Rupesh Patanjali was a doctor working at Cardiff's St Helen's Hospital who alerted Captain Jack Harkness to a mysterious ailment affecting only elderly Chinese men. Jack found that these were caused by alien parasites known as Hitchhikers.
However, what Jack didn't know was that Patanjali was part of a huge security services cover-up. The alien 456 had re-established contact with the British Government, who had previously employed Jack in the 1950's after a brief initial contact with the creatures. Now that they had returned, anyone associated with the earlier encounter had to be eliminated. Torchwood itself was seen as a threat.
Patanjali killed a patient who fitted the profile of a Hitchhiker victim, luring Jack to the hospital where the doctor shot and killed him. Before he could come back to life, Patanjali had a powerful bomb implanted in his abdomen. Unaware of this, he returned to the Hub which was destroyed when the device detonated.
His usefulness at an end, and his cover now blown, Patanjali was killed by Johnson - leader of the Government's clean-up squad.
Played by: Rik Makarem. Appearances: Torchwood: Children of Earth (2009)
- In the UK Makarem is best known for a long-running role in soap Emmerdale. He also appeared in Casualty between 2016 - 17.
- More recently he played the title role in the series Jesus: Crown of Thorns.
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