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[[edit] | [edit source]]
Early life[[edit] | [edit source]]
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)"])
As prison governor[[edit] | [edit source]]
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)"])
As Head of Security[[edit] | [edit source]]
Experiments[[edit] | [edit source]]
After June made a report on Drake reviving and subsequently losing control of Operation Black Hunger, Lomax assigned him to other duties and replaced him as Head of Security with Thorne. When Lomax informed June of this, Thorne told her that he looked forward to working with her. (TV: Black Hunger [+]Loading...["Black Hunger (TV story)"])
Part of Lomax's plan was to use the CCPCs as soldiers during the Korven invasion and to round up the Department. (TV: The Eclipse of the Korven [+]Loading...["The Eclipse of the Korven (TV story)"]) Thorne experimented with grafting human intellect into the CCPCs, only to terminate the operation and destroy the evidence. (TV: Mutant Copper [+]Loading...["Mutant Copper (TV story)"])
Thorne saw the potential in using an Ukkan library card held by the Department's Alien Technology Inventory as a prison for those with life sentences to solve the problem of prison overcrowding and withdrew it, leaving it in his office and holding an open day to trick Starkey and Darius into breaking in and being trapped inside it. Only Starkey was trapped, however, and Darius took the card, leading Lomax to demand its return or his resignation. When he tried to deceive Darius and Jorjie Turner, they trapped him inside the library card as well until Yssaringintinka released both prisoners. (TV: Lost Library of Ukko [+]Loading...["Lost Library of Ukko (TV story)"])
Although Thorne believed that all evidence of the experiments on the CCPCs had been dealt with, Unit 18FEB6 got loose and Thorne ordered all units to recapture him to prevent exposure after refusing to confirm or deny his involvement to June. Marcus informed him that the unit, since nicknamed "Birdie", was being harboured at Gryffen's mansion and Thorne threatened to arrest the K9 Unit, but Darius got him away and Starkey and Jorjie convinced him that Marcus had lied to him. (TV: Mutant Copper [+]Loading...["Mutant Copper (TV story)"])
The last Etydion arrived on Earth and offered to help the Department control the population by sending out a transmission to control children. Thorne worked with John to achieve this through the Little Green Men game, his stated reason being that the project would lead to the children becoming obedient adults, but in truth John intended on holding the children hostage and demanding money from the Department to release them. June convinced him to make the transfer after the children started transforming into Etydions and he informed John that he would be imprisoned for his actions, after which Thorne attempted to kill the Etydion and was knocked out. (TV: The Custodians [+]Loading...["The Custodians (TV story)"])
Thorne was in the camo with June when Gryffen helped break Taphony out of a virtual reality detention facility and took charge of the matter, considering it to be within his jurisdiction given that the escape was assisted by somebody from outside the prison. He was not sure how many people had escaped, however, nor was he aware of Project Taphony. (TV: Taphony and the Time Loop [+]Loading...["Taphony and the Time Loop (TV story)"])
Final preparations[[edit] | [edit source]]
Further info from Angel of the North [+]Loading...["Angel of the North (TV story)"], The Last Precinct [+]Loading...["The Last Precinct (TV story)"] and Hound of the Korven [+]Loading...["Hound of the Korven (TV story)"] needs to be added
Tasked by Lomax with acquiring K9's regeneration unit, Thorne set a trap by working with Freddie Maxwell, who had no choice but to agree to help given that his Crashclub made use of technology banned by the Department. Thorne ensured that Crashclub caught the interest of the K9 Unit and had Freddie purchase K9 when Darius offered to sell him as part of the unit's plan to infiltrate the operation, after which he had K9 fight the Pain-Maker so that K9 would be destroyed by the explosion of the solarmite within his opponent. The solarmite was unable to damage him, however, so Thorne abandoned Freddie, ensuring there was no evidence of the Department's involvement. (TV: Robot Gladiators [+]Loading...["Robot Gladiators (TV story)"])
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[[edit] | [edit source]]
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[[edit] | [edit source]]
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[[edit] | [edit source]]
Yssaringintinka described Thorne as an "ugly, bony man" and Starkey told him that he dressed like he was selling funeral insurance. (TV: Lost Library of Ukko [+]Loading...["Lost Library of Ukko (TV story)"]) Jorjie Turner noticed a striking resemblance between him and Agent Barker. (TV: The Cambridge Spy [+]Loading...["The Cambridge Spy (TV story)"])
