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When Tosh and Jack were transported to [[1941]] Cardiff by the machinations of [[Bilis Manger]], Owen, out of desperation, used the manipulator and Tosh's Rift equations to return them, even shooting Ianto in the shoulder to stop him getting in the way. ([[TV]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'') This would have wide-ranging consequences, as the use of the Manipulator made the Rift splinter and caused temporal shifts to occur all over Cardiff and the [[Earth]]. After a series of visions by Bilis, the team revolted against Jack and decided to open the Rift fully to end the crisis. Jack still refused to yield so Owen shot and killed him. Opening the Rift released the ancient [[demon]] [[Abaddon]], briefly causing havoc in central Cardiff. Jack revived, revealing his immortality to the team, and defeated Abaddon by overloading him with his lifespan. After some weeks, Jack revived and reconciled with the team. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of Days (TV story)|End of Days]]'') Shortly afterwards, Jack suddenly and without warning left Torchwood, when the [[Tenth Doctor]] came to refuel [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] at the rift and Jack chased him off-world. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of Days (TV story)|End of Days]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') Under Torchwood guidelines Tosh should have assumed leadership as the second longest serving member, however Gwen became leader after taking charge during an incident where Tosh was unfit to command due to exposure to an alien artefact. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Kaleidoscope (short story)|Kaleidoscope]]'') | When Tosh and Jack were transported to [[1941]] Cardiff by the machinations of [[Bilis Manger]], Owen, out of desperation, used the manipulator and Tosh's Rift equations to return them, even shooting Ianto in the shoulder to stop him getting in the way. ([[TV]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]]'') This would have wide-ranging consequences, as the use of the Manipulator made the Rift splinter and caused temporal shifts to occur all over Cardiff and the [[Earth]]. After a series of visions by Bilis, the team revolted against Jack and decided to open the Rift fully to end the crisis. Jack still refused to yield so Owen shot and killed him. Opening the Rift released the ancient [[demon]] [[Abaddon]], briefly causing havoc in central Cardiff. Jack revived, revealing his immortality to the team, and defeated Abaddon by overloading him with his lifespan. After some weeks, Jack revived and reconciled with the team. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of Days (TV story)|End of Days]]'') Shortly afterwards, Jack suddenly and without warning left Torchwood, when the [[Tenth Doctor]] came to refuel [[The Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] at the rift and Jack chased him off-world. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of Days (TV story)|End of Days]]'', ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') Under Torchwood guidelines Tosh should have assumed leadership as the second longest serving member, however Gwen became leader after taking charge during an incident where Tosh was unfit to command due to exposure to an alien artefact. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Kaleidoscope (short story)|Kaleidoscope]]'') | ||
In Jack’s absence, Prime Minister [[The Master|Harold Saxon]] sent Torchwood Three on a "wild goose chase" mission away from [[Great Britain]] to the [[Himalayas]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') Jack reunited with them after their return to Cardiff, intervening in time to kill a [[Blowfish (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang)|Blowfish]] who had taken hostages. Captain [[Captain John Hart|John]], an old colleague of Jack’s, came to Cardiff and embroiled Torchwood Three in a complex scheme. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'') In the following months, the team uncovered and wiped out an [[Cell 114|alien sleeper cell]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Sleeper (TV story)|Sleeper]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Serenity (audio story)|Serenity]]'') awoke Tommy and sent him back through time to resolve the temporal crisis at [[St Teilo's Hospital|St Telio’s Hospital]], ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'') stopped a [[Water Hag]] reproducing via infections ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Something in the Water (novel)|Something in the Water]]'') and shutdown [[Harries & Harries]], during which Gwen’s husband Rhys became aware of the true nature of her job. ([[TV]]: ''[[Meat (TV story)|Meat]]'') Torchwood Three also tried to help [[Michael Bellini]] escape the [[Vondrax]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Trace Memory (novel)|Trace Memory]]'') were embroiled in the conflict between [[The Light (The Twilight Streets)|the Light]] and [[The Dark (The Twilight Streets)|the Dark]] by Bilis Manger, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Twilight Streets (novel)|The Twilight Streets]]'') stopped [[Patrick Jefferson]] trapping people he deemed sinners in another dimension, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[In the Shadows (audio story)|In the Shadows]]'') and were briefly infiltrated by [[Adam Smith|Adam]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Adam (TV story)|Adam]]'') Tosh went to London after being contacted by a Torchwood One survivor, [[Stephen Heinz]], about mysterious disappearances and discovered the cause was an alien computer virus. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Torchwood cascade CDRIP.tor (audio story)|torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor]]'') Ianto led the shut down of [[Oliver (The Office of Never Was)|Oliver Milne’s]] business, which was run using brain augmentation technology supplied by the Committee. Torchwood’s actions accidentally led to the deaths of all the office’s staff. Ianto covered up Torchwood’s involvement from the subsequent inquiry and retconned himself to forget it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Office of Never Was (audio story)|The Office of Never Was]]'') | In Jack’s absence, Prime Minister [[The Master|Harold Saxon]] sent Torchwood Three on a "wild goose chase" mission away from [[Great Britain]] to the [[Himalayas]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') Jack reunited with them after their return to Cardiff, intervening in time to kill a [[Blowfish (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang)|Blowfish]] who had taken hostages. Captain [[Captain John Hart|John]], an old colleague of Jack’s, came to Cardiff and embroiled Torchwood Three in a complex scheme. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'') In the following months, the team uncovered and wiped out an [[Cell 114|alien sleeper cell]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Sleeper (TV story)|Sleeper]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Serenity (audio story)|Serenity]]'') awoke Tommy and sent him back through time to resolve the temporal crisis at [[St Teilo's Hospital|St Telio’s Hospital]], ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'') stopped a [[Water Hag]] reproducing via infections ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Something in the Water (novel)|Something in the Water]]'') and shutdown [[Harries & Harries]], during which Gwen’s husband Rhys became aware of the true nature of her job. ([[TV]]: ''[[Meat (TV story)|Meat]]'') Torchwood Three also tried to help [[Michael Bellini]] escape the [[Vondrax]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Trace Memory (novel)|Trace Memory]]'') resolved a telesensual field being broadcast by a crashed alien spacecraft, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Everyone Says Hello (audio story)|Everyone Says Hello]]'') were embroiled in the conflict between [[The Light (The Twilight Streets)|the Light]] and [[The Dark (The Twilight Streets)|the Dark]] by Bilis Manger, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Twilight Streets (novel)|The Twilight Streets]]'') stopped [[Patrick Jefferson]] trapping people he deemed sinners in another dimension, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[In the Shadows (audio story)|In the Shadows]]'') and were briefly infiltrated by [[Adam Smith|Adam]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Adam (TV story)|Adam]]'') Tosh went to London after being contacted by a Torchwood One survivor, [[Stephen Heinz]], about mysterious disappearances and discovered the cause was an alien computer virus. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Torchwood cascade CDRIP.tor (audio story)|torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor]]'') Ianto led the shut down of [[Oliver (The Office of Never Was)|Oliver Milne’s]] business, which was run using brain augmentation technology supplied by the Committee. Torchwood’s actions accidentally led to the deaths of all the office’s staff. Ianto covered up Torchwood’s involvement from the subsequent inquiry and retconned himself to forget it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Office of Never Was (audio story)|The Office of Never Was]]'') | ||
[[UNIT]] medical officer Dr [[Martha Jones]] came in briefly at Jack’s request in order to provide support during an investigation of a series of unusual murders, which they connected to experiments with [[Reset]] at [[the Pharm]]. Owen died after being shot by the [[Aaron Copley|Pharm’s Director]] during the shut down of the organisation. ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'') He was resurrected but without signs of life via a second Resurrection gauntlet, which Jack had assumed would be temporary. This led to a personification of [[Death (Dead Man Walking)|Death]] manifesting through Owen, which he eventually defeated. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'') This lead to Dr Jones staying with Torchwood somewhat longer than anticipated whilst Owen recovered from his undeath. Owen returned to duty as the only one who could infiltrate alien collector [[Henry Parker|Henry Parker’s]] residence, due to him being undead and expelling no heat, to investigate a mysterious energy surge. It transpired the energy surge was simply a harmless alien artefact which was delivering a message. Content Owen was ready to return to work, Martha departed. