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[doyle]

Random Doctor Who geekery:

Someone on the OG spotted that the Four episode Image of the Fendahl (a bit infamous in fan lore because of the rumour that all new series companions are named after characters in this story) has the mad scientist of the week telling his henchman to "call London, tell Hartman to get his best security men down here". I was fanwankily suggesting in fic earlier this week that Yvonne Hartman's dad was the previous head of Torchwood...

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[captainlucy.livejournal.com]

That would certainly fit with the idea of an Imperial organisation such as Torchwood - keep things in the family as much as possible. One wonders then, is there such a thing as a special Torchwood school, a boarding school maybe, where children whose parents work in Torchwood are sent to be educated jsut so that people don't look at the kids funny when they start telling other kids what their parents do for a living.

Kid: My dad's an air-traffic controller for sector Sigma-12, just past Pluto's orbit...
Tacher: Riiiiiight ...

[doyle_sb4.livejournal.com]

Heh!

It does seem like relationships with civilians would be frowned upon (look what a great effect Gwen working for Torchwood's had on her relationship with Rhys), and if mummy and daddy both work for them it seems plausible the kids would too. Or they poach newbies from UNIT as they seem to have done with Tosh.