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!! The Tiegans
[[folder:Josephine "Jo" Tiegan]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Listen, I know this sounds weird, but what if we could stop whoever it was from dumping the drum down the well in the first place?"]]
->'''Played by:''' Petra Yared [[note]] credited as "Petra Jared" [[/note]]
Our protagonist. A fourteen-year-old Australian girl who recently moved to New Zealand with her family. She gets her hands on a MagicMirror which sends her back to 1919, accidentally changing history for the worse in the process. Now Jo is determined to undo her mistake and return back to her own time, whatever it takes.
* AgeAppropriateAngst: She can be rather angsty sometimes, and her mother calls her out for being a bit childish. Granted, she does have good reasons for being a bit moody...
* TheAtoner: Blames herself for what happened at the well, and spends most of the show trying to make things right again.
* BoyishShortHair: [[DeliberateValuesDissonance Frequently commented on in 1919.]] Nobody in 1995 really seems to care.
* CampStraight: In this case, Butch Straight. She has a rather boyish wardrobe and personality - especially by 1919 standards - while also clearly having a romantic interest in Nicholas (and possibly Jesse as well). Notably, she is never MistakenForGay at any point, and nobody acts as though being tomboyish and being straight would be mutually exclusive.
* CoolBigSis: While her actual brother Royce considers her fairly annoying, Titus treats her as an honorary one.
* DaddysGirl: She has a good relationship with her father Andrew, but is said to barely speak to her mother at the start of the series. This might be at least partially because Catherine is MarriedToTheJob, while her husband is working from home.
* TheDeterminator: Isn't letting ''anything'' stop her from saving the lives of her friends.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Has a couple of premonitory dreams (though one of them was technically of the past).
* HappilyAdopted: While she does come at odds with her parents occasionally, this is still played straight at the end of the day.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Occasionally. Louisa calls her out for only caring about her friends and not anyone else who might be hurt by the poison. That said, she ''does'' usually apologize when realizing that she's actually hurt somebody's feelings.
* MuggleFosterParents: She is adopted, and the only person in her family who can use the Mirror to look into the past. [[SubvertedTrope Then again, Louisa has the same power, and she's living with her biological family...]]
* OnlyKnownByHerNickname: We only know that her real name is Josephine because she refers to herself as such ''once'' (while alone in her room). Everyone else -- including the conservative Leonie Coigley -- only call her Jo.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Doesn't mind wearing a dress per se - only briefly complaining that it's too hot - as long as she gets to keep her sneakers on. She's also rather interested in romance.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Her time travel misadventures cause Mia and Jesse to end up in intensive care [[spoiler: though the actual change happens much later than she initially thinks.]]
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[[folder: Royce Tiegan]]
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-> '''Played by:''' Jeffrey Walker
%%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: From Jo's point of view.
* GadgeteerGenius: Well, his "genius" doesn't really go beyond some mild customisation, but he ''does'' provide the remote controlled car and robot used during Jo's rescue.
* HeManWomanHater: Downplayed and PlayedForLaughs. He says that Jo is acting strange because "She's a girl. They're all weird."
%%* HumanAlien: He briefly suspects his sister of being one.
* MadBomber: Suggests making a bomb and blowing up Sir Ivor with it. Tama doesn't ''quite'' approve of this suggestion.
* MrExposition: ''Tries'' to be this at one point. Unfortunately, he has nothing to say that the rest of the cast don't already know.
* TagalongKid: Treated as such by the rest of the cast, at least until they realise that his toys might actually prove quite useful.
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[[folder: Andrew Tiegan]]
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->'''Played by:''' Peter Bensley
* AdultsAreUseless: PlayedWith. His "uselessness" is mostly due to him being oblivious and later unsupportive about Jo's time travel, but he eventually has to face the fact that there really ''is'' nothing he can do other than standing by and hoping for the best. Granted, he ''does'' help his daughter get back to the present at one point, so there's that.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Insists that curses aren't real even ''after'' finding out that his daughter has a time portal in her room.
* BumblingDad: Subverted. He comes across a bit like this at first, but then it turns out that he can get ''really'' serious when his daughter is put in danger.
* HouseHusband: His wife is shown to be the main breadwinner of the family. While he is mocked for it a bit InUniverse, the show itself makes it clear that he's a noble, genuinely nice guy willing to put his own life at risk to save others.Subverted in that he ''does'' have a job. He's just working from home.
* MoreExpendableThanYou: Is willing to travel back to the past himself so that Jo doesn't have to. Unfortunately, the Mirror just won't let him through.
* OneHourWorkWeek: He writes ScienceFiction books for children, but isn't actually shown doing much writing. This is due to 1. him having heavy control over his schedule due to working from home, 2. [[ExtremelyShortTimeSpan the fairly short time span of the series]], and 3. his stressful situation giving him writer's block.
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[[folder: Catherine Guthrie Tiegan]]
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->'''Played by:''' Judy [=McIntosh=]
* CharacterDevelopment: Even though [[spoiler: the changes in the timeline wipe away her memories of the past week,]] she still [[spoiler: remembers enough on a subconscious level]] for it to improve her strained relationship with her daughter.
* DeanBitterman: Acts like a female example towards Jo, at least. Granted, this is probably more due to also being her mother.
%%* DeadpanSnarker: She has her moments.
* HeelRealization: Comes to think that Jo may have been right to call her out earlier.
* OnlySaneMan: Clearly ''believes'' herself to be this. Though in reality, she's the only member of her family who has no idea what's going on.
* ParentalObliviousness: While all parents in the show have it to same extent, hers is arguably the worst. The portal is ''in her house'' and yet she doesn't learn about it until the very end.
* TheScapegoat: Leonie and her board of directors put all the blame for Mia and Jesse's accident on her and Jo. While she ''was'' arguably responsible for the lack of safety at the digging site, it was still Jade - Leonie's daughter - who actually caused the accident.
* SlaveToPR: Occasionally doesn't do what's best for her family if it makes her look bad at work.
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!!The Iredales
[[folder: Louisa Iredale]]
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-> '''Played by:''' Michala Banas
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Subverted. She sometimes wishes that she lived in Jo's time (which is still technically the same century anyway, just the opposite end of it) but she eventually decides to stay in 1919 with her family.
