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I do not remember *any* ref to it being set in 2007. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 23:33, 10 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Plot?

Is anyone going to write a plot summary for the whole episode in the detail that has been done for all previous episodes? Cos I would but i havent a clue as to what really happened, it didnt really make sense i didnt think, just he died, but didnt die, then he came alive but wasnt alive then it ended. Ian42 16:29, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've just read the main article for the first time, and it doesn't mention the year 2007 (backing you up), but my argument is...why would it do anyway? The episode, disregarding the "14 years after 1992" placement of 2006, is surely in circa. 2008 as per Greeks Bearing Gifts!--Stripey1 11:13, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Will add later thing.

Uhm, I removed the Will add more later line from the plot bit. The edit was made by 86.149.161.160, and for a first set of edits, they're very nice. But it's not a fan site. So just don't do those kind of things. --Johan Tenge - /spit 18:57, 11 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

On CBBC?

Anyone know why it was shown on CBBC?Damiancorrigan 01:03, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

It didn't it aired on BBC THREE but for some reason, a slip up of some sort, for the first bit of the episode the CBBC DOG was shown instead of the BBC THREE one. --GracieLizzie 02:12, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Aah. I'm in Spain, you see, didn't know that. Better than when they accidentally put Graham Norton screeching in 'Rose'.Damiancorrigan 02:30, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Thankfully, when I say screeching 'in' Rose, I meant the episode and not that he was actually inside Billie Piper, which would be quite distressing for all parties, most of all Graham.Damiancorrigan 02:30, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You never know, someone might have enjoyed that! — AnemoneProjectors (talk) 14:58, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You mean Norton would enjoy being inside Piper? Unlikely, considering his sexuality. That Piper would enjoy being with Norton? Less likely. That someone would enjoy him screeching? Impossible.Damiancorrigan 11:34, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

What the hell are you talking about? U-Mos 19:00, 15 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image

We need a better image, the present one doesn't sum the episode very well.. to me it just shows 3 people.. standing.. still.. talking. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 15:18, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not crazy about it myself. Any suggestions? --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 15:21, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well I'd suggest perhaps him at his funeral or maybe him laid next to Gwen, but I don't think the bed image would be that good either, or perhaps showing him dead.. with say a caption of: Dead, but alive. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 15:28, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There's no decent picture of him at the funeral to be really had. I've gone with a shot from the start of the episode, him looking on as Gwen, Tosh and Jack examine his body. --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 16:29, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I like this one you've got now, but it has the misplaced CBBC DOG on it... so when it airs again on Wednesday can we please replace it with the same cap but from the DOG-less BBC Two broadcast? --GracieLizzie 17:06, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to me

- I'll see if I can photoshop out that DOG. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 17:11, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the DOG.. imo I believe I did a pretty good job of it :-D thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 17:41, 12 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent work! --khaosworks (talk • contribs) 02:50, 13 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Invisibility

This episode has the classic flaw in that a 'ghost' cannot touch people, yet is able to stand up, sit inside the car, and lie on the bed. Is it worth mentioning? Marky1981 12:17, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How is that a flaw? Nothing to suggest it is a flaw. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 12:40, 14 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The flaw is that the ghost can interact with certain objects, such as cars and furniture, but not with others, e.g. living creatures, dropped magazines, etc.

Morphic resonance, mate. Live with it. If there's any flaw with this episode, it's that last episoe we were told that after you die there is nothing but nothingness and a terrible thing dwelling within the nothingness. And then here we have a ghost. 71.232.25.117 00:50, 1 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

No here we have an alien eye doing what it is ment to do.

Minor point

Accidentally just wrote this pointer on the main page, 'stead of here. Anyway, I'd just like to say I've always had a problem with the statement that the eBay page doesn't look like the "current" page. That comment was written in 2006, and therefore there isn't any need for it to look like the "current" page. Now that it is 2007, the comment might stand up [I'm not a visitor of eBay, so don't know], but it still had no relevance in 2006 [User: Stripey; 2/6/2007].

The shoes

Though the description here says that Eugene "secretly took photographs of their shoes with his phone", the scene itself seems to suggest that in the confusion of trying to phone for a cab just as the waitress arrived with his banana milkshake and Gary and Josh hectored him, Eugene accidently snapped pictures of the shoes. Secret, yes, but is there any reason to suppose it was intentional? Asat (talk) 02:27, 21 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Three mistakes

First, as said above, the pictures were mistakenly taken. They were not taken to be used as evidence. Evidence of what exactly? Second, Eugene did not give Gwen a goodbye kiss; rather, Gwen kissed the now-corporeal Eugene for saving her life. Third, Eugene's father is a cashier or a clerk, as explicitly stated by Eugene's kid brother, quoting him, as he (Eugene) had investigated. I haven't quite got the time to edit the article and make it look good, but in case I don't get back to it at a later date, I wanted it stated here, at the very least. NathanJ1979 (talk) 10:28, 22 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Internal Reference

I put in internal reference for the bit about Doctor Who: Love & Monsters removing it from the "Outside References" section since outside references should about references to things not related to Torchwood. Love & Monsters does not count as an outside reference as Torchwood is related to Doctor Who. --The Shadow Treasurer (talk) 01:48, 6 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Terrible plan

what was the plan of Josh and Gary we’ll invite him to the public place of a service station were we cant threaten or rob him then offer him only £34 then tell him who 1500 bidder was all this time mocking him