It’s
now issue 16 and the second of our Doctor Who sidesteps where we follow Jack on
a new adventure with the 10th Doctor and his present companion, Martha Jones.
Here in this addition of Doctor Who and Torchwood Connections we are going to
have connections between the Doctor Who episode The Sound of Drums and the
Torchwood series. So in this issue we go spotting the ‘Vote Saxon’ posters,
Captain Jack’s Vortex Manipulator being used for its main purpose and another
face seen in Doctor Who and Torchwood, Trinity Wells, anchor woman for AMNN TV.
Vote Saxon Poster
Torchwood
Though
neither Harold Saxon, or his true self the Master, actually appeared in
Torchwood, throughout season one of Torchwood we saw posters for ‘Vote Saxon’
plastered around Cardiff, most notably it was seen on the door of the Dance
Hall featured in the episode ‘Captain Jack Harkness.’
Doctor Who
The
Master is a very old enemy, and sometimes (though rare) adversary, of the
Doctors, throughout the past 50 odd years of the sci-fi series. In the first
part of the three linked stories, ‘Utopia’, we meet Professor Yana who later
becomes The Master, and as you remember, he regenerated from Derek Jacobi into
John Simms. The Master (Simms) stole the TARDIS, though not before the Doctor
locked the co-ordinates and 18 months later found his way back to Earth in the
21st century where he created a name for himself (Harold Saxon) and became
Prime Minister (busy man the Master).
But
there had been bread crumbs left throughout the early seasons starting with
‘love and Monsters’ (2006), much like Torchwood, where you see ‘Vote Saxon’
posters posted around the cities. And also the Archangel Network working its
business on the unsuspecting public.
Here’s
a little bit of trivia, you never know, it may be useful in a pub quiz. The Master, as we know, created the alias of
‘Harold Saxon’, but did you also know that Mister Saxon is an anagram of
“Master no. Six.” The ‘No’ part standing for number.
Jack’s Vortex
Manipulator (VM)
Torchwood
This
won’t be the last time we look at Jack’s VM as it has been featured on more
than one occasion in Doctor Who, as well as Torchwood. As we all know Jack used
it to find the Doctor (after he was stranded on the Game Station). He aimed for
Cardiff as he knew the Doctor re-fuelled the TARDIS there, but ended up in
Cardiff 1869 where upon it burnt out and stopped working as a time travelling
and teleport device. But in Torchwood he continued to use it for various other
things whilst working for Torchwood Institute, such as scanning anomalies,
alien tech, communications, activating the invisible lift and so forth.
Doctor Who
So
how is it used in this second story? At the start of ‘The Sound of Drums’
season 31/3 we discover the Doctor has fixed Jack’s VM in order for the Doctor,
Martha and Jack to time travel and so escape future Earth in 100 trillion and
return to 2007, allowing them to find the Master. Not only has the Doctor fixed
the time travel aspect, but they can also use the VM to teleport from one point
to another, so therefore the VM can once again travel in both time and space
and so Jack is able to place in the co-ordinates and use it to teleport
himself, the Doctor and Martha onto the Valiant where the Master and his wife
Lucy are now located, along with Martha’s family. Towards the end of the story
Jack gives it to Martha so she can escape the Valiant and hopefully save the
world from the Masters and Toclafane tyranny and into the final part of the
trilogy ‘The Last of the Time Lords’.
Trinity Wells, AMNN
TV
Played by Lachelle
Carl
Torchwood
Trinity
Wells has only appeared for one season of Torchwood, in the five part story
called ‘The Children of Earth’ (2009). Trinity was the anchor woman for AMNN,
an American news channel, who reported on the events of the 456 alien’s. She
appeared in only two episodes; day three and four.
Doctor Who
Trinity
appeared in a number of Doctor Who stories reporting on various worldwide
events involving aliens, including the second of a three part story ‘The Sound
of Drums’ (2007). She first appeared in the story ‘The Aliens of London’ back
in 2005.
The
following is a list of all the Doctor Who episodes Trinity has appeared in
since 2005.
Aliens
of London (2005) ... Reporter
World
War Three (2005) ... Reporter
The
Christmas Invasion (2005) ... Newsreader 3
The
Sound of Drums (2007) ... US Newsreader
The
Poison Sky (2008) ... US Newsreader
Turn
Left (2008) ... Trinity Wells
The
Stolen Earth (2008) ... Trinity Wells
The
End of Time: Part One (2009) ... Trinity Wells
The
End of Time: Part Two (2010) ... Trinity Wells
Bibliography
Books:
Torchwood:
The Encyclopedia by Gary Russell
Doctor
Who: The Encyclopedia A Definitive Guide to Time and Space
by
Gary Russell
Web Sites:
Lachelle
Carl’s IMDB entry
Harold
Saxon
Doctor
Who Items
TARDIS
Data Core
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