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Captain John Hart (Torchwood)
Captain John Hart, played by James Marsters, is a fictional character from the BBC science fiction television programme ''Torchwood''. He is introduced in the episode " Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang"—the first episode of ''Torchwood''s second series. Whilst the character has not featured subsequently to the second series finale, he went on to appear in a '' Torchwood Magazine'' comic strip and Marsters has stated his interest in reprising the role on more than one occasion. In his first appearance, John Hart is as a rogue Time Agent and former partner of the series' lead male character Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) both professionally and sexually. Whilst the original function of the Time Agency—stated to have ceased operation by the time Hart appears —is left unspecified, John's own backstory is briefly given: as well as having had a relationship with Jack, he has been in rehab for an addiction to alcohol, drugs, sex and murder. John leaves Earth disgraced after his initial s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain John Hart
Captain John Hart may refer to: *Captain John Hart (Torchwood), fictional character on Torchwood TV Series *John Hart (South Australian colonist) Captain John Hart CMG (25 February 1809 – 28 January 1873) was a South Australian politician and a Premier of South Australia. Early life The son of journalist/newspaper publisher John Harriott Hart and Mary Hart ''née'' Glanville, John ... (1809–1873), sailor, businessman, and premier of South Australia See also * John Hart (other) {{hndis, Hart, Captain John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwen Cooper
Gwen Cooper is a fictional character portrayed by Welsh actress Eve Myles in the BBC science-fiction television programme ''Torchwood'', a spin-off of the long-running series ''Doctor Who''. The lead female character, Gwen featured in every episode of the show's 2006–2011 run, as well as two 2008 crossover episodes of ''Doctor Who''. Gwen appears in Expanded Universe material such as the List of Torchwood novels and audio books, ''Torchwood'' novels and audiobooks, List of Torchwood comics, comic books and List of Torchwood episodes#Radio plays (2008–2009), radio plays. Within the series narrative, Gwen is a South Wales Police officer who discovers the mysterious Torchwood Institute, into which she is recruited by Jack Harkness (John Barrowman). Gwen initially operates as a field agent, bringing a humane and rounded approach to the team's investigations of the Extraterrestrial life, extraterrestrial. Gwen's work begins to take a toll on her personal life in the first series ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth David-Lloyd
Gareth David Lloyd (born 28 March 1981), known professionally as Gareth David-Lloyd, is a Welsh actor and writer best known for his role as Ianto Jones in the British science fiction series ''Torchwood.'' Early life He was born in Bettws, Newport. David-Lloyd's first acting role was as a robot in a junior school play. As a teenager, he joined the Gwent Young People's Theatre in Abergavenny and The Dolman Youth Theatre in Newport. While there, he appeared in several plays, including ''Macbeth'', ''The Threepenny Opera'' and ''Henry V (play), Henry V'', in which he played the title role. Gareth studied Performing Arts at Crosskeys College in South Wales. When former Labour Party (UK), Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock saw the young David-Lloyd performing at Monmouth, Monmouth Castle, he sent him £250 to use towards his acting career. Career Music David-Lloyd fronts the progressive metal band Blue Gillespie, previously known as A Breath of Blue Fire. The band participated in Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miracle Day
''Torchwood: Miracle Day'' is the fourth and final series of the British science fiction television programme ''Torchwood'', a spin-off from the long-running show ''Doctor Who''. In contrast to the first three series, which were produced by the BBC, the fourth series was a British–American co-production involving the BBC's drama production house BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Worldwide and the U.S. premium network Starz. It was broadcast in ten episodes beginning on 8 July 2011 (U.S.) and 14 July 2011 (UK). The central plot of ''Miracle Day'' is that suddenly no one on Earth can die, which impels increasingly troublesome legislative changes around the world as the global population soars. In addition to a number of new American cast members and guest actors, showrunner Russell T Davies recruited several American television writers to write for ''Miracle Day'', including Jane Espenson, John Shiban and Doris Egan. British writer John Fay also returned to write for the series, under D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of Earth
''Children of Earth'' is the banner title of the third and penultimate series of the British television science fiction programme ''Torchwood'', which broadcast for five episodes on BBC One from 6 to 10 July 2009. The series had new producer Peter Bennett and was directed by Euros Lyn, who had considerable experience on the revived '' Doctor Who'', ''Torchwood's'' parent show. ''Torchwood'' is a series about an organization known as Torchwood which defends the Earth against alien threats. The plot of ''Children of Earth'' deals with aliens demanding the Earth's children, and a related earlier conspiracy 40 years ago; as such, Torchwood is pitted against the British government when the government attempts to conceal its past actions and concede to the present-day aliens' demands. The first, third, and fifth episodes of the serial were written by executive producer Russell T Davies, who also conceived its overall storyline. The third episode was co-written by James Moran whilst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Heist
