Children of Earth: Day One]]Novels|
novel name= The Undertaker's Gift |
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series=Torchwood - BBC Torchwood novels|
number= 14 |
main character= Captain Jack Harkness|
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set between = Exit Wounds & Children of Earth: Day One |
year= Earth |
writer= Trevor Baxendale |
publisher= BBC Books |
release date= October, 2009 |
format= Hardcover Book|
isbn= ISBN 978-1846077821|
previous story= Risk Assessment|
next story= Consequences}}
Publisher's Summary
The Hokrala Corp lawyers are back, and they're suing planet Earth for mishandling the twenty-first century! An assassin has been sent to remove Captain Jack Harkness! And, a record number of aliens have been coming through the Rift - it's been a busy week in Cardiff. Now, there are reports of an extraordinary funeral cortege in the night time city, with mysterious pallbearers guarding a rotting cadaver that simply doesn't want to be buried. Torchwood should be ready for anything, but with Jack the target of an invisible killer, Gwen trapped in a forgotten crypt, and Ianto Jones falling desperately ill, could a world of suffering by the Undertaker's gift to planet Earth?
Characters
- Captain Jack Harkness
- Gwen Cooper
- Ianto Jones
References
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Notes
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Continuity
- Jack mentions the Silurians.
- The team use Abaddon, the Alien Sleepers (TW: Sleeper), the Pharm (TW: Reset) and the events at CERN (BBCR: Lost Souls) to prove the success of Torchwood Three.
- Wynnie knows Nina Rogers. (TWN: Bay of the Dead, TWN: Consequences)
- Harriet Derbyshire was interested in the abduction of Francis Morgan.
Timeline
- The Undertaker's Gift occurs between: TW: Exit Wounds & Children of Earth: Day One
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