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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Directly following the events of ''[[The Wrong Hands]]'', the team head back to [[Torchwood 3]] to order pizza while [[Ianto Jones]] heads out for coffee. The father of the alien that appeared in ''The Wrong Hands'' had come to Earth to collect his child, only to find he had been killed in a "gas leak" at a local store (actually an alien gun set to self-destruct). He blames Torchwood for the death. | |||
He infiltrates Torchwood, where he intends to send the team into a coma-like state with a special dart he bought for an alien arms dealer. Wearing an invisibility suit, he hits Jack and Gwen with a dart each. He engages with them in a brief conversation, asking where the tea-boy (Ianto) is. Ianto shoots the alien in the head with a shotgun and announces he is the "Coffee-boy". | |||
Jack and Gwenare completely immobilised by to the darts. Ianto deduces that the father bought the darts from an alien arms dealer. He checks to see who else may have been affected by the virus. He finds one reference and goes to the victim's house. He talks to the victim's wife and looks in his office for clues. He finds a document referring to an alien arms dealer and pursues the lead. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
Revision as of 13:10, 10 May 2012
Publisher's summary
Directly following the events of The Wrong Hands, the team head back to Torchwood 3 to order pizza while Ianto Jones heads out for coffee. The father of the alien that appeared in The Wrong Hands had come to Earth to collect his child, only to find he had been killed in a "gas leak" at a local store (actually an alien gun set to self-destruct). He blames Torchwood for the death.
He infiltrates Torchwood, where he intends to send the team into a coma-like state with a special dart he bought for an alien arms dealer. Wearing an invisibility suit, he hits Jack and Gwen with a dart each. He engages with them in a brief conversation, asking where the tea-boy (Ianto) is. Ianto shoots the alien in the head with a shotgun and announces he is the "Coffee-boy".
Jack and Gwenare completely immobilised by to the darts. Ianto deduces that the father bought the darts from an alien arms dealer. He checks to see who else may have been affected by the virus. He finds one reference and goes to the victim's house. He talks to the victim's wife and looks in his office for clues. He finds a document referring to an alien arms dealer and pursues the lead.
Characters
- Captain Jack Harkness
- Gwen Cooper
- Ianto Jones
- Detective Kathy Swanson
- Rhys Williams
- Nina Rogers
References
- The Astracane leech is mentioned. They are called very dangerous.
- A Tregennan demolition bomb can destroy an entire building.
Notes
to be added
Continuity
to be added
Timeline
- Virus occurs immediately after: TWN: The Wrong Hands
- Virus occurs before: TW: Children of Earth: Day One
