Out of Time

"Out of Time" is the tenth episode of the first series of the British science fiction television series Torchwood, which was originally broadcast on the digital television channel BBC Three on 17 December 2006. The episode involves the alien-hunting team Torchwood taking care of and trying to acclimatise a pilot and two passengers of an aircraft from 1953 who were brought forward to early 21st-century Cardiff. Plot The vintage biplane airliner the Sky Gypsy passes through the Rift from 1953 to the present. Torchwood help the three people on board, pilot Diane Holmes and passengers Emma-Louise Cowell and John Ellis, with room and board while assisting them in adapting to modern conveniences. The three travelers separate, pairing off with members of Torchwood. Owen tries to help Diane to get flying lessons so she can pilot modern aircraft, but finds that not only will she have to wait weeks to take them, but airplanes of today are largely flown via instruments and autopilot, much to Diane's disappointment as she does not believe it constitutes "real flying". Her biplane licence has also expired. After a romantic night with Owen, Diane secretly leaves to fly the Sky Gypsy off through the same pattern, hoping to fly through the Rift back to 1953, but if not to simply explore the world. Owen realises that their relationship is different than any he's had before; he actually loves her as a person, rather just being attracted to her sexually. When he wakes up, Owen warns her that she may end up anywhere, but she refuses to heed his advice before she flies off.