2006 and 1973 characters List of Life on Mars characters

1 2006 , 1973 characters

1.1 tony crane
1.2 layla dylan
1.3 glenn fletcher
1.4 frank morgan
1.5 eve olawi
1.6 colin raimes
1.7 leslie roy
1.8 ruth tyler

2006 , 1973 characters
tony crane

tony crane (marc warren) arrested sam in 2006 murder of wife eve. manages sam s hospital room , attempts kill him, arrested before can so. in u.s version of life on mars sam arrested him murdering wife penny margolise in 2008 , sam suspected him of murdering news reporter had visited gallery in 1973.

in 1973 crane runs local casino , sam s prime suspect killing of man on bus. gene doesn t believe sam until crane takes them both hostage. arrested after annie uses stinger on car in chase, there not enough evidence charge him. however, when crane starts make accusations of sam s instability, citing policeman s belief time traveller, sam turns tables using proof of crane s insanity. result, crane committed psychiatric hospital, remains next 33 years.

his u.s. counterpart tony crane, portrayed chris bowers.

layla dylan

see leslie roy

glenn fletcher

dc/supt/dcc glenn fletcher, qgm (ray emmet brown) appears in episode 2 of second series detective constable in 1973 and, in momentary flashes forward, deputy chief constable in 2006. 1 of manchester , salford police s first black recruits @ start of 1970s. in 1973, @ nineteen years of age, newly transferred c division cid detective constable. first black officer in division, experiences racist jokes , bullying ds ray carling, fletcher responds agreeing , making light of racism. sam encourages young dc fletcher assert himself , fight racism s been tolerating.

in intervening years, fletcher rises through ranks in hyde. becomes sam tyler s superintendent , mentor, , senior officer has sam promoted detective chief inspector. 2006 self shown wearing ribbons of both queen s gallantry medal , police long service , conduct medal. first black hold rank of deputy chief constable in greater manchester police, dies of heart attack @ chorlton home in 2006 @ age of 52, while sam in coma. character based on 1970s comic charlie williams.

his counterpart in u.s. remake detective/captain fletcher bellow (edi gathegi).

frank morgan

dci/surgeon frank morgan (ralph brown) dual character, existing both in sam s 2006 reality , 1973 coma world. sam first sees him, yet unidentified, in momentary flash in episode 2.5. 2 selves introduced in episode 2.7 , appear in episode 2.8. sam aware of both characters, , interprets 1973 dci morgan avatar of 2006 surgeon morgan. many of dci morgan s statements sam ambiguous, potentially referring both sam s 2006 medical condition , 1973 police work. duality of morgan s character reminiscent of 1939 mgm production of wizard of oz. frank morgan name of actor played both professor marvel , wizard in production, , life on mars included frequent allusions film.

sam hears surgeon frank morgan explain specialist has been called in treat sam s condition , bring him out of coma; tells sam latter must fight back.

dci morgan subsequently arrives c division, hyde, taking acting command of division, manchester, when dci gene hunt suspended during proceedings resulting hunt being accused of murdering man. sam impressed dci morgan s modern, by-the-book, nature. unlike hunt , others in 1973, morgan records interrogations. manner in lays out pens, notepad, inter alia, @ start of interrogation of gene echos sam s actions in 2006 in episode 1.1. morgan intends remove gene , modernise division. when sam , gene prove latter s innocence, morgan brings bottle of liquor cid s celebration , offers no hard feelings truce gene accepts. in private, however, tells sam bringing down hunt sam home (ostensibly hyde; implicitly 2006). morgan tells sam latter suffering amnesia injuries in ep. 1.1, named sam williams, , undercover expose corruption of gene hunt , team in operation mars . likening sam s condition waking coma sam supposedly had after coach crash in 1950 @ age of 12. morgan shows sam cemetery (williams ) parents buried, adjacent 19th-century graves of vic, ruth, , sam tyler. sam tells morgan gene s dangerous sting operation catch train robbers in act. morgan instructs sam play along, ensuring him detachment of armed response officers in railway tunnel foil robbery, protect sam , colleagues, , relieve gene of duty permanently. when sam runs tunnel during robbery, however, morgan informs him there no armed response , cleaning house letting gene, ds ray carling, , dcs chris skelton , annie cartwright killed. leads sam oblivion, assuring him going home.

when sam awakens in 2006 hospital bed instant later, finds mr frank morgan, surgeon, greeting him. surgeon morgan has operated on sam bring him out of coma. sam s hospital room in hyde ward.

in version, frank morgan fbi agent sent 125th detective squad investigate irish gangster s murder , tries frame det. sam tyler, sam finds out murdered gangster because hijacked truck of smuggled goods morgan had owned , arrested lt. gene hunt.

eve olawi

eve olawi (yasmin bannerman) killed tony crane prior sam s coma. dismisses warnings in 1973 have terrible life crane.

colin raimes

colin raimes (sam hazeldine) suspected killer in 2006. sam convinced colin behind 2006 crime despite having written killing in diary, raimes has cast iron alibi. maya suggests might have known killer. in 1973, sam discovers true murderer in 2006 colin s neighbour, arrested in 1973 similar crime released thirty years later. american counterpart shares same name.

leslie roy

leslie roy (alex reid) bookkeeper , girlfriend of deepak gandhi. has fallen pregnant child when killed in summer of 1973. identifies herself alias layla dylan when first questioned police. investigating crime di sam tyler who, unlike contemporaries, not down upon leslie s relationship ugandan asian immigrant, had loved daughter of 1 himself. deepak dead, leslie intends abort child talked out of doing sam who, in predestination paradox, inspires name baby maya.

in 2006 (unseen), leslie not particularly approve of daughter s boyfriend , supervisor, dci sam tyler. prefer maya marry physician or wealthy man rather police officer.

ruth tyler

ruth tyler (joanne froggatt in 1973 & judi jones in 2006) mother of sam tyler. sam meets whilst in 1973, incognito, improvising name detective inspector bolan when asked name - had spoken musician marc bolan previous evening. meets again when cid deduces father vic might involved morton brothers.

in father , when truth vic s involvement in violent crime discovered, ruth tells four-year-old sammy vic had go away.

sam speaks ruth when returns 2006, leaving hunt , team in 1973 in mail train under fire railway bandits. without telling details, says promised return. tells him knows won t let them down, because keeps promises. clears way return 1973.

ruth not mentioned in ashes ashes.

her counterpart in u.s. remake rose tyler, portrayed jennifer ferrin, , appears in 1973 world. change of forename brought tyler surname full-circle. series creator matthew graham s young daughter had given sam surname tyler in homage companion on newly re-launched doctor who, rose tyler.