For examples from Miracle Day, see here.
- Though that one was an infant, and thus needed to use the people on the plane to learn how to communicate. They both use people to talk, both need blue, gaseous environments to survive, and are very narcissistic in nature.
- His real name is Javic Piotr Thane. The Lives of Captain Jack from Big Finish said so.
- Jossed.
- The Other Wiki has a section on this. [1]
- The ship he described that he was getting a ride from sounded like the one John was offering earlier..
- Or he could be recruiting the surviving time agents and mercenaries to go find where the 4-5-6 live and blow it all to hell. That would be awesome!
- Going batshit crazy and trying to completely destroy all the 456 - that's more or less what he should have done at the end of Children of Earth. Instead, he wrote a Simple Plan album from a prison cell.
- No, Jack, there is no time to be Emo!!!
- Or he could be recruiting the surviving time agents and mercenaries to go find where the 4-5-6 live and blow it all to hell. That would be awesome!
- Their dad faked their deaths. We only heard gunshots, we weren't shown their lives ending. It's not impossible.
- Perhaps instead of shooting them, he shot the bullets meant for them into a wall before shooting himself.
- A pony saved them.
- He's such a bad shot it took four shots to finally hit himself.
- He inherited his granddaddy's immortality.
- Steven Moffat will bring him back after becoming suspicious that the character was a child stand-in for himself. RTD was Jack? Jack did run away at the end, and Russell is now relocating himself to the USA.
- His mum will use the resurrection glove on him. Don't ask how she would get it — that's not important.
- Ianto: "That's the thing about gloves. They always come in pairs."
- Jack has Haruhi powers and will use them. See theory at the bottom of the page.
- The cracks in time from Series 5 of doctor who stopped the whole thing from happening, I mean, they retconned everything else from the Russel T. Davies era. so why not Stevens death.
- Immunity to the virus.
- Jack's kiss. It worked before.
- Jack having Haruhi powers.
- Chris Chibnall writing the next season and either not being aware of Ianto's death or just pretending it didn't happen. Or coming up with some unlikely reason he survived.
- Chris Chibnall isn't writing for or producing series 4.
- The 4-5-6 allowing take-backs. RTD just messed up the ending. Or Jack didn't realize that they changed their mind and let him retract his threats. Perhaps they gave his boy toy an antidote after seeing the captain had given up, but they conveniently (for the tragic plot) never got a chance to get a message to Capt'n J.
- Jossed
- He'll be back, just so RTD can kill him again.
- Depending on your definition of "back", that actually DID happen in Torchwood: The Lost Files. Not sure how active Russell's role is in the radio dramas though. Plus, technically John Fay killed him.
- Confirmed
- Depending on your definition of "back", that actually DID happen in Torchwood: The Lost Files. Not sure how active Russell's role is in the radio dramas though. Plus, technically John Fay killed him.
- What reason? It's named after the drug that had the eggs of the creature inside Martha the doctor was testing on her (which "reset" the body of diseases, but that's the reset itself, not any time radiation).
- Jossed
Well, his 'death', or the appearance of it, was necessary to cause Jack to become aware of his careless nature when it came to human life (he was fearless because he couldn't die, and his mortal friends suffered because of it). Jack's depression was needed so that others would have to take heroic courses to save the children; their new found strength would be important for choices they would make later. But someone, almost undoubtedly Jack from the future, got to Ianto before he died and gave him a way to survive the virus, but also to appear to be dead. Ianto might even have thought he was dying. However, after CoE!Jack and Gwen left his body, Jack or whoever saved him revived him and took him to explore the universe!
- Jossed
- Alternatively, Ianto is a time lord.
- Hiding? Unless he's learnt some ninja trick that makes you breathe internally he was right next to Jack dead!
- Parallel universe! Say it with me!
- Jossed
- Wasn't there a comic involving a parallel universe Ianto?
- Jossed
- ...And he's dead.
- I was thinking that too. Maybe none of the victims who died with Ianto are really dead. Maybe its a poison similar to the one Juliet used in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. They'll all just wake up soon.