* CannotTellFictionFromReality: The rest of the Iredale household thinks that she has [[YouWatchTooMuchX read too much]] SpeculativeFiction when she starts babbling about a girl who lives in her mirror. Of course, [[CassandraTruth she's actually telling the truth]].
* CuteBookworm: Downplayed, but she does love books and is sad to see that Main/TheInternet has started to replace them by 1995.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: While all of the time travellers are hit by this to some extent, she is more affected by it than anyone else. Jo and Tama at least had an idea of what to expect before going back in time.
* TheFutureWillBeBetter: Subverted. She's happy about women getting more career options and some of the technological innovations, but she also realises that some problems are still around, (and likely always will be) such as deadly diseases and rude authority figures.
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She doesn't really mind being a ProperLady per se, but she does dream about becoming a pilot.
* {{Reincarnation}}: The Old Man speculates that she may have been reincarnated as [[spoiler: Jo Tiegan,]] as she died the same day the latter was born. Though he admits that this is just an elaborate guess and that he has no way of knowing for certain.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Tries to prevent her father's death in a train accident by advising him to take the plane instead.
* {{Technophobia}}: Downplayed. She's actually very impressed by modern technology and is looking forward to see some of it be invented. However, she still prefers looking up information at the library the old-fashioned way rather than using the Internet.
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[[folder: Titus Iredale]]
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->'''Played by:''' Jason Gascoigne
* AgentMulder: He initially believes Jo to be either a ghost or a genie.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: For Louisa, though he mostly avoids being TheLoad by proving himself useful early on.
* TheBait: Used as a distraction for Bullseye the guard dog. He makes it through unharmed.
* TheCassandra: Doesn't have the easiest time trying to convince his family that Jo came out of a mirror.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He ''immediately'' decides that he wants to go and rescue Nicholas upon finding out that he is kept prisoner in Sir Ivor's house. You really have to admire the kid's determination.
* FanBoy: He ''really'' likes playing cricket and is a big fan of several of its professional players. Sir Ivor entices him to hand over the mirror in exchange for a bat which supposedly belonged to W.G. Grace, one of the greatest cricketers of all time.
* NotNowKiddo: The girls never seem to have time to play with him, which Sir Ivor uses to his advantage.
* WhatTheHellHero: Louisa chews him out for not telling her where the drum of poison is [[DisproportionateRetribution because she hasn't played cricket with him the entire week.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Joshua Iredale]]
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->'''Played by:''' Gerald Bryan
%%* BigGood: The closest thing the series has to one.
* DeathByIrony: In the original timeline, at least, he died in an accident on a train... which he had only taken because he was too scared of flying.
* DisneyDeath: Him surviving being poisoned after spending two days in a coma could be seen as this.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Is attacked by Sir Ivor's thugs and infected by poison right after he discovers their stash of it.
* PapaWolf: Does everything he can to keep his family safe. Unfortunately, this gives the villains a weakness to exploit...
* PatientZero: Chronologically the first victim of the poison.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While he isn't always supportive towards Jo, he does kindly let her stay under his roof until her parents can be found, and takes the girls' claims about the poison seriously enough to go down to the harbour and investigate. He also fires Frid when the rumors that he's spying on his family start seeming a bit too plausible, and is the one who apprehends Sir Ivor in the end.
* ShaggyDogStory: In the library, Louisa learns that he survives his mysterious disease... only to die in an unrelated accident nine years later. Though it's implied that Louisa and her mother will do what they can to prevent this.
* {{Technophobia}}: He doesn't like airplanes, and prefers the old-fashioned steam trains instead. Unfortunately, this would eventually come back to bite him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Primrose Iredale]]
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->'''Played by:''' Michele Amas
* AdultsAreUseless: Subverted. She starts off as completely unsupportive, but upon realising that Jo really must be from the future, she manages to aid her in several ways.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Does not believe that commercial airlines or moon rockets will be a thing during her or her children's lifetimes.
* NoMoreForMe: Subverted. She accuses ''Sir Ivor'' of drinking too much when he starts talking about magical mirrors. Of course, she knows that he's telling the truth. She just doesn't want anyone else to know.
* OnlySaneMan: Among the adults at the Iredale household. She does what she can to help the children, [[WhatTheHellHero and calls out her husband when he refuses to do so.]]
* SecretKeeper: Once she comes to the conclusion that Jo has been telling the truth all along, she starts covering up her activities from the villains.
* ThisIsReality: Initially doesn't believe the kids' story, because such things only happen in "the world of fiction."
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!!Allies
[[folder: Nicholas]]
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->'''Played by:''' Nicholas Hooper
* BlueBlood: [[spoiler: He is the last living member of the Russian royal family.]]
* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler: He got his false name "Nicholas" from his father, Nicholas II.]]
* DistressedDude: Spends much of the show as a political prisoner.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: And if any character in the show truly deserved it, it would have to be him.
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: Downplayed. His English is very good, but he feels more comfortable giving a horse commands in his native language during a stressful situation.
* GildedCage: Considers Sir Ivor's house to be one. (Though it's said to not be as luxurious as what he's used to, so even the gilded part may be debatable.)
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Yes, he was a real person. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, he didn't survive his execution in RealLife,]] though this wasn't known for certain until years after this show was made.
* IChooseToStay: He decides to remain [[spoiler: in 1995 with Jo]] in the end.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: His main reason for wanting to go outside is his desire to meet people of his own age.
* MyParentsAreDead: [[spoiler: His whole family was assassinated,]] a fact which was kept hidden from him. Needless to say, he is ''not'' happy when he finds out the truth.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It turns out that ''he'' was the one who [[spoiler: threw the drum into the well in an attempt at hiding it. Though he later manages to use the neutralising agent on it, altering the course of history.]]
* {{Omniglot}}: He can speak seven languages, including Russian and English.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Tama Williams]]
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->'''Played by:''' James Ashcroft
* FlatEarthAtheist: He simply can't bring himself to believe in a MagicMirror even ''after'' seeing it work.
* NerdsAreSexy: Louisa seems to think so, at least. Though it doesn't lead to anything since [[spoiler:[[DryDockedShip they both stay in their respective time periods at the end.]]]]
* TheSmartGuy: By far the most tech savvy member of the cast.
