Jimmy Garland

**Jimmy Garland** is a recurring character in *Series 1* of *Survivors* and *Series 3* of the Big Finish Productions audio series.

## Overview

Before the Death, Garland was a minor noble and the fourth son of Lord Waterhouse. As such, he was last in the line of inheritance to the Earldom of Waterhouse. While at university, Garland became interested in survivalist expeditions, visiting the Sahara and the Congo before he was twenty. With little prospect of the family inheritance, he joined the British Army as a demolition expert, and continued his expeditions to the Polar regions and South America.

###### Born Survivor

After the entire Waterhouse line was wiped out by the Death, Garland was the surviving heir and thereby became the fourteen Earl of Waterhouse by default and inherited Waterhouse. He decided not to mourn the decimation of most of the population of the world and actually relished in chances offered to him by this new world. When Knox and his band took over Waterhouse, Garland saw their conflict as a war in which he disputed their right to his ancestral home. He fled into the woods of the Waterhouse Estate and made a cave from his childhood explorations into his base.

###### Hunted

Whilst being pursued by Knox's band, Garland strayed into the path of Abby Grant as she made her way to Waterhouse in the search for her son, Peter. After being shot in the leg by one of Knox's men, he requested Abby's help to lose his pursuers from their organised hunt. Together they fled into the woods of the Waterhouse Estate and Garland displayed his hunting skills and introduced himself properly to Abby. He shared with Abby his worldview on survival since the Death and his goals to take back Waterhouse and lead a community of his own. Leaving Abby to sleep, Garland ventured out from the cave to Waterhouse to retrieve Abby's Land Rover.

On his return to the cave, Garland witnessed Abby captured by Knox and taken back to Waterhouse as a prisoner. Intent on rescuing her, Garland kidnapped one of Knox's community and took her as a hostage to use against Knox. The second stage of Garland's plan was to attack Waterhouse, taking potshots with a rifle at members of Knox's band to force them to withdraw into the house. After Abby was released, he led her to a barn where he had stowed a stolen Land Rover from Knox's band to allow Abby to leave Waterhouse unharmed. He listened to Abby's pleas and decided to make peace with Knox by returning to Waterhouse, not as a soldier but an arbiter of peace.

However, they were betrayed by Knox upon arriving at Waterhouse and Garland captured. While Abby was sent away from the area, Knox and his band delighted in torturing Garland, demanding to know the location of where he had stowed his hostage. Eventually, he relented and led Knox's band to a cottage by the river which he had told Abby he had left one of Knox's community. However, upon arrival, Knox and his men were overpowered by Greg Preston lying in wait to rescue Garland and retreat from Waterhouse. Parting ways with Abby, they shared a hopeful farewell and Garland returned to his conflict against Knox to win back ownership of Waterhouse. *(Garland's War)*

## Appearances

* *Garland's War*
* *A Beginning*

* *Contact*
* *Rescue*
* *Leaving*