- A related proposal: There was only ever one member of the 456 - the one we saw. That's why there are no ships in orbit - the only 456 has descended to Earth already. ...However, it seems to only need one child at a time; what does it do with the other millions?
- He is not the only addict among his species, he wanted to sell them to the other addicts.
- It's definitely worth noting that the 456 invasion was broadly similar to the Sycorax approach. And while the Sycorax were formidable in their own way, the blood control angle was just 'a cheap bit of voodoo' and in the end Torchwood (albeit a slightly more effectual one) proved capable of blowing them out of the sky.
- A horrible thing must happen to Earth because its happening is a fixed point in time. The Doctor cannot intervene, but Jack's resurrection and return to Earth mitigate this horrible thing, by Jack being willing to do something the Doctor could never do.
- There's a complimentary theory over on the Angel WMG that Jack is The Immortal.
- If Captain Hart is Spike, than either he got the Shanshu and then had his aging stopped like Liz 10, or there are still some vampires under Extra Strong self-repaired Masquerade making mojo by that time, because he can be seen entering Torchwood through the guest door in broad daylight.
- Nah, Rhys is quite clearly The Master. His knowledge of the future would let him know to hook up with Gwen before she joined Torchwood. His mesmeric abilities would also explain how he managed to hook up with Gwen, given that everyone acknowledges she's out of his league. It isn't yet known what long game he's playing...
- And he didn't get a farewell video like Toshiko.
- He might eventually become an overmind that knows anything that happens on Earth where the water takes his body-bits.
- Given his physical condition he could be mostly intact. Perhaps he's lording it over weevils in the sewers and has not returned because he's too radioactive and does not want to harm the others.
- Two words: Doctor Manhattan.
- And it will be AWESOME!
- It's the Seventh Doctor, who on the surface appears to be a strange little Scottish man, and he's manipulating everything that's happened in modern day earth - and possibly elsewhere, you never know with Seven; maybe he's orchestrating the entire Time War from behind a desk in Glasgow - in both the new series and Torchwood via a Gambit Roulette. He then wiped his memory before collecting the Master from Skaro so he would react naturally and avoid having his knowledge of his plan make him a Spanner in the Works.
- It's the Valeyard, and not just because he's on the verge of becoming a meme. It's probable that the Doctor can't sense the Valeyard in his head because he didn't sense himself in 'Time Crash' (and really, sensing oneself throughout time and space when you've got a time machine would drive you bonkers) or he's actively ignoring his darker side. Also, it's time our favourite verbose prosecutor used a taunt based on the Doctor's name for once, and the only good one I can think of is Cock-Blocktor. Hello, watershed.
- I'm pretty sure that one of the (admittedly non-canon?) novels implied that Bilis Manger was 'Archie', the strange old man of Torchwood Two.
- You mean that isn't canon?
- I hope that is canon, because that's good Fridge Logic...
- One of its biggest faults is the fact that you can apparently route radioactive coolant into the control room! Nobody in their right mind would design something that malevolent unless they were planning to kill everybody in the control room.
- And surf off on an interstellar surfboard using the plant in tandem with the Rift to destroy Earth. It's PERFECT.
- Oh wow. I don't think they planned that, but it makes such a hilarious amount of sense. Of course they'd build the power plant anyway, everything had already been organised XD
- This seems like it could be true, as the three characters are seen walking away together at the end of Journey's End. Jack implies that he may have work for Martha and Mickey, since they have no one else in that universe (and experience with the alt-universe's Torchwood).
- The most recent press releases indicate that there will be no new team members whatsoever. Not even Mickey and Martha. Rhys and PC Andy may take on similar roles, though.
- The press release says one thing, but still... Doesn't it seem odd that they kill of their doctor AND their tech person, and yet, the two Jack walks away with are a doctor and a tech guy respectively. Curious, that.
- Rhys is taking on a role as an unofficial member in season 3.
- It appears that they indeed intended to have Martha and Mickey join the Torchwood cast for the miniseries, but neither actor could appear due to scheduling conflicts.