* SecretKeeper: One of the first characters from 1995 who learns about the Mirror.
* TeenGenius: He seems to be about the same age as Jo, and yet he's a talented hacker and chemist.
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[[folder: The Old Man]]
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->'''Played by:''' Bernard Kearns
* AffablyEvil: While he ''can'' be pretty rude towards Jade, he is usually very polite, has nothing against our heroes personally and is fine with helping them as long as it advances his own goals. His big monologue about his plan is very matter-of-fact and not nearly as gloating as one might expect. He even invites Jo's parents over for tea while listening to it.
* AntiVillain: He's not really malicious, just kind of egotistical and uncaring.
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: He is [[spoiler:Nicholas, and by extension a still-living Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov]].
* TheChessmaster: ''Everything'' in the story is orchestrated by him, [[spoiler: up to and including the birth of Jade Coigley.]]
* DidntThinkThisThrough: As impressive as his plan is, it does have one major flaw. [[spoiler: It takes ''decades'' for Tama's neutralising agent to fully work, by which point it will be too late for him to reclaim his throne. Sending the ring back through time isn't an option either, because OnlyOneMeAllowedRightNow applies to inanimate objects as well as people.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: His true goals, loyalty and morality are kept a secret up until the very end.
* OmniscientMoralityLicense: When you get right down to it, he's just messing around with time to improve things for himself, not really caring how others are affected. The only one he truly seems to care about is Jo, [[spoiler: and even that's because he wants his younger self to marry her.]]
* PlayingBothSides: He helps Jo and her friends, while also telling Jade that he wants to get rid of the former by trapping her in the past. [[spoiler: The truth turns out to be somewhere inbetween. He's just using Jade as an UnwittingPawn, while wanting Jo to live ''and'' stay in the past [[WeCanRuleTogether so that she can become his queen.]]]]
* RetGone: [[spoiler: History is eventually altered so much that he ceases to exist altogether.]]
* NoNameGiven: He's credited simply as "the Old Man", and doesn't give away his name when Catherine introduces herself to him. [[spoiler: As it turns out, there is a good reason for that.]]
* TheSlowPath: He had to patiently wait [[spoiler:for 76 years]] before he could enact his plan.
%%* TricksterMentor: He acts as one towards our protagonists.
* WalkingSpoiler: You really can't say much about the character at all without mentioning his true identity or plan.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: While his goals [[spoiler: (taking back his rightful throne and getting married to a woman who was already in love with him)]] are quite understandable, his methods [[spoiler: (indirectly causing two of her friends to be poisoned and sending her classmate on what is basically a suicide mission)]] are slightly less so.
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[[folder: Ani]]
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->'''Played by:''' Miriama Smith
* BigDamnHeroes: She arrives just in time to give Sir Ivor a TapOnTheHead. While it doesn't knock him unconscious, it ''does'' distract him long enough for Nicholas to escape.
* EthnicMenialLabor: She is the only person of colour in the Iredale household, and just happens to work as a maid, albeit a well-treated one.
* FreakOut: Has a brief one upon seeing Jo wearing boys' clothing.
* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: Inverted. She trades clothes with Louisa and disguises herself as a noblewoman as part of their plan to retrieve the drum.
* WeNeedADistraction: Shed distracts the villains to allow Louisa to board the train.
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[[folder: Mrs. Whitelaw]]
->'''Played by:''' Judie Douglass
* DamselInDistress: She's briefly attacked and interrogated by Sir Ivor in the last episode.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While she is rather strict, she does ultimately want what's best for everyone.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Mia Rowlands and Jesse Handon]]
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->'''Played by:''' Carly Neemia and Nicholas Leggett
* TheDividual: They are generally mentioned together, both being friends of Jo [[spoiler: who end up being poisoned.]]
* GeekPhysiques: Jesse is slightly overweight, but the show never makes a big deal out of this.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler: While they never actually die, Jo ''does'' blame herself for their accident,]] and does everything she can to undo it.
* PatientZero: They are -- from Jo and the audience's point of view -- the first people [[spoiler: to be infected by the poison]].
* RomanticFalseLead: Jo and Jesse are rumored to be crushing on each other InUniverse. It's never made clear if this is true or not, but Jo has no problems with trying to set Jesse up with Mia, and is clearly more into Nicholas by the end.
* ShipTease: With each other. It's implied that Jesse has a thing for Mia, but CannotSpitItOut.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Their actual onscreen appearances are rather brief, but the plot wouldn't have happened at all if it hadn't been for them.
%%* TrueCompanions: Jo describes them as such.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: Their accident almost causes Catherine to be fired, and is what drives Jo to travel back to 1919 and get involved in the whole story.]]
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!!Antagonists
[[folder: Sir Ivor Creevey-Thorne]]
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->'''Played by:''' Nicholas Hammond
* AbusiveParents: He is the closest thing Nicholas has to a legal guardian, and unfortunately also an emotionally abusive, manipulative liar.
* AristocratsAreEvil: While this trope doesn't apply to the series as a whole, it ''definitely'' applies to him.
* EvilBrit: He's the BigBad, and a Brit.
* EvilIsHammy: He has his moments.
* GoKartingWithBowser: He has no problems with playing cricket with Titus, or having a game of chess with Nicholas. [[SubvertedTrope Though in both cases, he only does it in an attempt at manipulating them.]]
* MeaningfulName:
** When the first part of your last name is only two letters away from "creepy," and the second part is pronounced exactly like "thorn," you are pretty much destined to become a villain.
** "Sir Ivor" also sounds a lot like "survivor," which is exactly what his ward Nicholas is.
* NothingPersonal: Claims to have no ill will towards Nicholas, and to be OnlyInItForTheMoney. Unsurprisingly, this doesn't make his ward hate him any less.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Often comes off like this. ''Especially'' during his confrontation with Jo in his basement.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Most of the community believes him to be a morally upstanding citizen.
* WouldHurtAChild: Assuming young teenagers count, he has no qualms about locking up both Jo and Nicholas in his house with the intention to send the former to a women's farm and hand over the latter to the Bolsheviks, who would undoubtedly have him executed.
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[[folder: Bellamy Frid]]
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->'''Played by:''' Stephen Butterworth
%%* BeardOfEvil: Sports one.
