DI Boyd

D.I. Boyd is a detective within the Lincoln City Police, he holds a grudge on the Torchwood Institute which drives him to frequently go into business for himself in order to be better than those he shows great hatred towards.

## Episodes

### 4.02: The Torchwood Conspiracy

Shane encounters the Detective when investigating the deaths of Miles Windsor and Crystal Jackson at the hands of what Torchwood believes to be a non-human, the Detective is dismissive of anyone getting involved in his personal investigation - he allows Shane to investigate the crime scene however, as Shane is doing this, DI Boyd heads to his superiors after being called in by them, it is here that they inform of him of the Torchwood investigation, DI Boyd wonders why the Torchwood man was interested in Miles' death, after all Torchwood aren't known for working well with the police department, especially since they're technically private investigators.

DI Boyd decides to change his investigation up a bit and decides to monitor Shane's movements and thus going against protocols set by his boss for the investigation of Miles' death, he sets off for the crime scene on his own and holds Shane at taser point, thus going into business for himself in the process, Boyd quickly puts a pair of handcuffs on Shane's wrists and throws him inside his car, he locks the doors and drives away - DI Boyd drives frantically back to the police station, he parks outside and gets out of his car and heads towards the building, a handcuffed Shane in tow. As he walks into the station, he heads straight to the interview room where DI Boyd's superior officer is waiting and is visibly confused at Boyd's actions however Boyd claims Shane is an associate of his however, once his superior leaves, he harshly questions Shane and when the latter says he is from Torchwood, DI Boyd deems this impossible as he believes the Institute was disbanded following the events involving the Live Control Agency, almost snapping at the fact the Institute is still around.

The interrogation becomes intense with DI Boyd shouting at a jesting Shane, the two strike a deal to both head back to the crime scene together however DI Boyd continues the questions all of which Shane has some kind of reply for, he also remembers back to the time he tried to help Miles Windsor however Boyd shows off his spinelessness by clearly not caring about the story that Shane is telling which causes Shane to come to the conclusion that Boyd has an inferiority complex against Torchwood leading to another confrontation between the two which ends when Shane walks away - DI Boyd then sits amongst the crime scene, thinking about what just happened, however he is soon confronted by Susie Lavoie (the vessel of The Legion) who claims responsibility for killing Miles and Crystal, Boyd goes for the arrest but is caught off guard when she shrugs off a taser shot.

Shane arrives back at the scene, having picked up strange energy readings, and pulls Boyd outside - the two clearly still hate each other even when Boyd stops Susie in her tracks with another taser shot, Susie springs to life all of a sudden however and pushes Shane out the way, declaring her dislike for DI Boyd, she jumps on the detective's back and starts punching and kicking him in the head while yelling things like "You're dead meat!", "You're gonna die!", "Die! Die! DIE!". It takes several minutes of fighting and a few punches thrown in his direction before Susie finally gets the better of him however DI Boyd makes it to his car and escapes much to Lavoie's disapproval.