Fanlore:Featured Article Archives/2019: Week 18

The two plaques dedicated to Ianto Jones, located next to Ianto's Shrine.

Save Ianto Jones was a fan campaign dedicated to memorializing and resurrecting the character Ianto Jones on the TV series Torchwood. Fans wrote letters and shipped coffee to the BBC, wrote about their grief on social media, raised money for charity, and even built Ianto's Shrine in Mermaid's Quay, Cardiff. While the campaign was ultimately unsuccessful, the interest surrounding the campaign resulted in many spin-off Torchwood media producing Ianto-themed content, including an audiobook where Ianto was resurrected. In addition, Ianto's Shrine was officially recognized by the management of Mermaid's Quay with a plaque, and remains standing as of March 2019.