- Martha is explained to be on her honeymoon and still working for UNIT. No sign of Mickey though.
- Mickey's absence is accounted for in Doctor Who : The End of Time - he was on that honeymoon too!
- Jossed. Rhys is promoted to "main character", but no-one else particularly qualifies. Also, no-one really fills in for Tosh, though Esther in Miracle Day might fit.
- Making it interesting, Torchwood's logo is 22 hexagons, which might mean 22 branches.
- Torchwood 42 will be centered on the planet Corneria, disguised as a Mercenary outfit. General Pepper descends from a Brigadier in UNIT.
- The Torchwood audio episode "Golden Age" comfirms that they had a base in India.
- Though it also states it ceased functions in 1924, losing all but one of its alien tech. Jack didn't even know about the Duchess and other people there until he investigated the disappearances in Delhi.
- There is a Torchwood in the USA, which the Americans took over sometime during the Revolutionary War. It was renamed Area 51, and will be revealed in Season 4.
- Revolutionary war - 1775–1783. Torchwood Founded 1879.
- Overall Jossed. Miracle Day states several times that as of 2011, all that remains of Torchwood is Jack and Gwen. Also, Area 51 has already appeared twice in Doctor Who, so unless the team travel back to the Revolutionary War to when this was apparently still functioning as a Torchwood base (despite Torchwood being founded in 1879), such a reveal wouldn't mean much.
- And then Confirmed! The Big Finish story "The Dollhouse" is about an all-female Los Angeles branch's activities in the 1970s. How official they are and why they weren't contacted during Miracle Day (if they were still around by then) is anyone's guess, though.
Note that this would not invalidate the Season 6B theories; Jamie could have returned and sired a family at any point, and it makes it easier from the family knowledge standpoint if Season 6B had happened.
- Perhaps they intentionally tracked down anyone with that name after The Doctor uses it when introducing himself to the queen.
- Jack is on speaking terms with the 'strange man' at Torchwood Two; compare with how he treats Ianto when he's unemployed after the battle of Canary Wharf.
- Him being described as an American by British characters is just from his accent, accents are pretty coincidental in the Whoniverse - "Lots of planets have a North!"
- I'm sure he confirmed himself that at the very least, his accent is derived from Americans, even if the Boeshane Peninsula is off-world.
- This explains why at the end of "Captain Jack Harkness" the TARDIS lands inside the hub (evidenced by all the paper and Jack's hair being blown about) while in Doctor Who's "Utopia" it lands above it. This also explains why Jack didn't see his team again until night in Torchwood when he came back in "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang", the Doctor dropped him off later than he did in Doctor Who's "Last of the Time Lords" (morning).
- Possibly jossed. Word of God mused that after "The Big Bang" the rift in Cardiff either was or likely sealed as well. Possible, admitted, rebuttal to my rebuttal, The Alliance seem to believe the effect could be multiversal. In either case, RTD considers Torchwood post Series 5 Doctor Who to be in a universe following an event much like "The Big Bang", if not THE BB occurring.
- While I can't explain the continuity errors about morning/night, or the stuff blowing around, it still seems evidently Jossed in series 2. Jack meets the time traveller Martha Jones in "Reset", and though he doesn't say the words "Doctor" (with a capital D), "TARDIS", "Yana", "Harold Saxon" or "Master" he muses in that episode about having a bad experience with a politician, references orders from above promoting Martha in UNIT, and states that he and Martha are part of an "end of the world survivors club". The flashbacks in "Adam" mention Jack's childhood on the Boeshane Peninsula, which echoes the fact that in Doctor Who's "Last of the Time Lords", Jack was the Time Agency poster boy from the peninsula. Also Jossed in Doctor Who series 4, where Gwen and Ianto appear with the Torchwood hub clearly visible in the background (and they died in the Turn Left universe saving the world from the Sontarans. Sontar-HA!). Jack even paraphrases the "on a cold night in Wales I hear the voice of a nightingale" speech in the Doctor Who series 4 finale. Furthermore, there's the newspaper article from "Boom Town" ("New Mayor, New Cardiff") on one of Torchwood Three's doors at some point in Torchwood series 2.
