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!!PC Martin Summers (Gwylim Lee - Young!Martin, Adrian Dunbar - Older!Martin)
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Gwylim Lee (young) and Adrian Dunbar (old)
Fellow time-traveller and all 'round creepy dude, Summers makes Alex's life un-fun during season 2.
!!PC Martin Summers (Gwylim Lee - Young!Martin, Adrian Dunbar - Older!Martin)
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Gwylim Lee (young) and Adrian Dunbar (old)
Fellow time-traveller and all 'round creepy dude, Summers makes Alex's life un-fun during season 2.
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* ItsPersonal: He knows what Gene Hunt did three years ago. And he's taking him and his entire team down for it. [[spoiler:Given the revelations in 3.08, it's possible that helping Sam and possibly Annie move on is what angered him since it meant he couldn't corrupt them.]]
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!!WPC [[spoiler: (later DC)]] Sharon "Shaz" Granger
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[[folder:Viv James]]
!!PC (later Sergeant) Vivian "Viv" James
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* TookALevelInKindness: While still the most politically incorrect and offensive character, he's matured since ''Life on Mars'' and is generally a nicer person. He has a couple of PetTheDog moments throughout the show, develops a more friendly relationship with Alex unlike with Sam who he overall disliked, and becomes a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Sam Tyler was a DCI in 2006 who became a DI in 1973 and was a Naïve Newcomer to the policing of this era as well as being trapped in the past. Alex is a DI in both time periods while being GenreSavvy due to being a psychologist and having listened to Sam's recordings about his time in 1973. Also, while Sam did believe he was in a coma he more quickly came to consider the idea that Gene and the others were real people, while trying to remain a ByTheBookCop. Alex meanwhile completely believes everyone to be an imaginary construct, and while her morals don't change since she initially believes everything to be fake she does act like there won't be any consequences for her actions, either by not caring as much about evidence or being more sexually active than she did in 2008.
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Sam Tyler was a DCI in 2006 with a girlfriend and who became got hit by a DI car, waking up in 1973 and where he was now a DI. He was a Naïve Newcomer NaiveNewcomer to the policing of this era as well as being trapped in the past. Alex is past, meaning he struggled to remain a DI in both time periods ByTheBookCop, and while being GenreSavvy due to being a psychologist and having listened to Sam's recordings about his time in 1973. Also, while Sam he did believe he was in a coma he more quickly came to consider the idea that Gene and the others were real people, while trying to remain a ByTheBookCop. people with feelings. Alex meanwhile was a DI in both time periods who arrived in 1981 after being shot, and was also a single mum which is the driving reason for her to return to the present. She is also GenreSavvy due to being a psychologist and having listened to Sam's recordings about his time in 1973, but initially completely believes everyone to be an imaginary construct, construct and therefore fake, meaning that while her morals don't change since she initially believes everything to be fake she does act like doesn't believe there won't be are any real consequences for to her actions, either actions. This is show by not caring as much about evidence or her being more willing to ignore evidence, take risks and be more sexually active than she did in 2008.would normally be.
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* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Sam Tyler was a DCI in 2006 who became a DI in 1973 and was a Naïve Newcomer to the policing of this era as well as being trapped in the past. Alex is a DI in both time periods while being GenreSavvy due to being a psychologist and having listened to Sam's recordings about his time in 1973. Also, while Sam did believe he was in a coma he more quickly came to consider the idea that Gene and the others were real people, while trying to remain a ByTheBookCop. Alex meanwhile completely believes everyone to be an imaginary construct, and while her morals don't change since she initially believes everything to be fake she does act like there won't be any consequences for her actions, either by calling her co-workers constructs not caring as much about evidence or being more sexually active than she did in 2008.
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[[folder:Gene Hunt]]
!!DCI Gene Hunt
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[[caption-width-right:330:Trust the Gene Genie.]]
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/PhilipGlenister
Also known as the 'Gene Genie', the boozing, womanizing, rough-housing, politically incorrect DCI. He's not the freewheeling Big Dog that he was in Manchester; London is too big for him to take on the "sheriff" role he had Main/OopNorth. DI Sam Tyler (see ''Characters/LifeOnMars2006'') must have been a good influence, as Gene is now on a mission to clean up the corrupt police force.
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!!DI Alex Drake
!!!'''Portrayed By:'''
Also known as the 'Gene Genie', the boozing, womanizing, rough-housing, politically incorrect DCI. He's not the freewheeling Big Dog that he
The time traveler this time around. She's a psychologist and an expert in profiling, and was
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%%* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership
* BadassLongcoat: Updated from his 70's camel hair coat to a charcoal coat more appropriate for TheEighties.
%%* BelligerentSexualTension: With Alex.
* [[invoked]]BillingDisplacement: It's supposed to be about Alex, but the Gene Genie clearly stole the limelight with audiences.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Gene never seems to be able to say the word "armed" without following it up by "bastards".
