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'''Harriet Derbyshire''' (c.[[1893]]-[[1919]]) worked for [[Torchwood 3|Torchwood's branch in Cardiff]] in [[1918]]. | '''Harriet Derbyshire''' (c.[[1893]]-[[1919]]) worked for [[Torchwood 3|Torchwood's branch in Cardiff]] in [[1918]]. | ||
Unusually for her time, she had a degree in [[physics]] from the [[University of Oxford]]. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'') Alongside [[Gerald | Unusually for a woman of her time, she had a degree in [[physics]] from the [[University of Oxford]]. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'') | ||
Alongside [[Gerald Kneale]], her colleague from [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]], she investigated alleged "hauntings" (actually [[time shift]]s from [[2008|90 years in the future]]) at [[St Teilo's Hospital]] in [[Cardiff]]. They both escorted [[Tommy Brockless]] out of his ward to ensure his [[cryogenic]] freezing and returned the "future" Tommy back to his native time so as to ensure that history would take its proper course. She died one year later at the age of 26 while in active service. ([[TW]]: ''[[To the Last Man]]'') She worked alongside [[Jack Harkness]]. ([[TWM]]: ''[[Rift War!]]'') | |||
:''As a physicist, Derbyshire might have had a hand in the creation of the [[Rift Manipulator]], which is known to be under construction circa [[1913]].'' | :''As a physicist, Derbyshire might have had a hand in the creation of the [[Rift Manipulator]], which is known to be under construction circa [[1913]].'' | ||
She asked and received a favour from a [[British Army]] [[Army Officer (Rift War!)|officer]]: she wanted to borrow a [[tank]] and travelled to [[2008]] to use it. ([[TWM]]: ''[[Rift War!]]'') | She asked and received a favour from a [[British Army]] [[Army Officer (Rift War!)|officer]]: she wanted to borrow a [[tank]] and travelled to [[2008]] to use it. ([[TWM]]: ''[[Rift War!]]'') | ||
Following her death in [[1919]], Derbysire's body remained in [[cryogenic]] suspension in the morgue located in the Hub, in Bay 15. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'') <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/sites/arg/pages/episodes.shtml?folder=tw_case_ep13&tab=3 BBC Torchwood ''Exit Wounds'']</ref> Whether her body was destroyed along with the rest of the Hub in 2009 is unknown. ([[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One]]'') | Following her death in [[1919]], Derbysire's body remained in [[cryogenic]] suspension in the morgue located in the Hub, in Bay 15. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'') <ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/sites/arg/pages/episodes.shtml?folder=tw_case_ep13&tab=3 BBC Torchwood ''Exit Wounds'']</ref> Whether her body was destroyed along with the rest of the Hub in 2009 is unknown. ([[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One]]'') | ||
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