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|individual name= Emily Holroyd
|image      = Emily Holroyd.jpg
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|species    = Human
|race= [[Human]]
|origin      = [[Earth]]
|home planet= [[Earth]]
|affiliation = Torchwood Three{{!}}Torchwood Cardiff
|home era= [[1890s]]-[[1900s]]
|spouse      = Emily Holroyd's husband{{!}}Husband
|appearances= [[TW]]: ''[[Fragments]]''
|partner    = Alice Guppy
|actor= [[Heather Crany]]
|first cs    = Fragments (TV story)
|appearances = {{il|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Diary of Alice Guppy (short story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Torchwood: The Encyclopedia (reference book)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Baby Farmers (short story)}}|[[PROSE]]: {{cs|Consequences (short story)}}|[[COMIC]]: {{cs|Hell House (comic story)}}}}
|actor       = Heather Craney
|clip        = Captain Jack Joins Torchwood in the 1800s Fragments Torchwood
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'''Emily Holroyd''' was an operative and leader of the [[Torchwood Institute]] [[Cardiff]] branch, known in her day as Torchwood Cardiff and later as [[Torchwood Three]]. She was in a relationship with fellow Torchwood agent [[Alice Guppy]], and was part of the team that recruited [[Jack Harkness]].


'''Emily Holroyd''' operated out of the [[Torchwood Insitute]] [[Cardiff]] branch, known in her day as Torchwood Cardiff and later as [[Torchwood 3]].
== Biography ==
According to one account, Emily was [[marriage|married]] to [[Emily Holroyd's husband|a husband]] by [[1898]]. She would later describe their marriage as "complex". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Diary of Alice Guppy (short story)}}) Another account appeared to suggest she was unmarried. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Baby Farmers (short story)}})


Holroyd burnt to death a male Torchwood operative (possibly [[Philip Lyle]]) who had gotten infected by and started to change into a serpentine alien queen. Subsequently, she recruited by the young thief [[Alice Guppy]] ([[Torchwood website|Torchwood.org.uk]]). A year or so later, circa [[1899]], she investigated and helped to recruit [[Jack Harkness]] to Torchwood, having already suspected both that he could not die and that he also might well know how to find Torchwood's enemy, [[the Doctor]]. (Jack did not, actually, know himself, how to locate the Doctor.) Guppy and her fellow operative Alice had, at the very least, a close relationship. ([[TW]]: ''[[Fragments]]'')
At some point in the [[1890s]], she became the leader of Torchwood Cardiff. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Torchwood: The Encyclopedia (reference book)}}) In 1898, she lost [[Torchwood operative (Diary of Alice Guppy)|an operative and mission partner]] to a "mutative infection". Emily burned him to [[death]] after he [[Metamorphosis|metamorphosed]] into the new [[Queen]] of a "[[Snake-like race (Diary of Alice Guppy)|snake-like race]]". In his place, Emily recruited [[crime|criminal]] [[Alice Guppy]], noting her skills as a [[thief]] and her attitude towards [[violence]]. Emily was confident of Alice's abilities as an operative, and ignored warnings about Alice's conduct from the [[governess (Diary of Alice Guppy)|governess]] at the [[prison]].


In [[1901]], following Alice Guppy's discovery of a "second" Jack Harkness (who had crossed his own timeline), she gave permission to have him frozen so as to wake up again in [[2008]] in order that Harkness could defeat [[Gray]]. (([[Torchwood website|Torchwood.org.uk]])
Emily collected Alice and brought her to the [[The Hub|headquarters of Torchwood Cardiff]] on [[15 September]]. In [[Alice Guppy's diary|her diary]], Alice wrote of her fascination with Emily, saying that she found her company "most enjoyable". ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Diary of Alice Guppy (short story)}})