** Also "(Let's) Fire up the Quattro!"
** "Mush!"
* CoolCar: Gene's bright red Audi Quattro, which he refuses drive through a pile of boxes with.
* CowboyCop or OldFashionedCopper (The British Equivalent)
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* FanOfThePast: Specifically, [[TheWestern the Old West]] , and trying to live-up to Creator/GaryCooper roles, specially ''Film/HighNoon''.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: Less often than in ''[[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Life on Mars]]''.
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* TheNicknamer: As in the previous series, Chris seems to be the only one immune from Gene's need to call people by names of his own choosing. Even more noteworthy this time because instead of the rotating series of nicknames he had for Sam Tyler, Gene settles early on "Bollinger Knickers" for Alex, though usually shortened to Bolly or Bols.
* NobleFugitive: [[spoiler:He's forced to go on the run at the end of season 2 when he near-fatally shoots Alex by accident.]]
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He holds very old fashioned views on what a "real man" should be like; as such, he can be rather sexist, racist, and homophobic. Under it all, however, he still has a good heart.
* {{Psychopomp}}: [[spoiler:He's the one who created this entire world, in order to help coppers like himself who die under tragic circumstances deal with their issues and move on to where they're supposed to go.]]
* RefugeInAudacity: The stunt with the naked suspects, the pool table, and the phrase "God save the Queen" in 1x02.
* TortureForFunAndInformation: TropeNamer, for his creative and deeply horrifying-yet-hilarious ways of extracting information from suspects.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Despite having the appearance of a middle-aged adult, Gene is technically a nineteen-year-old boy (given that he died at that age and still retains much of his teenage mindset). It is implied that whilst in purgatory, he adopted the appearance he imagined he would have had as a seasoned adult cop]].
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!!DI Alex Drake
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/KeeleyHawes
The time traveler this time around. She's a psychologist and an expert in profiling, and was writing a book about [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Sam Tyler]]. Alex is divorced from her former husband, Peter, and they have a daughter named Molly.
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* BadassLongcoat: Updated from his 70's camel hair coat to a charcoal coat more appropriate for TheEighties.
%%* BelligerentSexualTension: With Alex.
* [[invoked]]BillingDisplacement: It's supposed to be about Alex, but the Gene Genie clearly stole the limelight with audiences.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Gene never seems to be able to say the word "armed" without following it up by "bastards".
** Also "(Let's) Fire up the Quattro!"
** "Mush!"
* CoolCar: Gene's bright red Audi Quattro, which he refuses drive through a pile of boxes with.
* CowboyCop or OldFashionedCopper (The British Equivalent)
%%* DeadToBeginWith
%%* DrivesLikeCrazy
* FanOfThePast: Specifically, [[TheWestern the Old West]] , and trying to live-up to Creator/GaryCooper roles, specially ''Film/HighNoon''.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: Less often than in ''[[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Life on Mars]]''.
%%* NobleBigotWithABadge
* TheNicknamer: As in the previous series, Chris seems to be the only one immune from Gene's need to call people by names of his own choosing. Even more noteworthy this time because instead of the rotating series of nicknames he had for Sam Tyler, Gene settles early on "Bollinger Knickers" for Alex, though usually shortened to Bolly or Bols.
* NobleFugitive: [[spoiler:He's forced to go on the run at the end of season 2 when he near-fatally shoots Alex by accident.]]
%%* NoIndoorVoice
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He holds very old fashioned views on what a "real man" should be like; as such, he can be rather sexist, racist, and homophobic. Under it all, however, he still has a good heart.
* {{Psychopomp}}: [[spoiler:He's the one who created this entire world, in order to help coppers like himself who die under tragic circumstances deal with their issues and move on to where they're supposed to go.]]
* RefugeInAudacity: The stunt with the naked suspects, the pool table, and the phrase "God save the Queen" in 1x02.
* TortureForFunAndInformation: TropeNamer, for his creative and deeply horrifying-yet-hilarious ways of extracting information from suspects.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Despite having the appearance of a middle-aged adult, Gene is technically a nineteen-year-old boy (given that he died at that age and still retains much of his teenage mindset). It is implied that whilst in purgatory, he adopted the appearance he imagined he would have had as a seasoned adult cop]].
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[[folder:Alex Drake]]
!!DI Alex Drake
!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Creator/KeeleyHawes
The time traveler this time around. She's a psychologist and an expert in profiling, and was writing a book about [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Sam Tyler]]. Alex is divorced from her former husband, Peter, and they have a daughter named Molly.
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!!DC Chris Skelton
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Marshall Lancaster
A slightly nervous, slightly bumbling member of the team. He's developed an affinity for technology, which he says he picked up from none other than Sam Tyler.
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* BadassLongcoat: Updated from his 70's camel hair coat to a charcoal coat more appropriate for TheEighties.
