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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
Local [[Cardiff]] residents transform an old cinema, the "[[Electro]]", into a local history museum airing old celluloid movies as part of its exhibits. The volunteer management discovers that a black-and-white film of a travelling company seems to take on a life of its own, restarting itself in the film projector and preventing the projector from being turned off for a period of time. Unknown to them two figures from the film, the [[Ghostmaker|troupe's leader]] and its [[Pearl (From Out of the Rain)|"Mermaid Woman"]], step out of the projection screen and become real, disappearing into the streets of Cardiff. On the same night [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]], who has convinced [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] and [[Owen Harper|Owen]] to join him for the evening at the museum, claims to see [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] in the footage. As the team review the film back at the Hub, Ianto notices the absence of the two characters, and the team recognizes Jack. Jack admits that he was once part of such as show as the "man who could not die". and describes one troupe, known as the "[[Night Travellers]]", who would perform only at night, appearing by "coming out of the rain" and disappearing as mysteriously but usually resulting in some of the local residents going missing. | Local [[Cardiff]] residents transform an old cinema, the "[[Electro]]", into a local history museum airing old celluloid movies as part of its exhibits. The volunteer management discovers that a black-and-white film of a travelling company seems to take on a life of its own, restarting itself in the film projector and preventing the projector from being turned off for a period of time. Unknown to them two figures from the film, the [[Ghostmaker|troupe's leader]] and its [[Pearl (From Out of the Rain)|"Mermaid Woman"]], step out of the projection screen and become real, disappearing into the streets of Cardiff. On the same night [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]], who has convinced [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] and [[Owen Harper|Owen]] to join him for the evening at the museum, claims to see [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] in the footage. As the team review the film back at the Hub, Ianto notices the absence of the two characters, and the team recognizes Jack. Jack admits that he was once part of such as show as the "man who could not die". and describes one troupe, known as the "[[Night Travellers]]", who would perform only at night, appearing by "coming out of the [[rain]]" and disappearing as mysteriously but usually resulting in some of the local residents going missing. | ||
Meanwhile, the troupe's leader, known as the Ghostmaker, and the Mermaid Woman prey on innocent victims, drawing their "last breath" into a silver flask and leaving them with no saliva or tears, and close to death in a near vegetative state. Torchwood investigate and discover multiple stories and old superstitions relating to the Night Travellers, but a chance mention to a [[hospital]] [[nurse]] leads them to a still living eyewitness — an [[Christina (From Out of the Rain)|old woman]] in a nursing home. She explains to the team how her family was taken from her by the Night Travellers, and relates an old nursery tale that children should hold their breath as the travelling show came into town to prevent themselves from being taken. | Meanwhile, the troupe's leader, known as the Ghostmaker, and the Mermaid Woman prey on innocent victims, drawing their "last breath" into a silver flask and leaving them with no saliva or tears, and close to death in a near vegetative state. Torchwood investigate and discover multiple stories and old superstitions relating to the Night Travellers, but a chance mention to a [[hospital]] [[nurse]] leads them to a still living eyewitness — an [[Christina (From Out of the Rain)|old woman]] in a nursing home. She explains to the team how her family was taken from her by the Night Travellers, and relates an old nursery tale that children should hold their breath as the travelling show came into town to prevent themselves from being taken. | ||
