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I added a few paragraphs to make it less Torchwood-centric, but it still most definitely remains a stub. SJA has a lot of CCTV instances, but I'm not familiar enough with the series to add them. I will try to add more and more over time myself.
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(I added a few paragraphs to make it less Torchwood-centric, but it still most definitely remains a stub. SJA has a lot of CCTV instances, but I'm not familiar enough with the series to add them. I will try to add more and more over time myself.) |
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A '''CCTV network''', known colloquially as simply '''CCTV''', was a specialised [[camera]] system used all over the [[universe]] to track people down. [[Sonic screwdriver]]s were capable of disabling the cameras. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') | |||
Though others felt demeaned by being under the watch of CCTV cameras, the [[Third Doctor]] once smiled waved at those guarding [[Stangmoor Prison]] excitedly, drawing their attention. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Mind of Evil (TV story)|The Mind of Evil]]'') | |||
The network gave {{Simm}}, under the guise of [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] "Harold Saxon", access to all national surveillance cameras. He used those cameras to view the [[Tenth Doctor]] and his [[companion]]s while speaking to them. The Doctor disabled the camera with his sonic, and they ran. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') [[Matt Crane]], under orders from [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] administrator [[Yvonne Hartman]], used CCTV to locate who has been tampering with their "[[ghost]]s", both finding that (the Tenth Doctor) and, an added bonus, [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], just as the Doctor was tracking ''them'' down. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'') | |||
In [[2011]], the [[Cybermen]] abducted humans from [[Colchester]] department store [[Sanderson & Grainger]] and [[teleport]]ed them to their crashed [[Cyber-ship]]. As the [[Eleventh Doctor]] quickly informed [[Craig Owens]], they cunningly wiped the CCTV as well, leaving no trace of the disappearances. ([[TV]]: ''[[Closing Time (TV story)|Closing Time]]'') | |||
A [[UNIT researcher]] used CCTV feed to find out how the [[cube]]s were affecting [[human]]ity at the end of the [[Year of the Slow Invasion]]: across the world, everyone near them got [[heart attack]]s. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'') | |||
In [[2020]], [[Nasreen Chaudhry]] and [[Tony Mack]] used CCTV in their [[drill]]ing project. When [[Mo Northover]] took over one night, the [[Silurian]]s below the base began their attack and every CCTV camera was shut down. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Hungry Earth (TV story)|The Hungry Earth]]'') | |||
Far away from [[Earth]], [[Peladon]] had a security system installed by [[Eckersley]] rather similar to CCTV. Cameras were stationed across the [[planet]], and he monitored the activities of the peasants from the [[communications room]]. In the end, however, he was — in the words of [[Alpha Centauri]] — "betrayed by [his] own security system". Alpha and [[Sarah Jane Smith]], through the visual and audio of the system, heard him conspiring with [[Ice Warrior]] [[Commander]] [[Azaxyr]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Monster of Peladon (TV story)|The Monster of Peladon]]'') | |||
Even [[prison ship (The God Complex)|a prison ship]] holding [[Minotaur (The God Complex)|a Minotaur]] used a CCTV network. As [[Rita (The God Complex)|Rita]] was about to be [[kill]]ed by the Minotaur, the [[Eleventh Doctor]], in the surveillance room, switched off the system so as not to have to witness her death. ([[TV]]: ''[[The God Complex (TV story)|The God Complex]]'') | |||
== Used by Torchwood == | |||
The CCTV network gave [[Torchwood Three]] access to all the surveillance cameras in [[Cardiff]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day One (TV story)|Day One]]'') The camera images came up on the computer screens stationed all around the base. ([[TV]]: ''[[Day One]]'', ''[[Meat]]'', et al) | |||
As well as around the city, the CCTV cameras were also posted inside of the Torchwood base itself, occasionally being used to monitor prisoners ([[TV]]: ''[[Day One (TV story)|Day One]]''). | As well as around the city, the CCTV cameras were also posted inside of the Torchwood base itself, occasionally being used to monitor prisoners ([[TV]]: ''[[Day One (TV story)|Day One]]''). | ||
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