%%* BelligerentSexualTension: With Alex.
* [[invoked]]BillingDisplacement: It's supposed to be about Alex, but the Gene Genie clearly stole the limelight with audiences.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Gene never seems to be able to say the word "armed" without following it up by "bastards".
** Also "(Let's) Fire up the Quattro!"
** "Mush!"
* CoolCar: Gene's bright red Audi Quattro, which he refuses drive through a pile of boxes with.
* CowboyCop or OldFashionedCopper (The British Equivalent)
%%* DeadToBeginWith
%%* DrivesLikeCrazy
* FanOfThePast: Specifically, [[TheWestern the Old West]] , and trying to live-up to Creator/GaryCooper roles, specially ''Film/HighNoon''.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: Less often than in ''[[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Life on Mars]]''.
%%* NobleBigotWithABadge
* TheNicknamer: As in the previous series, Chris seems to be the only one immune from Gene's need to call people by names of his own choosing. Even more noteworthy this time because instead of the rotating series of nicknames he had for Sam Tyler, Gene settles early on "Bollinger Knickers" for Alex, though usually shortened to Bolly or Bols.
* NobleFugitive: [[spoiler:He's forced to go on the run at the end of season 2 when he near-fatally shoots Alex by accident.]]
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* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He holds very old fashioned views on what a "real man" should be like; as such, he can be rather sexist, racist, and homophobic. Under it all, however, he still has a good heart.
* {{Psychopomp}}: [[spoiler:He's the one who created this entire world, in order to help coppers like himself who die under tragic circumstances deal with their issues and move on to where they're supposed to go.]]
* RefugeInAudacity: The stunt with the naked suspects, the pool table, and the phrase "God save the Queen" in 1x02.
* TortureForFunAndInformation: TropeNamer, for his creative and deeply horrifying-yet-hilarious ways of extracting information from suspects.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Despite having the appearance of a middle-aged adult, Gene is technically a nineteen-year-old boy (given that he died at that age and still retains much of his teenage mindset). It is implied that whilst in purgatory, he adopted the appearance he imagined he would have had as a seasoned adult cop]].
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!!DC Chris Skelton
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Marshall Lancaster
A slightly nervous, slightly bumbling member of the team. He's developed an affinity for technology, which he says he picked up from none other than Sam Tyler.
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* BadassLongcoat: Updated from his 70's camel hair coat to a charcoal coat more appropriate for TheEighties.
%%* BelligerentSexualTension: With Alex.
* [[invoked]]BillingDisplacement: It's supposed to be about Alex, but the Gene Genie clearly stole the limelight with audiences.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Gene never seems to be able to say the word "armed" without following it up by "bastards".
** Also "(Let's) Fire up the Quattro!"
** "Mush!"
* CoolCar: Gene's bright red Audi Quattro, which he refuses drive through a pile of boxes with.
* CowboyCop or OldFashionedCopper (The British Equivalent)
%%* DeadToBeginWith
%%* DrivesLikeCrazy
* FanOfThePast: Specifically, [[TheWestern the Old West]] , and trying to live-up to Creator/GaryCooper roles, specially ''Film/HighNoon''.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: Less often than in ''[[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Life on Mars]]''.
%%* NobleBigotWithABadge
* TheNicknamer: As in the previous series, Chris seems to be the only one immune from Gene's need to call people by names of his own choosing. Even more noteworthy this time because instead of the rotating series of nicknames he had for Sam Tyler, Gene settles early on "Bollinger Knickers" for Alex, though usually shortened to Bolly or Bols.
* NobleFugitive: [[spoiler:He's forced to go on the run at the end of season 2 when he near-fatally shoots Alex by accident.]]
%%* NoIndoorVoice
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He holds very old fashioned views on what a "real man" should be like; as such, he can be rather sexist, racist, and homophobic. Under it all, however, he still has a good heart.
* {{Psychopomp}}: [[spoiler:He's the one who created this entire world, in order to help coppers like himself who die under tragic circumstances deal with their issues and move on to where they're supposed to go.]]
* RefugeInAudacity: The stunt with the naked suspects, the pool table, and the phrase "God save the Queen" in 1x02.
* TortureForFunAndInformation: TropeNamer, for his creative and deeply horrifying-yet-hilarious ways of extracting information from suspects.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Despite having the appearance of a middle-aged adult, Gene is technically a nineteen-year-old boy (given that he died at that age and still retains much of his teenage mindset). It is implied that whilst in purgatory, he adopted the appearance he imagined he would have had as a seasoned adult cop]].
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!!DC Chris Skelton
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!!!'''Portrayed By:''' Marshall Lancaster
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* {{Satan}}: [[spoiler:Revealed in the finale]] finale.]] (Honestly, don't highlight this until you watch it). [[spoiler:Or, at the very least, one of Satan's high-ranking minions. Remember, he ''does'' have a boss that he's on the phone with in 3.08.]]
