Changes: Myfanwy

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Myfanwy was a pteranodon kept by Torchwood Three as a pet.

History

Myfanwy was a pteranodon. (TW: Meat), which came through the Rift in 2007. (TW: Everything Changes)

It was found hunting in the countryside, killing sheep at night. (TW: Everything Changes) Ianto Jones trapped it in a warehouse and persuaded Jack Harkness to help him catch it. (TW: Fragments) Ianto named it "Myfanwy" after a Welsh goddess who sang beautifully (ironically, as the pteranodon's screeches sound horrible). (WEB: torchwood.org.uk)

It became Torchwood Three's mascot and pet, and an essential part of their everyday life, even taking part in a basketball game (TW: Cyberwoman)

Jack Harkness use the pteronodon to attack Lisa Hallett, mortally injuring her. (TW: Cyberwoman) The pteronodon survived the encounter. (TW: Meat)

When an Apatosaurus-like alien was accidentally brought into the Torchwood hub, Myfanwy tried to fight it, allowing Toshiko Sato to get to the armoury. After it was destroyed by a Jamolean lance, Myfanwy seemed to take pleasure in feeding on the burnt corpse. (TWN: Pack Animals)

Personality

Myfanwy came and went from the main base as it pleased, entering through a large opening on the ceiling. Jack Harkness trained it well enough so that it it returned to the base on hearing a signal from his wristwatch, it never attacked a member of staff, never made a mess and only ate food treated with a certain "barbecue sauce", which Suzie Costello had developed. (WEB: torchwood.org.uk, TW: Cyberwoman, TWN: Pack Animals) The pteranodon also had a fondness for dark chocolate, (TW: Fragments) cod, (WEB: torchwood.org.uk) and would also feed on birds which perched around Torchwood Three (TWN: Another Life).

Behind the scenes

Torchwood Declassified mentions that the pteranodon was nicknamed "Myfanwy" by the cast. This is later shown to be the case in-universe, when the Torchwood site featured an IM conversation between Ianto and Owen about Myfanwy's feeding habits. (WEB: torchwood.org.uk)
Jack refers to the beast as a dinosaur but it is not as Pteranodons were pterosaurs, flying reptiles, while dinosaurs only lived on the land.

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+|appearances= <ul><li>[[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]''</li><li>[[TW]]: ''[[Cyberwoman]]''</li><li>[[TW]]: ''[[Meat]]''</li><li>[[TWN]]: ''[[Pack Animals]]''</li><li>[[TW]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]''</li><li>[[TWN]]: ''[[Another Life]]''</li></ul>
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 Myfanwy was a [[pteranodon]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Meat]]''), which came through [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|the Rift]] in [[2007]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'')
-It was found hunting in the countryside, killing [[sheep]] at night. ([[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'') [[Ianto Jones]] trapped it in a warehouse and persuaded [[Jack Harkness]] to help him catch it. ([[TW]]: ''[[Fragments]]'') Ianto named it "Myfanwy" after a Welsh goddess who sang beautifully (ironically, as the pteranodon's screeches sound horrible). ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'')
+It was found hunting in the countryside, killing [[sheep]] at night. ([[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'') [[Ianto Jones]] trapped it in a warehouse and persuaded [[Jack Harkness]] to help him catch it. ([[TW]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'') Ianto named it "Myfanwy" after a Welsh goddess who sang beautifully (ironically, as the pteranodon's screeches sound horrible). ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'')
 It became [[Torchwood Three]]'s mascot and pet, and an essential part of their everyday life, even taking part in a [[basketball]] game ([[TW]]: ''[[Cyberwoman]]'')
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 == Personality ==
-Myfanwy came and went from the main base as it pleased, entering through a large opening on the ceiling. [[Jack Harkness]] trained it well enough so that it it returned to the base on hearing a signal from his wristwatch, it never attacked a member of staff, never made a mess and only ate food treated with a certain "barbecue sauce", which [[Suzie Costello]] had developed. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'', [[TW]]: ''[[Cyberwoman]]'', [[TWN]]: ''[[Pack Animals]]'') The pteranodon also had a fondness for [[chocolate|dark chocolate]], ([[TW]]: ''[[Fragments]]'') [[cod]], ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'') and would also feed on birds which perched around Torchwood Three ([[TWN]]: ''[[Another Life]]'').
+Myfanwy came and went from the main base as it pleased, entering through a large opening on the ceiling. [[Jack Harkness]] trained it well enough so that it it returned to the base on hearing a signal from his wristwatch, it never attacked a member of staff, never made a mess and only ate food treated with a certain "barbecue sauce", which [[Suzie Costello]] had developed. ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'', [[TW]]: ''[[Cyberwoman]]'', [[TWN]]: ''[[Pack Animals]]'') The pteranodon also had a fondness for [[chocolate|dark chocolate]], ([[TW]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'') [[cod]], ([[WEB]]: ''[[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]'') and would also feed on birds which perched around Torchwood Three ([[TWN]]: ''[[Another Life]]'').
 == Behind the scenes ==