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{{quote| Played by: [[John Barrowman]] (2006-present)}}
{{quote| Played by: [[John Barrowman]] (2006-present)}}


Captain Jack Harkness is the man in charge at Torchwood: [[Genre Savvy|knowledgeable]], [[Good Thing You Can Heal|immortal]], [[Even the Guys Want Him|absolutely gorgeous]]. Originally introduced in parent show ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'', [[Came Back Wrong]] after dying, and given a spinoff because of aforementioned reasons. At his core, oscillates between [[Team Dad]] and [[Action Hero]]. We've definitely seen him be the [[Science Hero]] as well, though usually other members of the team (read: [[Asian and Nerdy|Tosh]]) have that down.
Captain Jack Harkness is the man in charge at Torchwood: [[Genre Savvy|knowledgeable]], [[Good Thing You Can Heal|immortal]], [[Even the Guys Want Him|absolutely gorgeous]]. Originally introduced in parent show ''[[Doctor Who]]'', [[Came Back Wrong]] after dying, and given a spinoff because of aforementioned reasons. At his core, oscillates between [[Team Dad]] and [[Action Hero]]. We've definitely seen him be the [[Science Hero]] as well, though usually other members of the team (read: [[Asian and Nerdy|Tosh]]) have that down.


==== For tropes from ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]'' see [[Doctor Who (TV)/Characters|the respective character page]] ====
==== For tropes from ''[[Doctor Who]]'' see [[Doctor Who/Characters|the respective character page]] ====


* [[Action Hero]]: Oh so much.
* [[Action Hero]]: Oh so much.
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* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: His [[Camp Gay]] persona.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: His [[Camp Gay]] persona.
* [[Officer and A Gentleman]]: Despite being very ''very'' sexually active.
* [[Officer and A Gentleman]]: Despite being very ''very'' sexually active.
* [[Out of Time Out of Mind]]: 1874 years of unending torture didn't seem to bother him too much. It is possible that he simply stayed dead for the duration of it, but it can't be known.
* [[Out of Time, Out of Mind]]: 1874 years of unending torture didn't seem to bother him too much. It is possible that he simply stayed dead for the duration of it, but it can't be known.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Hurt his Team and you are in for a world of pain. The Doctor has mercy. He doesn't. This is best shown on two separate occasions: first when he tricks a [[Starfish Alien]] in human form that manipulated Tosh via sex and emotions into teleporting into the heart of the sun, and when his team was captured by cannibals and he performed a [[Big Damn Heroes]] with a tractor and a pump action shotgun. A [[Team Dad]] for many the same reasons.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Hurt his Team and you are in for a world of pain. The Doctor has mercy. He doesn't. This is best shown on two separate occasions: first when he tricks a [[Starfish Alien]] in human form that manipulated Tosh via sex and emotions into teleporting into the heart of the sun, and when his team was captured by cannibals and he performed a [[Big Damn Heroes]] with a tractor and a pump action shotgun. A [[Team Dad]] for many the same reasons.
* [[Really Gets Around]]
* [[Really Gets Around]]
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{{quote| Played by: [[Eve Myles]] (2006-present)}}
{{quote| Played by: [[Eve Myles]] (2006-present)}}


Total [[The Watson|Watson]] and general [[Audience Surrogate]], Welsh Gwen joining Torchwood is where the series begins. Functions as [[The Chick]] and/or [[The Heart]], so much so that a coked-up-alien-fish [[Lampshade Hanging|calls her on it]]. An identical relative of one [[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S1 E3 The Unquiet Dead|Miss Gwyneth]] (as the Doctor gleefully tells her, a "spatial genetic multiplicity"), which may explain her talent for using resurrection gimmicks. Does not take crap from anyone.
Total [[The Watson|Watson]] and general [[Audience Surrogate]], Welsh Gwen joining Torchwood is where the series begins. Functions as [[The Chick]] and/or [[The Heart]], so much so that a coked-up-alien-fish [[Lampshade Hanging|calls her on it]]. An identical relative of one [[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S1 E3 The Unquiet Dead|Miss Gwyneth]] (as the Doctor gleefully tells her, a "spatial genetic multiplicity"), which may explain her talent for using resurrection gimmicks. Does not take crap from anyone.


* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Action Girl]]
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* [[Deuteragonist]]
* [[Deuteragonist]]
* [[Fair Cop]]: Was a police officer before joining Torchwood.
* [[Fair Cop]]: Was a police officer before joining Torchwood.
* [[Field Promotion]]: Of sorts after Series 1. [[Doctor Who (TV)|While Jack is having adventures with the Doctor]], she takes over Torchwood as the de facto leader since Cardiff is pretty much a 24/7 battlefield for weird alien shit and the actual commander was MIA.
* [[Field Promotion]]: Of sorts after Series 1. [[Doctor Who|While Jack is having adventures with the Doctor]], she takes over Torchwood as the de facto leader since Cardiff is pretty much a 24/7 battlefield for weird alien shit and the actual commander was MIA.
* [[Happily Married]]: From Series 2 onwards.
* [[Happily Married]]: From Series 2 onwards.
* [[Hot Mom]]: From ''Miracle Day'' onwards.
* [[Hot Mom]]: From ''Miracle Day'' onwards.
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{{quote| Played by: Naoko Mori (2006-08)}}
{{quote| Played by: Naoko Mori (2006-08)}}


The first member of Torchwood to appear in the [[Whoniverse]], Tosh first met the Doctor in [[Doctor Who (TV)/NS/Recap/S1 E4 Aliens of London|London]]. She's Team Torchwood's [[The Smart Guy|resident brainy chick]]. Tosh has just about [[Your Answer to Everything]], and can [[Badass Bookworm|wield a gun to boot]]. A great example of [[Intelligence Equals Isolation]], or maybe simply [[I Just Want to Have Friends]], made even more heart-breaking by her [[Oblivious to Love|epic]] [[Sleeps With Everyone but You|unrequited love]] with Owen.
The first member of Torchwood to appear in the [[Whoniverse]], Tosh first met the Doctor in [[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S1 E4 Aliens of London|London]]. She's Team Torchwood's [[The Smart Guy|resident brainy chick]]. Tosh has just about [[Your Answer to Everything]], and can [[Badass Bookworm|wield a gun to boot]]. A great example of [[Intelligence Equals Isolation]], or maybe simply [[I Just Want to Have Friends]], made even more heart-breaking by her [[Oblivious to Love|epic]] [[Sleeps With Everyone but You|unrequited love]] with Owen.


* [[Asian and Nerdy]]
* [[Asian and Nerdy]]
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* [[Relationship Upgrade]]: His relationship with Jack has a lot of buildup: he goes from loathing Jack to shagging him in season one, from shagging him to dating him in season two, and from dating him to becoming an official couple (and out to his family) in ''Children Of Earth''.
* [[Relationship Upgrade]]: His relationship with Jack has a lot of buildup: he goes from loathing Jack to shagging him in season one, from shagging him to dating him in season two, and from dating him to becoming an official couple (and out to his family) in ''Children Of Earth''.
* [[The Reliable One]]: Resents being this in the first season.
* [[The Reliable One]]: Resents being this in the first season.
* [[Right Hand Hottie]]
* [[Right-Hand Hottie]]
* [[Sharp Dressed Man]]
* [[Sharp-Dressed Man]]
* [[Submissive Badass]]
* [[Submissive Badass]]
* [[What Exactly Is His Job]]
* [[What Exactly Is His Job?]]


== Other Recurring Characters ==
== Other Recurring Characters ==
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* [[New Old Flame]]
* [[New Old Flame]]
* [[Pet the Dog]]: In the finale, he's shown to still love Jack and have some sense of honor. He's still amoral but not genuinely evil as he first appeared to be.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: In the finale, he's shown to still love Jack and have some sense of honor. He's still amoral but not genuinely evil as he first appeared to be.
* [[Psycho Ex Girlfriend|Psycho Ex Boyfriend]]: Subverted. He looks like he's blowing up Cardiff just so Jack will pay attention to him, but he's actually {{spoiler|being forced into it by Gray.}}
* [[Psycho Ex-Girlfriend|Psycho Ex Boyfriend]]: Subverted. He looks like he's blowing up Cardiff just so Jack will pay attention to him, but he's actually {{spoiler|being forced into it by Gray.}}
* [[Why Am I Ticking]]: He ends up with a bomb strapped to him in both of his appearances.
* [[Why Am I Ticking?]]: He ends up with a bomb strapped to him in both of his appearances.


=== John Frobisher ===
=== John Frobisher ===
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