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The TARDIS shows up in a park near Jackie's flat so that Rose can visit her mother and do some laundry (apparently the TARDIS lacks a washer / dryer). Jackie greets them and asks if they want to stay and see her visiting father, which confuses and concerns Rose, as her grandfather died when she was ten. An insubstantial grey "ghost" appears and Jackie introduces it to Rose and the Doctor. The concerned Doctor finds out from watching television that this is happening all over the world, and with Rose and an unwilling Jackie in tow quickly traces the source of the "ghosts" to a building that houses the Torchwood Institute, a secret British government organisation with a mandate of protecting the United Kingdom and Earth at any cost (originally conceived by Queen Victoria after her encounter with the Doctor in 1879). |
The TARDIS shows up in a park near Jackie's flat so that Rose can visit her mother and do some laundry (apparently the TARDIS lacks a washer / dryer). Jackie greets them and asks if they want to stay and see her visiting father, which confuses and concerns Rose, as her grandfather died when she was ten. An insubstantial grey "ghost" appears and Jackie introduces it to Rose and the Doctor. The concerned Doctor finds out from watching television that this is happening all over the world, and with Rose and an unwilling Jackie in tow quickly traces the source of the "ghosts" to a building that houses the Torchwood Institute, a secret British government organisation with a mandate of protecting the United Kingdom and Earth at any cost (originally conceived by Queen Victoria after her encounter with the Doctor in 1879). |
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It is Torchwood who are causing the "ghost shift" as they try to tap into a source of extra-dimensional energy. They also show the Doctor a mysterious globe that he informs them is a "void ship", a craft designed to travel the non-existent space between parallel dimensions. The Doctor tells the head of Torchwood, Yvonne Hartman, that the void ship's entry into the Earth dimension damaged the barrier between universes, and that each time they activate a ghost shift, they are damaging it further, which will eventually cause the barrier to collapse. She agrees to delay the next ghost shift, but several technicians have been taken over by Cybermen from the parallel universe of ''Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel'' and activate it anyway. |
It is Torchwood who are causing the "ghost shift" as they try to tap into a source of extra-dimensional energy. They also show the Doctor a mysterious globe that he informs them is a "void ship", a craft designed to travel the non-existent space between parallel dimensions. The Doctor tells the head of Torchwood, Yvonne Hartman, that the void ship's entry into the Earth dimension damaged the barrier between universes, and that each time they activate a ghost shift, they are damaging it further, which will eventually cause the barrier to collapse. She agrees to delay the next ghost shift, but several technicians have been taken over by Cybermen from the parallel universe of ''Rise of the Cybermen / The Age of Steel'' and activate it anyway. |
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This brings some 5,000,000 Cybermen across the dimensional gap all over the world, even inside Torchwood, where they begin changing the operatives, including Yvonne, into Cybermen. In the void ship room Rose meets Mickey, who has also crossed the dimensions, and they watch as the void ship begins to open. Mickey tells Rose that the Cybermen left their original dimension some time ago, then hoists a weapon designed to kill them, only to stare in disbelief with Rose as a group of four Daleks emerge from the void ship. |
This brings some 5,000,000 Cybermen across the dimensional gap all over the world, even inside Torchwood, where they begin changing the operatives, including Yvonne, into Cybermen. In the void ship room Rose meets Mickey, who has also crossed the dimensions, and they watch as the void ship begins to open. Mickey tells Rose that the Cybermen left their original dimension some time ago, then hoists a weapon designed to kill them, only to stare in disbelief with Rose as a group of four Daleks emerge from the void ship. |
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: "I should say "Allons-y" more often..." He will, but he won't find anyone called "Alonso" to say it to for a while. |
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "I should say "Allons-y" more often..." He will, but he won't find anyone called "Alonso" to say it to for a while. |
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* [[Call Back]] : The way the Cybermen hiding in Torchwood reveal themselves is a homage to the way the Mondas Cybermen clawed their way out of their pods in ''Tomb of the Cybermen''. |
* [[Call Back]] : The way the Cybermen hiding in Torchwood reveal themselves is a homage to the way the Mondas Cybermen clawed their way out of their pods in ''Tomb of the Cybermen''. |
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** That sarcophogus at Torchwood looks...[[Doctor Who/Recap/S13 |
** That sarcophogus at Torchwood looks...[[Doctor Who/Recap/S13/E03 Pyramids of Mars|somewhat familiar.]] |
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* [[Continuity Nod]]: The Gelth from "The Unquiet Dead" are mentioned as a possible explanation for the ghosts. |
* [[Continuity Nod]]: The Gelth from "The Unquiet Dead" are mentioned as a possible explanation for the ghosts. |
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* [[Dead Line News]]: "They're not ghosts! They're metal men-AAAGH!" |
* [[Dead Line News]]: "They're not ghosts! They're metal men-AAAGH!" |
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