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|individual name= Gray
|image        = <gallery>
|image= [[File:Exit Wounds (7).jpg|250px]]
Gray EW.jpg|Nieboer
|alias=
Young Gray.jpg|Brooke
|species=[[Human]] or [[Near-human]]
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|home planet= Unknown (possibly the [[Boeshane Peninsula]])
|species       = Human
|home era= [[51st century]]
|origin        = [[Boeshane Peninsula]]
|appearances= <ul><li>[[TW]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'' (brief flashback cameo)</li><li>[[TW]]: ''[[Adam (TV story)|Adam]]'' (flashback)</li><li>[[TW]]: ''[[Fragments]]'' (cameo)</li><li>[[TW]]: ''[[Exit Wounds]]''</li></ul>
|birth date    = [[51st century]]
|actor= <ul><li>[[Ethan Brooke]] (child) </li><li>[[Lachlan Nieboer]] (adult)</li></ul>
|brother      = Jack Harkness{{!}}Javic Piotr Thane
}}
|first mention cs = Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)
:''You may be looking for [[Grey|other people named Grey or Gray]].''
|first cs      = Adam (TV story)
'''Gray''' was [[Jack Harkness]]'s younger brother, whom he later turned against.
|appearances  = [[TV]]: {{cs|Fragments (TV story)}}<br>[[TV]]: {{cs|Exit Wounds (TV story)}}
|actor        = Lachlan Nieboer
|other actor   = Ethan Brooke
|father        = Franklin (Adam)
}}{{you may|Grey (disambiguation)|n1=people named Grey|Grey |n2 = the colour Grey}}
'''Gray'''{{note|Though his brother's full name has been revealed ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Month 25 (audio story)}}, {{cs|R&J (audio story)}}), Gray's has not; and can't necessarily be inferred from his brother's.}} was the younger [[brother]] of Javic Piotr Thane (later the immortal "Captain [[Jack Harkness]]"). He lost his sanity following years of torture, becoming consumed by a hatred for his brother.


==Biography==
== Biography ==
===Early life===
=== Early life ===
Jack and Gray were boys growing up in the [[Boeshane Peninsula]] when it was invaded by an unknown alien race described as "the worst possible creatures you could imagine". Jack was told to run away, taking  Gray to safety. However, Jack let go of Gray's hand and lost him. He ran back but could not find him. Their father, [[Franklin]], was killed in this same attack, leaving their mother a widow. ([[TW]]: ''[[Adam (TV story)|Adam]]'') Now a prisoner, Gray was tortured for years. Corpses piling up around him, he wished that he could join them. Eventually everyone was dead and the creatures had left, leaving Gray with the "terrible things" he had learned at their hands. ([[TW]]: ''[[Exit Wounds]]'')
Javic Piotr Thane and Gray were boys in the [[Boeshane Peninsula]] when it was invaded by an unknown alien race described as "the most horrible creatures you could possibly imagine", creatures that, according to Gray, lived to torture. Javic was told to run away and take Gray to safety. However, Javic let go of Gray's hand and lost him. He ran back but could not find him, and Gray was captured by the creatures. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Adam (TV story)}}) His captors branded him with a internee-identifying mark that remained permanently burned into the right side of his neck. Now a prisoner, Gray was [[torture]]d for years. Corpses piling up around him, Gray wished to die as well. Eventually, the other captives died and the creatures abandoned Gray, leaving him chained to a ruined city in the [[Bedlam Outlands]] with the "terrible things" he had learned at their hands. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Exit Wounds (TV story)}})


===Revenge===
=== Revenge ===
====Being found====
==== Being found ====
[[John Hart]], a [[Time Agent]] and Jack's former lover, discovered Gray chained in a ruined city in the Bedlam Outlands, surrounded by bodies, the creatures having long abandoned the place and Gray. Hart said he has no idea how long Gray had been alone before he was finally found. John soon realised Gray had changed. Gray never forgave his brother and his hatred consumed him. ([[TW]]: ''[[Exit Wounds]]'') While visiting the year [[2009]], Hart had given Jack the information that "they found Gray". ([[TW]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'')
[[John Hart]], a [[Time Agent]] and Javic's former lover, discovered Gray chained in a ruined city in the [[Bedlam Outlands]], surrounded by bodies, the creatures having long abandoned the place and Gray. Hart said he had no idea how long Gray had been alone before he was finally found. John soon realised Gray had changed. Gray never forgave his brother and his hatred consumed him. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Exit Wounds (TV story)}}) Hart had given Javic, now going by "Jack Harkness", the information that "[he'd] found Gray". ([[TV]]: {{cs|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)}})
:''Whether John Hart had come under Gray's control at this stage was unclear, but not unlikely.''


