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=== Joining Torchwood Three ===
=== Joining Torchwood Three ===
* [[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]''
: Gwen joins [[Torchwood Three]].
: [[Gwen Cooper]] is recruited after Suzie kills herself to prevent her arrest for killing three people in her experiments with the [[Resurrection gauntlet]] and the [[Life Knife]]. Gwen learns of Jack's immortality, and is currently the only team member to know.


* [[TV]]: ''[[Day One (TV story)|Day One]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Day One (TV story)|Day One]]''
: Gwen's first day on the job.
: During Gwen's first day on the job, she accidentally releases [[Sex Gas]] from a fallen meteorite.


* [[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Machine (TV story)|Ghost Machine]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Ghost Machine (TV story)|Ghost Machine]]''
: Gwen is still inexperienced with weapons. Set 66 years after 1941.
: Set 66 years after [[1941]]. Gwen is still inexperienced with weapons, with Jack giving her her first lesson on handling a gun. Rhys becomes annoyed at Gwen's absences for the first time.
 
:: ''Set in Cardiff, 2007. Gwen has recently joined Torchwood.'' ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Army of One (audio story)|Army of One]]'')


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Another Life (novel)|Another Life]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Another Life (novel)|Another Life]]''
: Rhys mentions a co-worker called Lucy who has been on a diet recently, foreshadowing ''Slow Decay''. Gwen has been working for Torchwood for a few weeks now and has experience with weapons, setting this after ''Ghost Machine''.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Border Princes (novel)|Border Princes]]''
: Set in October 2007.


* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Slow Decay (novel)|Slow Decay]]''
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Slow Decay (novel)|Slow Decay]]''
: Ianto keeps something secret in the hub.
: Ianto keeps something secret in the hub.
* [[TV]]: ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]''
: The Torchwood team learn that Ianto has been keeping his [[cyber-converted]] girlfriend, [[Lisa Hallett]], underneath the Hub, and they kill her once she leaves herself vulnerable enough after her [[Cyberman]] personality takes hold of her. Owen kisses Gwen for the first time.
* [[TV]]: ''[[Small Worlds (TV story)|Small Worlds]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Small Worlds (TV story)|Small Worlds]]''
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hidden (audio story)|Hidden]]''
: After [[Estelle Cole]] rings Jack to view her new photos of [[fairies]], she is killed by them. The fairies also attack Gwen's flat, which is the first time her "work life" has intruded on her "normal life". Jack is forced to surrender [[Jasmine Pierce]] to the fairies.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Countrycide (TV story)|Countrycide]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Countrycide (TV story)|Countrycide]]''
: Gwen begins an affair with Owen Harper.
: Owen and Ianto recall the recent events of ''Cyberwoman'', specifically that their last kisses were with Gwen and Lisa, respectively, while Tosh has not been kissed since "last Christmas". After their traumatic experience with the [[Brynblaidd cannibal|Brynblaidd villagers]], Gwen and Owen start having an affair.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]''
: Using a [[telepathy pendant]], Tosh learns about Gwen and Owen's affair, and hears how Ianto is still recovering from the events of ''Cyberwoman''.
* [[TV]]: ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]''
: Set three months after ''Everything Changes''.
: Set three months after ''Everything Changes''. Susie is temporarily resurrected with the [[Resurrection gauntlet]], but is killed again when Tosh destroys the gauntlet. A sexual relationship is developing between Jack and Ianto.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Border Princes (novel)|Border Princess]]''
 
: Set in October 2007.
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tropical Beach Sounds and Other Relaxing Seascapes 4 (audio story)|Tropical Beach Sounds and Other Relaxing Seascapes #4]]''
: Jack, Gwen, Ianto, Owen and Tosh are all present in the Hub. Jack and Ianto are in a relationship.
 
* [[TV]]: ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]''
: Set 14 years after 1992, can be attributed to rounding.
: Apparently set 14 years after 1992, but this can be attributed to Eugene rounding out the years.
* [[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]''
: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'' places this story in the week ending December 24th.


* [[TV]]: ''[[Combat (TV story)|Combat]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[Web of Lies]]''
: Owen is visibly upset by the events of ''Out of Time'' in this story. He calls off his affair with Gwen.
: Set in [[2007]].
* [[TV]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]''
* [[TV]]: ''[[End of Days (TV story)|End of Days]]''
: Continues where ''Captain Jack Harkness'' left off. Jack disappears from Torchwood.


=== Jack's disappearance ===
=== Jack's disappearance ===

Revision as of 22:09, 9 April 2021

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This page lists appearances of Gwen Cooper in the order in which she experienced them. This timeline is based upon observations of the Doctor Who universe and the events that occur during each of these stories. From these observations we have attempted to build a concise timeline. It is assumed that for each novel, comic, audio or television series, their published, broadcast or numbered order is the order they occur in.