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!!DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister)
[[quoteright:100:[[http://www.redscharlach.co.uk/ https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miniashesgene2_9620.jpg]]]]
Also known as the 'Gene Genie', the boozing, womanizing, rough-housing, politically incorrect DCI. He's not the freewheeling Big Dog that he was in Manchester; London is too big for him to take on the "sheriff" role he had Main/OopNorth. DI Sam Tyler (see ''Characters/LifeOnMars2006'') must have been a good influence, as Gene is now on a mission to clean up the corrupt police force.
* AngelUnaware: [[spoiler:One day in 1953, a young PC named Gene Hunt died after surprising a burglar with a shotgun. He woke up in Dead Copper Purgatory and remade it - and himself - into what he most wanted to be; a CowboyCop, old-school John Wayne or Gary Cooper type, where there's always bad guys to catch, but they're all afraid of the Gene Genie. Except he doesn't remember any of this until someone like Sam or Alex comes along and asks too many questions about the world.]]
%%* AsskickingEqualsAuthority
%%* BadassLongcoat
%%* BelligerentSexualTension: With Alex.
* [[invoked]]BillingDisplacement: It's supposed to be about Alex, but the Gene Genie clearly stole the limelight with audiences.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Gene never seems to be able to say the word "armed" without following it up by "bastards".
** Also "Let´s fire up the Quattro!"
%%* CoolCar: Gene's Audi Quattro.
* CowboyCop or OldFashionedCopper (The British Equivalent)
%%* DeadToBeginWith
%%* DrivesLikeCrazy
* FanOfThePast: Specifically, [[TheWestern the Old West]] , and trying to live-up to Gary Cooper roles, specially ''HighNoon''.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: Less often than in ''[[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Life on Mars]]''.
%%* NobleBigotWithABadge
* NobleFugitive: [[spoiler:He's forced to go on the run at the end of season 2 when he near-fatally shoots Alex by accident.]]
%%* NoIndoorVoice
%%* PoliticallyIncorrectHero
* {{Psychopomp}}: [[spoiler:He's the one who created this entire world, in order to help coppers like himself who die under tragic circumstances deal with their issues and move on to where they're supposed to go.]]
* RefugeInAudacity: The stunt with the naked suspects, the pool table, and the phrase "God save the Queen" in 1x02.
* TortureForFunAndInformation: TropeNamer, for his creative and deeply horrifying-yet-hilarious ways of extracting information from suspects.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Despite having the appearance of a middle-aged adult, Gene is technically a nineteen-year-old boy (given that he died at that age and still retains much of his teenage mindset). It is implied that whilst in purgatory, he adopted the appearance he imagined he would have had as a seasoned adult cop]].
!!DI Alex Drake (Creator/KeeleyHawes)
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The time traveler this time around. She's a psychologist and an expert in profiling, and was writing a book about [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Sam Tyler]]. Alex is divorced from her former husband, Peter, and they have a daughter named Molly.
* AdventuresInComaland: A double whammy. [[spoiler:When she finally thinks she's recovered from her bullet wound... it turns out she's in a coma in the other world.]]
%%* BelligerentSexualTension: With Gene.
* BigNo: Two of them, at the end of Series 1 [[spoiler: when her attempt to prevent her parents' death in a car bombing has catastrophically failed]].
%%* BoundAndGagged: Series 1: Episode 6.
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Well, only in season three. The first two seasons, she was in a coma (like Sam) from the bullet she was shot with in the pilot. She actually dies in 3.01 when she "wakes up" in 1983 to Gene slapping her.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: "Your 'Sea Scallops with Pineapple Rings' are a memory that I'll take to my grave."
* DirtyHarriet: A few times, including the pilot, where half of Fenchurch mistakes her for a prostitute.
* DistaffCounterpart: To Sam Tyler from the show's prequel. Her gender makes for a somewhat different dynamic with Gene Hunt.
%%* EightiesHair
%%* FairCop
%%* FishOutOfTemporalWater
* {{Hallucinations}}: First the clown, then a young copper with half of his head blown off. [[spoiler:They're Alex's father and a young Gene, respectively.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Alex is kind of prone to these, though they ''are'' understandable.
* [[ImMrFuturePopCultureReference I'm Ms. Future Pop Culture Reference]]: In 3.06, Alex tests to see whether Thordy really is Sam by asking him what was East 17's 1994 Christmas No. 1.
* LadyDrunk: ''"Signorina Drake, you drink '''so''' much."''
* MsFanservice: Oh boy howdy is she ever. Shall we list? Hooker Dress #1 in the pilot, bare bum-stamping in 1.02, Catwoman costume in 1.03, strips to her bra in 1.04, Hooker Dress #2 in 1.05, down to her bra again in 1.06, the many, many off-the-shoulder, bra-strap-baring tops, her various high-heeled boots . . . and this is just ''season one''.
