[Immortal Sins]]'') Mary’s life-threatening experience resulted in her telling Gwen not to give up in her Torchwood quest, and to "go and get the bastards" responsible for the Miracle. ([[TW]]: ''[[End of the Road]]'')
Mary called Gwen and Rhys at [[Christmas]]time and told Rhys that she had no idea who [[Emma-Louise Cowell]], whom Gwen claimed was her aunt's stepdaughter, was. ([[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'')


Gwen was later deported from the U.S.A and as her own home was partially destroyed, returned to her mother's home with the rest of her family. Two months later, Mary, still hiding her category 1 husband, had her house searched, Mary breaking down in tears after having been forced to physically restrain Geraint to prevent him making noise. When the house was searched a second time, Mary was refused entry. She later signed the forms releasing her legally dead husband, who was taken back to the Cowbridge overflow camp in preparation for incineration. ([[TW]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]'') After Gwen helped to reverse the Miracle, Mary had a final chance to say goodbye to her husband by telephone as her son-in-law Rhys gained a police visa. ([[TW]]: ''[[The Blood Line]]'')
[[File:Mary hostage.jpg|thumb|left|Mary held hostage by the [[Carrie (Something Borrowed)|Nostrovite]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]'')]]
Mary was surprised to learn that Gwen was [[pregnancy|pregnant]] hours before her and Rhys's wedding, but told her that she could not wait to see the look on Brenda's face and promised that she and Geraint would be there for their grandchild, unaware that it was a [[Nostrovite]]. She and Brenda greeted one another at the [[hotel]] with backhanded compliments and she told Gwen not to listen to [[Carrie (Something Borrowed)|the Nostrovite mother]] when it threatened to kill her. After the ceremony, [[Jack Harkness]] had the guests [[retcon]]ned. ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]'')


==PERSONALITY==
After [[Earth]] was moved to the [[Medusa Cascade]], Gwen asked Rhys to telephone Mary and tell her to take her pills and go to [[sleep]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'')


Gwen was seen to have a more frosty relationship with her mother, than she did with her father Geraint. At her daughter's wedding Mary was seen to be somewhat of a snob, nagging her husband Geraint and taking pleasure in scoring points against Rhys' Mum, [[Brenda Williams]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Something Borrowed]]'') After Mary met Gwen for the first time since her exile, she teased Gwen about her 'frugal' lifestyle, asking if she'd been feeding Anwen lard. ([[TW]]: ''[[The New World]]'') Upon returning to Wales, and her mother, Gwen made a joke about America's superiority in allowing people to divorce their mothers, which evoked a sense of discord between the two. Mary liked to dress Anwen in a way that displeased Gwen, who saw the exclusively pink outfit as frivolous. ([[TW]]: ''[[The Categories of Life]]'') When Gwen spoke to Rhys at the Colasanto residence, Mary told him to tell her daughter that she wasn't available to speak personally because she was watching T.V, even though she wasn't. ([http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/TW TW]: ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/End_of_the_Road End of the Road]'')
=== Anwen's birth ===
Gwen eventually told Mary and Geraint of the true nature of her job at Torchwood, some time before [[Brenda Williams|Brenda]] learnt the truth. She and Rhys went on the run whilst she was [[pregnancy|pregnant]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Born (novel)|First Born]]'') and told the Coopers that it was because they were not safe in [[Cardiff]] where they could be seen. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'')


Although the relationship between Gwen and Mary was at times strained, Mary actively encouraged her daughter's missions during Miracle Day. ([http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/TW TW]: ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/End_of_the_Road End of the Road],'' ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Blood_Line The Blood Line]'') She showed a softer side when she had to rely on her daughter for emotional support after restraining Geraint in the basement, sobbing onto her shoulder. ([http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/TW TW]: ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Gathering_(TV_story) The Gathering]) ''When Gwen was in [[Shanghai]] attempting to put an end to "Miracle Day" Mary told Gwen not let anything happen to herself. ([http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/TW TW]: ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Blood_Line The Blood Line]'')
Gwen and Rhys met up with Mary and Geraint in a service station [[car park]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Born (novel)|First Born]]'') the day that [[Anwen Williams|Anwen]] was born. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'') Mary dressed up for the occasion, wearing a new [[hat]], and cried, even more so when Gwen handed her her granddaughter. They parted ways ([[PROSE]]: ''[[First Born (novel)|First Born]]'') and Mary told Gwen to stay away no matter what for her own safety. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'')
She also enjoyed looking after Gwen's daughter Anwen. ([http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/TW TW]: ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_New_World The New World]'', ''[[The Categories of Life]]'', ''[http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/The_Blood_Line The Blood Line]'')


