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Bilis Manger, played by Murray Melvin, is a main antagonist of the first series. [5] He has the ability to walk through time and teleport at will, In "Captain Jack Harkness", he appears as the manager of a 1941 dance hall, and in the present day remains its caretaker, ostensibly co-operating with Gwen when she visits the now derelict venue ...
Jack orders Torchwood to bring anyone that fell through time into Torchwood's vaults. Toshiko and Owen investigate cases of the Black Death in a local Cardiff hospital, where Toshiko sees a glimpse of her mother, while PC Andy informs Jack and Gwen that they have a Roman soldier in police custody. In that time, Gwen sees a glimpse of Bilis Manger.
Unknown to them, Bilis is also present at the dance hall in 1941 and has attempted to alter and change the messages that Toshiko is leaving for Torchwood. After finding a missing part of a device used to open the Rift and Toshiko's equations, Owen is prepared to take the chance to open the Rift.
In 2007 he appeared as the sinister Bilis Manger in the Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood, a role he then reprised for Big Finish Productions from 2017 on. In July 2011 Melvin played the Professor in a short comedy/drama called The Grey Mile, a story about two ex-master criminals who are now confined to a care home.
Rhys is murdered by Bilis Manger (Murray Melvin) in "End of Days", but this event is erased from history after the Torchwood team reset time by opening the space-time rift located in Cardiff. [7] The series two premiere (2008) establishes that Rhys became engaged to Gwen between the first and second series. [8]
An apparition of Diane sent by Bilis Manger (Murray Melvin) convinces Owen to lead a mutiny against Jack to open the Rift yet again; Owen goes so far as to shoot Jack twice in the head. Having unwittingly released the demon Abaddon , who is eventually defeated by a resurrected Jack, Owen is shocked to discover that Jack offers him his forgiveness.
Torchwood is a sci-fi audio series produced by Big Finish Productions based on the British television programme of the same name. Like the TV series, the dramas follow the exploits of the operatives who work for the Torchwood Institute , a fictional secret organisation that defends Earth against extraterrestrial threats.
Torchwood title card. Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). [1] Initially developed as a stand-alone show, it was reworked into a spin-off of the long-running television production Doctor Who. [2]