Character ages

[beccaelizabeth]

So, Torchwood magazine: profiles on each character, including their d.o.b. (except the ever mysterious Jack)

Gwen 16/08/78
Owen 14/02/80
Tosh 18/09/81
Ianto 02/12/82

Lots of other stuff too, so everyone will buy the cool data source.
If these are correct, all characters are younger than me. Which isn't precisely how I was thinking of them, except Ianto. Figuring out their ages means figuring out the year Torchwood is in now - no easy feat, with contradictory data around - but it's possible they're none of them 30 yet. Also, while Ianto is indeed the youngest, he's hardly the baby when their ages line up like that.

Other data: Gwen's a Leo, Tosh is a Virgo, and Owen was born on 14th Feb :eyeroll:

I'd guessed the actor's ages rightish, relative to me, at least if imdb and wiki are to be believed - BG 1974, NM 1975, EM 1978, GDL 1981. Which put my idea of the character's relative ages off by quite a bit, apparently.

Comments

[msp-hacker.livejournal.com]

I think Owen's too young as well, as he's had and he get qualifications and be fired from at least one hospital and to be working at Torchwood at least as long as Toshiko. It could be done, but it's really compressed.

[beccaelizabeth]

I looked up on the British Medical Association website and found a plan that says how to be a doctor. 5 years undergrad, 2 foundation, minimum 3 postgrad. If he starts at 18 that makes him 28 before he's fully qualified. Emergency Medicine has 3 years plus... at least one more? Botheration, it's complicated to look up. Now all that data was for starting training now, but even then... he's too young, if he was born in 80 and actually qualified before working at Torchwood. BG would be old enough, Owen apparently is not. Unless I've misunderstood or done the math wrong.