Henry Parker

Henry John Parker was an millionaire entrepreneur living near Cardiff. He was a collector of alien artefacts, and thus monitored by Torchwood 3, which classified him as "mostly harmless".

He had a full life, travelling the world, fighting in the war, and eventualy starting his own business and making a fortune.

After his wife died, he stopped leaving his home. As a result, no one had seen him since 1986. He continued to collect artifacts though, and hired security personal to make his house well-guarded.

By 2008 he was dying from a failing heart. He had had three heart attacks, and a failed bypass. By this time he was eighty-odd years old. Terrified to die, he activated the Pulse, an artifact, taking it into his bed believing it to be a healing device. The pulse started to leak dangerous radiation, and Torchwood stepped in, infiltrating his house and neutralising the device. Soon after Owen had talked with him, Parker died of natural causes. (TW: A Day in the Death)

Artifacts

 * Dogon Eye
 * Adweam Hunting Rifle
 * on pair of Myakian wings
 * Cyberman arm and chest unit
 * Nerauinan Timepiece
 * Correspondence from the court of Trypticon
 * The Pulse
 * Ceremonial Sword possibly Fushari
 * Singing Ringing Tree of Paremor
 * Mantocristolian jewellery
 * An entire intelligent civilisation in a jam jar
 * Incomplete Raltean armour that belonged to a high ranking officer
 * Hat that once belonged to Robert Mitchum
 * 24 chondrite meteorites
 * 7 achondite meteorites
 * 3 iron meteorites
 * 4 stony-iron meteorites
 * 17 tektites
 * A copy of The Fog by James Herbert, translated into Arcateenian