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Day in the Death (TV story)|A Day in the Death]]'') | [[UNIT]] medical officer Dr [[Martha Jones]] came in briefly at Jack’s request in order to provide support during an investigation of a series of unusual murders, which they connected to experiments with [[Reset]] at [[the Pharm]]. Owen died after being shot by the [[Aaron Copley|Pharm’s Director]] during the shut down of the organisation. ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'') He was resurrected but without signs of life via a second Resurrection gauntlet, which Jack had assumed would be temporary. This led to a personification of [[Death (Dead Man Walking)|Death]] manifesting through Owen, which he eventually defeated. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'') This lead to Dr Jones staying with Torchwood somewhat longer than anticipated whilst Owen recovered from his undeath. Owen returned to duty as the only one who could infiltrate alien collector [[Henry Parker|Henry Parker’s]] residence, due to him being undead and expelling no heat, to investigate a mysterious energy surge. It transpired the energy surge was simply a harmless alien artefact which was delivering a message. Content Owen was ready to return to work, Martha departed. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Day in the Death (TV story)|A Day in the Death]]'') | ||
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Reduced to just three, Torchwood Three resolved to carry on. ([[TV]]: ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'') In the weeks following Owen and Tosh’s deaths, Jack served as surrogate parent for the next [[Ruler of the Yalnix]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Expectant (audio story)|Expectant]]'') and Martha invited the team to [[CERN]] to investigate a series of disappearances amongst | Reduced to just three, Torchwood Three resolved to carry on. ([[TV]]: ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'') In the weeks following Owen and Tosh’s deaths, Jack served as surrogate parent for the next [[Ruler of the Yalnix]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Expectant (audio story)|Expectant]]'') and Martha invited the team to [[CERN]] to investigate a series of disappearances amongst UNIT personnel. The team discovered Dr [[Oliver Harrington|Harrington]] was responsible, having been tricked by an alien entity posing as his dead wife. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lost Souls (audio story)|Lost Souls]]'') | ||
[[File:Dalek in Torchwood3 JourneysEnd.jpg|thumb|The [[Dalek]]s break into Torchwood Three. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]''/''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')|alt=]] | [[File:Dalek in Torchwood3 JourneysEnd.jpg|thumb|The [[Dalek]]s break into Torchwood Three. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]''/''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')|alt=]] | ||
In mid-[[2009]], Torchwood Three was called upon by former [[Prime Minister]] [[Harriet Jones]] via the [[subwave network|sub-wave network]] along with [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and Martha Jones in an effort to contact the Tenth Doctor during the [[21st century Dalek invasion|Dalek invasion of 2009]]. Jack, Gwen and Ianto used the [[Rift Manipulator]] in conjunction with Sarah Jane's supercomputer [[Mr Smith]] to amplify the signal of Martha's [[superphone]] to break the signal barrier and reach the Doctor. Jack left the team behind to assist the Doctor, whilst a Dalek saucer traced the signal to the Torchwood Hub. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') Gwen and Ianto were saved from Dalek extermination by the [[time-lock]] invented by Tosh before she died along with the [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor]] blowing up the Dalek fleet's [[dalekanium]] casings on the [[Crucible]]. The two were later called upon by the Doctor himself to help assist his [[TARDIS]] via Rift Manipulator in its effort to move the Earth back to its regular orbit. Afterwards Jack returned to the team. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') | In mid-[[2009]], Torchwood Three was called upon by former [[Prime Minister]] [[Harriet Jones]] via the [[subwave network|sub-wave network]] along with [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and Martha Jones in an effort to contact the Tenth Doctor during the [[21st century Dalek invasion|Dalek invasion of 2009]]. Jack, Gwen and Ianto used the [[Rift Manipulator]] in conjunction with Sarah Jane's supercomputer [[Mr Smith]] to amplify the signal of Martha's [[superphone]] to break the signal barrier and reach the Doctor. Jack left the team behind to assist the Doctor, whilst a Dalek saucer traced the signal to the Torchwood Hub. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') Gwen and Ianto were saved from Dalek extermination by the [[time-lock]] invented by Tosh before she died along with the [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor]] blowing up the Dalek fleet's [[dalekanium]] casings on the [[Crucible]]. The two were later called upon by the Doctor himself to help assist his [[TARDIS]] via Rift Manipulator in its effort to move the Earth back to its regular orbit. Afterwards Jack returned to the team. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') | ||
