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==History== | ==History== | ||
The Rift has existed for an unknown length of time. | The Rift has existed for an unknown length of time. | ||
===The Rift and Abaddon=== | ===The Rift and Abaddon=== | ||
The Rift, in some manner, acted as a prison for [[Abaddon]]. However, unlike The Beast, Abaddon could easily be freed if his particular trap was opened. ([[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]'') | The Rift, in some manner, acted as a prison for [[Abaddon]]. However, unlike The Beast, Abaddon could easily be freed if his particular trap was opened. ([[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]'') | ||
::''[[The Disciples of the Light]] may possibly have created it, and likewise the rift itself. | ::''[[The Disciples of the Light]] may possibly have created it, and likewise the rift itself. | ||
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==Use by | |||
The rift was known to the [[Gelth]]. The Gelth used the rift to try and take over the bodies of [[Human]] corpses and then eventually attempt to invade the planet and kill the entire species. During this attempt, the rift was closed by a [[psychic powers|psychic]] named [[Gwyneth]] . ([[DW]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]'') | The rift was known to the [[Gelth]]. The Gelth used the rift to try and take over the bodies of [[Human]] corpses and then eventually attempt to invade the planet and kill the entire species. During this attempt, the rift was closed by a [[psychic powers|psychic]] named [[Gwyneth]] . ([[DW]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]'') | ||
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Other aliens, such as [[Mary]] and her guard ([[TW]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'') and the "[[Sex Gas]]" ([[DW]]: ''[[Day One]]''), perhaps coincidentally, came to [[Earth]] close to the Rift, though apparently neither used it as their means of transport onto the planet. | Other aliens, such as [[Mary]] and her guard ([[TW]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'') and the "[[Sex Gas]]" ([[DW]]: ''[[Day One]]''), perhaps coincidentally, came to [[Earth]] close to the Rift, though apparently neither used it as their means of transport onto the planet. | ||
====The Widening of the Rift==== | |||
The Rift was later used in [[September]] [[2006]] by both the [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]] (to power up the [[TARDIS]]) and by [[Blon Fel-Fotch Passameer-Day Slitheen|Blon Fel-Fotch]]. Blon Fel-Fotch, now mayor of [[Cardiff]], built a [[nuclear power station]] on the site of the rift and plotted to cause a [[core meltdown]]. The meltdown would destroy the Earth, generating a shockwave that she could ride to escape off into space using a [[tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator]]. The extrapolator, connected to the Doctor's TARDIS, accidentally widened the Rift and caused an event known as the Cardiff earthquake. ([[DW]]: ''[[Boom Town]]'') Since that event, the width and activity of the Rift has increased. (''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'') | |||
===The Rift and Torchwood 3=== | ===The Rift and Torchwood 3=== | ||
At an unknown time, although evidently between [[1879]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw]]'') and the [[1950s]] (''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]''), the [[Torchwood Institute]] also set up a [[Wales|Welsh]] branch, [[Torchwood 3]]. Located in an underground base called [[the Hub]] and under the command of Captain [[Jack Harkness]], it had task of monitoring the Rift and phenomena associated with it and with securing for Tochwood any artifacts that might come through. ([[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'' onwards) The Hub also possessed a [[Rift manipulator]] ([[TW]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (Torchwood story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'', [[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]''). | At an unknown time, although evidently between [[1879]] ([[DW]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw]]'') and the [[1950s]] (''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]''), the [[Torchwood Institute]] also set up a [[Wales|Welsh]] branch, [[Torchwood 3]]. Located in an underground base called [[the Hub]] and under the command of Captain [[Jack Harkness]], it had task of monitoring the Rift and phenomena associated with it and with securing for Tochwood any artifacts that might come through. ([[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'' onwards) The Hub also possessed a [[Rift manipulator]] ([[TW]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (Torchwood story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'', [[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]''). | ||
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==Indirect influence== | ==Indirect influence== | ||
In with common with [[time fissure]]s ([[DW]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl]]''), growing up near the rift tends to enable one to develop [[psychic power]]s, as with [[Gwyneth]], who had the gift of [[clairovoyance]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]]''). | In with common with [[time fissure]]s ([[DW]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl]]''), growing up near the rift tends to enable one to develop [[psychic power]]s, as with [[Gwyneth]], who had the gift of [[clairovoyance]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Unquiet Dead]]]''). | ||
Revision as of 16:39, 18 January 2007
The Cardiff rift is a time rift situated in (and above) Cardiff.
History
The Rift has existed for an unknown length of time.
The Rift and Abaddon
The Rift, in some manner, acted as a prison for Abaddon. However, unlike The Beast, Abaddon could easily be freed if his particular trap was opened. (TW: End of Days)
- The Disciples of the Light may possibly have created it, and likewise the rift itself.
Use by extraterrestrials
The rift was known to the Gelth. The Gelth used the rift to try and take over the bodies of Human corpses and then eventually attempt to invade the planet and kill the entire species. During this attempt, the rift was closed by a psychic named Gwyneth . (DW: The Unquiet Dead)
Humanoids known as Weevils, also had begun to cross over into Cardiff via the Rift. The Weevils had unknown motives for coming to Earth unknown. (TW: Everything Changes, Combat, End of Days)
Other aliens, such as Mary and her guard (TW: Greeks Bearing Gifts) and the "Sex Gas" (DW: Day One), perhaps coincidentally, came to Earth close to the Rift, though apparently neither used it as their means of transport onto the planet.
The Widening of the Rift
The Rift was later used in September 2006 by both the the Doctor (to power up the TARDIS) and by Blon Fel-Fotch. Blon Fel-Fotch, now mayor of Cardiff, built a nuclear power station on the site of the rift and plotted to cause a core meltdown. The meltdown would destroy the Earth, generating a shockwave that she could ride to escape off into space using a tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator. The extrapolator, connected to the Doctor's TARDIS, accidentally widened the Rift and caused an event known as the Cardiff earthquake. (DW: Boom Town) Since that event, the width and activity of the Rift has increased. (torchwood.org.uk)
The Rift and Torchwood 3
At an unknown time, although evidently between 1879 (DW: Tooth and Claw) and the 1950s (torchwood.org.uk), the Torchwood Institute also set up a Welsh branch, Torchwood 3. Located in an underground base called the Hub and under the command of Captain Jack Harkness, it had task of monitoring the Rift and phenomena associated with it and with securing for Tochwood any artifacts that might come through. (TW: Everything Changes onwards) The Hub also possessed a Rift manipulator (TW: Captain Jack Harkness, TW: End of Days).
The interaction between the TARDIS and the Rift had created a perception filter at the place where the TARDIS had landed in Cardiff earlier. This made for a hiding place for the lift Torchwood 3 could use to go to the surface. (TW: Everything Changes)
Jack stated that the area would become more active after the opening of the rift and the death of Abaddon. (TW: Everything Changes, Captain Jack Harkness, End of Days)
Indirect influence
In with common with time fissures (DW: Image of the Fendahl), growing up near the rift tends to enable one to develop psychic powers, as with Gwyneth, who had the gift of clairovoyance (DW: The Unquiet Dead]).
- This may also account for the abilities possessed by Bilis Manger.
Some individuals, such as Sean "Bernie" Harries, locally, have engaged in the selling of alien "flotsam and jetsam" that has passed through the Rift. (TW: Ghost Machine') Another human, Lynch Frost, started an underground "fight club" of sorts where humans could go up against Weevils, for a fee. (TW: Combat)