* PrettyInMink: Alex, in her posh hooker getups and her [[spoiler: date outfit in 3.07]].
%%* SupportingProtagonist
* {{Tsundere}}: She and Gene are constantly at each other's throats.
%%* VitriolicBestBuds: With Ray in Season 3.
* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Daughter Girl]]: Ever since her mother's tragic death when she was a child, Alex has had doubts about what her mother thinks of her. Eventually she gets to ask, though Caroline is none too approving of grown-up Alex.
* WomanInWhite: Her leather jacket, most notably, though she wears white dresses a number of times.
!!DC Chris Skelton (Marshall Lancaster)
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A slightly nervous, slightly bumbling member of the team. He's developed an affinity for technology, which he says he picked up from none other than Sam Tyler.
* {{Adorkable}}: Oh, Chris. Getting "attractively postmodern" with Shaz is just one example.
%%* BewareTheNiceOnes
* ButtMonkey: At least until his CMOA in 3.07.
%%* DeadToBeginWith
* FailureToSaveMurder: [[spoiler:Why Chris' arc revolved around learning to stand up to Gene--he died when his "real" guv ordered him into the line of fire.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: "Genius" is probably overstating things a tad, but Chris is more comfortable with technology than anyone, except possibly Alex.
%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Ray.
* InsistentTerminology: Chris is '''cautious''', not nervous.
%%* TheMole: [[spoiler: Revealed in 2.07.]]
* TheSoCalledCoward: ''Cautious'', remember. Not nervous. Not incapable of badassery.
* TookALevelInBadass: Chris gets a lot darker and a lot more serious between seasons 2 and 3.
%%* ThoseTwoGuys: With Ray.
* WideEyedIdealist: In the beginning, though not after season 2.
* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: Chris gets "attractively postmodern" to Shaz in 2.01.
!!DS (later DI) Ray Carling (Dean Andrews)
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A rough character who seems to live most of his life with little to no control over his impulses. Has nothing but contempt for minorities, women, and anyone who isn't a 'man's man'. But Ray is not without redeeming qualities, having a crooked streak of chivalry running through him.
* CharacterDevelopment: Both he and Alex start to respect each other more in Series 2; and in series 3, not only does he get an excellent [[ADayInTheLimelight day in the limelight]] episode, he makes DI and is generally more respected by the team.
%%* CowboyCop
%%* DeadToBeginWith
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:How Ray found himself in Gene's world/Purgatory.]]
%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Chris.
%%* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It takes a while, but we finally see a softer, empathetic, and very perceptive side to Ray in 3x03. Even in Season 1 he gets several PetTheDog moments though
%%* PornStache
%%* ThoseTwoGuys: With Chris.
%%* VitriolicBestBuds: Ray and Alex get there in Season 3.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Ray's daddy issues [[spoiler:drove him to suicide.]]
!!WPC [[spoiler: (later DC)]] Sharon "Shaz" Granger (Montserrat Lombard)
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The most junior cop in the office and Chris' love interest. She is a gifted police officer, but no one (except Alex) takes her seriously.
%%* AmbiguouslyBi
%%* BrainyBrunette
%%* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:in 1.07]]
%%* DeadToBeginWith
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Shaz is dismissed by everyone except Alex [[spoiler: until the Season 3 finale, when Gene finally makes good on his promise to promote her to DC]].
%%* GirlNextDoor
%%* FairCop
%%* ManicPixieDreamGirl: To Chris for much of the series.
%%* SempaiKohai: with Alex.
%%* ShipperOnDeck: For Gene/Alex.
* TookALevelInBadass: In 2.08 - [[spoiler: shooting a suspect about to kill Chris. While wearing her wedding dress.]] Not to mention in 3.08 [[spoiler: when she expertly takes down a Dutch drug smuggler by kneeing him in the groin, disarming him, putting him in an armlock and putting his own gun to the back of his head.]]
!!PC (later Sergeant) Vivian "Viv" James (Geoff Francis)
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Uniformed Sergeant at Fenchurch East.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
%%* DiedInYourArmsTonight
* FireAndBrimstoneHell: [[spoiler:If Chris's dream is true, because Viv's soul was taken by Keats, he's ended up here.]]
* GeniusBruiser: Solves the cryptographic clues in 1.04 and still manages to knock heads.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Sneaks a gun into a prison that he knows will kick off a riot, but only does it to get his young cousin out of a vicious jail.]]
%%* SacrificialLion
%%* TokenMinority
!!Luigi (Joseph Long)
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Long-suffering owner of the restaurant all the coppers hang out in.
%%* ButtMonkey
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* ShipperOnDeck: He really, really wants Alex and Gene to R their {{UST}}.