* BigBadWannabe: Clearly wants to join Sir Ivor in a BigBadDuumvirate, but in the end he's little more than a pawn.
* BritishStuffiness: He certainly has the accent and personality, at least.
* TheButlerDidIt: Subverted. He does try to kill both of his former employers at one point, but this is ''after'' his other crimes have already been exposed, and his identity is never hidden from either them or the audience.
* ChildHater: Doesn't seem to like kids at all, comparing the Iredale children to literal demons at one point.
* TheMole: Willingly becomes one for Sir Ivor, providing him with information about the Iredales and their guest.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: He ''tries'' to [[InvokedTrope Invoke]] this [[WhosLaughingNow by gassing all of Sir Ivor's party guests - including Mr. and Mrs. Iredale - to death.]] Fortunately for everyone but him, he picked the harmless decoy drum by mistake...
* SadistTeacher: Threatens to beat Titus -- possibly not for the first time -[[DisproportionateRetribution for speaking up in class.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Sir Ivor has no use for him after he's fired, and while he doesn't go as far as killing Frid, he does tell him to - basically - piss off.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Sir Gerald Salisbury]]
->'''Played by:''' Grant Tilly
* AristocratsAreEvil: He has a nobleman's title, and is in league with the BigBad.
* DirtyCoward: Upon being found out, he has a VillainousBreakdown [[NeverMyFault before putting all the blame on Sir Ivor.]]
* FatBastard: He is rather portly, and while not the meanest character in the show, he is still perfectly fine with getting himself involved in some pretty heinous crimes.
* IgnoredExpert: Sir Ivor ignores most of his advice, eventually leading to their combined downfall.
* PragmaticVillainy: Disagrees with Sir Ivor's methods not for any moral reason, but rather because he (correctly) thinks that they won't be able to cover them up and will soon be caught for it.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Like Sir Ivor, though arguably better at maintaining his facade.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Campbell]]
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->'''Played by:''' Eddie Campbell
%%* TheDragon: To Sir Ivor.
* LaserGuidedKarma: He's bitten in the leg by his own dog.
* LastNameBasis: He's only ever referred to as "Campbell".
* RightHandAttackDog: He has one named Bullseye.
* WouldHurtAChild: Threatens to poison our protagonists with the contents of the drum, and later averts NeverSayDie by flat out ordering Bullseye to kill them.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Police Inspector]]
->'''Played by:''' Stephen Gledhill
* BigDamnHeroes: In the last episode, when he ''finally'' manages to arrest Sir Ivor. Hey, third time's the charm, right?
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Believes Jo to be a dangerous criminal and Sir Ivor to be a morally upstanding citizen.
* NoNameGiven: Despite being a pretty important character, he's credited simply as "Police Inspector."
* PoliceAreUseless: Refuses to go anywhere near Sir Ivor without any evidence, and still allows him to get away when it is found. SubvertedTrope in that he ''does'' manage to capture him at the very end.
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: When you get down to it, he's just a man of the law trying to do his job.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Jade Coigley]]
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->'''Played by:''' Liza Jones
* BumblingSidekick: The Old Man considers her to be downright incompetent. Granted, she doesn't have the benefit of knowing exactly how all of her actions will affect the timeline...
* DarkActionGirl: Well, she knows judo, at least.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: The heroes jokingly theorise that she might be Sir Ivor's granddaughter because of how nasty she is and the fact that she seems to know everything. There is no indication that this is actually true.
* {{Jerkass}}: Is pretty mean towards Jo, and downright ecstatic over the idea of being TrappedInThePast forever.
* MouthOfSauron: The Old Man can't go through the Mirror and give Jo messages himself [[spoiler: [[NeverTheSelvesShallMeet because he already exists there as a young man,]]]] so he sends Jade to do it for him.
* PetTheDog: Subverted. Her confession to Catherine that the accident at the well was not Jo's fault is simply an excuse to cover up the fact that she's stealing her mirror, and her later pep talk to Jo is only done on the orders of the Old Man.
* RetGone: [[spoiler:She is completely erased from history as part of the Old Man's plan.]]
* TheRival: To Jo, of whom she has an almost irrational hatred.
* TykeBomb: [[spoiler:The Old Man manipulated her parents into having a child specifically so that he would get a servant years later.]]
* UnwittingPawn: She carries out tasks for the Old Man without ever learning their true purpose.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Leonie Coigley]]
->'''Played by:''' Donna Akersten
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Criticises Catherine equally for her archeology club and her loosened up dress code. Given that the former caused two students to end up in intensive care, complaining about girls being allowed to wear pants seems rather petty.
* EvilCounterpart: To Catherine, both being women of power working in the same field. While Catherine is a fairly ReasonableAuthorityFigure who treats her husband like an equal, Leonie... isn't.
* EvilMatriarch: Seems to be just as much in charge at home as in school.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Much like [[Franchise/HarryPotter Dolores Umbridge]] (whom she actually predates), she is made all the more unlikable by the fact that she doesn't just constantly talk down to people, but actually seems to ''enjoy'' doing so.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Went from a lowly janitor to a doctor and chairwoman of the board.[[spoiler: Though this is eventually undone once history changes.]]
* HateSink: Her actual actions are not nearly as bad as those of the show's other villains. The worst thing she actually does is having Catherine fired for [[VillainHasAPoint fairly justifiable reasons.]] She's just so obnoxious, unlikable and downright mean that you can't help but despise her.
* MoralGuardians: Her problem with the Tiegans seem to stem from them being less conservative than her.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Dennis Coigley]]
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->'''Played by:''' David [=McKenzie=]
%%* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:His marriage to Leonie turns out to be a very important part of the Old Man's plan.]]%%How?
* HenpeckedHusband: According to Andrew. Based on what we see, he doesn't seem to be very far off.
* PunchClockVillain: He never does anything particularly heroic ''or'' villainous. The only thing which makes him remotely qualify as an antagonist is that he seem to lack the backbone needed to form his own opinion about anything important.
* SatelliteCharacter: He doesn't have much of role in the story beyond "being Leonie's husband."
* WhiteSheep: He's the only member of the Coigley family who ''doesn't'' seem to be a complete asshole.
* YesMan: He nonchalantly agrees with whatever his wife says.