====Revenge against [[Jack Harkness|Jack]]====
==== Revenge against Jack ====
[[File:Torchwood Gray & Capt. Jack.jpg|190px|thumb|left|[[Jack Harkness|Jack]] and Gray meet after a long time. ([[TW]]: ''[[Exit Wounds]]'')]]
[[File:Torchwood Gray & Capt. Jack.jpg|thumb|left|[[Jack Harkness|Jack]] and Gray meet after a long time. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Exit Wounds (TV story)}})]]
Gray molecularly bonded a bomb to John's wrist and threatened to detonate it if John did not cooperate. ([[TW]]: ''[[Exit Wounds]]'') Hart set a trap for the [[Torchwood 3]] team and then let them see Gray in [[hologram]] form, giving the impression that John was the villain. ([[TW]]: ''[[Fragments]]'')
Gray molecularly bonded a bomb to John's wrist and threatened to detonate it if John did not cooperate. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Exit Wounds (TV story)}}) Hart set a trap for the [[Torchwood 3]] team and then let them see Gray in [[hologram]] form, giving the impression that John was the villain. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Fragments (TV story)}})
[[File:Exit Wounds (3).jpg|190px|thumb|right|Gray watches Jack being buried by John. ([[TW]]: ''[[Exit Wounds]]'')]]
[[File:Exit Wounds (3).jpg|thumb|right|Gray watches Jack being buried by John. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Exit Wounds (TV story)}})]]
Having placed bombs around Cardiff, John detonated them to keep the rest of the Torchwood team occupied. Gray made John take Jack back to [[27]] [[AD]] [[Cardiff]]. Gray and Jack were reunited, only for Gray to stab Jack, presumably having learned from John about his brother's immortality. John buried Jack to live forever beneath Cardiff. He then set about destroying everything Jack cared for, travelling to [[2009]] and sending adversaries to the city through time and space. He also set [[Weevil]]s out into the streets of [[Cardiff]], thanks to a high-pitched sound which came from a [[vortex manipulator]]. He shot [[Toshiko Sato]] fatally while she was attempting to talk [[Owen Harper]] through shutting down a nuclear reactor,. The resulting overload caused the living-dead Owen to watch as his body collapse.
Having placed bombs around Cardiff, John detonated them to keep the rest of the Torchwood team occupied. Gray made John take Jack back to [[27]] [[AD]] [[Cardiff]]. Gray and Jack were reunited, only for Gray to stab Jack. Gray forced John to bury Jack alive, so he could endure a never ending cycle of suffocation and revival, as part of his revenge. Gray then set about destroying everything Jack cared for, travelling to the [[21st century]] and sending adversaries to the city through time and space. He also set [[Weevil|Weevils]] out into the streets of [[Cardiff]] using a high-pitched sound which came from a [[vortex manipulator]]. He detonated explosives across Cardiff, causing untold damage, killed the four highest ranking members of the Cardiff Police Force, caused a nuclear power plant to go critical and finally shot [[Toshiko Sato]] fatally while she was attempting to talk [[Owen Harper]] through shutting down the reactor. The resulting overload caused the living-dead Owen to watch as his body collapsed.


However, Jack was revealed to have been [[cryogenics|cryogenically]] preserved in [[1901]] after the Torchwood team of that era had discovered him. John Hart had betrayed Gray by burying with Jack a ring would emitting a tracking signal he hoped the Torchwood team could use to find Jack in the present. Jack told Gray that he'd forgiven him, but Gray refused to listen. Jack tearfully chloroformed Gray and put him into storage until Jack thought that his brother could emotionally recover from the horrifying events, if at all. ([[TW]]: ''[[Exit Wounds]]'')
However, Jack was revealed to have been [[cryogenics|cryogenically]] preserved in [[1901]] after the Torchwood team of that era had discovered him. John Hart had betrayed Gray by burying with Jack a ring that emitted a tracking signal he hoped the Torchwood team could use to find Jack in the present. Jack told Gray that he'd forgiven him, but Gray refused to listen. Jack tearfully chloroformed Gray and put him into storage until Jack thought that his brother could emotionally recover from the horrifying events, if at all. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Exit Wounds (TV story)}})


===Fate===
==Personality ==
A bomb blast completely destroyed the Hub during [[the 456]] incident, presumably also destroying the storage area. It is unknown if this affected Gray. ([[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One]]'')
After being tortured for many years, Gray went insane and grew to hate Jack, blaming him for the agony he had been put through. Gray stabbed Jack when his older brother embraced him and took sadistic pleasure in the thought of having Jack endure a never ending cycle of deaths and resurrections. In addition to being sadistic and vengeful, Gray was ruthless and showed no remorse for committing murder, shooting [[Toshiko Sato]] and fatally wounding her.


{{Torchwood Series 2 aliens}}
Gray was horrifically unforgiving, refusing to give Jack absolution even after his brother had forgiven him for all the horrendous crimes he had committed. He claimed that, after everything the aliens put him through, his hatred for Jack was the only strength he had left, clearly implying that without it, he would be nothing. In the end, Gray just wanted Jack to understand the pain he had gone through. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Exit Wounds (TV story)}})
== Footnotes ==
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Latest revision as of 22:37, 1 September 2024

You may be looking for people named Grey or the colour Grey.

