Think of Torchwood equipment like devices left behind by the Ancients in the Stargate 'verse. They don't exist until you need them for the plot. ;)
I can live with that--until and unless they find a machine that creates exploding tumors. And I figured the Rift must have been a reset button--yet a few things weren't reset, like Jack's death, Gwen and the SUV being there, and the damage to the Torchwood complex. I know-picky, picky.
Thanks for the help with mythologies! I'd gotten so hung up on SG-1 parallels I was in the wrong place for Abaddon (found it now--Book of Revelation, one brief mention only). The creature was somewhat like the thing in "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit," but I'm still not clear on how they're related--or what locked them up. Those questions are probably too big to answer.
My understanding is Bilis is the name of a Welsh mythological figure, sometimes referred to as the King of the Underworld. Ah--I'm not at all strong on Celtic mythology. I guess the team isn't either, because Gwen and Ianto at least are Welsh and don't seem to have been disturbed by the name! A very brief Internet search with your information, however, revealed the embarrassing point that Chretien de Troyes makes Bilis King of the Antipodes, and that I've not only repeatedly read but taught the work where Bilis is mentioned, Erec et Enide. I have no memory of him. Oops.
There's also a more intense feeling of sheer wacky fun that makes it even more of a joy to watch. Now that's what I want!
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I can live with that--until and unless they find a machine that creates exploding tumors. And I figured the Rift must have been a reset button--yet a few things weren't reset, like Jack's death, Gwen and the SUV being there, and the damage to the Torchwood complex. I know-picky, picky.
Thanks for the help with mythologies! I'd gotten so hung up on SG-1 parallels I was in the wrong place for Abaddon (found it now--Book of Revelation, one brief mention only). The creature was somewhat like the thing in "The Impossible Planet" and "The Satan Pit," but I'm still not clear on how they're related--or what locked them up. Those questions are probably too big to answer.
My understanding is Bilis is the name of a Welsh mythological figure, sometimes referred to as the King of the Underworld.
Ah--I'm not at all strong on Celtic mythology. I guess the team isn't either, because Gwen and Ianto at least are Welsh and don't seem to have been disturbed by the name!
A very brief Internet search with your information, however, revealed the embarrassing point that Chretien de Troyes makes Bilis King of the Antipodes, and that I've not only repeatedly read but taught the work where Bilis is mentioned, Erec et Enide. I have no memory of him.
Oops.
There's also a more intense feeling of sheer wacky fun that makes it even more of a joy to watch.
Now that's what I want!