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[[File:Plucky Gal Diane Holmes.jpg|thumb|A newspaper article relating to Diane Holmes on the Torchwood website.]] | [[File:Plucky Gal Diane Holmes.jpg|thumb|A newspaper article relating to Diane Holmes on the Torchwood website.]] | ||
A newspaper article titled "Plucky gal flies in from London solo!" reported on Diane's flight from London to Sydney. The article compared Diane to Amelia Earheart, stating that she spent four days without stopping to refuel or sleep. When asked by the reporter how she found the experience, Diane replied: "Terrible wind across Bengal Bay". She planned to do a little sight-seeing, including flying out to Ayers Rock, before making her return journey.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.torchwood.org.uk/html/diane/newspaper4.shtml |title=Newspaper report: England/Australia Flight |date of source= |website name=[[Torchwood website]] |accessdate=28 July 2022 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071204174325/http://www.torchwood.org.uk/html/diane/newspaper4.shtml |archivedate=04 December 2007 }}</ref> | A newspaper article titled "Plucky gal flies in from London solo!" reported on Diane's flight from London to Sydney. The article compared Diane to Amelia Earheart, stating that she spent four days without stopping to refuel or sleep. When asked by the reporter how she found the experience, Diane replied: "Terrible wind across Bengal Bay". She planned to do a little sight-seeing, including flying out to Ayers Rock, before making her return journey.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.torchwood.org.uk/html/diane/newspaper4.shtml |title=Newspaper report: England/Australia Flight |date of source= |website name=[[Torchwood website]] |accessdate=28 July 2022 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071204174325/http://www.torchwood.org.uk/html/diane/newspaper4.shtml |archivedate=04 December 2007 }}</ref> | ||
==== Frantic sea search for missing air ace ==== | |||
[[File:Plucky Gal Diane Holmes.jpg|thumb|A newspaper article relating to Diane Holmes on the Torchwood website.]] | |||
A newspaper article titled "Frantic sea search for missing air ace" reported the search for Diane Holmes after she went missing over the Irish Sea. They were yet to release the names of her two passengers. According to the article, Holmes was 34 years old at the time of her disappearance. The carrier firm that Diane worked for described her safety record as "impeccable".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.torchwood.org.uk/html/diane/newspaper1.shtml|title=Newspaper report: Search for Sea Gypsy |date of source= |website name=[[Torchwood website]] |accessdate=29 July 2022 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071203210033/http://www.torchwood.org.uk/html/diane/newspaper1.shtml |archivedate=03 December 2007 }}</ref> | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
Revision as of 08:27, 29 July 2022
Diane Holmes was a pilot who flew into the Cardiff Rift. She was the lover of a married man prior to going through the Rift.
On 18 December 1953, she, John Ellis and Emma-Louise Cowell were on their way to Dublin in Diane's plane, the Sky Gypsy, when it flew through the Cardiff Rift and ended up in Cardiff more than 50 years later.
Diane and Owen Harper had a relationship, but she decided to fly away and try to find the Rift again, hoping to get back to 1953. (TV: Out of Time)
Owen activated Torchwood Three's rift manipulator with the intent of forcing the Cardiff Rift back open, hoping to find Diane again. (TV: Captain Jack Harkness)
Later, an apparition claiming to be Diane appeared to Owen after he opened the Rift. This was later revealed to have been a vision caused by Bilis Manger. (TV: End of Days)
Behind the scenes
Torchwood website
The series 1 version of the Torchwood website contained a number of documents and articles pertaining to Diane Holmes.
Plucky gal flies in from London solo!
A newspaper article titled "Plucky gal flies in from London solo!" reported on Diane's flight from London to Sydney. The article compared Diane to Amelia Earheart, stating that she spent four days without stopping to refuel or sleep. When asked by the reporter how she found the experience, Diane replied: "Terrible wind across Bengal Bay". She planned to do a little sight-seeing, including flying out to Ayers Rock, before making her return journey.[1]
Frantic sea search for missing air ace
A newspaper article titled "Frantic sea search for missing air ace" reported the search for Diane Holmes after she went missing over the Irish Sea. They were yet to release the names of her two passengers. According to the article, Holmes was 34 years old at the time of her disappearance. The carrier firm that Diane worked for described her safety record as "impeccable".[2]
Footnotes
- ↑ Newspaper report: England/Australia Flight. Torchwood website. Archived from the original on 04 December 2007. Retrieved on 28 July 2022.
- ↑ Newspaper report: Search for Sea Gypsy. Torchwood website. Archived from the original on 03 December 2007. Retrieved on 29 July 2022.