{{DEFAULTSORT:Cooper, Mary}}
=== The Miracle ===
[[Category:21st century individuals|Cooper, Mary]]
==== Family reunited ====
[[Category:human parents]]
[[File:Mary and Anwen.jpg|thumb|right|Mary with Anwen. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'')]]
On [[Miracle Day]], Geraint had a mild [[heart attack]] followed by a more serious one and Mary went with him to [[St Helen's Hospital]] for emergency treatment. She told Gwen that she was silly for returning to Cardiff with Rhys and Anwen despite the danger, but was happy to see her granddaughter again and surprised by how much she had grown. Before Gwen went back into hiding, Mary asked her about what she thought the Miracle was, but she had no answers. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'')
 
Gwen was extradited to the [[United States of America|United States]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Rendition (TV story)|Rendition]]'') and Rhys and Anwen were moved with [[police]] supervision to stay with Mary. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead of Night (TV story)|Dead of Night]]'') Mary dressed Anwen up in pink and found that, unlike Gwen at her age, she slept through the night. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]'') When the [[overflow camp]]s opened, Rhys got Geraint moved to [[Cowbridge Overflow Camp]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Escape to LA (TV story)|Escape to LA]]'')
 
Upon learning that the overflow camps were controlled by [[PhiCorp]], Mary researched the camp outside Cowbridge and tasked Gwen, once she returned to [[Wales]], with getting Geraint out. Rhys told Mary to let Gwen relax before discussing the mission, but Gwen saw the research shortly after arriving and Mary filled her in. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]'')
 
==== Hiding Geraint ====
Gwen and Rhys managed to save Geraint and get him home, after which Gwen returned to the United States. Mary, Rhys and Anwen were held hostage ([[TV]]: ''[[The Middle Men (TV story)|The Middle Men]]'') by order of [[Olivia Colasanto]] to [[blackmail]] Gwen into delivering [[Jack Harkness]], but they were saved by [[Andy Davidson]] and armed [[police]] who had been alerted to what had happened by [[Rex Matheson]] and [[Esther Drummond]]. Mary commented on Andy's late timing. ([[TV]]: ''[[Immortal Sins (TV story)|Immortal Sins]]'')
 
[[File:Mary says goodbye.jpg|thumb|left|Mary before Geraint is taken away. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]'')]]
Mary's experience having a [[gun]] held to her head made her encourage Gwen to go after the [[Three Families]], but she gave the message through Rhys rather than tell her herself. She told Rhys to tell Gwen the truth when she asked about Geraint, who was rarely conscious but could not receive medical care due to him being [[Category 1]]. Gwen was deported by [[Allen Shapiro]] ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'') and returned to Swansea. When the camps reopened, the family hid Geraint in the [[basement]] to keep him from being burnt.
 
With Geraint in serious pain, Gwen had to steal [[diamorphine]] which Mary injected him with. Mary had to use all of her strength to keep Geraint quiet when [[Ralph Finch]] searched the house for Geraint and was shocked when [[Oswald Danes]] arrived that night, taking Anwen out of the room. Later, Geraint was found by Finch and Mary had to sign a tablet as he was taken away in an [[ambulance]], saying goodbye. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]'')
 
==== Miracle's end ====
[[File:Mary talks to Geraint.jpg|thumb|right|Mary talks to Geraint as the Miracle ends. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Blood Line (TV story)|The Blood Line]]'')]]
Geraint was taken back to the overflow camp and Andy was able to get a hold of a single [[police visa]] for Rhys to visit him before he was to be burnt, but Mary said that she would not visit the camp anyway. When Rhys called Gwen and told her to end the Miracle and let Geraint die, Mary did not disagree and said that she had better come back alive from [[Shanghai]]. Rhys put his mobile phone to Geraint's ear and allowed Mary to say her final farewell to her husband as death returned to the world. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Blood Line (TV story)|The Blood Line]]'')
 