Gray[nb 1] was the younger brother of Javic Piotr Thane (later the immortal "Captain Jack Harkness"). He lost his sanity following years of torture, becoming consumed by a hatred for his brother.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

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

Javic Piotr Thane and Gray were boys in the Boeshane Peninsula when it was invaded by an unknown alien race described as "the most horrible creatures you could possibly imagine", creatures that, according to Gray, lived to torture. Javic was told to run away and take Gray to safety. However, Javic let go of Gray's hand and lost him. He ran back but could not find him, and Gray was captured by the creatures. (TV: Adam [+]Loading...["Adam (TV story)"]) His captors branded him with a internee-identifying mark that remained permanently burned into the right side of his neck. Now a prisoner, Gray was tortured for years. Corpses piling up around him, Gray wished to die as well. Eventually, the other captives died and the creatures abandoned Gray, leaving him chained to a ruined city in the Bedlam Outlands with the "terrible things" he had learned at their hands. (TV: Exit Wounds [+]Loading...["Exit Wounds (TV story)"])

Revenge[[edit] | [edit source]]

Being found[[edit] | [edit source]]

John Hart, a Time Agent and Javic's former lover, discovered Gray chained in a ruined city in the Bedlam Outlands, surrounded by bodies, the creatures having long abandoned the place and Gray. Hart said he had no idea how long Gray had been alone before he was finally found. John soon realised Gray had changed. Gray never forgave his brother and his hatred consumed him. (TV: Exit Wounds [+]Loading...["Exit Wounds (TV story)"]) Hart had given Javic, now going by "Jack Harkness", the information that "[he'd] found Gray". (TV: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang [+]Loading...["Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)"])

Revenge against Jack[[edit] | [edit source]]

Jack and Gray meet after a long time. (TV: Exit Wounds [+]Loading...["Exit Wounds (TV story)"])

Gray molecularly bonded a bomb to John's wrist and threatened to detonate it if John did not cooperate. (TV: Exit Wounds [+]Loading...["Exit Wounds (TV story)"]) Hart set a trap for the Torchwood 3 team and then let them see Gray in hologram form, giving the impression that John was the villain. (TV: Fragments [+]Loading...["Fragments (TV story)"])

Gray watches Jack being buried by John. (TV: Exit Wounds [+]Loading...["Exit Wounds (TV story)"])

Having placed bombs around Cardiff, John detonated them to keep the rest of the Torchwood team occupied. Gray made John take Jack back to 27 AD Cardiff. Gray and Jack were reunited, only for Gray to stab Jack. Gray forced John to bury Jack alive, so he could endure a never ending cycle of suffocation and revival, as part of his revenge. Gray then set about destroying everything Jack cared for, travelling to the 21st century and sending adversaries to the city through time and space. He also set Weevils out into the streets of Cardiff using a high-pitched sound which came from a vortex manipulator. He detonated explosives across Cardiff, causing untold damage, killed the four highest ranking members of the Cardiff Police Force, caused a nuclear power plant to go critical and finally shot Toshiko Sato fatally while she was attempting to talk Owen Harper through shutting down the reactor. The resulting overload caused the living-dead Owen to watch as his body collapsed.

However, Jack was revealed to have been cryogenically preserved in 1901 after the Torchwood team of that era had discovered him. John Hart had betrayed Gray by burying with Jack a ring that emitted a tracking signal he hoped the Torchwood team could use to find Jack in the present. Jack told Gray that he'd forgiven him, but Gray refused to listen. Jack tearfully chloroformed Gray and put him into storage until Jack thought that his brother could emotionally recover from the horrifying events, if at all. (TV: Exit Wounds [+]Loading...["Exit Wounds (TV story)"])

Personality[[edit] | [edit source]]

After being tortured for many years, Gray went insane and grew to hate Jack, blaming him for the agony he had been put through. Gray stabbed Jack when his older brother embraced him and took sadistic pleasure in the thought of having Jack endure a never ending cycle of deaths and resurrections. In addition to being sadistic and vengeful, Gray was ruthless and showed no remorse for committing murder, shooting Toshiko Sato and fatally wounding her.

Gray was horrifically unforgiving, refusing to give Jack absolution even after his brother had forgiven him for all the horrendous crimes he had committed. He claimed that, after everything the aliens put him through, his hatred for Jack was the only strength he had left, clearly implying that without it, he would be nothing. In the end, Gray just wanted Jack to understand the pain he had gone through. (TV: Exit Wounds [+]Loading...["Exit Wounds (TV story)"])

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Though his brother's full name has been revealed (AUDIO: Month 25 [+]Loading...["Month 25 (audio story)"], R&J [+]Loading...["R&J (audio story)"]), Gray's has not; and can't necessarily be inferred from his brother's.
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