!!PC Martin Summers (Gwylim Lee - Young!Martin, Adrian Dunbar - Older!Martin)
Fellow time-traveller and all 'round creepy dude, Summers makes Alex's life un-fun during season 2.
%%* AffablyEvil
%%* DiedInYourArmsTonight
%%* DrivenToVillainy
* ForTheEvulz: His explanation for why he's such a creep, why he's stalking Alex, and why he's not a nice guy? It's ''fun''.
%%* ImMrFuturePopCultureReference
%%* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Subverted, so ''very'' much.
!! DCI Jim Keats (Daniel Mays)
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Ostensibly sent from HQ to keep an eye on Fenchurch East, he actually has a more personal vendetta against Gene Hunt. He'll stop at nothing to bring Hunt down.
%%* BadassLongcoat
* BigBad: One of the biggest and baddest on the show.
%%* CheshireCatGrin
* EvilCounterpart: He is one to Gene.
* EvilIsHammy: [[spoiler: Having spent seven episodes carefully holding back, Jimbo pulls out all the stops for the GrandFinale, ChewingTheScenery as he [[TrashTheSet wrecks it]].]]
* FaceHeelTurn: One of the fastest and most surprising we've seen.
%%* FourEyesZeroSoul
* GlassesPull: He seems to wear his [[Main/NerdGlasses horn-rimmed]] [[PurelyAestheticGlasses specs]] mainly so he can take them off for emphasis.
%%* InspectorJavert
* ItsPersonal: He knows what Gene Hunt did three years ago. And he's taking him and his entire team down for it.
* KnightOfCerebus: Much more of a threat than the Bowie Clown, Supermac, or Martin Summers.
* LaughingMad: [[spoiler:Slips in and out of this in the finale]].
* ManipulativeBastard: After 3x04, it becomes very clear that he's pulling the strings.
** MagnificentBastard: By the finale, he's evolved into one.
%%* ObstructiveBureaucrat
* {{Psychopomp}}: And not a very nice one, either, as we find out in 3.04 and 3.06.
* {{Satan}}: [[spoiler:Revealed in the finale]] (Honestly, don't highlight this until you watch it). [[spoiler:Or, at the very least, one of Satan's high-ranking minions. Remember, he ''does'' have a boss that he's on the phone with in 3.08.]]
* TheCorrupter: His main goal, besides bringing down Gene, is to get Ray, Chris, Shaz, and especially Alex to turn on Gene.
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%%* VillainousBreakdown
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!!DCI Gene Hunt (Philip Glenister)
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Also known as the 'Gene Genie', the boozing, womanizing, rough-housing, politically incorrect DCI. He's not the freewheeling Big Dog that he was in Manchester; London is too big for him to take on the "sheriff" role he had Main/OopNorth. DI Sam Tyler (see ''Characters/LifeOnMars2006'') must have been a good influence, as Gene is now on a mission to clean up the corrupt police force.
* AngelUnaware: [[spoiler:One day in 1953, a young PC named Gene Hunt died after surprising a burglar with a shotgun. He woke up in Dead Copper Purgatory and remade it - and himself - into what he most wanted to be; a CowboyCop, old-school John Wayne or Gary Cooper type, where there's always bad guys to catch, but they're all afraid of the Gene Genie. Except he doesn't remember any of this until someone like Sam or Alex comes along and asks too many questions about the world.]]
%%* AsskickingEqualsAuthority
%%* BadassLongcoat
%%* BelligerentSexualTension: With Alex.
* [[invoked]]BillingDisplacement: It's supposed to be about Alex, but the Gene Genie clearly stole the limelight with audiences.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Gene never seems to be able to say the word "armed" without following it up by "bastards".
** Also "Let´s fire up the Quattro!"
%%* CoolCar: Gene's Audi Quattro.
* CowboyCop or OldFashionedCopper (The British Equivalent)
%%* DeadToBeginWith
%%* DrivesLikeCrazy
* FanOfThePast: Specifically, [[TheWestern the Old West]] , and trying to live-up to Gary Cooper roles, specially ''HighNoon''.
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: Less often than in ''[[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Life on Mars]]''.
%%* NobleBigotWithABadge
* NobleFugitive: [[spoiler:He's forced to go on the run at the end of season 2 when he near-fatally shoots Alex by accident.]]
%%* NoIndoorVoice
%%* PoliticallyIncorrectHero
* {{Psychopomp}}: [[spoiler:He's the one who created this entire world, in order to help coppers like himself who die under tragic circumstances deal with their issues and move on to where they're supposed to go.]]
* RefugeInAudacity: The stunt with the naked suspects, the pool table, and the phrase "God save the Queen" in 1x02.