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[[foldercontrol]]
!! The Tiegans
[[folder:Josephine "Jo" Tiegan]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:"Listen, I know this sounds weird, but what if we could stop whoever it was from dumping the drum down the well in the first place?"]]
->'''Played by:''' Petra Yared [[note]] credited as "Petra Jared" [[/note]]
Our protagonist. A fourteen-year-old Australian girl who recently moved to New Zealand with her family. She gets her hands on a MagicMirror which sends her back to 1919, accidentally changing history for the worse in the process. Now Jo is determined to undo her mistake and return back to her own time, whatever it takes.
* AgeAppropriateAngst: She can be rather angsty sometimes, and her mother calls her out for being a bit childish. Granted, she does have good reasons for being a bit moody...
* TheAtoner: Blames herself for what happened at the well, and spends most of the show trying to make things right again.
* BoyishShortHair: [[DeliberateValuesDissonance Frequently commented on in 1919.]] Nobody in 1995 really seems to care.
* CampStraight: In this case, Butch Straight. She has a rather boyish wardrobe and personality - especially by 1919 standards - while also clearly having a romantic interest in Nicholas (and possibly Jesse as well). Notably, she is never MistakenForGay at any point, and nobody acts as though being tomboyish and being straight would be mutually exclusive.
* CoolBigSis: While her actual brother Royce considers her fairly annoying, Titus treats her as an honorary one.
* DaddysGirl: She has a good relationship with her father Andrew, but is said to barely speak to her mother at the start of the series. This might be at least partially because Catherine is MarriedToTheJob, while her husband is working from home.
* TheDeterminator: Isn't letting ''anything'' stop her from saving the lives of her friends.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Has a couple of premonitory dreams (though one of them was technically of the past).
* HappilyAdopted: While she does come at odds with her parents occasionally, this is still played straight at the end of the day.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Occasionally. Louisa calls her out for only caring about her friends and not anyone else who might be hurt by the poison. That said, she ''does'' usually apologize when realizing that she's actually hurt somebody's feelings.
* MuggleFosterParents: She is adopted, and the only person in her family who can use the Mirror to look into the past. [[SubvertedTrope Then again, Louisa has the same power, and she's living with her biological family...]]
* OnlyKnownByHerNickname: We only know that her real name is Josephine because she refers to herself as such ''once'' (while alone in her room). Everyone else -- including the conservative Leonie Coigley -- only call her Jo.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Doesn't mind wearing a dress per se - only briefly complaining that it's too hot - as long as she gets to keep her sneakers on. She's also rather interested in romance.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Her time travel misadventures cause Mia and Jesse to end up in intensive care [[spoiler: though the actual change happens much later than she initially thinks.]]
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[[folder: Royce Tiegan]]
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-> '''Played by:''' Jeffrey Walker
%%* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: From Jo's point of view.
* GadgeteerGenius: Well, his "genius" doesn't really go beyond some mild customisation, but he ''does'' provide the remote controlled car and robot used during Jo's rescue.
* HeManWomanHater: Downplayed and PlayedForLaughs. He says that Jo is acting strange because "She's a girl. They're all weird."
%%* HumanAlien: He briefly suspects his sister of being one.
* MadBomber: Suggests making a bomb and blowing up Sir Ivor with it. Tama doesn't ''quite'' approve of this suggestion.
* MrExposition: ''Tries'' to be this at one point. Unfortunately, he has nothing to say that the rest of the cast don't already know.
* TagalongKid: Treated as such by the rest of the cast, at least until they realise that his toys might actually prove quite useful.
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[[folder: Andrew Tiegan]]
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->'''Played by:''' Peter Bensley
* AdultsAreUseless: PlayedWith. His "uselessness" is mostly due to him being oblivious and later unsupportive about Jo's time travel, but he eventually has to face the fact that there really ''is'' nothing he can do other than standing by and hoping for the best. Granted, he ''does'' help his daughter get back to the present at one point, so there's that.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Insists that curses aren't real even ''after'' finding out that his daughter has a time portal in her room.
* BumblingDad: Subverted. He comes across a bit like this at first, but then it turns out that he can get ''really'' serious when his daughter is put in danger.
* HouseHusband: His wife is shown to be the main breadwinner of the family. While he is mocked for it a bit InUniverse, the show itself makes it clear that he's a noble, genuinely nice guy willing to put his own life at risk to save others.Subverted in that he ''does'' have a job. He's just working from home.
* MoreExpendableThanYou: Is willing to travel back to the past himself so that Jo doesn't have to. Unfortunately, the Mirror just won't let him through.
* OneHourWorkWeek: He writes ScienceFiction books for children, but isn't actually shown doing much writing. This is due to 1. him having heavy control over his schedule due to working from home, 2. [[ExtremelyShortTimeSpan the fairly short time span of the series]], and 3. his stressful situation giving him writer's block.
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[[folder: Catherine Guthrie Tiegan]]
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->'''Played by:''' Judy [=McIntosh=]
* CharacterDevelopment: Even though [[spoiler: the changes in the timeline wipe away her memories of the past week,]] she still [[spoiler: remembers enough on a subconscious level]] for it to improve her strained relationship with her daughter.
* DeanBitterman: Acts like a female example towards Jo, at least. Granted, this is probably more due to also being her mother.
%%* DeadpanSnarker: She has her moments.
* HeelRealization: Comes to think that Jo may have been right to call her out earlier.
* OnlySaneMan: Clearly ''believes'' herself to be this. Though in reality, she's the only member of her family who has no idea what's going on.
* ParentalObliviousness: While all parents in the show have it to same extent, hers is arguably the worst. The portal is ''in her house'' and yet she doesn't learn about it until the very end.
* TheScapegoat: Leonie and her board of directors put all the blame for Mia and Jesse's accident on her and Jo. While she ''was'' arguably responsible for the lack of safety at the digging site, it was still Jade - Leonie's daughter - who actually caused the accident.
* SlaveToPR: Occasionally doesn't do what's best for her family if it makes her look bad at work.
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!!The Iredales
[[folder: Louisa Iredale]]
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-> '''Played by:''' Michala Banas
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Subverted. She sometimes wishes that she lived in Jo's time (which is still technically the same century anyway, just the opposite end of it) but she eventually decides to stay in 1919 with her family.
