"In 1965, an alien race designated the 456 came to Earth to offer the human race the anti-virus to a new strain of Spanish influenza which would wipe out millions of lives, in exchange for twelve children to be, unknown to them, harvested for certain chemicals that gave the 456 an equivalent of a high from Earth narcotics. In November of that same year, the British government and the Torchwood Institute chose Clem and eleven others from the orphanage, believing that that no one would miss them, and so kept the act a secret. After arriving in a secluded location, Captain Jack Harkness drove them to a white light, and guided them from there. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Four) However, Clem was the only one who managed to escape. He was chased for several miles until the 456 decided to stop. (T"@en . . . . . . "Timothy White, The Remnant"@en . "Clement McDonald"@en . "Human"@en . . . . "Paul Copley"@en . "Gregory Ferguson"@en . . . . . "Children of Earth: Day One"@en . "We want the children - Torchwood - BBC"@en . "In 1965, an alien race designated the 456 came to Earth to offer the human race the anti-virus to a new strain of Spanish influenza which would wipe out millions of lives, in exchange for twelve children to be, unknown to them, harvested for certain chemicals that gave the 456 an equivalent of a high from Earth narcotics. In November of that same year, the British government and the Torchwood Institute chose Clem and eleven others from the orphanage, believing that that no one would miss them, and so kept the act a secret. After arriving in a secluded location, Captain Jack Harkness drove them to a white light, and guided them from there. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Four) However, Clem was the only one who managed to escape. He was chased for several miles until the 456 decided to stop. (TV: Children of Earth: Day One) After that, he was somewhat connected to the aliens, and possessed a sense of smell far beyond normal for a human being, as well as psychic ability. For the next four decades he would be haunted by Harkness' face, (to the point where he recognised Harkness's scent years later), and was for unknown reasons submitted to a psychiactric hospital in East Grinstead after spending most of his life in and out of care in Leeds. He subsequently lost his Scottish accent and went under the alias of Timothy White to avoid detection by the government. (TV: Children of Earth: Day One) Gwen theorised he was spared because he was on the cusp of puberty, which may have rendered him useless to the 456. Although they seemed to have simply abandoned him, some measure of a two-way connection did remain. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Four)"@en . "Clement McDonald"@en . . . .