- And was that a direct reference to the Doctor, travelling the world, his companions AND the Trickster's Brigade I saw in Miracle Day?
- And in a later episode, Silurians and Racnoss. Apparently UNIT, too.
- In Cyberwoman he wanted to rescue his receptionist, but he didn't know how to use CPR. So he wished that snogging could heal people.
- Directly before he and Tosh were sucked into the past near the end of the first season, Jack was reminiscing about the good ol' days when soldiers danced with cute girls before going off to war. When they returned to the spot where Jack had been reminiscing, it was exactly what he wanted it to be: soldiers and music and girls and dancing. He also probably wished to meet a cute guy who was crazy about him. Maybe he even wished to meet the man who's name he stole!
- At the end of Season 1, he really wanted Gwen to kiss him again, so he subconsciously made himself dead until kissed. After his Gwen-kiss fix, he snogged another employee for good measure, then decided that it was the natural time to ditch his friends, and wished to see The Doctor again.
- The only reason the episode Adam happened was because he wanted to read Ianto's diary.
- In From Out Of The Rain, Jack was ticked that Gwen, Teaboy, and Owen went to the cinema without him. So he subconsciously wished something bad would happen.
- In Adrift, Jack secretly wanted Gwen to find out about the rift victims, he just wished she would find out for herself.
- At the end of season 2 Jack wished to see Gray again, and he got his wish.
- He wanted Ianto to die? Or at least, didn't want to bring him back from the dead?
- Well, I think this is effectively jossed at this point.
- Or he subconsciously wanted to run away from it all and the power acted on those hidden thoughts.
- Jossed on the "excuse to find the Doctor" count, according to both Doctor Who and Torchwood itself. Jack wanted to go to 21st century Earth to reunite with the Doctor when he parks again at the Rift.
- Or Harriet Jones, former Prime Minister. She would have blasted their asses to hell and back. Nice Job Breaking It, Doctor!
- She probably did, in Pete's World.
- Can you imagine if the PM in that story was Harry Saxon? Or at the very least Harry was on the Cabinet at the time? That could explain why there's no Doctor (because really - this is EXACTLY the sort of crap that gets his (or the TARDIS') attention). I can imagine him sneaking into floor 13 as the Pink Panther theme is played over the PA.
- I'd like to think so too, but there's a problem: he could just come back in time when he's done. The Doctor can be in lots of places at the same time as long as he doesn't cross his own path (and sometimes he even breaks that rule). There's another possibility, though...
- I personally like to think that while Torchwood was dealing with the emissary and fleet, The Doctor was on their homeworld addressing the root of the problem.
- When does Children Of Earth take place? I think we could probably reconcile this with an event which stopped the Doctor from showing up.
- A newspaper article sets it in September 2009. Though that said, Torchwood's own dating can be pretty irreconcilable, as "Greeks Bearing Gifts" is hinted to be set that year.
- I thought he was omnisexual.
- That's too bizarre. Even for WMG.
- Maybe CoE was meant to be in the Doctor's future, but something went wrong as a consequence of him breaking the rules and changing something else, something trivial, even. Alternatively, there was an unseen Big Bad behind the 456 who had already immobilised the Doctor somehow. Said Big Bad could also have told the Doctor what they were doing while he was powerless to stop it because they were playing God to show how horrible humans can be when they're cornered. Tropers and editors, I give you Space Joker.
- Who says it has to be Space Joker? If an alien race were to create a device that can make fictional characters real (and it's likely one would), someone could just use it to bring Joker into reality. He kills his "creator" and steals a ship. He overpowers 10 or 11 and makes him watch.
- Such a device does exist, in the Second Doctor serial "The Mind Robber." However, it seems to be outside the universe, which would make it hard to get one's hands on.
