Alice Guppy was an orphan with a criminal background. (PROSE: The Baby Farmers) She originally lived and worked in Scotland. (PROSE: Risk Assessment) The pair offered Jack Harkness a place at Torchwood on discovering that he couldn't die and possibly knew about the Doctor. Alice found Jack attractive but avowed that she found Emily more so. She came into conflict with Jack when he witnessed her cold-bloodedly executing a blowfish alien Jack had captured on his first assignment. She was sadistic on several occasions, delighting in assaulting and torturing Jack on first meeting him. (TV: Fragments)