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|appearances = [[TW]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]''<br>[[TW]]: ''[[The Blood Line]]''
|appearances = [[TW]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]''<br>[[TW]]: ''[[The Blood Line]]''
|actor = [[Frances Fisher]]}}
|actor = [[Frances Fisher]]}}
"'''The Mother'''" was a high ranking and unfeeling member of [[Three Families|the Families]] located at the [[Blessing]]'s pole in [[Shanghai]].
"'''The Mother'''" was a high ranking member of [[the Three Families]].
==Biography==
==Biography==
In [[2011]], "Mother" met with the Families' agent [[Jilly Kitzinger]] to show her the [[China|Chinese]] end of the Blessing in the underground structure constructed around it. ([[TW]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]''). After the incursion of [[Jack Harkness]] and his [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] allies, [[Oswald Danes]], wired up with explosions at that time, took her hostage. Despite her pleading for her life, Danes killed both himself and "Mother" in the explosion that he deliberately set off. ([[TW]]: ''[[The Blood Line]]'')
In [[2011]], Mother met with an agent of the Families, [[Jilly Kitzinger]], to show her the northern hemisphere end of [[the Blessing]] in the underground structure constructed around it in [[Shanghai]]. During the meeting, she also asked Kitzinger to rewrite history in the new era of [[Miracle Day|the Miracle]], in ways that would be favorable to the Three Families. ([[TW]]: ''[[The Gathering (TV story)|The Gathering]]'')  


:''Judging by her accent, "Mother" came from [[United States of America|America]].''
In order to protect the Blessing from further interference, Mother and [[the Cousin|another high-ranking member of the Families]] in [[Buenos Aires]] planned to bury it by destroying the surrounding structures in both cities. After the incursion of [[Jack Harkness]] and his [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] allies, the Mother was taken hostage by [[Oswald Danes]], who was wired with explosives. Despite offering him wealth and opportunities to satisfy his criminal urges, the Mother was killed when Danes detonated his explosives. ([[TW]]: ''[[The Blood Line]]'')
 
:''Judging by her accent, Mother came from the [[United States of America|United States]]. She also demonstrated some fluency in [[Mandarin]] when issuing orders to her [[China|Chinese]] guards.''  


==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==

Revision as of 03:55, 14 September 2011

"The Mother" was a high ranking member of the Three Families.

Biography

In 2011, Mother met with an agent of the Families, Jilly Kitzinger, to show her the northern hemisphere end of the Blessing in the underground structure constructed around it in Shanghai. During the meeting, she also asked Kitzinger to rewrite history in the new era of the Miracle, in ways that would be favorable to the Three Families. (TW: The Gathering)

In order to protect the Blessing from further interference, Mother and another high-ranking member of the Families in Buenos Aires planned to bury it by destroying the surrounding structures in both cities. After the incursion of Jack Harkness and his Torchwood allies, the Mother was taken hostage by Oswald Danes, who was wired with explosives. Despite offering him wealth and opportunities to satisfy his criminal urges, the Mother was killed when Danes detonated his explosives. (TW: The Blood Line)

Judging by her accent, Mother came from the United States. She also demonstrated some fluency in Mandarin when issuing orders to her Chinese guards.

Behind the scenes

Frances Fisher was credited as playing "The Mother Colasanto" on the BBC iPlayer website, implying a blood relation to Angelo Colasanto and his granddaughter Olivia, who had said the families refused to work with them. However, Jane Espenson told AfterElton in her Jane's Take for "The Blood Line" that the character had only ever appeared in scripts as "The Mother".