* CannotTellFictionFromReality: The rest of the Iredale household thinks that she has [[YouWatchTooMuchX read too much]] SpeculativeFiction when she starts babbling about a girl who lives in her mirror. Of course, [[CassandraTruth she's actually telling the truth]].
* CuteBookworm: Downplayed, but she does love books and is sad to see that Main/TheInternet has started to replace them by 1995.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: While all of the time travellers are hit by this to some extent, she is more affected by it than anyone else. Jo and Tama at least had an idea of what to expect before going back in time.
* TheFutureWillBeBetter: Subverted. She's happy about women getting more career options and some of the technological innovations, but she also realises that some problems are still around, (and likely always will be) such as deadly diseases and rude authority figures.
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She doesn't really mind being a ProperLady per se, but she does dream about becoming a pilot.
* {{Reincarnation}}: The Old Man speculates that she may have been reincarnated as [[spoiler: Jo Tiegan,]] as she died the same day the latter was born. Though he admits that this is just an elaborate guess and that he has no way of knowing for certain.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Tries to prevent her father's death in a train accident by advising him to take the plane instead.
* {{Technophobia}}: Downplayed. She's actually very impressed by modern technology and is looking forward to see some of it be invented. However, she still prefers looking up information at the library the old-fashioned way rather than using the Internet.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Titus Iredale]]
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->'''Played by:''' Jason Gascoigne
* AgentMulder: He initially believes Jo to be either a ghost or a genie.
* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: For Louisa, though he mostly avoids being TheLoad by proving himself useful early on.
* TheBait: Used as a distraction for Bullseye the guard dog. He makes it through unharmed.
* TheCassandra: Doesn't have the easiest time trying to convince his family that Jo came out of a mirror.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He ''immediately'' decides that he wants to go and rescue Nicholas upon finding out that he is kept prisoner in Sir Ivor's house. You really have to admire the kid's determination.
* FanBoy: He ''really'' likes playing cricket and is a big fan of several of its professional players. Sir Ivor entices him to hand over the mirror in exchange for a bat which supposedly belonged to W.G. Grace, one of the greatest cricketers of all time.
* NotNowKiddo: The girls never seem to have time to play with him, which Sir Ivor uses to his advantage.
* WhatTheHellHero: Louisa chews him out for not telling her where the drum of poison is [[DisproportionateRetribution because she hasn't played cricket with him the entire week.]]
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[[folder: Joshua Iredale]]
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->'''Played by:''' Gerald Bryan
%%* BigGood: The closest thing the series has to one.
* DeathByIrony: In the original timeline, at least, he died in an accident on a train... which he had only taken because he was too scared of flying.
* DisneyDeath: Him surviving being poisoned after spending two days in a coma could be seen as this.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Is attacked by Sir Ivor's thugs and infected by poison right after he discovers their stash of it.
* PapaWolf: Does everything he can to keep his family safe. Unfortunately, this gives the villains a weakness to exploit...
* PatientZero: Chronologically the first victim of the poison.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While he isn't always supportive towards Jo, he does kindly let her stay under his roof until her parents can be found, and takes the girls' claims about the poison seriously enough to go down to the harbour and investigate. He also fires Frid when the rumors that he's spying on his family start seeming a bit too plausible, and is the one who apprehends Sir Ivor in the end.
* ShaggyDogStory: In the library, Louisa learns that he survives his mysterious disease... only to die in an unrelated accident nine years later. Though it's implied that Louisa and her mother will do what they can to prevent this.
* {{Technophobia}}: He doesn't like airplanes, and prefers the old-fashioned steam trains instead. Unfortunately, this would eventually come back to bite him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Primrose Iredale]]
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->'''Played by:''' Michele Amas
* AdultsAreUseless: Subverted. She starts off as completely unsupportive, but upon realising that Jo really must be from the future, she manages to aid her in several ways.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Does not believe that commercial airlines or moon rockets will be a thing during her or her children's lifetimes.
* NoMoreForMe: Subverted. She accuses ''Sir Ivor'' of drinking too much when he starts talking about magical mirrors. Of course, she knows that he's telling the truth. She just doesn't want anyone else to know.
* OnlySaneMan: Among the adults at the Iredale household. She does what she can to help the children, [[WhatTheHellHero and calls out her husband when he refuses to do so.]]
* SecretKeeper: Once she comes to the conclusion that Jo has been telling the truth all along, she starts covering up her activities from the villains.
* ThisIsReality: Initially doesn't believe the kids' story, because such things only happen in "the world of fiction."
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!!Allies
[[folder: Nicholas]]
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->'''Played by:''' Nicholas Hooper
* BlueBlood: [[spoiler: He is the last living member of the Russian royal family.]]
* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler: He got his false name "Nicholas" from his father, Nicholas II.]]
* DistressedDude: Spends much of the show as a political prisoner.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: And if any character in the show truly deserved it, it would have to be him.
* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: Downplayed. His English is very good, but he feels more comfortable giving a horse commands in his native language during a stressful situation.
* GildedCage: Considers Sir Ivor's house to be one. (Though it's said to not be as luxurious as what he's used to, so even the gilded part may be debatable.)
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Yes, he was a real person. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, he didn't survive his execution in RealLife,]] though this wasn't known for certain until years after this show was made.
* IChooseToStay: He decides to remain [[spoiler: in 1995 with Jo]] in the end.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: His main reason for wanting to go outside is his desire to meet people of his own age.
* MyParentsAreDead: [[spoiler: His whole family was assassinated,]] a fact which was kept hidden from him. Needless to say, he is ''not'' happy when he finds out the truth.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: It turns out that ''he'' was the one who [[spoiler: threw the drum into the well in an attempt at hiding it. Though he later manages to use the neutralising agent on it, altering the course of history.]]
* {{Omniglot}}: He can speak seven languages, including Russian and English.
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[[folder: Tama Williams]]
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->'''Played by:''' James Ashcroft
* FlatEarthAtheist: He simply can't bring himself to believe in a MagicMirror even ''after'' seeing it work.
* NerdsAreSexy: Louisa seems to think so, at least. Though it doesn't lead to anything since [[spoiler:[[DryDockedShip they both stay in their respective time periods at the end.]]]]
* TheSmartGuy: By far the most tech savvy member of the cast.
