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[[Mandeville Walk]] is the most haunted street in [[1950s]] [[Soho]]. [[Norton Folgate]] has come to confront ghosts of his own, but finds himself caught up in a government cover-up. [[Andy Davidson]] is being hunted by demons. What really happened on Mandeville Walk?

:[[Torchwood One|Torchwood]] visits the most haunted street in [[London]].

:Norton Folgate ruins a carpet. Andy worries about a wall.

:An ancient force awakens.

:The demons and ghosts arise. Torchwood learns a lesson.

:The grisly secret of the gentleman callers.

:As London falls, everyone turns to Norton Folgate.

== Plot ==

The [[clock]] has stopped. [[Tilly (The Unbegotten)|Tilly]] says that "they" are coming and asks [[the Man Who Wasn't]] if he is ready to breathe yet.

Tilly says that "he" is coming and that it is time. Time will start again.

Dr Salt is at a bomb site when he is disturbed by the woman, who tells him that he might have to dig to find what he is looking for. He might not find it for another year but, when he does, it will be beautiful.

Having been tired since returning to the knocking shop, Lizbeth and Andy fall asleep. Andy is awoken by scratching in the walls and wakes Lizbeth up before going to investigate. He finds a bulge around a crack, as though something has been pushing against it, and pushes against it. Tilly's body is inside the wall, her [[fingernail]]s damaged from trying to scratch her way out.

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.

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.

Armitage has set up a ''cordon sanitaire'' around Mandeville Walk and stops Norton when he tries to leave, fleeing the crater demons, and has him thrown back in. Lizbeth and Lyme find him unconscious and carry him into the pub where Dr Salt is of no use and Mia gives him [[crème de menthe]]. Armitage arrives in an [[anti-radiation suit]] and introduces himself to Lizbeth and Lyme before speaking with Norton on their own, telling him that a [[missile]] will be launched to destroy Mandeville Walk unless Norton comes up with a solution. Armitage recognises Dr Salt from [[12 April]] [[1942]].

Dr Salt, insisting that he is actually a [[professor]] with no [[medicine|medical]] skills, tells Norton and Lizbeth that he was part of Torchwood and came to Mandeville Walk in search of something which was later found by a bomb squad. They take him back to the pub to get the full story out of him; he tried to prevent the government from taking the artefact, but Armitage dismissed him and the artefact was blown up. Tilly tried to stop them, saying that the artefact was beautiful.

[[Dotty's mother|A woman]] follows her daughter, [[Dotty (The Unbegotten)|Dotty]], out of the bomb shelter beneath St Thomas's and into the crypt. She looks for her with Helena's help.

Tilly gives the Man some [[bandage]]s as he is still lacking skin. He visits Norton and Lizbeth at the knocking shop, telling them that he is a ghost of the future and that he has been feeding on the dead and the living on Mandeville Walk. Now he needs more.

Norton and Lizbeth flee from the man and run into Andy and Lyme, similarly fleeing from the ghosts of the crypt. Norton goes to speak with Armitage, whose men are keeping the ghosts from escaping the street, and tells him that Lizbeth, Andy and Lyme are already dead and to launch the missile. The missile, however, has already been launched and will arrive in thirty minutes. Norton returns to the street to be with his friends, giving Armitage a kiss, and tells them that he has stopped the missile strike.

== Crew ==

* Senior Producer - [[David Richardson]]

* Additional Themes - [[Ben Foster]]