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{{Doctorwhocharacter|
series= Torchwood|
image=[[Image:Owenharper.jpg|250px]]|
name= Doctor Owen Harper|
affiliation=[[Torchwood Institute]]|
race=[[Human]]|
planet=[[Earth]]|
era=Early [[21st century]]|
start=''[[Everything Changes (Torchwood) | Everything Changes]]''|
finish= Ongoing|
portrayed=[[Burn Gorman]]
}}
'''Dr. Owen Harper''' is a [[fictional character]] played by [[Burn Gorman]], and a regular in the [[BBC]] [[Television program|television series]] ''[[Torchwood]]'', a [[spin-off]] from the long-running series ''[[Doctor Who]]''. He is the resident medic of the [[Cardiff]] branch of the [[Torchwood Institute]].
[http://www.torchwood.org.uk The Torchwood website] indicates that he is a trained psychologist.<ref>[http://www.torchwood.org.uk/html/gwen/psych.shtml Gwen Cooper psychological evaluation]</ref> It also states that he is a genius and that he is very aware of it.<ref>Owen's profile on [http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood the official website.]</ref> In ''[[Everything Changes (Torchwood)|Everything Changes]]'', he uses an aphrodisiac spray to encourage a woman and, later, her boyfriend to have sex with him, implying that he is [[bisexual]], although perhaps with a preference for women. This is supported by a ''[[The Sun]]'' article which claims all the main characters are bisexual <ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2001320029-2006430699,00.html
| title = Dr Ooh gets four gay pals
| accessdate = 2006-10-06
| author = Sarah Nathan
| authorlink =
| coauthors =
| year = 2006
| month = September
| publisher = The Sun
| quote = GAY Doctor Who star John Barrowman gets four BISEXUAL assistants in raunchy BBC3 spin-off Torchwood.
}}</ref>
as well as a note in the Torchwood website from someone named Jason referencing his bedside manner in a suggestive context. This page also suggests he has had a series of casual relationships, some of which were less casual on the part of his partners, and which may have cost him his previous job.<ref>[http://www.torchwood.org.uk/html/owen/background.shtml Owen Harper background check]</ref>
Owen also shares a close relationship with his colleague [[Toshiko Sato]], having drinks with her outside work. They are seen together in pictures on the Torchwood Institute website.<ref>[http://www.torchwood.org.uk/html/toshiko/snaps.shtml Torchwood External Hub Interface - Toshiko Sato - Pictures]</ref>
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Despite his apparently skewed moral sense in ''Everything Changes'', in ''[[Ghost Machine (Torchwood)|Ghost Machine]]'', a different side of him emerges when an alien artefact forces Owen to witness the [[rape]] and [[murder]] of a young woman named Lizzie Lewis in 1963. Unable to do anything but watch, Owen comes out of his [[retrocognition|vision]] with a strong sense of responsibility toward Lizzie. Though he's denied backup from [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]], Owen tracks down the killer (Ed Morgan), now an old man, and confronts him with the knowledge of his crime. Initially, Owen's intention was just to scare the man, but as Morgan's growing [[paranoia]] fuels him into a confrontation, Owen loses his temper, threatening Morgan with his own confiscated knife and coming within an inch of killing him. He is talked down from the brink just in time, thanks to [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]]'s intervention.
In ''[[Cyberwoman]]'', he and Gwen share a passionate kiss which he dismisses as the last act of a man about to die. He denies he "fancied her" but she counters that she could "feel his [[erection|hard-on]]". However, in ''[[Countrycide]]'', an apparently naked Owen is seen approaching Gwen from behind and kissing her passionately. The episode then ends abruptly. In ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (Torchwood)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'', Tosh's telepathic pendant reveals they have since had sex twice in the Torchwood [[List_of_Torchwood_items#R|SUV]].
''[[They Keep Killing Suzie]]'' reveals that as with Gwen, Owen pursued a sexual relationship with [[List of Torchwood minor characters#Suzie Costello|Suzie]] before she killed herself.
In ''[[Out of Time (Torchwood)|Out of Time]]'', Owen has a sexual relationship with a temporal refugee and develops an emotional connection to her. He explains he has never felt as strongly for any of his other partners, which would include Gwen. The accompanying website features also suggest that Gwen has feelings towards Owen, which he does not return.<ref>[http://www.torchwood.org.uk/html/diane/im.shtml Gwen/Owen conversation]</ref>
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==Episodes==
''See [[List of Torchwood episodes]]''
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