=== Widowhood ===
Gwen, Rhys and Anwen lived in [[Washington DC]] for some time after [[Esther Drummond]]'s funeral ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Army of One (audio story)|Army of One]]'', ''[[Fallout (audio story)|Fallout]]'') but they eventually returned to Wales and moved back in with Mary. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Mr Invincible (audio story)|Mr Invincible]]'') Gwen and Rhys decided to have no [[computer]]s or [[Internet]] inside of the house to prevent them from being tracked or watched as Torchwood were by the [[Central Intelligence Agency]]. The Miracle left Mary wary of the authorities and [[hospital]]s as well.
 
After Gwen started suffering from the [[masochistic madness]] and Jack shot her, Rhys called Mary and gave her as few details as possible about what had happened and Jack waited for her to get home. Mary visited her frequently in the hospital and distracted herself from worrying by giving [[tea]] and [[coffee]] to those cleaning up after an Earth tremor, but she was angry when Gwen escaped the hospital and told Jack that she wished that Gwen had never met him. Jack managed to find her and he and Rhys agreed that it was best not to tell Mary until she had been cured. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Exodus Code (novel)|Exodus Code]]'')
 
Mary babysat Anwen when Gwen and Rhys travelled to [[North Wales]] to visit [[Bryn Offa Residential Home]] after receiving a telephone call from Jack. She called Gwen up when Anwen apparently started speaking in fluent [[Welsh language|Welsh]], having actually had her mind swapped with [[Elunedd]]'s, but Gwen told her not to phone a [[doctor]] and that she had probably learnt it at [[school]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Forgotten Lives (audio story)|Forgotten Lives]]'')
 
Because Mary had been looking after Anwen all week so that Gwen and Rhys could go to North Wales, Gwen decided to stay home with Anwen whilst Rhys visited [[Brenda Williams|Brenda]] at [[St Helen's Hospital]], not wanting to push her luck by asking Mary to babysit again. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Visiting Hours (audio story)|Visiting Hours]]'')
 
When the [[Jordia]] made Rhys believe that he did not have any signal as he and Gwen were attempting to return home from a [[holiday camp]] south of [[Llanelli]], he accidentally called Mary as well as his [[Bev (We Always Get Out Alive)|Auntie Bev]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[We Always Get Out Alive (audio story)|We Always Get Out Alive]]'')
 
=== Death ===
Gwen became possessed by [[Ng]] and Mary noticed that something about her daughter had changed. Weeks after Gwen's possession, Mary babysat Anwen and found herself asking Gwen how she liked her [[tea]] despite having been making her tea for thirty years, leading Ng to drop her act. Mary asked her who she was and Ng shot her. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Aliens & Sex & Chips & Gravy (audio story)|Aliens & Sex & Chips & Gravy]]'')
 
== Legacy ==
[[Mary Cooper's funeral|Mary's funeral]] was attended by Ng and Rhys. Ng allowed Gwen to say goodbye to her mother ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Orr (audio story)|Orr]]'') and went on to use her death as an excuse for her change of behaviour. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Love Rat (audio story)|Love Rat]]'')
 
Because of all the losses that she had suffered, Gwen left [[Cardiff]] with Rhys and Anwen after she was split from Ng. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Herald of the Dawn (audio story)|Herald of the Dawn]]'') She eventually confronted Ng about how she used her body to kill her mother. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Misty Eyes (audio story)|Misty Eyes]]'')
 
== Personality ==
[[File:Mary at the wedding.jpg|thumb|left|Mary watches Gwen walk down the aisle. ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]'')]]
Gwen had a more frosty relationship with her mother than she did with her father Geraint. At her daughter's wedding Mary was seen to be somewhat of a snob, nagging her husband Geraint and taking pleasure in scoring points against Rhys' mother [[Brenda Williams]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]'') After Mary met Gwen for the first time since her exile, she teased Gwen about her "frugal" lifestyle, asking if she'd been feeding Anwen lard. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'') Upon returning to Wales, and her mother, Gwen made a joke about America's superiority in allowing people to divorce their mothers, which evoked a sense of discord between the two. Mary liked to dress Anwen in a way that displeased Gwen, who saw the exclusively pink outfit as frivolous. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]'') When Gwen spoke to Rhys at the Colasanto residence, Mary told him to tell her daughter that she wasn't available to speak personally because she was watching TV even though she wasn't. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'')
 