- Who says it has to be Space Joker? If an alien race were to create a device that can make fictional characters real (and it's likely one would), someone could just use it to bring Joker into reality. He kills his "creator" and steals a ship. He overpowers 10 or 11 and makes him watch.
- I confess I'm not well versed in Doctor Who, but I did see Blink. Didn't the doctor learn about the events of Blink after the fact when Sally gave him the info?
- Yes - including, presumably, information about his own involvement. He knew he needed to record his half of the conversation and make sure it got onto the DVDs because of the information Sally gave him; from her point of view, he was always involved. (Also, that was the episode that gave us the "wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey" explanation of time; the rules of time are complex and it's implied that the Doctor himself doesn't fully understand what is and isn't possible.)
- The funny thing about "timey-wimey" being introduced in this episode is that it isn't timey-wimey at all. It's a stable time loop. This troper thinks they all boil down to Stable Time Loops in the end. Back to the topic: since they're all Stable Time Loops, and the Doctor wasn't there, he can't be there.
- Yes - including, presumably, information about his own involvement. He knew he needed to record his half of the conversation and make sure it got onto the DVDs because of the information Sally gave him; from her point of view, he was always involved. (Also, that was the episode that gave us the "wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey" explanation of time; the rules of time are complex and it's implied that the Doctor himself doesn't fully understand what is and isn't possible.)
- The name "Torchwood Four" probably refers to the facility itself and the (probably) non-zero number of people who work there collectively, as such "it" is perfectly appropriate.
The whole thing was an elaborate Evil Plan to kill off Ianto and therefore eliminate all their competition because if Jack ever had to retcon him, instead of tossing Ianto out on the street, he'd give him a Coppacino TARDIS so he could sell his coffee and subsequently cheer up the whole of Britain and take their minds off all the aliens as well. The monster is a deformed clone of their mascot. Bet you're wondering what's in your frappucino now.
- And Starbucks has a shop just above Torchwood, a stone's throw away from the 'Tourist Information Center' entrance. Obviously, this is too keep an eye on Ianto.
He had been working on a two year mission and accidentally stumbled on something that told him that he would one day become immortal. The Time Agency were worried he'd Go Mad from the Revelation so they Retconned him and all memories he had of that mission in case they triggered a recall. The Doctor (11 or 12)probably got in touch at some point to tell the time agency just how important that Jack does what he's supposed to.
- I have to agree, but it would have to be Nine
- I was going to say the same thing. Though I think it would have to be 8 since 9 seemed to have not seen himself before he met Rose.
- With everything Jack and Gwen lost in those five days, I very much doubt they'd feel like joking about it. Or thinking about it. Or, unfortunately, having Johnson around at all.
- Jossed. Besides, Torchwood effectively ceased to exist (though the name was revived with Miracle Day, but that was still two years afterwards).
- 1. raised as undead by powerful being with domination over death... check
- 2. shows only minor sign of undead... check
- 3. retains his free will and memory... check
- 4. will die sooner or later when unholy energy fades... check
- He hasn't come back yet because it's a long run from the Cardiff Zone graveyard to his body. Or maybe the radiation is corpse camping him.
- I thought Jack raised him, and Owen was just a sort of vessel for "Dead Man Walking"'s powerful being. Do you know something most of us don't?
- Perhaps that's where Starship UK from "The Beast Below" went.
- But then wouldn't he come back to life looking like Boe? I mean, it's just his head, where's the rest of him?
- The FOB as we saw him could have been an illusion, possibly created through the use of a perception filter or a "shimmer" (as seen in "The End of Time"). Jack has admitted to being vain about his looks, and he may have preferred for people to see him as an ancient alien head-creature rather than the very ancient old man he had become.
- So they drove back in time then?
- Well, if a Delorean could manage it, then surely an SUV souped-up with alien technology can pull it off....
- Didn't we clearly see humans (or at least a human backside) inside the van?
- But notice the looks on everyone's faces as the couple dance. No one seems disgusted, in fact, most of them have an, "aw, how cute" look on their face. God knows why considering the time period, but hey, maybe they're all just particularly nice people.
