A young man from Cardiff, who became a bit of a Torchwood 'groupie'. As a child he had taken part in a maths competition, but his team was beaten after he failed to answer a question. That night, his father left home, and the young Eugene felt this to be his fault. To cheer him up, one of his teachers gave him an object which he claimed was an alien's eye. This was actually a real alien artefact - a Dogon sixth eye. These could help people see their past more clearly and learn from it.
In later years, Eugene developed an obsession with UFOs and aliens, which is how he came to follow the exploits of Torchwood. To them, he was just a bit of a nuisance. Eugene believed that the Dogon would one day want its eye back. He decided to put it up for sale - hoping to encounter the alien when it bought and claimed it. However, his friends played a trick on him and secretly bid for it themselves. When he found out, Eugene swallowed the eye to stop them taking it. He ran off, and was unfortunately hit and killed by a car. Though dead, he found himself still around, able to observe what was going on. This was because of the eye.
Torchwood gave his death only a cursory investigation, but Gwen Cooper decided to look into it further. She found his father, working at a garage only a few miles away from his family. He reconciled with his wife at Eugene's funeral.
Eugene saved Gwen from a similar fate to his own, and for a few moments was visible to her and the rest of Torchwood, as well as his family. He then passed over.
Played by: Paul Chequer (and Luke Bromley as a boy). Appearances: TW: Random Shoes (2006).
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