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[[File:Alice and Emily find Jack.jpg|thumb|left|Emily and [[Alice Guppy]] prepare to capture [[Jack Harkness]] ([[TV]]: {{cs|Fragments (TV story)}})]]
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By [[1899]], Emily and Alice were in a relationship. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Fragments (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Baby Farmers (short story)}}) That same year, the pair were investigating [[Jack Harkness]], believing he may know the whereabouts of [[the Doctor]] after several of his [[drinking den]] conversations were overheard. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Fragments (TV story)}}, [[PROSE]]: {{cs|Captain Jack Transcripts (short story)}}) Emily's investigation lasted up to [[2 (number)|two]] [[year]]s, ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Captain Jack Transcripts (short story)}}) during which Torchwood had discovered [[immortality|he couldn't die]], having been killed [[14 (number)|fourteen]] recorded times within the space of [[6 (number)|six]] [[month]]s.
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After capturing Jack, Emily and Alice tested the lengths of his immortality, during which Emily attempted to [[electrocute]] him. Confident he did not know where the Doctor was following an interrogation, Emily agreed to let Jack go under the condition he serve as an uncontracted agent for Torchwood. When Jack attempted to resign, Emily told him that his liberty was at their discretion and that Torchwood would otherwise treat him as a threat. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Fragments (TV story)}})
 
Around 1899, she was contacted by [[William Mayhew]] about the [[HMS Hades|HMS ''Hades'']]. When Jack went in her stead and was captured, Torchwood began investigating. She and the rest of Torchwood infiltrated and destroyed the HMS ''Hades'' after it was found to be a lab for experimenting on [[alien]]s. Emily did not wish for Jack to go in her place, but later realised that him doing so ultimately saved her life. When Alice told her that she wouldn't have known what she would have done without her, Emily reassured her with a [[kiss]] and agreed that the matter of leadership succession needed to be addressed. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|The Baby Farmers (short story)}})
 
In early [[1900]], she wrote a manifesto for [[Torchwood Three|the Torchwood Institute in Cardiff]]. Among many things, it dictated that in the absence of a leader, and without any written instruction from [[Torchwood One|the Torchwood Institute in London]], the member of the team who had been serving for the longest time should assume the role. In [[2008]], this manifesto was invoked to make [[Toshiko Sato]] the temporary leader of Torchwood Three. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Kaleidoscope (short story)}})
 
Emily was still leader of Torchwood Cardiff by [[1901]]. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Stock Take (short story)}}) After a future version of Jack Harkness was discovered in a [[20 (number)|twenty]] [[Foot (unit)|foot]] [[grave]], ([[TV]]: {{cs|Exit Wounds (TV story)}}) Emily agreed to freeze him in the [[Morgue (Torchwood Hub)|morgue]] until the [[21st century]] at his request, preventing him from crossing [[personal timeline#Jack Harkness's timeline|his own timeline]]. Jack was frozen and locked in bay [[5 (number)|5]], and the contents were kept secret. Emily left strict instructions to successive Torchwood operatives not to get it open until it was ready. ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Stock Take (short story)}})
 
Emily, alongside Alice and Jack, investigated [[Ravenhall Manor]] in [[1902]] after receiving reports of visions. They attempted to destroy the house, only for it to reappear. The [[Entity (Hell House)|entity]] responsible appeared to have been defeated after Jack used an [[engine]] to contain it. Jack would recall this mission in the [[2000s]] following the entity's return. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Hell House (comic story)}})
 
At some point, Jack Harkness witnessed Emily's death. Her death was among those remembered by him on [[Cotter Paluni's World]]. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|Red Skies (audio story)}})
 
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Latest revision as of 20:55, 26 September 2024

Emily Holroyd was an operative and leader of the Torchwood Institute Cardiff branch, known in her day as Torchwood Cardiff and later as Torchwood Three. She was in a relationship with fellow Torchwood agent Alice Guppy, and was part of the team that recruited Jack Harkness.

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According to one account, Emily was married to a husband by 1898. She would later describe their marriage as "complex". (PROSE: Diary of Alice Guppy [+]Loading...["Diary of Alice Guppy (short story)"]) Another account appeared to suggest she was unmarried. (PROSE: The Baby Farmers [+]Loading...["The Baby Farmers (short story)"])

At some point in the 1890s, she became the leader of Torchwood Cardiff. (PROSE: Torchwood: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Torchwood: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"]) In 1898, she lost an operative and mission partner to a "mutative infection". Emily burned him to death after he metamorphosed into the new Queen of a "snake-like race". In his place, Emily recruited criminal Alice Guppy, noting her skills as a thief and her attitude towards violence. Emily was confident of Alice's abilities as an operative, and ignored warnings about Alice's conduct from the governess at the prison.

