Archie Bell

Archie was the name of the "very strange man" who ran Torchwood 2 from its base above a bank in Glasgow.

"Old Tartan Archie" did not have the hang of computers and exchanged bizarre emails with Owen. The words used were "interesting and not always used in the right context" and he referred to himself in the third person, which Owen attributed to either eccentricity or whisky. His ineptitude with email caused him to send a picture of the Loch Ness Monster to the Glasgow Herald. (TWN: The Twilight Streets)

It is later shown that Torchwood 2 closed down prior to 2009 (TW: Children of Earth: Day Two); Gwen Cooper is later described as the only surviving member of Torchwood, apart from Jack, which implies that Archie may have died (TW: The New World).

Behind the scenes

 * Jack Harkness first mentioned Archie (not by name) in Everything Changes. John Barrowman has suggested at a public appearance that if he ever appeared on-screen, David Tennant should play him, wearing heavy make-up.