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After helping repair a [[Keranium]] spacecraft, Torchwood Three faced the outbreak of the [[Good Thinking]] virus in Cardiff. Whilst Jack was infected in the Hub, Ianto used soft light projection to contact [[Norton Folgate]] for information on the original outbreak in the 1950s. After he died, Jack was collected by [[Heights Pharmaceuticals]] and taken to the [[Emergency Response Centre]], being followed by Ianto. They discovered Heights had leaked the virus accidentally and were now vaccinating with [[Provictus]], an improved variant of the virus capable of uploading people’s thoughts to a Data Core. Jack activated a trojan horse in his data, which had been uploaded to the Date Core when he died of Good Thinking, to shut down Provictus whilst Gwen helped distribute a true cure developed from his blood. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Outbreak (audio story)|Outbreak]]'') | After helping repair a [[Keranium]] spacecraft, Torchwood Three faced the outbreak of the [[Good Thinking]] virus in Cardiff. Whilst Jack was infected in the Hub, Ianto used soft light projection to contact [[Norton Folgate]] for information on the original outbreak in the 1950s. After he died, Jack was collected by [[Heights Pharmaceuticals]] and taken to the [[Emergency Response Centre]], being followed by Ianto. They discovered Heights had leaked the virus accidentally and were now vaccinating with [[Provictus]], an improved variant of the virus capable of uploading people’s thoughts to a Data Core. Jack activated a trojan horse in his data, which had been uploaded to the Date Core when he died of Good Thinking, to shut down Provictus whilst Gwen helped distribute a true cure developed from his blood. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Outbreak (audio story)|Outbreak]]'') | ||
Torchwood Three responded to the scene of a spaceship crash at the same time as UNIT and found a dead body that UNIT had missed. Gwen took to a UNIT [[victim-retrieval station]] in [[Hereford]] for Martha to autopsy, whilst Jack and Ianto found chamelon technology at the crash site. Gwen and Martha discovered the corpse was actually a live [[Chameleon (Dissected)|chameleon]] and destroyed the base to stop it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dissected (audio story)|Dissected]]'') | Torchwood Three responded to the scene of a spaceship crash at the same time as UNIT and found a dead body that UNIT had missed. Gwen took it to a UNIT [[victim-retrieval station]] in [[Hereford]] for Martha to autopsy, whilst Jack and Ianto found chamelon technology at the crash site. Gwen and Martha discovered the corpse was actually a live [[Chameleon (Dissected)|chameleon]] and destroyed the base to stop it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dissected (audio story)|Dissected]]'') | ||
Torchwood Three investigated [[Joanna Carew]]‘s remarkable recovery and discovered she had been helped by an alien entity, [[Fitzroy (The Devil and Miss Carew)|Fitzroy]]. They stopped her disabling human technology with a virus to allow Fitzroy to arrive on Earth. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Devil and Miss Carew (audio story)|The Devil and Miss Carew]]'') Torchwood pursued an alien with a [[plasma cannon]] on the [[Severn Bridge]]. Jack shooting him caused a massive hole in both the alien and the bridge, causing the [[Torchwood SUV|SUV]] to fall underwater where Torchwood heard a [[Parasite (Submission)|parasite]]’s call. They traced the call to the [[Mariana Trench]] and collaborated with UNIT to investigate, being supplied with the ''[[USS Calvin]]'' and ''[[Octopus Rock]]'' and accompanied by [[Carlie Roberts]]. They discovered the source was an alien parasite seeking a new host and killed it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Submission (audio story)|Submission]]'') | Torchwood Three investigated [[Joanna Carew]]‘s remarkable recovery and discovered she had been helped by an alien entity, [[Fitzroy (The Devil and Miss Carew)|Fitzroy]]. They stopped her disabling human technology with a virus to allow Fitzroy to arrive on Earth. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Devil and Miss Carew (audio story)|The Devil and Miss Carew]]'') Torchwood pursued an alien with a [[plasma cannon]] on the [[Severn Bridge]]. Jack shooting him caused a massive hole in both the alien and the bridge, causing the [[Torchwood SUV|SUV]] to fall underwater where Torchwood heard a [[Parasite (Submission)|parasite]]’s call. They traced the call to the [[Mariana Trench]] and collaborated with UNIT to investigate, being supplied with the ''[[USS Calvin]]'' and ''[[Octopus Rock]]'' and accompanied by [[Carlie Roberts]]. They discovered the source was an alien parasite seeking a new host and killed it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Submission (audio story)|Submission]]'') | ||
