Thorne
Thorne was an Inspector in the Department who sided with Lomax's plan for the Korven invasion of Earth. Because of this, he was implanted with Meron DNA. He was governor of Dauntless Prison, and later replaced a disgraced Inspector Drake as the Department's head of Public Order.
Biography
Early life
Thorne worked for the Department (TV: Liberation [+]Loading...["Liberation (TV story)"]) and was familiar with June Turner, whose claims that the Department needed to be more open and transparent he always rejected. (TV: Lost Library of Ukko [+]Loading...["Lost Library of Ukko (TV story)"])
Governing Dauntless
Whilst working as governor of Dauntless Prison (TV: Liberation [+]Loading...["Liberation (TV story)"]) Thorne agreed to work with Lomax to bring the Korven to Earth to conquer the planet, wanting to be on the winning side of the conflict. As part of the agreement, he was implanted with Meron DNA which allowed him to turn his right hand into that of a Meron and also made him vulnerable to the cry of a Jixen.
Lomax's plan was for Alistair Gryffen to repair a damaged Space-Time Manipulator which Thorne could the exploit to bring the Korven army to Earth through a gateway. Additionally, Lomax wanted K9's regeneration unit and the DNA of various aliens encountered by the Department to create a creature, Trojan. (TV: The Eclipse of the Korven [+]Loading...["The Eclipse of the Korven (TV story)"]) Numerous aliens encountered by the Department were incarcerated in Dauntless Prison.
A Jixen went to Dauntless Prison in search of Merons and was followed by Starkey and Darius Pike, whom Thorne had imprisoned with Mr Wiffy without checking them for communication equipment. June commanded Thorne not to harm either of them, reminding him of her superior position, and ordered him to let her out of his office after he locked them both in there to hide from the Jixen. The Jixen's cry caused his hand to transform into that of a Meron, which went unnoticed, and he swore that June would pay when she declared that his time at the prison was over.
The Department's treatment of aliens at Dauntless Prison was leaked to the media and the prison was shut down as a result. (TV: Liberation [+]Loading...["Liberation (TV story)"])
Promotion
After Drake almost caused the destruction of humanity by using the Hunger, Lomax decided to transfer Drake to other duties. He gave his job as head of security to Thorne. (TV: Black Hunger)
Thorne set his sights on an Ukkan library card held by the Department. Prisoners were rising in numbers and he wanted to use Ukkan technology to dump them on Urlic, a prison which required "no upkeep, no wardens, no exercise yard, no ping-pong tables, no parole," forever. He decided the first inmate would be Starkey who was at the Department HQ's first careers day. When Starkey saw the card's screen in Thorne's office, he was sucked into it. An Ukkan librarian, Yssaringintinka, arrived to assist him. June reported to Lomax and warned Thorne that he wanted a good explanation as to why Thorne interfered with alien technology, which she thought insane.
K9 and the team tricked Thorne into the card and after he and Starkey groused at each other, they were rescued. (TV: Lost Library of Ukko)
Thorne had several CCPCs implanted with human genetics. (TV: Mutant Copper)
With the help of John, a former Department custodian and vice-president of Greenroom Entertainment he used the last Etydion in a plot to telepathically control children, which backfired. (TV: The Custodians)
Thorne was on station at the Department Mobile HQ when Taphony escaped from her prison. (TV: Taphony and the Time Loop)
Final preparations
Lomax ordered Thorne to acquire K9's regeneration unit. Thorne teamed up with Freddie Maxwell. (TV: Robot Gladiators)
Gryffen told June that he needed to get to the site of the crashed fallen angel in Canada as he could get the Space-Time Manipulator working properly if he acquired the temporal stabiliser. Thorne informed Lomax of this, and interfered with attempts to retrieve components from northern Canada. (TV: Angel of the North)
Thorne was at the Department Mobile HQ when the Last Precinct took over Gryffen Manor. He arrested, Pike, though K9 warned him to treat Pike with the respect he deserved or there would be consequences. (TV: The Last Precinct)
Thorne succeeded in acquiring K9's regeneration unit. (TV: Hound of the Korven)
Death
K9 determined that Thorne was working with the invaders when he found that he was being used to create a larger portal. When Jorjie branded Thorne a traitor to his entire planet, he revealed that he was implanted with Meron DNA by the Korven. He ordered Trojan to kill them all, starting with K9. K9 called the Jixen to do battle against the Meron. This caused Trojan's Jixen and Meron DNA to conflict. With its final breath, Trojan collapsed on Thorne, crushing him to death. (TV: The Eclipse of the Korven)
Personality
Thorne was ruthless and easily angered. When Thorne discovered his Ukkan library card was stolen, he condemned the CCPC guard to the Mortainian mines for twenty years. (TV: Lost Library of Ukko) He was stubborn, refusing to obey Yssaringintinka (TV: Lost Library of Ukko) or give in to John's demand for fifty million credits. (TV: The Custodians) He had little humour, although he made a joke to a frustrated Yssaringintinka. (TV: Lost Library of Ukko) He noted that a later joke was the only humorous thing he had said in his life, wasted on a department technician who didn't get it. (TV: The Last Precinct)
According to Starkey, Thorne's breath smelled of "onions or garlic". (TV: Lost Library of Ukko)
Appearance
Jorjie Turner noticed a striking resemblance between Thorne and Agent Barker. (TV: The Cambridge Spy [+]Loading...["The Cambridge Spy (TV story)"])