- They looked more confused to me.
- Following the dance in "Captain Jack Harkness," and his very public kiss with our Captain, his subordinates, in a fit of moral outrage, arranged for him to have an unpleasant accident during the training exercise scheduled the next day, or simply killed him outright and made the report out to make the incident look like an accident.
- The theory also causes a bit of Fridge Horror as this means the Doctor actually caused the events to happen
- No they would still have negotiated, as they would not want to reveal they had negotiated in 1965
- Word of God has indicated that Frobisher may have some connection to the family that the Doctor saved from Pompeii, due to actor reuse. That connection could mean that the events of Children of Earth was a timey-wimey way of curing itself of a hiccup. After all, it wasn't until Frobisher killed himself and his family that a solution was found that spared the Earth. This also gives an explanation for why the Doctor didn't interfere - he stepped in and saved them once, and time would continue to cause these events until it wiped out the line that shouldn't have existed. As for why it took so long to catch up... Uh, I'm gonna go with Timey-Wimey Ball.
- Also due to actor reuse... guess who's a doppelganger for both Frobisher and his Roman lookalike? The Doctor himself, in his 12th incarnation. The Tardis probably deliberately avoided having the Doctor meet Frobisher.
- Jossed in Miracle Day (at least with people outside Cardiff). He starts a new life every time he ends relationships with past lovers, and never contacted Angelo.
- Maybe not. Jack did come back for Angelo after Angelo was sentenced to prison. Jack left him afterwards due to the incident in the butcher shop. On the other hand, Jack kept in touch with that woman who loved fairies, even going as far as to convince her that he was his own son. He also mentioned to the Doctor that he saw Rose at various points, but never interfered due to timelines.
- Jack didn't cut himself off from Angelo until after the butcher shop incident, so my last point still stands. Plus, seeing someone briefly is not the same as posting messages to Rose...which is kind of icky, given the content of the original WMG and when Jack briefly visited Rose.
- Maybe not. Jack did come back for Angelo after Angelo was sentenced to prison. Jack left him afterwards due to the incident in the butcher shop. On the other hand, Jack kept in touch with that woman who loved fairies, even going as far as to convince her that he was his own son. He also mentioned to the Doctor that he saw Rose at various points, but never interfered due to timelines.
- The Master would remember who Jack was, and want to have an inside scoop.
- They could fairly easily have met, both being in government (more or less).
- Simm!Master is definitely pretty enough for Jack.
- The clincher: the way the Master says "handsome Jack" on the phone to the Doctor is very...knowing-in-a-kinky-way.
- Is the Master trying to make the Doctor jealous, then? He obviously doesn't know Jack well at all.
- Fridge Brilliance: No wonder the Master kept Jack tied up in the Valiant's basement!
- ...hold on, Asian?
- Happy Mask Salesman's appearance was allegedly based on Shigeru Miyamoto so I assume he's meant to at least look Asian.
- And Bilis?
- Well... he looks Asian.
- Not strictly to do with the series, but if Rex Matheson from Miracle Day is now immortal it would be the sort of thing to attract his attention.
- I just want Jack back on Doctor Who. He was supposed to be in "A Good Man Goes to War."
- She downloaded her soul into a Magical Computer, maybe.
- [[spoiler:This could be the reason the Time Lock activated on its own when it did during Stolen Earth/Journey's End.
- That depends on your definition of bestiality. Strictly speaking, Jack will sleep with pretty-much anything sentient and consenting. In the Whoniverse that encompasses a whole wide variety of non-humans.
- Well, he doesn't seem that interested in Earth animals (other than humans), in any case.
- It could also be Ianto's age. He was something like 24-25 in Season 1 of Torchwood and most of the other members Jack recruited were in their mid-30s at least!
- Or it could have been a Secret Test of Character to check whether Ianto was serious about joining.