Although the relationship between Gwen and Mary was at times strained, Mary actively encouraged her daughter's missions during Miracle Day. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'', ''[[The Blood Line (TV story)|The Blood Line]]'') She showed a softer side when she had to rely on her daughter for emotional support after restraining Geraint in the basement, sobbing onto her shoulder. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]'') When Gwen was in [[Shanghai]] attempting to put an end to Miracle Day, Mary told Gwen not let anything happen to herself. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Blood Line (TV story)|The Blood Line]]'') Even when held hostage by an alien Nostrovite, Mary not only remained calm but actively encouraged her daughter not to give herself up, showing a willingness to sacrifice herself for Gwen. Gwen had no intention of submitting herself, however; as soon as the alien released Mary, Gwen shot it several times with a gun hidden in her wedding bouquet and Mary hugged her daughter in thanks. ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed (TV story)|Something Borrowed]]'')
 
She also enjoyed looking after Gwen's daughter Anwen. ([[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'', ''[[The Categories of Life (TV story)|The Categories of Life]]'', ''[[The Blood Line (TV story)|The Blood Line]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* It was initially suggested by [[Russell T Davies]] that [[Andy Davidson]] be the one who was killed by "[[Ng|Not Gwen]]", but [[James Goss]] and [[Scott Handcock]] felt it would be too much, as the character is very much loved by the whole team and the fans, and so Mary was killed off in his place. ([[BFX]]: ''[[Aliens Among Us 3]]'')
 
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Latest revision as of 00:17, 10 November 2023

Mary Cooper was the mother of Gwen Cooper and wife of Geraint.

Retconned after almost being killed by a Nostrovite at Gwen and Rhys Williams's wedding, Mary eventually learnt the truth about her daughter's job and supported her and Rhys in their hiding despite it meaning she rarely saw her granddaughter. She lost her husband when the Miracle ended and was ultimately murdered by Ng.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Mary was born in the 1940s (TV: Ghost Machine) and married Geraint Cooper (TV: Something Borrowed) with whom she had a daughter, Gwen in 1978. (TV: Children of Earth: Day One, The New World) She shopped at Timothy Whites (TV: Children of Earth: Day One) and once took Gwen to G. R. Owen's as a treat. (AUDIO: Department X)

Whilst Gwen lived in Cardiff with Rhys Williams, (TV: Everything Changes) Mary and Geraint lived in Swansea. (TV: Something Borrowed) The young couple attended Mary's sixtieth birthday in the 2000s and dressed up smart per her wishes. (TV: Ghost Machine) Although Geraint and Barry Williams got on fine, Mary did not get on with Brenda. (TV: Something Borrowed)

Kept in the dark[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gwen joined Torchwood and told Mary and Geraint only that she had a new job which demanded a lot of her time. She had minimal contact with them after joining the organisation as a result and rarely made phonecalls, also having to cancel several plans to meet up with them. (TV: Something Borrowed)

Mary called Gwen and Rhys at Christmastime and told Rhys that she had no idea who Emma-Louise Cowell, whom Gwen claimed was her aunt's stepdaughter, was. (TV: Out of Time)

Mary held hostage by the Nostrovite. (TV: Something Borrowed)

Mary was surprised to learn that Gwen was pregnant hours before her and Rhys's wedding, but told her that she could not wait to see the look on Brenda's face and promised that she and Geraint would be there for their grandchild, unaware that it was a Nostrovite. She and Brenda greeted one another at the hotel with backhanded compliments and she told Gwen not to listen to the Nostrovite mother when it threatened to kill her. After the ceremony, Jack Harkness had the guests retconned. (TV: Something Borrowed)

After Earth was moved to the Medusa Cascade, Gwen asked Rhys to telephone Mary and tell her to take her pills and go to sleep. (TV: The Stolen Earth)