Timeline

Working for the police force

Gwen appears as a police officer alongside Andy Davidson.

Joining Torchwood Three

Gwen Cooper is recruited after Suzie kills herself to prevent her arrest for killing three people in her experiments with the Resurrection gauntlet and the Life Knife. Gwen learns of Jack's immortality, and is currently the only team member to know.
During Gwen's first day on the job, she accidentally releases Sex Gas from a fallen meteorite.
Set 66 years after 1941. Gwen is still inexperienced with weapons, with Jack giving her her first lesson on handling a gun. Rhys becomes annoyed at Gwen's absences for the first time.
Set in Cardiff, 2007. Gwen has recently joined Torchwood. (AUDIO: Army of One)
Rhys mentions a co-worker called Lucy who has been on a diet recently, foreshadowing Slow Decay. Gwen has been working for Torchwood for a few weeks now and has experience with weapons, setting this after Ghost Machine.
Set in October 2007.
Ianto keeps something secret in the hub.
The Torchwood team learn that Ianto has been keeping his cyber-converted girlfriend, Lisa Hallett, underneath the Hub, and they kill her once she leaves herself vulnerable enough after her Cyberman personality takes hold of her. Owen kisses Gwen for the first time.
After Estelle Cole rings Jack to view her new photos of fairies, she is killed by them. The fairies also attack Gwen's flat, which is the first time her "work life" has intruded on her "normal life". Jack is forced to surrender Jasmine Pierce to the fairies.
Owen and Ianto recall the recent events of Cyberwoman, specifically that their last kisses were with Gwen and Lisa, respectively, while Tosh has not been kissed since "last Christmas". After their traumatic experience with the Brynblaidd villagers, Gwen and Owen start having an affair.
Using a telepathy pendant, Tosh learns about Gwen and Owen's affair, and hears how Ianto is still recovering from the events of Cyberwoman.
Set three months after Everything Changes. Susie is temporarily resurrected with the Resurrection gauntlet, but is killed again when Tosh destroys the gauntlet. A sexual relationship is developing between Jack and Ianto.
Jack, Gwen, Ianto, Owen and Tosh are all present in the Hub. Jack and Ianto are in a relationship.
Apparently set 14 years after 1992, but this can be attributed to Eugene rounding out the years.
Set in 2007.

Jack's disappearance

Gwen has started taking charge more in Jack's absence, in comparison to Captain Jack Harkness, where Owen was said to be second-in-command. Gwen is now engaged to Rhys.
Occurs on Friday 20th of June, 114 years after 1894. Gwen has her first and only encounter with Tommy Brockless, who is annually defrosted for the last time. Thus, she has been at Torchwood for no longer than exactly one year.
Set between Meat and Adam.
Continues where Reset left off. Owen is resurrected, but with no lifesigns.
Set three days after Reset.
Set after Owen's undeath and before Gwen's wedding.
Both stories set during the first day after Gwen’s return from honeymoon.
Gwen mentions the Nostrovite, placing this story after Something Borrowed. The Team have reason not to trust Jack.
Set in 2009, before Exit Wounds.
Continues where Fragments left off. Owen and Tosh die.
Gwen attempts to send a message to Owen and Tosh in the afterlife.
Martha meets Jack for the first time since Owen and Tosh's funeral.

2009

The door to the Hub is still damaged from the Dalek attack.
Norton Folgate is aware that Ianto will die soon.
Shrouded and The House of the Dead are set in the six-month gap at the end of Children of Earth: Day Five. Shrouded takes place at Ianto's funeral after Ianto dies in Day Four. Jack leaves Earth at the end of Children of Earth: Day Five. Days One through Five flow into one another.

2010

6 months later, Jack leaves Earth.

2011

Prequel to The New World.
Jack returns to Earth.
Jack and Gwen are taken to America.
Jack and Gwen return to the UK, along with Esther after End of the Road. The New World through End of the Road flow into one another.
Takes place a few months after End of the Road.
Continues where The Gathering left off.

2012

2016

2017

Having been "dumped" by the crew of the Ice Maiden, Jack has returned to duty at Torchwood Cardiff.

Later

Following the 2021 Dalek revolution, Jack makes contact with Gwen. Gwen now has a son and tells Jack of her Dalek encounter. (TV: Revolution of the Daleks)

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Alternate Timeline

Unplaced

After Day One ~ Before Fragments
Jack, Gwen, Ianto, Owen and Tosh are all present in the hub. Jack and Ianto are in a relationship.
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