Sadistic marauders who descend on random worlds, capture people, and make one person watch while they torture the rest? Check. And while Jack is stated to be a native of the 51st century, by his era time travel is common, so his family could very well have migrated to the timezone that Firefly takes place in. This would also explain why the peninsula seems a bit primitive in comparison with what we've seen of 51st century tech.
- Is civilian time travel ever said to be common in the Whoniverse? I always assumed it was just the agency and the alliance mentioned in Doctor Who's The Talons of Weng-Chiang.
As an "impossible thing", Jack is literally a living wound in Time. That's why he's met death so many times, and why death and tragedy seem to surround him wherever he goes: Time itself wants him gone. And the more lives that become intertwined with his own, the wider the path of destruction becomes....
At this point Jack's continued Immortality and it now spreading to Rex means that the nature of these powers will soon be explored, and with this comes an ideal opportunity to re-explore the source of the phenomena.
Torchwood One was in London, Torchwood Three was in Cardiff, and Torchwood Two was in Glasgow - each the largest cities of their respective countries. It would make sense for Four to be in the largest city of the other UK country. In addition, Torchwood Five was located in Delhi - the largest city in India.
- Following this pattern, Torchwood Six would be in Toronto.
- More likely St John's, because by 1879 only Newfoundland and Labrador were British property.
- Torchwood was established in the 19th century, when the entirety of Ireland was part of Britain. Presumably it would actually be in the capital, in Dublin, which might have some vague connection to why it disappeared after Ireland declared independence. There's some Canon Fodder there.
- It might also have been set up in Dublin and moved from there to Belfast when Independence came around, and then disappeared. Or the new Irish government quietly absorbed and renamed the organization.
- The Irish Free State was originally still considered to be under the British crown for some years (the break away was rather slow and in several steps), and since Torchwood is employed directly by the crown, it makes sense that it would have stayed in Dublin originally and then over time become "lost" as changing administration pushed it out.
- Following this pattern, Torchwood Six would be in Toronto.
Because he is/was The Doctor and they were/are Time Lords, so they'd be regenerated, perhaps as older Time Lords, taking them out of the age group the 456 wanted. Or maybe, if they weren't Time Lords and he'd married a woman who already had children, he just faked their deaths and got them away to a safe place (using the Tardis!). His secretary said to Lois Habeeb that she wasn't the first girl Frobisher had favoured. Well we all know that the Doctor likes pretty young companions and his secretary may have misconstrued this as him having lots of affairs (when he seemed to be genuinely in love with his wife), or maybe she knew who he was, having been a companion herself for many years, and she resented that her place was being taken by a younger woman, in which case her comments about Lois not being the first echoes the concerns of other companions who realise that the Doctor leaves a lot of people behind. It also explains why 'Frobisher' didn't stop Lois attending the meeting with the 456 and didn't question her taking her place in a prominent position, which was very suspicious under the circumstances. It will probably be shown that he quietly worked to bring about the end of the 456, but for some reason that will be handwaved in the new series of Doctor Who, could not admit he was The Doctor.
Death possessed Owen in a similar the way to what Satan did in Planet Hell. It's speculated when Abbaddon appeared that the Weevil's have low level telepathy and were responding to the arrival of Abbaddon, and they are also shown to be subservient to Owen around the time Owen was possessed by death.
- Both Death and Abbaddon were treated as creatures coming in the darkness by those brought back to life.
Owen will be brought back via the Wevals, or possession. His consciousness can't die, so he may have the ability to posses living and/or non-living things. He hasn't attempted to make contact with the rest of Torchwood because he isn't sure how his powers work, and has been maintaining the gigantic population of Wevals living under Cardiff (explaining why they haven't caused any trouble)
Tosh will be brought back via technological means. We never sow what happened to her body after she died. Some other organization may have heard of her skills and managed to use something similar the the resurrection glove to bring her back during Miracle Day, and used the time to turn her into an android.
Ianto will be brought back via alien means. Something could have happened to him while he was still a kid in Cardiff, and even he forgot it that may have been what drove him towards Torchwood. It might also explain why his ghost in 'House of the Dead' was so strong, the alien enhanced his consciousness.