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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 a woman of her time, she had a degree in [[physics]] from the [[University of Oxford]]. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'') | Unusually for a woman of her time, she had a degree in [[physics]] from the [[University of Oxford]]. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'') | ||
In [[June]] [[1918]], she and [[Gerald Kneale]] 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]].'' | ||
