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:Torchwood visits the most haunted street in London. | :[[Torchwood One|Torchwood]] visits the most haunted street in [[London]]. | ||
:3.2 The Ghost Wall | :3.2 The Ghost Wall | ||
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The [[clock]] has stopped. [[Tilly (The Unbegotten)|Tilly]] says that "they" are coming and asks a man if he is ready to breathe yet. | The [[clock]] has stopped. [[Tilly (The Unbegotten)|Tilly]] says that "they" are coming and asks a man if he is ready to breathe yet. | ||
[[Norton Folgate|Norton]] takes [[Andy Davidson|Andy]] and [[Lizbeth Hayhoe|Lizbeth]] to [[Mandeville Walk]], a [[street]] in [[Soho]] supposedly haunted by [[ghost]]s and [[crater demon]]s, and tells them that the [[Torchwood One|Torchwood]] file on the street is mysteriously missing. They arrive at their temporary base, a room in | [[Norton Folgate|Norton]] takes [[Andy Davidson|Andy]] and [[Lizbeth Hayhoe|Lizbeth]] to [[Mandeville Walk]], a [[street]] in [[Soho]] supposedly haunted by [[ghost]]s and [[crater demon]]s, and tells them that the [[Torchwood One|Torchwood]] file on the street is mysteriously missing. They arrive at their temporary base, a room in [[18 Mandeville Walk|a knocking shop]], and Lizbeth pretends to be a [[prostitute]] when there is a knocking at the door. When Norton goes to check that they are not being spied on, he finds nobody there. | ||
When Andy is hesitant to investigate the bombed [[St Thomas's]], which has now become a [[car park]] and a [[soup kitchen]], Norton goes to speak with [[Brompton (The Unbegotten)|Reverend Brompton]] instead before spotting [[Gideon Lyme|Lyme]] working at the soup kitchen. Lyme is working there whilst he works out what he is going to do next, having broken up with Norton, and asks him to leave him be. | When Andy is hesitant to investigate the bombed [[St Thomas's]], which has now become a [[car park]] and a [[soup kitchen]], Norton goes to speak with [[Brompton (The Unbegotten)|Reverend Brompton]] instead before spotting [[Gideon Lyme|Lyme]] working at the soup kitchen. Lyme is working there whilst he works out what he is going to do next, having broken up with Norton, and asks him to leave him be. | ||
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=== The Taken (3) === | === The Taken (3) === | ||
''to be | Dressed in a space suit, Norton carries out proper [[science|scientific]] tests to prove that the phenomena on Mandeville Walk is not caused by ghosts and finds that the ground is saturated with [[radiation]]. He invites Lyme to join him in assisting the government in covering the matter up in return for power, but he refuses. Lyme believes that Mandeville Walk is being used to clear homeless people off the streets and suspects Reverend Brompton, whose wife clearly dislikes him, of knowing about it. Because of the radiation, Norton plans on having the street evacuated. | ||
Lizbeth tells Norton about the ghosts, including Tilly, and Andy sends him to have a proper talk with Lyme. Back at St Thomas's, Norton finds the walls of the [[crypt]] carved with symbols potentially dating back to the [[8th century]]. After Lyme goes to warn him about the radiation, Reverend Brompton comes down and advises Norton that those who remain at Mandeville Walk will not likely leave. | |||
The man, still without eyes, has Tilly describe the members of Torchwood to him. She says that they all seem miserable and lonely, aside from Andy. Andy returns to Jim and Judy and learns that the knocking shop took in a waif from the streets, whom he surmises was Tilly. Judy gives Andy and Jim bowls that she claims contain [[stew]], but Andy sees that they are empty despite the couple's insistence. | |||
After Lizbeth tells Mia about finding Tilly in the wall, Mia shows her a [[photograph]] in her scrapbook from [[1940]]. Mia looks no different and Dr Salt is stood on the sidelines, although he insists that was before his time and that it is not him. She points out [[Bliss (The Unbegotten)|Madam Bliss]], the then-proprietor of the knocking shop, with Tilly. Lizbeth notes that the scrapbook stops after [[the Blitz]] and that nobody in the pub can recall the end of the war on [[8 May]], [[1945]]. | |||
Lizbeth and Andy meet in the crypt where Andy suggests that Torchwood might have had something to do with what has happened to the locals by way of a massive dose of [[retcon]] as part of a cover-up. Andy fetches Lyme and suggests that the disappearance of the homeless could be due to something "Torchwoody" and that they should investigate to get Norton's attention. They hear what sounds like hunting. | |||
Norton visits Tilly's empty room and tries to communicate with her, asking what is in the church and whether he should side with Lyme or Armitage. As he is about to leave, Tilly appears and demands that he leave. He calls Armitage's club and leaves a message for him, explaining that things are worse than he thought. He hears the whistling sound of the hunt outside and sees flickering shadows on the bomb site. The crater demons are real and approaching, breaking their way into the [[telephone box]] and saying that Mandeville will walk. | |||
=== Afterwards They Came (4) === | === Afterwards They Came (4) === | ||
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* Armitage had a [[fagging|fag]] at school who was stubborn and never let out a peep, even when he branded him with a [[toasting fork]]. He sees him sometimes at the [[Foreign Office]]. | * Armitage had a [[fagging|fag]] at school who was stubborn and never let out a peep, even when he branded him with a [[toasting fork]]. He sees him sometimes at the [[Foreign Office]]. | ||
* Armitage says that "pansies" have followed in his steps since [[fifth form]]. | * Armitage says that "pansies" have followed in his steps since [[fifth form]]. | ||
* Lyme likens Norton to [[Marvin the Martian]] and [[Flash Gordon]]. | |||
* [[Harris (The Unbegotten)|Harris]] was a [[police officer]] whose beat during [[World War II]] was Mandeville Walk. He carried a flask of tea around with him and retired with [[pneumonia]]. | |||
* Jim says that Tilly acted like "[[Joan of Arc]] and [[Lady Bountiful]] wrapped into one". | |||
* Mia offers Lizbeth [[milk stout]] or a [[scotch]]. | |||
* Brompton's predecessor grew [[parsnip]]s. | |||
* [[Imber|A village]] in [[Salisbury Plain]] was cleared for military exercises and the inhabitants forbidden from returning. | |||
* Judy says that she is going to give Norton some [[stew]]. | |||
* [[Celia (The Unbegotten)|Celia]] works with Lyme at the soup kitchen. | |||
* Armitage belongs a club in [[St James's]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
