Orr

Orr was a Sorvan sexual psychomorph and a member of Torchwood Three.

Created by Sorvix genesmiths, Orr was given by Ro-Jedda to Vincent Parry as a gift and saved from a bomb by Jack Harkness. They joined Torchwood and supported Yvonne Hartman's takeover, later becoming God's new herald and gained her powers for a time.

Early life
Orr was birthed by genesmiths (AUDIO: Love Rat) on Sorva and served as a courtesan to a number of unpleasant individuals. They spent some time in a relationship with a partner of the same species, changing to meet every sexual whim of the other before settling down. Aside from that, Orr described their life as always being lonely. (AUDIO: Orr)

Orr fled with the Sorvix to Cardiff through the Rift. (AUDIO: Orr) Their first human owner was a woman who ran a dot-com and liked them to talk about complex mathematics such as Langton's ant whilst wearing bunny ears. (AUDIO: Zero Hour)

Joining Torchwood
Orr was given by Ro-Jedda to Vincent Parry as a gift, taking the form of his late first wife Catrin. They wore a control necklace with the potential to the destroy the city to keep them from leaving. When Ro-Jedda had Parry killed, Jack Harkness drove Orr to the countryside to keep Cardiff from being destroyed, but the necklace did not detonate (AUDIO: Orr) thanks to God's intervention. (AUDIO: Thoughts and Prayers)

Feeling indebted to Torchwood, Orr helped them investigate Sorvix deaths in Cardiff Bay Intelligent Hotel and Spa. Their unique physiology was crucial to uncovering that the hotel itself was the real culprit as their body developed a working lift. After that, Jack offered Orr a job with Torchwood. (AUDIO: Superiority Complex)

Early career
Orr joined Ng and Andy Davidson in investigating bodies with no identifiable cause of death. At the mortuary, they encountered Jack and examined the bodies before Orr had a seizure and repeatedly changed forms. They were taken back to the Hub where Mr Colchester was able to calm them down and where they realised that their seizure was caused by the parasite responsible for the killings. (AUDIO: Love Rat)

Orr supplied Mr Colchester with a report on Zaheed Shah and went with Jack to help Andy with a Sorvix hostage situation after having a painful reaction to the Ritz Tower, which Bilis Manger was used to channel human aggression. (AUDIO: A Kill to a View)

God's arrival
When Cardiff went blind, Orr stayed with Ng, but told her to flee when they began feeling the predator's urges. God later approached them. (AUDIO: See No Evil)

God told Orr that they were the only one who could maintain the "night watch", and to use their unique powers to absorb the pieces of the Light that followed the Night Sun and latched to people's pain. God showed Orr her true powers, declaring "God is love", which turned Orr into a puddle. (AUDIO: Night Watch)

Orr lived in a tent where they pondered their new identity, as they no longer transformed into others' ideal sexual partners but who they wanted to see the most. They were approached by Bethan Foster when they took the form of her son Anthony and was later forced to leave the tent after being bombarded with visitors wanting them to do the same. Bethan told Tyler about Orr, causing him to call Jack. (AUDIO: A Mother's Son)

God, feeling that Orr was the only person capable of truly loving her, transferred her powers to them. Orr used them to supply the people of Cardiff with drinking water until they could bear the strain no longer. (AUDIO: Day Zero) God attempted to reclaim her powers from Orr through sex but was unable to. Yvonne used the Lens to direct Orr's powers at Erebus through the Rift, destroying the Committee's planet. Like the rest of Torchwood, Orr went on the run after the Committee's defeat. (AUDIO: Thoughts and Prayers)

Personality
Orr did not want to cause loss of innocent lives. (AUDIO: Orr) They cared even about those who threatened their life. (AUDIO: Superiority Complex) They preferred the personal pronoun "they" (AUDIO: Orr) and title "Mx". (AUDIO: Superiority Complex) Their empathy made them attuned to others, sometimes providing deep insights into the others' psyche. (AUDIO: Superiority Complex)

Behind the scenes
The character of Orr was created by Russell T Davies. (VOR 102)