MEDICAL OFFICER'S LOG, TORCHWOOD3: Dr Martha Jones (UNIT Secondment).
It is going to be impossible to put this into any words that make any kind of sense.
As requested by Captain Jack Harkness I came to Torchwood 3 to assist with an investigation into the deaths of test subjects for a drug known as Reset. This has been part of an ongoing UNIT investigation and it was a good chance to catch up with my dear friend and meet the Torchwood team that my colleagues are always complaining about. The operation behind the dubious medical experiments has been shut down. (See attached case file res226453x). At the end of this investigation Dr Owen Harper was shot and killed by a single bullet wound to his chest. I was about to perform the post mortem when Captain Harkness told me not to proceed. Sometime later he returned to 'the Hub' with a device the Torchwood team referred to as a 'resurrection gauntlet'. Said glove was used to 'revive' Dr Owen Harper...though Jack assures me this was only supposed to be temporary. The upshot of this is that Dr Owen Harper is walking around, sentient, conscious, aware and fully physically articulate..... but with no vital signs whatsoever. Technically and medically he is dead (by normal human standards).... but he is very much alive. He's like a paradox between life and death. I have no way to explain it. It is both extremely sad and fascinating at the same time. Under any other circumstances I would say he requires detailed study, but he is still Owen Harper and ergo a human being with feelings. The basic fundamentals of his existence have been completey altered. I wouldn't even like to guess what it is he is going through. I think he's found a friend in Toshiko though, she quite obviously wants to be there for him.
The other consequence of this was a creature that followed Owen back from the dead... Well I suppose it channelled itself through him. Anyway it killed 12 people and Owen finally sent it back to where it came from. He is left feeling very guilty for the deaths that ultimately Jack is responsible for. I think Jack is regretting what he did, I know he and Ianto had quite a heated argument about it, late last night (Followed by very loud make up sex).... Don't want to hear THAT again. Ianto needs to sound proof the walls in his flat!
The Torchwood team...well I know what the Doctor would say...... Brilliant. They really are. I can see why Jack wanted so much to come back to them. They are a tight knit group. It was wonderful to see Jack, to talk about 'our year' and talk about Tom and Ianto. God I'd never believe that Jack could be one to settle down.... So that's his Welsh Tea Boy more like coffee emperor, I've never had such a fantastic brew! My bosses at UNIT are slagging off Torchwood all the time, but these are a great bunch... This is real frontier stuff that they have to deal with out here. I know the Doc will be pleased with the work that Jack is trying to do. I adore Ianto, he's such a gentleman on the surface but knowing Jack I bet Ianto's got one very wide naughty streak under those suits.
As for Owen. I can't imagine how he is going to function from now on. He seems to be coming to terms, even went so far as to demonstrate what he now does after he's drunk a cup of coffee, much to Ianto's and Tosh's horror. I hope I get to work with these guys again. Jack wants me to stay on, but I can't. My family still need me in London and Tom is doing so well at St Thomas' Hospital so I invited Jack and Ianto over for a long weekend, away from work so that they could have time together away from the Rift and responsibility. I think they need that. Jack agreed. He told me that Ianto has recall of that year, through his dreams and even though he doesn't understand them..... Well Jack told him everything which is a measure of how much he trusts Ianto. I am glad Jack is happy, though I really don't want to know what he wants to do with Ianto in a UNIT Red Cap.
I'm not over fussed on Gwen, she was talking avidly about her up coming wedding and relentlessly flirting with Jack. I wonder what Ianto makes of it. I know Jack laps up the attention, but he's definitely different with Ianto, I hope he's treating that boy right....ok aunty Martha, not your business.... I just like Ianto.
Anyway best email this to Jack... I hope I get to work with the gang again soon.
Dr Martha Jones.