Torchwood SUV: Difference between revisions

The [[SUV]] was a converted large, black [[Range Rover Vogue]] with dark-tinted windows and blue lights running along the A pillars. The vehicle had a white-on-black non-standard typeface for the registration plate, usually found only on military vehicles and vehicles from before [[1973]]. Despite having a registration number, ''CF06 FDU'', which indicated that the vehicle was registered in Cardiff between [[March]] and [[September]] [[2006]], the car did not appear in the DVLA vehicle register; ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'') like its owners, the SUV officially didn't exist. The boot was large enough to fit a full-sized body, such as a [[Weevil]] or an [[alien]] [[blowfish]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Combat (TV story)|Combat]]'')

The SUV was, presumably, used by the Torchwood team when they went for a drink or something to eat. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]'') On [[Countrycide (TV story)|another mission]], the Torchwood team were in the country when the car was stolen because the keys were left inside. It was driven off with most of their gear still inside, and was found parked 3.4 miles away in a town. ([[TV]]: ''[[Countrycide (TV story)|Countrycide]]'') Torchwood also contacted [[Kathy Swanson]], a member of the [[Cardiff]] Police force, who helped Torchwood track down [[Suzie Costello|Suzie]] when she took [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] hostage. ([[TV]]: ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]'') The SUV was at the scene of [[Eugene Jones|Eugene Jones' death]] and, unknown to them, Eugene was one of the few members of the public to see inside the SUV when his disembodied consciousness rode along with them in an empty seat. ([[TV]]: ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]'') The SUV was used to transport, release and chase [[Janet (Everything Changes)|Janet]] through Cardiff. ([[TV]]: ''[[Combat (TV story)|Combat]]'') When [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]] and [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] went to investigate an abandoned dance hall, they were taken through the rift, and the SUV was left behind. [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] later found it. ([[TV]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'')

When a blowfish stole a sports car, Torchwood gave chase in the SUV. Owen opened the window and leaned out, firing a gun at the car's wheels. Jack left the team behind, to find [[John Hart (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang)|John Hart]]. He later used it to catch up to a member of Cell 114, barely managing to stop him from detonating nuclear missiles by running him over with the car. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'') Torchwood Three later used it to investigate a crashed lorry with alien [[meat]] inside. ([[TV]]: ''[[Meat (TV story)|Meat]]'') When Torchwood walked into a booby-trapped building, the SUV was stolen by John Hart ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]''), who returned it after the deaths of [[Owen Harper]] and [[Toshiko Sato]]. ([[TV]] ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'')

The SUV was stolen again by local teenagers when [[Ianto Jones]] went to visit [[Rhiannon Davies|his sister]]. They humiliated Ianto further by doing a victory lap around the estate and one teen mooned him out the passenger side window while Rhiannon's husband [[Johnny Davies|Johnny]] hurtled bricks at them unsuccessfully. Ianto revealed that he lost the car to Gwen first, but she did not react as she was mulling the fact she had been cited [[pregnant]] by [[Clement McDonald]]. When he sheepishly broke the news to Jack, he sternly replied, "You did what!?" The issue of the lost car was subsequently dwarfed by the discovery of a [[bomb]] implanted in Jack's body, which blew up the [[Torchwood Hub|Hub]]. ([[TV]] ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'') Later events would see the death of Ianto Jones and the disbanding of Torchwood Three, leaving the concern of the company car a forgotten and defunct issue. ([[TV]] ''[[Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Four]]'', ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'') Ever since, the current whereabouts of the vehicle remain a mystery, as it was never made clear what the youngsters who stole it planned to do with it.