"Time Heist" is the fifth episode of the Doctor Who (series 8), eighth series of the British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who''. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 20 September 2014. The episode was written by Stephen Thompson (writer), Stephen Thompson and Steven Moffat, and directed by Douglas Mackinnon. In the episode, the alien Time travel in fiction, time traveller Twelfth Doctor, the Doctor (Peter Capaldi), along with human companion Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman), mutant human Saibra (Pippa Bennett-Warner), and augmented human Psi (Jonathan Bailey), get recruited to break into and rob the secure Bank of Karabraxos, which is protected by a telepathic alien called the Teller (Ross Mullan). The episode was watched by 6.99 million viewers in the UK, receiving generally positive reviews from television critics. Plot In Clara Oswald, Clara's flat, the Twelfth Doctor answers the TARDIS's phone; both are surprised to find themselves in a room with two others: Psi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cryopreservation
Cryo-preservation or cryo-conservation is a process where Organism, organisms, organelles, cell (biology), cells, Biological tissue, tissues, extracellular matrix, Organ (anatomy), organs, or any other biological constructs susceptible to damage caused by unregulated chemical kinetics are preserved by cooling to very low temperatures (typically using solid carbon dioxide or using liquid nitrogen). At low enough temperatures, any Enzyme, enzymatic or chemical activity which might cause damage to the biological material in question is effectively stopped. Cryopreservation methods seek to reach low temperatures without causing additional damage caused by the formation of ice crystals during freezing. Traditional cryopreservation has relied on coating the material to be frozen with a class of molecules termed cryoprotectants. New methods are being investigated due to the inherent toxicity of many cryoprotectants. Cryoconservation of animal genetic resources is done with the intentio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fragments (Torchwood)
"Fragments" is the twelfth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series ''Torchwood'', which was broadcast on BBC Three on 21 March 2008. The episode follows four members of the alien-hunting team Torchwood having flashbacks to how they were recruited after getting trapped under debris. Plot Synopsis After the team gets signs of an unidentified life form, they (apart from Gwen, who is running late) go to investigate. Searching an abandoned building, the team discover they've been trapped and the building explodes. The explosion causes the team to be trapped in various places; unable to contact each other. Gwen and Rhys arrive (Rhys having given Gwen a lift), and as they dig everyone out, the team's lives flash before their eyes revealing how Jack, Ianto, Owen, and Toshiko were recruited by Torchwood. Jack's story In the Victorian era, Jack is picked up by two women - Alice Guppy and Emily Holroyd - who have noticed his immortality and his num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio channels, it is funded by the television licence, and is therefore free of commercial advertising. It is a comparatively well-funded public-service network, regularly attaining a much higher audience share than most public-service networks worldwide. Originally styled BBC2, it was the third British television station to be launched (starting on 21 April 1964), and from 1 July 1967, Europe's first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour. It was envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming, and while this tendency has continued to date, most special-interest programmes of a kind previously broadcast on BBC Two, for example the BBC Proms, no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naoko Mori
(born 29 November 1971) is a Japanese actress based in the United Kingdom. She is known for her roles as Toshiko Sato in ''Doctor Who'' and ''Torchwood'', Yasuko Namba in ''Everest'', Sarah in ''Absolutely Fabulous'' and Nicola in '' Spice World''. Early life Naoko Mori was born on 29 November 1971 in Nagoya, Japan, to a Ryukyuan mother and a Japanese American father. When Mori was four years old, she moved to New Jersey due to her father's work. She returned to Japan when she was ten and moved to London two years later. When her parents were posted back to Japan, Mori was given the choice of either moving back to Japan with her parents or remaining in London on her own."The Wright Stuff – Naoko Mori and the papers" YouTube video She chose to stay in London, partly because she wanted to finish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toshiko Sato
is a fictional character from the television series ''Doctor Who'' and its Spin-off (media), spin-off ''Torchwood'', played by Naoko Mori. After a one-off appearance in the ''Doctor Who'' episode "Aliens of London" (2005), Toshiko is re-introduced as a series regular in the ''Torchwood'' 2006 premiere episode "Everything Changes (Torchwood), Everything Changes". The character appears in every episode of the show's first two series as well as Expanded Universe material including List of Torchwood novels and audio books, ''Torchwood'' novels, audiobooks and List of Torchwood comics, comic strips. Within the series narrative, Toshiko is the Cardiff branch of Torchwood's "technical expert", described as "quiet but highly intelligent", and a "computer genius". Aside from lead character Jack Harkness, she is the regular character with the longest history with the Torchwood Institute, having been recruited three years prior to the series. Her characterisation explores the differences b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
