Orr ( Orr ) Orr was a genetically engineered sexual psychomorph created on Sorva . Biology . Members of Orr ' s species were quite rare . They were genetically engineered from several species by military scientists . The intention was to create a being that would morph into any form according to the desires of the person in its company because it would be hard to kill a person one sexually desired . Orr was neither male nor female and could change their form quite drastically , including increasing size and mass , changing skin colour to black or blue , changing the type and shape of their genitalia ( AUDIO : " Orr " ) and even creating a working elevator within their body . ( AUDIO : " Superiority Complex " ) After staying in close proximity to one person , Orr could perfectly reproduce the appearance and voice of someone they loved or desired . ( AUDIO : " Orr " ) At least once , Orr mimicked several individuals simultaneously ( AUDIO : " Love Rat " ) They reacted to most sentient beings , whether humanoid , ( AUDIO : " Orr " ) parasitic ( AUDIO : " Love Rat " ) or inanimate . ( AUDIO : " Superiority Complex " , " A Kill to a View " ) They also reacted to non - sexual desires , such as religious desires of groups of people . ( AUDIO : " Herald of the Dawn " ) The changes in their body were subconscious and could not be easily controlled . ( AUDIO : " Love Rat " ) Flirting with the object they were reacting to was also a reflex though it could be tempered . ( AUDIO : " Orr " ) Members of Orr ' s species lived long lives though did not show their age . ( AUDIO : " Orr " ) They were hypoallergenic in both directions , meaning that they did not have allergic reactions and others did not have allergic reactions to them . ( AUDIO : " Love Rat " ) Personality . Orr did not want to cause loss of innocent lives . ( AUDIO : " Orr " ) They cared even about those who threatened their life . ( AUDIO : " Superiority Complex " ) They preferred the personal pronoun " they " ( AUDIO : " Orr " ) and title " Mx " . ( AUDIO : " Superiority Complex " ) Their empathy made them attuned to others , sometimes providing deep insights into the others ' psyche . ( AUDIO : " Superiority Complex " ) Biography . Once Orr spent some time living with a partner of the same species . Apart from that period , Orr described their life as always lonely . ( AUDIO : " Orr " ) Orr was given to Vincent Parry as a gift from Ro - Jedda and took the form of his late wife Catrin . They were wearing a control necklace of maximum destructive power . If it went off , the whole Cardiff would have been raised to the ground . When Ro - Jedda later had Vincent killed , Orr wound up in Torchwood Three . Their attempts to disarm the necklace were unsuccessful , but the explosion did not take place , and Orr was left to live their life as they wanted it . ( AUDIO : " Orr " ) Feeling in debt to Torchwood Three , Orr helped them investigate Sorvix deaths in Cardiff Bay Intelligent Hotel and Spa . Their unique physiology was crucial to uncovering that the hotel itself was the real culprit . After that , Jack offered Orr a job with Torchwood . ( AUDIO : " Superiority Complex " ) Orr had a near - fatal reaction to an alien sexual parasite and helped identify its alien rodent carrier . ( AUDIO : " Love Rat " ) They also reacted to the Ritz Tower created by Bilis Manger to channel human anger . ( AUDIO : " A Kill to a View " ) Behind the scenes . The character of Orr was created by Russell T Davies . ( VOR 102 )