* TortureForFunAndInformation: TropeNamer, for his creative and deeply horrifying-yet-hilarious ways of extracting information from suspects.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Despite having the appearance of a middle-aged adult, Gene is technically a nineteen-year-old boy (given that he died at that age and still retains much of his teenage mindset). It is implied that whilst in purgatory, he adopted the appearance he imagined he would have had as a seasoned adult cop]].
!!DI Alex Drake (Creator/KeeleyHawes)
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The time traveler this time around. She's a psychologist and an expert in profiling, and was writing a book about [[Series/LifeOnMars2006 Sam Tyler]]. Alex is divorced from her former husband, Peter, and they have a daughter named Molly.
* AdventuresInComaland: A double whammy. [[spoiler:When she finally thinks she's recovered from her bullet wound... it turns out she's in a coma in the other world.]]
%%* BelligerentSexualTension: With Gene.
* BigNo: Two of them, at the end of Series 1 [[spoiler: when her attempt to prevent her parents' death in a car bombing has catastrophically failed]].
%%* BoundAndGagged: Series 1: Episode 6.
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Well, only in season three. The first two seasons, she was in a coma (like Sam) from the bullet she was shot with in the pilot. She actually dies in 3.01 when she "wakes up" in 1983 to Gene slapping her.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: "Your 'Sea Scallops with Pineapple Rings' are a memory that I'll take to my grave."
* DirtyHarriet: A few times, including the pilot, where half of Fenchurch mistakes her for a prostitute.
* DistaffCounterpart: To Sam Tyler from the show's prequel. Her gender makes for a somewhat different dynamic with Gene Hunt.
%%* EightiesHair
%%* FairCop
%%* FishOutOfTemporalWater
* {{Hallucinations}}: First the clown, then a young copper with half of his head blown off. [[spoiler:They're Alex's father and a young Gene, respectively.]]
* HeroicBSOD: Alex is kind of prone to these, though they ''are'' understandable.
* [[ImMrFuturePopCultureReference I'm Ms. Future Pop Culture Reference]]: In 3.06, Alex tests to see whether Thordy really is Sam by asking him what was East 17's 1994 Christmas No. 1.
* LadyDrunk: ''"Signorina Drake, you drink '''so''' much."''
* MsFanservice: Oh boy howdy is she ever. Shall we list? Hooker Dress #1 in the pilot, bare bum-stamping in 1.02, Catwoman costume in 1.03, strips to her bra in 1.04, Hooker Dress #2 in 1.05, down to her bra again in 1.06, the many, many off-the-shoulder, bra-strap-baring tops, her various high-heeled boots . . . and this is just ''season one''.
* PrettyInMink: Alex, in her posh hooker getups and her [[spoiler: date outfit in 3.07]].
%%* SupportingProtagonist
* {{Tsundere}}: She and Gene are constantly at each other's throats.
%%* VitriolicBestBuds: With Ray in Season 3.
* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Daughter Girl]]: Ever since her mother's tragic death when she was a child, Alex has had doubts about what her mother thinks of her. Eventually she gets to ask, though Caroline is none too approving of grown-up Alex.
* WomanInWhite: Her leather jacket, most notably, though she wears white dresses a number of times.
!!DC Chris Skelton (Marshall Lancaster)
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A slightly nervous, slightly bumbling member of the team. He's developed an affinity for technology, which he says he picked up from none other than Sam Tyler.
* {{Adorkable}}: Oh, Chris. Getting "attractively postmodern" with Shaz is just one example.
%%* BewareTheNiceOnes
* ButtMonkey: At least until his CMOA in 3.07.
%%* DeadToBeginWith
* FailureToSaveMurder: [[spoiler:Why Chris' arc revolved around learning to stand up to Gene--he died when his "real" guv ordered him into the line of fire.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: "Genius" is probably overstating things a tad, but Chris is more comfortable with technology than anyone, except possibly Alex.
%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Ray.
* InsistentTerminology: Chris is '''cautious''', not nervous.
%%* TheMole: [[spoiler: Revealed in 2.07.]]
* TheSoCalledCoward: ''Cautious'', remember. Not nervous. Not incapable of badassery.
* TookALevelInBadass: Chris gets a lot darker and a lot more serious between seasons 2 and 3.
%%* ThoseTwoGuys: With Ray.
* WideEyedIdealist: In the beginning, though not after season 2.
* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: Chris gets "attractively postmodern" to Shaz in 2.01.
!!DS (later DI) Ray Carling (Dean Andrews)
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A rough character who seems to live most of his life with little to no control over his impulses. Has nothing but contempt for minorities, women, and anyone who isn't a 'man's man'. But Ray is not without redeeming qualities, having a crooked streak of chivalry running through him.
* CharacterDevelopment: Both he and Alex start to respect each other more in Series 2; and in series 3, not only does he get an excellent [[ADayInTheLimelight day in the limelight]] episode, he makes DI and is generally more respected by the team.
%%* CowboyCop
%%* DeadToBeginWith
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:How Ray found himself in Gene's world/Purgatory.]]
