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{{Infobox Individual
{{Infobox Individual
|individual name= Harriet Derbyshire
|image = Harriet Derbyshire.jpg
|image=[[File:Harriet Derbyshire.jpg|250px]]
|species=Human
|species=[[Human]]
|origin= [[Great Britain]]
|home planet= [[Earth]]
|birth date = c.[[1893]]
|home era= [[1893]]-[[1919]]
|death date = [[1919]] (aged 26)
|appearances= <ul><li>[[TW]]: ''[[To the Last Man]]''</li><li>[[TM]]: ''[[Rift War! Part Six: Circles]]''</li></ul>
|affiliation    = Torchwood Three
|actor= [[Siobhan Hewlett]]
|first= To the Last Man (TV story)
}}
|appearances= [[COMIC]]: ''[[Rift War! (comic story)|Rift War!]]''
|actor= Siobhán Hewlett
}}'''Harriet Derbyshire''' (c. [[1893]]-[[1919]]) worked for [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood's branch in Cardiff]] in [[1918]].


'''Harriet Derbyshire''' (c.[[1893]]-[[1919]]) worked for [[Torchwood 3|Torchwood's branch in Cardiff]] in [[1918]].
In [[June]] [[1918]], Derbyshire and her colleague [[Gerald Kneale]] investigated alleged hauntings (actually [[time shift]]s from the future) at [[St Teilo's Hospital]] in [[Cardiff]]. They escorted [[Tommy Brockless]] out of his ward to ensure his [[cryogenic]] freezing and returned the "future" Tommy to his native time to ensure history would take its proper course. ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'')


Unusually for a woman of her time, she had a degree in [[physics]] from the [[University of Oxford]]. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'')
She worked alongside [[Jack Harkness]]. She asked and received a favour from a [[British Army]] [[Army officer (Rift War!)|officer]]; she wanted to borrow a [[tank]] and travelled to [[2008]] to use it. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Rift War! (comic story)|Rift War!]]'')


In [[June]] [[1918]], she and [[Gerald Kneale]] investigated alleged "hauntings" (actually [[time shift]]s from [[2008|90 years in the future]]) at [[St Teilo's Hospital]] in [[Cardiff]]. They both escorted [[Tommy Brockless]] out of his ward to ensure his [[cryogenic]] freezing and returned the "future" Tommy back to his native time so as to ensure that history would take its proper course. She died one year later at the age of twenty-six while in active service. ([[TW]]: ''[[To the Last Man]]'') She worked alongside [[Jack Harkness]]. ([[TM]]: ''[[Rift War!]]'')
Derbyshire died in [[1919]] at the age of 26 while in active service. ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'')


:''As a physicist, Derbyshire might have had a hand in the creation of the [[Rift Manipulator]], which is known to have been under construction circa [[1913]].''
== Behind the scenes ==
[[File:Torchwood 1918 promo.jpg|thumb|right]]
The full version of the photograph seen in the episode was released by the production team.


She asked and received a favour from a [[British Army]] [[Army Officer (Rift War!)|officer]]: she wanted to borrow a [[tank]] and travelled to [[2008]] to use it. ([[TM]]: ''[[Rift War!]]'')
The [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|series 2]] version of the [[Torchwood website]] had a profile of 1918 [[Torchwood Three]] operatives, including Harriet. It said that in her time period, though women could attend lectures and sit examinations, they could not take degrees. Harriet sat in physics lectures at the University of Oxford, educating herself in the subject "for years". Recognising her aptitude, a professor at the University recommended her to Torchwood. Prior to her death in 1919, she was making notes for a paper that would have "beaten Heisenberg to the Uncertainty Principle". When Oxford changed its regulations in 1920, Harriet was given a posthumous degree. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/sites/arg/pages/episodes.shtml?folder=tw_case_ep03&tab=1&page=2 |title=Episodes - To the Last Man - Torchwood 1918 |date of source= |website name=[[Torchwood website|BBC - Torchwood]] |accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref>


Following her death in [[1919]], Derbysire's body remained in [[cryogenic]] suspension in the morgue in the Hub, in Bay 15. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'') <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/sites/arg/pages/episodes.shtml?folder=tw_case_ep13&tab=3 BBC Torchwood ''Exit Wounds'']</ref> Whether her body was destroyed along with the rest of the Hub in 2009 is unknown. ([[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One]]'')
The series 2 version of the Torchwood website features a morgue stock take by [[Owen Harper]]. It lists Harriet's body as being one of the morgue's "permanent residents" in bay 15. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/sites/arg/pages/episodes.shtml?folder=tw_case_ep13&tab=3 |title=Episodes - Exit Wounds - Stock Take |author=Harper, O |date of source= |website name=[[Torchwood website|BBC - Torchwood]] |accessdate=26 July 2013}}</ref>
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* Unintentionally or otherwise, Harriet Derbyshire has the same last name as [[Delia Derbyshire]], the electronic music pioneer associated with ''[[Doctor Who]]''.


== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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Latest revision as of 01:34, 23 September 2024

Harriet Derbyshire (c. 1893-1919) worked for Torchwood's branch in Cardiff in 1918.

In June 1918, Derbyshire and her colleague Gerald Kneale investigated alleged hauntings (actually time shifts from the future) at St Teilo's Hospital in Cardiff. They escorted Tommy Brockless out of his ward to ensure his cryogenic freezing and returned the "future" Tommy to his native time to ensure history would take its proper course. (TV: To the Last Man)

She worked alongside Jack Harkness. She asked and received a favour from a British Army officer; she wanted to borrow a tank and travelled to 2008 to use it. (COMIC: Rift War!)

Derbyshire died in 1919 at the age of 26 while in active service. (TV: To the Last Man)

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

Torchwood 1918 promo.jpg

The full version of the photograph seen in the episode was released by the production team.

The series 2 version of the Torchwood website had a profile of 1918 Torchwood Three operatives, including Harriet. It said that in her time period, though women could attend lectures and sit examinations, they could not take degrees. Harriet sat in physics lectures at the University of Oxford, educating herself in the subject "for years". Recognising her aptitude, a professor at the University recommended her to Torchwood. Prior to her death in 1919, she was making notes for a paper that would have "beaten Heisenberg to the Uncertainty Principle". When Oxford changed its regulations in 1920, Harriet was given a posthumous degree. [1]

The series 2 version of the Torchwood website features a morgue stock take by Owen Harper. It lists Harriet's body as being one of the morgue's "permanent residents" in bay 15. [2]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ Episodes - To the Last Man - Torchwood 1918. BBC - Torchwood. Retrieved on 26 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Harper, O. Episodes - Exit Wounds - Stock Take. BBC - Torchwood. Retrieved on 26 July 2013.
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