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Lisa Hallett
This is a list of characters from the British science fiction television programme ''Torchwood'', created by Russell T Davies. This list includes main characters, recurring characters and important guest characters. The main characters typically function as a team, defending the planet from alien and nefarious human threats. The series operated with a "monster of the week" format for its first two series before adopting a serial-based format for its third and fourth series, which feature an extended recurring cast of supporting characters. Main characters Jack Harkness Jack Harkness, played by Scottish-American actor John Barrowman, is the leader of Torchwood Three. A former Time Agent born in the 51st century, Jack had two years of his memories wiped by the Time Agency and subsequently became a con man operating in the 20th century, where he stole the name of "Captain Jack Harkness"; his real name is unknown. After meeting the Ninth Doctor in ''Doctor Who'', Jack reformed and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Television Science Fiction
British television science fiction refers to popular programmes in the genre that have been produced by both the BBC and Britain's largest commercial channel, ITV (TV network), ITV. The BBC's ''Doctor Who'' is listed in the ''Guinness World Records'' as the longest-running science fiction television show in the world as well as the "most successful" science fiction series of all time. Early years The first known science fiction on television, science fiction television programme was produced by the BBC's prewar BBC Television, television service. On 11 February 1938, a thirty-five-minute adapted extract of the play ''R.U.R.'', written by the Czech playwright Karel Čapek, was broadcast Live television, live from the BBC's Alexandra Palace studios. Concerning a Future of the Earth, future world in which robots rise up against their human masters, it was the only piece of science fiction to be produced until the BBC television service resumed after the war. Only a few on-set publi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unquiet Dead
"The Unquiet Dead" is the third episode of the first series of the British science-fiction television programme '' Doctor Who'', first broadcast on 9 April 2005 on BBC One. It was written by Mark Gatiss and directed by Euros Lyn. In the episode, the alien time traveller the Ninth Doctor ( Christopher Eccleston) and his companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) travel to Victorian Cardiff on Christmas Eve, 1869 where there have been sightings of strange gas-like creatures. The Doctor and Rose team up with Charles Dickens (Simon Callow) to investigate Mr Sneed ( Alan David), a man who runs a funeral parlour where it seems that corpses have come to life. It is revealed that the gaseous Gelth (voiced by Zoe Thorne) have entered Cardiff through a Rift, and wish to survive by taking over the corpses. "The Unquiet Dead" is the first episode of the revival to be set in the past, and was intended to show the series' range. The original brief and script included a focus on mediums and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Torchwood Items
This is a list of extraterrestrial, supernatural, otherworldly and futuristic items featured in the BBC science-fiction drama ''Torchwood'' and its spin-off media. 0-9 3-D glasses :Originally used by the Tenth Doctor in "Doomsday" to detect particles from the void between universes, Jack Harkness now owns a pair which he keeps on his desk (" Small Worlds"). A Alien knife :''See Life knife'' Alien pendant :A communication device used by the inhabitants of Mary's home planet of Arcateen 5. It allows the wearer to hear thoughts and feelings of others; it can backfire if the ones the wearer is listening to have terrible secrets. The only known pendant on Earth was destroyed by Toshiko Sato in " Greeks Bearing Gifts". As Tosh pointed out, the only truthful thing Mary said about the pendant is that it can be too much for the wearer to handle. Amnesia pill :Amnesia pills to cause someone to forget recent memories. The amnesia can be cured if the person's memories are triggere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonic Screwdriver
The sonic screwdriver is a fictional multi-tool, multifunctional tool in the British television science fiction, British science fiction television programme ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs, used by The Doctor (Doctor Who), the Doctor. Like the TARDIS, it has become one of the icons of the programme, and Spin-off (media), spin-off media such as ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'' and ''Torchwood'' have replicated its functions in devices such as the sonic lipstick, sonic blaster, sonic probe, and sonic modulator. The sonic screwdriver was introduced in 1968 in the story ''Fury from the Deep'', and used twice more (''The Dominators'' and ''The War Games'') during the Second Doctor's tenure. It became a popular tool for the Third Doctor and Fourth Doctor. It was written out of the series in 1982 due to the limitations it caused when writing for the show. It then featured briefly in the 1996 Doctor Who (film), ''Doctor Who'' television movie, before making a full return in the 2005 cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
