Torchwood- Do you think the fact the actress playing Gwen Cooper has been in Dr. Who as the maid Gwyneth in The Unquiet Dead means something?

[longneck]

Their names are close- anyone think they maybe related? The actress is Eve Myles

[tonymclark]

The production team enjoyed working with Eve during The Unquiet Dead, and thought she would be good for Torchwood.
Directors and Producers cast people they have previously worked with all the time.
Producer Russell T Davies had worked with Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant before, in other series.

I think you are reading too much into it.

[KingOpabinia]

Considering Torchwood had more holes than swiss cheese it wouldn't surprise me if it wasn't an oversight.

[WaldoMcFroog]

Pah! That's nothing!

Freema Agyeman, the actress playing the Doctor's new companion played a character who died in the last but one episode.

Like Mr Clark says for Eve Myles, it's because the production team liked her work and offered her a new role as a result.