* SecretKeeper: One of the first characters from 1995 who learns about the Mirror.
* TeenGenius: He seems to be about the same age as Jo, and yet he's a talented hacker and chemist.
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[[folder: The Old Man]]
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->'''Played by:''' Bernard Kearns
* AffablyEvil: While he ''can'' be pretty rude towards Jade, he is usually very polite, has nothing against our heroes personally and is fine with helping them as long as it advances his own goals. His big monologue about his plan is very matter-of-fact and not nearly as gloating as one might expect. He even invites Jo's parents over for tea while listening to it.
* AntiVillain: He's not really malicious, just kind of egotistical and uncaring.
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: He is [[spoiler:Nicholas, and by extension a still-living Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov]].
* TheChessmaster: ''Everything'' in the story is orchestrated by him, [[spoiler: up to and including the birth of Jade Coigley.]]
* DidntThinkThisThrough: As impressive as his plan is, it does have one major flaw. [[spoiler: It takes ''decades'' for Tama's neutralising agent to fully work, by which point it will be too late for him to reclaim his throne. Sending the ring back through time isn't an option either, because OnlyOneMeAllowedRightNow applies to inanimate objects as well as people.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: His true goals, loyalty and morality are kept a secret up until the very end.
* OmniscientMoralityLicense: When you get right down to it, he's just messing around with time to improve things for himself, not really caring how others are affected. The only one he truly seems to care about is Jo, [[spoiler: and even that's because he wants his younger self to marry her.]]
* PlayingBothSides: He helps Jo and her friends, while also telling Jade that he wants to get rid of the former by trapping her in the past. [[spoiler: The truth turns out to be somewhere inbetween. He's just using Jade as an UnwittingPawn, while wanting Jo to live ''and'' stay in the past [[WeCanRuleTogether so that she can become his queen.]]]]
* RetGone: [[spoiler: History is eventually altered so much that he ceases to exist altogether.]]
* NoNameGiven: He's credited simply as "the Old Man", and doesn't give away his name when Catherine introduces herself to him. [[spoiler: As it turns out, there is a good reason for that.]]
* TheSlowPath: He had to patiently wait [[spoiler:for 76 years]] before he could enact his plan.
%%* TricksterMentor: He acts as one towards our protagonists.
* WalkingSpoiler: You really can't say much about the character at all without mentioning his true identity or plan.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: While his goals [[spoiler: (taking back his rightful throne and getting married to a woman who was already in love with him)]] are quite understandable, his methods [[spoiler: (indirectly causing two of her friends to be poisoned and sending her classmate on what is basically a suicide mission)]] are slightly less so.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Ani]]
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->'''Played by:''' Miriama Smith
* BigDamnHeroes: She arrives just in time to give Sir Ivor a TapOnTheHead. While it doesn't knock him unconscious, it ''does'' distract him long enough for Nicholas to escape.
* EthnicMenialLabor: She is the only person of colour in the Iredale household, and just happens to work as a maid, albeit a well-treated one.
* FreakOut: Has a brief one upon seeing Jo wearing boys' clothing.
* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: Inverted. She trades clothes with Louisa and disguises herself as a noblewoman as part of their plan to retrieve the drum.
* WeNeedADistraction: Shed distracts the villains to allow Louisa to board the train.
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[[folder: Mrs. Whitelaw]]
->'''Played by:''' Judie Douglass
* DamselInDistress: She's briefly attacked and interrogated by Sir Ivor in the last episode.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While she is rather strict, she does ultimately want what's best for everyone.
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[[folder: Mia Rowlands and Jesse Handon]]
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->'''Played by:''' Carly Neemia and Nicholas Leggett
* TheDividual: They are generally mentioned together, both being friends of Jo [[spoiler: who end up being poisoned.]]
* GeekPhysiques: Jesse is slightly overweight, but the show never makes a big deal out of this.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler: While they never actually die, Jo ''does'' blame herself for their accident,]] and does everything she can to undo it.
* PatientZero: They are -- from Jo and the audience's point of view -- the first people [[spoiler: to be infected by the poison]].
* RomanticFalseLead: Jo and Jesse are rumored to be crushing on each other InUniverse. It's never made clear if this is true or not, but Jo has no problems with trying to set Jesse up with Mia, and is clearly more into Nicholas by the end.
* ShipTease: With each other. It's implied that Jesse has a thing for Mia, but CannotSpitItOut.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Their actual onscreen appearances are rather brief, but the plot wouldn't have happened at all if it hadn't been for them.
%%* TrueCompanions: Jo describes them as such.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: Their accident almost causes Catherine to be fired, and is what drives Jo to travel back to 1919 and get involved in the whole story.]]
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!!Antagonists
[[folder: Sir Ivor Creevey-Thorne]]
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->'''Played by:''' Nicholas Hammond
* AbusiveParents: He is the closest thing Nicholas has to a legal guardian, and unfortunately also an emotionally abusive, manipulative liar.
* AristocratsAreEvil: While this trope doesn't apply to the series as a whole, it ''definitely'' applies to him.
* EvilBrit: He's the BigBad, and a Brit.
* EvilIsHammy: He has his moments.
* GoKartingWithBowser: He has no problems with playing cricket with Titus, or having a game of chess with Nicholas. [[SubvertedTrope Though in both cases, he only does it in an attempt at manipulating them.]]
* MeaningfulName:
** When the first part of your last name is only two letters away from "creepy," and the second part is pronounced exactly like "thorn," you are pretty much destined to become a villain.
** "Sir Ivor" also sounds a lot like "survivor," which is exactly what his ward Nicholas is.
* NothingPersonal: Claims to have no ill will towards Nicholas, and to be OnlyInItForTheMoney. Unsurprisingly, this doesn't make his ward hate him any less.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Often comes off like this. ''Especially'' during his confrontation with Jo in his basement.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Most of the community believes him to be a morally upstanding citizen.
* WouldHurtAChild: Assuming young teenagers count, he has no qualms about locking up both Jo and Nicholas in his house with the intention to send the former to a women's farm and hand over the latter to the Bolsheviks, who would undoubtedly have him executed.
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[[folder: Bellamy Frid]]
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->'''Played by:''' Stephen Butterworth
%%* BeardOfEvil: Sports one.
