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Philip Lyle

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Philip Lyle
Also known as:
Race: Human
Home Planet: Earth
Home Era: 1890s
Appearances: WEB: torchwood.org.uk (mentioned)
Actor:

Philip Lyle worked for the Torchwood Institute prior to his storage in in cryogenic suspension Bay 11 of the in the morgue located in the Hub. This made him the earliest Torchwood agent stored there. (WEB: torchwood.org.uk)

Prior to the 1897 recruitment of Alice Guppy by Emily Holroyd, a "mutative infection" changed a male Torchwood agent into the queen of a species similar to serpents. Holyrod responded by burning him to death. This may refer to Lyle and explain the reasons for his death. (WEB: torchwood.org.uk)