Out of Time (Torchwood)
"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 repatriate a pilot and two passengers of an aircraft from 1953 which were brought forward to early 21st-century Cardiff. Plot. The Torchwood team meet the "Sky Gypsy", a vintage biplane airliner (represented by de Havilland Dragon Rapide G-AIDL) that has passed through the Rift from 1953  and arrived in the present. The three people on board, pilot Diane Holmes and passengers Emma-Louise Cowell and John Ellis, are unaware of what has happened until they are told, and the Torchwood team helps to set each up with room and board while assisting them in adapting to modern conveniences. The three travelers separate, pairing off with members of the Torchwood team. Diane and Owen Harper form a romantic bond. Diane continually yearns to fly again. Owen tries to help her 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". John finds that his son is still alive but suffers from Alzheimer's disease and is in a nursing home, with no children to help look after him. Assisted by Jack Harkness, John visits his son, who barely remembers John's presence. John becomes very remorseful at missing his son's life and being unable to adapt to modern times. Emma-Louise bonds with Gwen Cooper, and discovers  that sex is much more promiscuous than in the 1950s. Gwen and her boyfriend Rhys Williams help Emma to become more accustomed to modern romance, although Rhys' trust in Gwen is damaged when he learns that her story about Emma-Louise being a distant relative is false. When Jack discovers that Ianto Jones' car has gone missing, he believes John has taken it, and finds him in the garage of his old home ready to commit suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. Jack encourages him to start his life anew by telling him there is no afterlife, but John refuses and  asks Jack to help him end his life with dignity. Jack holds John's hand as they succumb to the fumes and die; Jack resurrects immediately afterwards. Emma's skills as a "retro" fashion artist land her a job in London. Gwen tries to convince her to stay in Cardiff, but tearfully helps Emma off to a bus station to enjoy her new life. 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 reads a note Diane left him and is able to catch her at the airfield before she leaves. He tries to prevent her from leaving, warning her that even if the Rift opens she may end up anywhere, but she refuses to heed his advice. They have a tearful moment before she flies off.