Fragments (Torchwood)

25 – "Fragments"
Torchwood episode
Tosh, Jack, Rhys, Gwen, Ianto and Owen watch the holographic message depicting Gray and Captain John.
Cast
Starring John Barrowman – Captain Jack Harkness Eve Myles – Gwen Cooper Burn Gorman – Owen Harper Naoko Mori – Toshiko Sato Gareth David-Lloyd – Ianto Jones
Others Kai Owen – Rhys Williams Paul Kasey – Weevil / Blowfish Noriko Aida – Toshiko's Mother Amy Manson – Alice Guppy Heather Craney – Emily Holroyd Skye Bennett – Little Girl Julian Lewis Jones – Alex Hopkins Simon Shackleton – Bob Gareth Jones – Security Guard Clare Clifford – Milton Andrea Lowe – Katie Russell Richard Lloyd-King – Doctor Catherine Morris – Nurse Selva Rasalingham – Psychiatrist James Marsters (uncredited) – Captain John Hart Lachlan Nieboer (uncredited) – Gray
Production
Directed by	Jonathan Fox Bassett
Written by	Chris Chibnall
Script editor	Gary Russell
Produced by	Richard Stokes Chris Chibnall (co-producer)
Executive producer(s)	Russell T Davies Julie Gardner
Production code	2.12
Series	Series 2
Length	50 mins
Originally broadcast	21 March 2008
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by → "Adrift" "Exit Wounds"
List of Torchwood episodes

"Fragments" is the twelfth and episode of the second series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was broadcast by BBC Three on 21 March 2008.

After the team gets signs of an unidentified life form, they (apart from Gwen, who is running late) go to investigate. Searching an abandoned building, the team discover they've been trapped and the building explodes. The explosion causes the team to be trapped in various places; unable to contact each other. Gwen and Rhys arrive (Rhys having given Gwen a lift), and as they dig everyone out, the team's lives flash before their eyes revealing how Jack, Ianto, Owen, and Toshiko got recruited to Torchwood.

In the Victorian era, Jack is picked up by two women - Alice Guppy and Emily Holroyd - who have noticed his immortality and his numerous references in public to the Doctor. They examine him, which includes attempting to kill him. Jack recognizes that the technology being used during the interrogation is more advanced than Earth technology of the time. They identify themselves as being Torchwood members and offer Jack a job. Jack initially declines the offer after learning that they view the Doctor as a threat. He agrees to the assignment after being told that if he doesn't cooperate he will be treated as a threat himself. He takes an assignment, which is to capture an alien. While they have the alien in a small cell, one of the officers pulls out a gun and shoots the alien in the head without warning. Jack disagrees with this policy and refuses the next assignment they try to give him. Jack goes to a bar, where a young female fortuneteller comes to his table and offers to read his cards. After ignoring his refusal, she tells Jack that he will meet the Doctor again...but not for another century. Needing something to do with himself until then, he returns to Torchwood and opts to join as an employee.