%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Chris.
%%* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It takes a while, but we finally see a softer, empathetic, and very perceptive side to Ray in 3x03. Even in Season 1 he gets several PetTheDog moments though
%%* PornStache
%%* ThoseTwoGuys: With Chris.
%%* VitriolicBestBuds: Ray and Alex get there in Season 3.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Ray's daddy issues [[spoiler:drove him to suicide.]]
!!WPC [[spoiler: (later DC)]] Sharon "Shaz" Granger (Montserrat Lombard)
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The most junior cop in the office and Chris' love interest. She is a gifted police officer, but no one (except Alex) takes her seriously.
%%* AmbiguouslyBi
%%* BrainyBrunette
%%* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:in 1.07]]
%%* DeadToBeginWith
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Shaz is dismissed by everyone except Alex [[spoiler: until the Season 3 finale, when Gene finally makes good on his promise to promote her to DC]].
%%* GirlNextDoor
%%* FairCop
%%* ManicPixieDreamGirl: To Chris for much of the series.
%%* SempaiKohai: with Alex.
%%* ShipperOnDeck: For Gene/Alex.
* TookALevelInBadass: In 2.08 - [[spoiler: shooting a suspect about to kill Chris. While wearing her wedding dress.]] Not to mention in 3.08 [[spoiler: when she expertly takes down a Dutch drug smuggler by kneeing him in the groin, disarming him, putting him in an armlock and putting his own gun to the back of his head.]]
!!PC (later Sergeant) Vivian "Viv" James (Geoff Francis)
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Uniformed Sergeant at Fenchurch East.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
%%* DiedInYourArmsTonight
* FireAndBrimstoneHell: [[spoiler:If Chris's dream is true, because Viv's soul was taken by Keats, he's ended up here.]]
* GeniusBruiser: Solves the cryptographic clues in 1.04 and still manages to knock heads.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Sneaks a gun into a prison that he knows will kick off a riot, but only does it to get his young cousin out of a vicious jail.]]
%%* SacrificialLion
%%* TokenMinority
!!Luigi (Joseph Long)
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Long-suffering owner of the restaurant all the coppers hang out in.
%%* ButtMonkey
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* ShipperOnDeck: He really, really wants Alex and Gene to R their {{UST}}.
!!PC Martin Summers (Gwylim Lee - Young!Martin, Adrian Dunbar - Older!Martin)
Fellow time-traveller and all 'round creepy dude, Summers makes Alex's life un-fun during season 2.
%%* AffablyEvil
%%* DiedInYourArmsTonight
%%* DrivenToVillainy
* ForTheEvulz: His explanation for why he's such a creep, why he's stalking Alex, and why he's not a nice guy? It's ''fun''.
%%* ImMrFuturePopCultureReference
%%* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: Subverted, so ''very'' much.
!! DCI Jim Keats (Daniel Mays)
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Ostensibly sent from HQ to keep an eye on Fenchurch East, he actually has a more personal vendetta against Gene Hunt. He'll stop at nothing to bring Hunt down.
%%* BadassLongcoat
* BigBad: One of the biggest and baddest on the show.
%%* CheshireCatGrin
* EvilCounterpart: He is one to Gene.
* EvilIsHammy: [[spoiler: Having spent seven episodes carefully holding back, Jimbo pulls out all the stops for the GrandFinale, ChewingTheScenery as he [[TrashTheSet wrecks it]].]]
* FaceHeelTurn: One of the fastest and most surprising we've seen.
%%* FourEyesZeroSoul
* GlassesPull: He seems to wear his [[Main/NerdGlasses horn-rimmed]] [[PurelyAestheticGlasses specs]] mainly so he can take them off for emphasis.
%%* InspectorJavert
* ItsPersonal: He knows what Gene Hunt did three years ago. And he's taking him and his entire team down for it.
* KnightOfCerebus: Much more of a threat than the Bowie Clown, Supermac, or Martin Summers.
* LaughingMad: [[spoiler:Slips in and out of this in the finale]].
* ManipulativeBastard: After 3x04, it becomes very clear that he's pulling the strings.
** MagnificentBastard: By the finale, he's evolved into one.
%%* ObstructiveBureaucrat
* {{Psychopomp}}: And not a very nice one, either, as we find out in 3.04 and 3.06.
* {{Satan}}: [[spoiler:Revealed in the finale]] (Honestly, don't highlight this until you watch it). [[spoiler:Or, at the very least, one of Satan's high-ranking minions. Remember, he ''does'' have a boss that he's on the phone with in 3.08.]]
* TheCorrupter: His main goal, besides bringing down Gene, is to get Ray, Chris, Shaz, and especially Alex to turn on Gene.
%%* TyrantTakesTheHelm
%%* VillainousBreakdown
%%* WeWillMeetAgain
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