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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]], | In [[June]] [[1918]], [[Gerald Kneale]] and she investigated alleged hauntings (actually [[time shift]]s from [[2008|ninety years in the future]]) at [[St Teilo's Hospital]] in [[Cardiff]]. They escorted [[Tommy Brockless]] out of his ward to ensure his [[cryogenic]] freezing and returned the "future" Tommy to his native time to ensure history would take its proper course. She died one year later at the age of twenty-six while in active service. ([[TW]]: ''[[To the Last Man]]'') She worked alongside [[Jack Harkness]]. ([[TM]]: ''[[Rift War!]]'') | ||
:''As a physicist, Derbyshire might have had a hand in the creation of the [[Rift Manipulator]], which is known to have been under construction circa [[1913]].'' | :''As a physicist, Derbyshire might have had a hand in the creation of the [[Rift Manipulator]], which is known to have been under construction circa [[1913]].'' | ||
She asked and received a favour from a [[British Army]] [[Army Officer (Rift War!)|officer]] | 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. ([[TM]]: ''[[Rift War!]]'') | ||
Following her death in [[1919]], Derbysire's body remained in [[cryogenic]] suspension in the morgue 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 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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