Emily collected Alice and brought her to the headquarters of Torchwood Cardiff on 15 September. In her diary, Alice wrote of her fascination with Emily, saying that she found her company "most enjoyable". (PROSE: Diary of Alice Guppy [+]Loading...["Diary of Alice Guppy (short story)"])

Emily and Alice Guppy prepare to capture Jack Harkness (TV: Fragments [+]Loading...["Fragments (TV story)"])

By 1899, Emily and Alice were in a relationship. (TV: Fragments [+]Loading...["Fragments (TV story)"], PROSE: The Baby Farmers [+]Loading...["The Baby Farmers (short story)"]) That same year, the pair were investigating Jack Harkness, believing he may know the whereabouts of the Doctor after several of his drinking den conversations were overheard. (TV: Fragments [+]Loading...["Fragments (TV story)"], PROSE: Captain Jack Transcripts [+]Loading...["Captain Jack Transcripts (short story)"]) Emily's investigation lasted up to two years, (PROSE: Captain Jack Transcripts [+]Loading...["Captain Jack Transcripts (short story)"]) during which Torchwood had discovered he couldn't die, having been killed fourteen recorded times within the space of six months.

After capturing Jack, Emily and Alice tested the lengths of his immortality, during which Emily attempted to electrocute him. Confident he did not know where the Doctor was following an interrogation, Emily agreed to let Jack go under the condition he serve as an uncontracted agent for Torchwood. When Jack attempted to resign, Emily told him that his liberty was at their discretion and that Torchwood would otherwise treat him as a threat. (TV: Fragments [+]Loading...["Fragments (TV story)"])

Around 1899, she was contacted by William Mayhew about the HMS Hades. When Jack went in her stead and was captured, Torchwood began investigating. She and the rest of Torchwood infiltrated and destroyed the HMS Hades after it was found to be a lab for experimenting on aliens. Emily did not wish for Jack to go in her place, but later realised that him doing so ultimately saved her life. When Alice told her that she wouldn't have known what she would have done without her, Emily reassured her with a kiss and agreed that the matter of leadership succession needed to be addressed. (PROSE: The Baby Farmers [+]Loading...["The Baby Farmers (short story)"])

In early 1900, she wrote a manifesto for the Torchwood Institute in Cardiff. Among many things, it dictated that in the absence of a leader, and without any written instruction from the Torchwood Institute in London, the member of the team who had been serving for the longest time should assume the role. In 2008, this manifesto was invoked to make Toshiko Sato the temporary leader of Torchwood Three. (PROSE: Kaleidoscope [+]Loading...["Kaleidoscope (short story)"])

Emily was still leader of Torchwood Cardiff by 1901. (PROSE: Stock Take [+]Loading...["Stock Take (short story)"]) After a future version of Jack Harkness was discovered in a twenty foot grave, (TV: Exit Wounds [+]Loading...["Exit Wounds (TV story)"]) Emily agreed to freeze him in the morgue until the 21st century at his request, preventing him from crossing his own timeline. Jack was frozen and locked in bay 5, and the contents were kept secret. Emily left strict instructions to successive Torchwood operatives not to get it open until it was ready. (PROSE: Stock Take [+]Loading...["Stock Take (short story)"])

Emily, alongside Alice and Jack, investigated Ravenhall Manor in 1902 after receiving reports of visions. They attempted to destroy the house, only for it to reappear. The entity responsible appeared to have been defeated after Jack used an engine to contain it. Jack would recall this mission in the 2000s following the entity's return. (COMIC: Hell House [+]Loading...["Hell House (comic story)"])

At some point, Jack Harkness witnessed Emily's death. Her death was among those remembered by him on Cotter Paluni's World. (AUDIO: Red Skies [+]Loading...["Red Skies (audio story)"])

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