ᴇʟʏꜱɪᴀɴ

xxᴠɪɪɪ.

xxᴠɪɪɪ. ᴀʀᴍʏ ᴏꜰ ɢʜᴏꜱᴛꜱ
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
"It was only a matter of time until you found us, and at last you've made it. I'd like to welcome you, Doctor, Jewel. Welcome to Torchwood."

A massive warehouse area, with lots of crates, jeeps and trucks running around, and a flying saucer.

"That's a Jathar Sunglider.", The Doctor's mouth is agape.

"Came down to Earth off the Shetland Islands ten years ago."

"What, did it crash?", He asks.

"No, we shot it down. It violated our airspace. Then we stripped it bare. The weapon that destroyed the Sycorax on Christmas Day? That was us. Now, if you'd like to come with me. The Torchwood Institute has a motto. If it's alien, it's ours. Anything that comes from the sky, we strip it down and we use it for the good of the British Empire.", Yvonne explains.

"For the good of the what?", Jackie asks, thinking she misheard the woman.

"The British Empire.", Yvonne repeats.

There isn't a British Empire.

"Not yet. Ah, excuse me. Now, if you wouldn't mind."

A soldier hands Yvonne a very big gun.

"Do you recognise this, Doctor, Jewel?"

"That's a particle gun.", Juliet mutters.

"Good, isn't it? Took us eight years to get it to work."

"It's the 21st century. You can't have particle guns.", The Doctor tells her.

"We must defend our border against the alien. Thank you, Sebastian, isn't it?"

"Yes, Ma'am."

"Thank you, Sebastian. I think it's very important to know everyone by name. Torchwood is a very modern organisation. People skills. That's what it's all about these days. I'm a people person."

"Have you got anyone called Alonso?", The Doctor asks and Juliet chuckles lightly.

"No, I don't think so. Is that important?"

"No, I suppose not. What was your name?", He shrugs.

"Yvonne. Yvonne Hartman.", She introduces herself to them at last.

The Doctor picks up a black plastic step-stool with a handle on top.

"Ah, yes. Now, we're rather fond of these. The Magnaclamp. Found in a spaceship buried at the base of Mount Snowdon. Attach this to an object and it cancels the mass. I could use it to lift two tonnes of weight with a single hand. That's an imperial ton, by the way. Torchwood refuses to go metric."

"I could do with that to carry the shopping.", Jackie thinks aloud.

"All these devices are for Torchwood's benefit, not the general public's.", Yvonne tells her sharply, earning a glare from Juliet.

"So, what about these ghosts?", The Doctor asks.

"Ah yes, the ghosts. They're er what you might call a side effect."