Ellen Hunt MA was a civil servant who was involved with the first trade between the British government and the 456 in 1965.
Biography
Hunt was educated at Girton College, Cambridge, graduating with the highest first in her year in Classics. After her graduation in 1958, Hunt joined the Civil Service to work as a secretary.
In 1965, Hunt was involved in a deal with the alien race known as the 456, on behalf of the British government. Through secret radio communications, Hunt, along with Jack Harkness, Michael Sanders, and Andrew Staines, agreed to deliver to the 456 twelve young orphans as a "gift" at a meeting point in Scotland. In exchange for the children, the unseen aliens gave them a cure for a new strain of an Indonesian influenza that the aliens claimed would mutate and kill twenty-five million people without it. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Three [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)"], Children of Earth: Day Four [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)"], PROSE: Torchwood: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Torchwood: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"])
In 1966, Hunt left her job in the British government to marry her husband, a Foreign Office official. The couple had three children together.
As part of her husband's Foreign Office work, Hunt lived in Australia and Hong Kong. They returned to Sevenoaks in 1979.
By the 21st century, Hunt was a frequent contributor to gardening journals. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Three [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)"]) As a result of her involvement in the first 456 trade, Hunt was ordered killed through a blank page by the Home Office in 2009 ahead of the 456's return. (TV: Children of Earth: Day One [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)"])
Behind the scenes
Ann Marie O'Toole was uncredited for her appearance as Ellen Hunt. Her image was used to depict Hunt as both young and old.