![]() ( TV: The Unquiet Dead) The closing of the Rift left behind a "scar" which released energy. During the Gelth's attempted invasion, Gwyneth was able to trap the Gelth already on Earth and close the Rift. Using a psychic named Gwyneth as a bridge through the Rift, the Gelth successfully began to come through into Cardiff and tried to invade Earth and kill off the entire human race and use their corpses to become corporeal. ( TV: The Unquiet Dead)įollowing the Last Great Time War, the Gelth attempted to flee through the Rift to 1869 Cardiff, but initially, only a few of the Gelth were successful in travelling through to Cardiff. The Gelth coming through the Rift via Gwyneth. ![]() Syriath, an entity born in "the oldest universe", was trapped underneath the Rift before time began. ![]() History Prison of Abaddon and Syriath ĭuring Abaddon's and the Light's war against Pwccm and the Dark, both sides eventually became caught up in and trapped within the Rift, although they could escape the Rift and fight when it was opened wide enough. The Rift energy caused his DNA to mutate, resulting in his metabolism increasing and uncontrolled cannibalistic tendencies to rapidly develop. In 2008 Paul Talbot was struck by a burst of Rift energy, which he described as a feeling similar to an electric shock. Rose Tyler said that the Rift was "invisible, but like an earthquake fault between different dimensions". ( TV: Adrift) Also, when Vox attempted to absorb the power of the Rift, the Rift sent antibodies to eliminate Vox. For example, the Rift would sometimes after a length of time return those it abducted from Cardiff, which Jack Harkness believed was an attempt by the Rift to correct its mistakes and the damage it was doing. The Rift several times displayed traits similar to those of a living or sentient creature. ( COMIC: Rift War!)īy 2069, Torchwood were able to control the Rift to a certain extent, and could send people through it to arrive in another time. Some extraterrestrials were also known to be able to manipulate travel through the Rift, as the Weevils could use the Rift to cross into Cardiff, and the Sanctified were able to transport their Harrowkind troops through the Rift and could create and manipulate Rift storms to transport wanted objects through the Rift to them. ( TV: Captain Jack Harkness, To the Last Man) The Rift could cause time shifts, which could cause two different points in time to overlap and could transport beings from one of the two overlapping times to the other. ( AUDIO: Instant Karma)Ī Rift flare transporting Gray to the Torchwood Hub. ( TV: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, COMIC: Rift War!) Bursts of radiation were also known to pass through the Rift, sometimes giving humans living near it enhanced psychic abilities. Rift storms were also capable of transporting objects and beings caught up inside of them through the Rift. ![]() ![]() When the Rift became active, beings and objects could be transported through Rift flares either from one end of the Rift to another, or to another point in time on the same end of the Rift. ( TV: The Unquiet Dead, End of Days, Meat, Adrift) According to Vox, the Rift had many openings, particularly in the Sanctified's area of their galaxy. The other end of the Rift varied, and encompassed various times ( TV: Out of Time, End of Days, To the Last Man, AUDIO: Asylum) and places. ( TV: Boom Town) When the Rift fractured, it temporarily spread out from Cardiff to cover parts of the entire Earth, including London and Tokyo. One end of the Rift was located in the Cardiff area, said by Rose Tyler to run straight through the centre of Cardiff. 2.3 Torchwood Institute's interest in the Rift. ![]()
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