* BigBadWannabe: Clearly wants to join Sir Ivor in a BigBadDuumvirate, but in the end he's little more than a pawn.
* BritishStuffiness: He certainly has the accent and personality, at least.
* TheButlerDidIt: Subverted. He does try to kill both of his former employers at one point, but this is ''after'' his other crimes have already been exposed, and his identity is never hidden from either them or the audience.
* ChildHater: Doesn't seem to like kids at all, comparing the Iredale children to literal demons at one point.
* TheMole: Willingly becomes one for Sir Ivor, providing him with information about the Iredales and their guest.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: He ''tries'' to [[InvokedTrope Invoke]] this [[WhosLaughingNow by gassing all of Sir Ivor's party guests - including Mr. and Mrs. Iredale - to death.]] Fortunately for everyone but him, he picked the harmless decoy drum by mistake...
* SadistTeacher: Threatens to beat Titus -- possibly not for the first time -[[DisproportionateRetribution for speaking up in class.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Sir Ivor has no use for him after he's fired, and while he doesn't go as far as killing Frid, he does tell him to - basically - piss off.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Sir Gerald Salisbury]]
->'''Played by:''' Grant Tilly
* AristocratsAreEvil: He has a nobleman's title, and is in league with the BigBad.
* DirtyCoward: Upon being found out, he has a VillainousBreakdown [[NeverMyFault before putting all the blame on Sir Ivor.]]
* FatBastard: He is rather portly, and while not the meanest character in the show, he is still perfectly fine with getting himself involved in some pretty heinous crimes.
* IgnoredExpert: Sir Ivor ignores most of his advice, eventually leading to their combined downfall.
* PragmaticVillainy: Disagrees with Sir Ivor's methods not for any moral reason, but rather because he (correctly) thinks that they won't be able to cover them up and will soon be caught for it.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Like Sir Ivor, though arguably better at maintaining his facade.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Campbell]]
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->'''Played by:''' Eddie Campbell
%%* TheDragon: To Sir Ivor.
* LaserGuidedKarma: He's bitten in the leg by his own dog.
* LastNameBasis: He's only ever referred to as "Campbell".
* RightHandAttackDog: He has one named Bullseye.
* WouldHurtAChild: Threatens to poison our protagonists with the contents of the drum, and later averts NeverSayDie by flat out ordering Bullseye to kill them.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Police Inspector]]
->'''Played by:''' Stephen Gledhill
* BigDamnHeroes: In the last episode, when he ''finally'' manages to arrest Sir Ivor. Hey, third time's the charm, right?
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Believes Jo to be a dangerous criminal and Sir Ivor to be a morally upstanding citizen.
* NoNameGiven: Despite being a pretty important character, he's credited simply as "Police Inspector."
* PoliceAreUseless: Refuses to go anywhere near Sir Ivor without any evidence, and still allows him to get away when it is found. SubvertedTrope in that he ''does'' manage to capture him at the very end.
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: When you get down to it, he's just a man of the law trying to do his job.
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[[folder: Jade Coigley]]
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->'''Played by:''' Liza Jones
* BumblingSidekick: The Old Man considers her to be downright incompetent. Granted, she doesn't have the benefit of knowing exactly how all of her actions will affect the timeline...
* DarkActionGirl: Well, she knows judo, at least.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: The heroes jokingly theorise that she might be Sir Ivor's granddaughter because of how nasty she is and the fact that she seems to know everything. There is no indication that this is actually true.
* {{Jerkass}}: Is pretty mean towards Jo, and downright ecstatic over the idea of being TrappedInThePast forever.
* MouthOfSauron: The Old Man can't go through the Mirror and give Jo messages himself [[spoiler: [[NeverTheSelvesShallMeet because he already exists there as a young man,]]]] so he sends Jade to do it for him.
* PetTheDog: Subverted. Her confession to Catherine that the accident at the well was not Jo's fault is simply an excuse to cover up the fact that she's stealing her mirror, and her later pep talk to Jo is only done on the orders of the Old Man.
* RetGone: [[spoiler:She is completely erased from history as part of the Old Man's plan.]]
* TheRival: To Jo, of whom she has an almost irrational hatred.
* TykeBomb: [[spoiler:The Old Man manipulated her parents into having a child specifically so that he would get a servant years later.]]
* UnwittingPawn: She carries out tasks for the Old Man without ever learning their true purpose.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Leonie Coigley]]
->'''Played by:''' Donna Akersten
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Criticises Catherine equally for her archeology club and her loosened up dress code. Given that the former caused two students to end up in intensive care, complaining about girls being allowed to wear pants seems rather petty.
* EvilCounterpart: To Catherine, both being women of power working in the same field. While Catherine is a fairly ReasonableAuthorityFigure who treats her husband like an equal, Leonie... isn't.
* EvilMatriarch: Seems to be just as much in charge at home as in school.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Much like [[Franchise/HarryPotter Dolores Umbridge]] (whom she actually predates), she is made all the more unlikable by the fact that she doesn't just constantly talk down to people, but actually seems to ''enjoy'' doing so.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: Went from a lowly janitor to a doctor and chairwoman of the board.[[spoiler: Though this is eventually undone once history changes.]]
* HateSink: Her actual actions are not nearly as bad as those of the show's other villains. The worst thing she actually does is having Catherine fired for [[VillainHasAPoint fairly justifiable reasons.]] She's just so obnoxious, unlikable and downright mean that you can't help but despise her.
* MoralGuardians: Her problem with the Tiegans seem to stem from them being less conservative than her.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Dennis Coigley]]
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->'''Played by:''' David [=McKenzie=]
%%* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:His marriage to Leonie turns out to be a very important part of the Old Man's plan.]]%%How?
* HenpeckedHusband: According to Andrew. Based on what we see, he doesn't seem to be very far off.
* PunchClockVillain: He never does anything particularly heroic ''or'' villainous. The only thing which makes him remotely qualify as an antagonist is that he seem to lack the backbone needed to form his own opinion about anything important.
* SatelliteCharacter: He doesn't have much of role in the story beyond "being Leonie's husband."
* WhiteSheep: He's the only member of the Coigley family who ''doesn't'' seem to be a complete asshole.
* YesMan: He nonchalantly agrees with whatever his wife says.
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