Anwen's birth[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gwen eventually told Mary and Geraint of the true nature of her job at Torchwood, some time before Brenda learnt the truth. She and Rhys went on the run whilst she was pregnant (PROSE: First Born) and told the Coopers that it was because they were not safe in Cardiff where they could be seen. (TV: The New World)

Gwen and Rhys met up with Mary and Geraint in a service station car park (PROSE: First Born) the day that Anwen was born. (TV: The New World) Mary dressed up for the occasion, wearing a new hat, and cried, even more so when Gwen handed her her granddaughter. They parted ways (PROSE: First Born) and Mary told Gwen to stay away no matter what for her own safety. (TV: The New World)

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

Family reunited[[edit] | [edit source]]

Mary with Anwen. (TV: The New World)

On Miracle Day, Geraint had a mild heart attack followed by a more serious one and Mary went with him to St Helen's Hospital for emergency treatment. She told Gwen that she was silly for returning to Cardiff with Rhys and Anwen despite the danger, but was happy to see her granddaughter again and surprised by how much she had grown. Before Gwen went back into hiding, Mary asked her about what she thought the Miracle was, but she had no answers. (TV: The New World)

Gwen was extradited to the United States (TV: Rendition) and Rhys and Anwen were moved with police supervision to stay with Mary. (TV: Dead of Night) Mary dressed Anwen up in pink and found that, unlike Gwen at her age, she slept through the night. (TV: The Categories of Life) When the overflow camps opened, Rhys got Geraint moved to Cowbridge Overflow Camp. (TV: Escape to LA)

Upon learning that the overflow camps were controlled by PhiCorp, Mary researched the camp outside Cowbridge and tasked Gwen, once she returned to Wales, with getting Geraint out. Rhys told Mary to let Gwen relax before discussing the mission, but Gwen saw the research shortly after arriving and Mary filled her in. (TV: The Categories of Life)

Hiding Geraint[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gwen and Rhys managed to save Geraint and get him home, after which Gwen returned to the United States. Mary, Rhys and Anwen were held hostage (TV: The Middle Men) by order of Olivia Colasanto to blackmail Gwen into delivering Jack Harkness, but they were saved by Andy Davidson and armed police who had been alerted to what had happened by Rex Matheson and Esther Drummond. Mary commented on Andy's late timing. (TV: Immortal Sins)

Mary before Geraint is taken away. (TV: The Gathering)

Mary's experience having a gun held to her head made her encourage Gwen to go after the Three Families, but she gave the message through Rhys rather than tell her herself. She told Rhys to tell Gwen the truth when she asked about Geraint, who was rarely conscious but could not receive medical care due to him being Category 1. Gwen was deported by Allen Shapiro (TV: End of the Road) and returned to Swansea. When the camps reopened, the family hid Geraint in the basement to keep him from being burnt.

With Geraint in serious pain, Gwen had to steal diamorphine which Mary injected him with. Mary had to use all of her strength to keep Geraint quiet when Ralph Finch searched the house for Geraint and was shocked when Oswald Danes arrived that night, taking Anwen out of the room. Later, Geraint was found by Finch and Mary had to sign a tablet as he was taken away in an ambulance, saying goodbye. (TV: The Gathering)

Miracle's end[[edit] | [edit source]]

Mary talks to Geraint as the Miracle ends. (TV: The Blood Line)

Geraint was taken back to the overflow camp and Andy was able to get a hold of a single police visa for Rhys to visit him before he was to be burnt, but Mary said that she would not visit the camp anyway. When Rhys called Gwen and told her to end the Miracle and let Geraint die, Mary did not disagree and said that she had better come back alive from Shanghai. Rhys put his mobile phone to Geraint's ear and allowed Mary to say her final farewell to her husband as death returned to the world. (TV: The Blood Line)

Widowhood[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gwen, Rhys and Anwen lived in Washington DC for some time after Esther Drummond's funeral (AUDIO: Army of One, Fallout) but they eventually returned to Wales and moved back in with Mary. (AUDIO: Mr Invincible) Gwen and Rhys decided to have no computers or Internet inside of the house to prevent them from being tracked or watched as Torchwood were by the Central Intelligence Agency. The Miracle left Mary wary of the authorities and hospitals as well.

