Torchwood: Belfast
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owlOk, shoot me now. If it had been set in Belfast instead of Cardiff....
The characters:
Richard Oldham. Token ethnic minority, ie English. Has angsty past (he's a vampire), and current problem; the fact that the Prodisans and Cafflicks dislike him almost as much as they do each other.
Seosamh O Mhaollchallann, né Joseph Mulholland. (The other Torchwood members call him Joe because they can't pronounce Irish). Does the history-geek stuff. Lecturer in Irish Studies at Queen's University Belfast. This only takes up 5 hours of his week, so he has plenty of time for Torchwood.
Ian McCaughey. Computer-genius boy. Grew up on dairy farm inKells Ahoghill, which he avoids visiting. Sexist in a teenage sort of way. Was called after Ian Paisley. Finds this embarrassing, but still votes DUP.
Heather Blair. Hails from Cherryvalley. Source of ready cash (rich family) and general facilitator, the Ianto type. Has a dark secret in the basement, possibly involving Semtex. Slightly pretentious middle-class.
Cliodhna O'Neill. Native of Tuam, County Galway. (Ian tends to mention Galway hookers*) Annoys Joe by speaking better Irish than he does. She's the one who froths at the mouth and starts kneecapping people for the greater good of humanity in the first episode.
Frankie Devlin. As a bisexual Catholic female, she was a godsend to the PSNI recruitment. She found out there was a Torchwood and a rift in space and time in the middle of Belfast after being hit on the head with a half-brick during a sectarian riot on Donegall Pass. Possesses an alledged background in Ballymurphy, stripey hair, mum (Bernadette) played by Ma from Gie ma Head Peace, put-upon boyfriend called Mickey and an anomalous middle-class mindset.
*Galway hooker=variety of small boat
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doyle_sb4 and marymac are the only two people on the intarwebz who would get both the TW and nI references.
The characters:
Richard Oldham. Token ethnic minority, ie English. Has angsty past (he's a vampire), and current problem; the fact that the Prodisans and Cafflicks dislike him almost as much as they do each other.
Seosamh O Mhaollchallann, né Joseph Mulholland. (The other Torchwood members call him Joe because they can't pronounce Irish). Does the history-geek stuff. Lecturer in Irish Studies at Queen's University Belfast. This only takes up 5 hours of his week, so he has plenty of time for Torchwood.
Ian McCaughey. Computer-genius boy. Grew up on dairy farm in
Heather Blair. Hails from Cherryvalley. Source of ready cash (rich family) and general facilitator, the Ianto type. Has a dark secret in the basement, possibly involving Semtex. Slightly pretentious middle-class.
Cliodhna O'Neill. Native of Tuam, County Galway. (Ian tends to mention Galway hookers*) Annoys Joe by speaking better Irish than he does. She's the one who froths at the mouth and starts kneecapping people for the greater good of humanity in the first episode.
Frankie Devlin. As a bisexual Catholic female, she was a godsend to the PSNI recruitment. She found out there was a Torchwood and a rift in space and time in the middle of Belfast after being hit on the head with a half-brick during a sectarian riot on Donegall Pass. Possesses an alledged background in Ballymurphy, stripey hair, mum (Bernadette) played by Ma from Gie ma Head Peace, put-upon boyfriend called Mickey and an anomalous middle-class mindset.
*Galway hooker=variety of small boat
Possibly
doyle_sb4 and marymac are the only two people on the intarwebz who would get both the TW and nI references.
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Re: *raises eyebrows*
Date: 2006-11-08 10:08 pm (UTC)Of course, you are talking about a woman whose trigger phrase for speaking in a Norn Irish accent (in the absence of anyone from there or, failing that, a Scot) is "Bring back the days when Harland & Woolf didn't *need* to employ Catholics, thank you very much!"
Re: *raises eyebrows*
Date: 2006-11-08 10:12 pm (UTC)Re: *raises eyebrows*
Date: 2006-11-08 10:24 pm (UTC)Did I ever tell you about the girl from the Malone Road who wanted to know how I knew she was from there?
Re: *raises eyebrows*
Date: 2006-11-09 01:43 pm (UTC)No, do tell :D
Re: *raises eyebrows*
Date: 2006-11-09 01:50 pm (UTC)So just as a piss-take, I said "Oh, Malone Road?" and she turned and said "Yes, how did you know?"
I couldn't really tell her the truth so I muttered something about having friends from there...