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Jack threatened Adam with his gun before locking him in the vault. Jack then gave the rest of the team [[retcon]] pills to forget about Adam (after having deleted the CCTV recordings and other evidence). In a last bid to survive, Adam inserted himself into one of Jack's memories of his childhood. Jack took an amnesia pill to forget. As nobody now remembered Adam, he died. His body shimmered and disappeared into nothing. | Jack threatened Adam with his gun before locking him in the vault. Jack then gave the rest of the team [[retcon]] pills to forget about Adam (after having deleted the CCTV recordings and other evidence). In a last bid to survive, Adam inserted himself into one of Jack's memories of his childhood. Jack took an amnesia pill to forget. As nobody now remembered Adam, he died. His body shimmered and disappeared into nothing. | ||
Although the Torchwood team had no knowledge of Adam any more, some evidence of his existence remained: for example, his name was found on a bag containing an alien artefact in Torchwood's possession (which was in some way tied to Adam) and Rhys, having briefly met Adam, would have retained his scant memories of the man. ([[ | Although the Torchwood team had no knowledge of Adam any more, some evidence of his existence remained: for example, his name was found on a bag containing an alien artefact in Torchwood's possession (which was in some way tied to Adam) and Rhys, having briefly met Adam, would have retained his scant memories of the man. ([[TV]]: ''[[Adam (TV story)|Adam]]'') | ||
== Powers == | == Powers == | ||
Adam survived only by people's memories of him. If he were forgotten, he would fade away. Adam inserted himself into the memories of others through touch. He would place his hand on the target's shoulder and merely say "remember". Inserting himself into people’s memories often wiped out other memories. Presumably, Rhys' memory of Adam was either too minor to sustain him, or did not count as Adam did not insert himself into Rhys' memories himself. Depending on the memories he implanted, Adam could change the personality of others as he did to Tosh, Owen, and Ianto; making them bolder, kinder or have a mental break down respectively. ([[ | Adam survived only by people's memories of him. If he were forgotten, he would fade away. Adam inserted himself into the memories of others through touch. He would place his hand on the target's shoulder and merely say "remember". Inserting himself into people’s memories often wiped out other memories. Presumably, Rhys' memory of Adam was either too minor to sustain him, or did not count as Adam did not insert himself into Rhys' memories himself. Depending on the memories he implanted, Adam could change the personality of others as he did to Tosh, Owen, and Ianto; making them bolder, kinder or have a mental break down respectively. ([[TV]]: ''[[Adam (TV story)|Adam]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* Coincidentally, Adam's choice of the "generic" human last name, Smith, calls to mind [[the Doctor]]'s own choice of [[Aliases of the Doctor|John Smith]] as an alias. This is is also the fifth time in the revived ''Doctor Who'' franchise that a notable character with this last name has appeared, after [[Mickey Smith]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]], her son [[Luke Smith]] and the Doctor's human version, also [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]]. | * Coincidentally, Adam's choice of the "generic" human last name, Smith, calls to mind [[the Doctor]]'s own choice of [[Aliases of the Doctor|John Smith]] as an alias. This is is also the fifth time in the revived ''Doctor Who'' franchise that a notable character with this last name has appeared, after [[Mickey Smith]], [[Sarah Jane Smith]], her son [[Luke Smith]] and the Doctor's human version, also [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]]. | ||
* The concept of a being altering the team's minds and infiltrating Torchwood was first explored in [[ | * The concept of a being altering the team's minds and infiltrating Torchwood was first explored in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Border Princes (novel)|Border Princes]]''. The major difference is that in the novel, the character ([[James Mayer]]) genuinely believed he was both human and a member of [[Torchwood 3]]. | ||
{{Torchwood 3 Staff}} | {{Torchwood 3 Staff}} | ||
{{Torchwood Series 2 aliens}} | {{Torchwood Series 2 aliens}} | ||