After Gwen started suffering from the masochistic madness and Jack shot her, Rhys called Mary and gave her as few details as possible about what had happened and Jack waited for her to get home. Mary visited her frequently in the hospital and distracted herself from worrying by giving tea and coffee to those cleaning up after an Earth tremor, but she was angry when Gwen escaped the hospital and told Jack that she wished that Gwen had never met him. Jack managed to find her and he and Rhys agreed that it was best not to tell Mary until she had been cured. (PROSE: Exodus Code)

Mary babysat Anwen when Gwen and Rhys travelled to North Wales to visit Bryn Offa Residential Home after receiving a telephone call from Jack. She called Gwen up when Anwen apparently started speaking in fluent Welsh, having actually had her mind swapped with Elunedd's, but Gwen told her not to phone a doctor and that she had probably learnt it at school. (AUDIO: Forgotten Lives)

Because Mary had been looking after Anwen all week so that Gwen and Rhys could go to North Wales, Gwen decided to stay home with Anwen whilst Rhys visited Brenda at St Helen's Hospital, not wanting to push her luck by asking Mary to babysit again. (AUDIO: Visiting Hours)

When the Jordia made Rhys believe that he did not have any signal as he and Gwen were attempting to return home from a holiday camp south of Llanelli, he accidentally called Mary as well as his Auntie Bev. (AUDIO: We Always Get Out Alive)

Death[[edit] | [edit source]]

Gwen became possessed by Ng and Mary noticed that something about her daughter had changed. Weeks after Gwen's possession, Mary babysat Anwen and found herself asking Gwen how she liked her tea despite having been making her tea for thirty years, leading Ng to drop her act. Mary asked her who she was and Ng shot her. (AUDIO: Aliens & Sex & Chips & Gravy)

Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]

Mary's funeral was attended by Ng and Rhys. Ng allowed Gwen to say goodbye to her mother (AUDIO: Orr) and went on to use her death as an excuse for her change of behaviour. (AUDIO: Love Rat)

Because of all the losses that she had suffered, Gwen left Cardiff with Rhys and Anwen after she was split from Ng. (AUDIO: Herald of the Dawn) She eventually confronted Ng about how she used her body to kill her mother. (AUDIO: Misty Eyes)

Personality[[edit] | [edit source]]

Mary watches Gwen walk down the aisle. (TV: Something Borrowed)

Gwen had a more frosty relationship with her mother than she did with her father Geraint. At her daughter's wedding Mary was seen to be somewhat of a snob, nagging her husband Geraint and taking pleasure in scoring points against Rhys' mother Brenda Williams. (TV: Something Borrowed) After Mary met Gwen for the first time since her exile, she teased Gwen about her "frugal" lifestyle, asking if she'd been feeding Anwen lard. (TV: The New World) Upon returning to Wales, and her mother, Gwen made a joke about America's superiority in allowing people to divorce their mothers, which evoked a sense of discord between the two. Mary liked to dress Anwen in a way that displeased Gwen, who saw the exclusively pink outfit as frivolous. (TV: The Categories of Life) When Gwen spoke to Rhys at the Colasanto residence, Mary told him to tell her daughter that she wasn't available to speak personally because she was watching TV even though she wasn't. (TV: End of the Road)

Although the relationship between Gwen and Mary was at times strained, Mary actively encouraged her daughter's missions during Miracle Day. (TV: End of the Road, The Blood Line) She showed a softer side when she had to rely on her daughter for emotional support after restraining Geraint in the basement, sobbing onto her shoulder. (TV: The Gathering) When Gwen was in Shanghai attempting to put an end to Miracle Day, Mary told Gwen not let anything happen to herself. (TV: The Blood Line) Even when held hostage by an alien Nostrovite, Mary not only remained calm but actively encouraged her daughter not to give herself up, showing a willingness to sacrifice herself for Gwen. Gwen had no intention of submitting herself, however; as soon as the alien released Mary, Gwen shot it several times with a gun hidden in her wedding bouquet and Mary hugged her daughter in thanks. (TV: Something Borrowed)

She also enjoyed looking after Gwen's daughter Anwen. (TV: The New World, The Categories of Life, The Blood Line)

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

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