Sam Tyler
John Simm as Sam Tyler
First appearance	Series 1: Episode 1 (Life on Mars)
Portrayed by	John Simm
Episode count	16/16
Information
Gender	Male
Occupation	Police Officer for Manchester and Salford Police
Title	Detective Chief Inspector(DCI) in 2006 and in 1973 Detective Inspector (DI)

Detective Inspector Sam Tyler is a fictional character in the BBC One Sci-Fi police procedural drama Life on Mars, and revealed to be deceased in the later spin-off, Ashes to Ashes. The first episode of the first series of the British time travel Police procedural Television series Life on Mars, was first broadcast John Ronald Simm (born 10 July 1970 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is an English Actor and Musician. Manchester and Salford Police was from June 1 1968 to April 1 1974 a police force in England. This is about the police rank/position For the use in graphical user interfaces see Inspector window. The police procedural is a sub-genre of the mystery story which attempts to convincingly depict the activities of a Police force as they investigate Crimes Life on Mars is A spin-off (or spinoff) is a new Organization or Entity formed by a split from a larger one such as a Television series based on a pre-existing Ashes to Ashes is a British television drama series which serves as a sequel to the 2006 series Life on Mars. He is played by John Simm. John Ronald Simm (born 10 July 1970 in Leeds, West Yorkshire) is an English Actor and Musician.

Contents 1 Fictional character history 1.1 Life before the accident 1.2 Life in 1973 1.3 Fate 2 Characteristics 2.1 Appearance 2.2 Personality 3 Relationships 4 References

Fictional character history

Life before the accident

Sam Tyler is a Detective Chief Inspector (DCI) in the 2006 Greater Manchester Police Service. Chief Inspector ( Ch Insp) is a rank used in Police forces which follow the British model Greater Manchester Police (" GMP " is the Home Office Police force responsible for policing the Metropolitan county of Greater He was born in 1969 and is the son of Vic and Ruth Tyler. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He joined the force at the age of 19 in 1988. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) He was also in a committed relationship with his girlfriend Maya. This is a list of characters in the BBC television drama series ''Life on Mars''.

Life in 1973

After being hit by a car, Sam wakes to find himself in 1973 - only four years after his birth. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Unsure whether he is in a coma or mad, or if he has actually gone back in time, he finds he is a DI in the contemporary police force of the age, starting his first day in the same station he worked at in 2006 only 33 years in the past, and is compelled to prove himself to his new DCI, Gene Hunt. Detective Chief Inspector Gene Hunt is a Fictional character in the BBC One Sci-Fi Police procedural drama Life on Mars

Gene is a man who likes to throw his weight around and thinks of himself as the sheriff in a western. The Western is a fiction Genre seen in Film, Television, Radio, Literature, Painting and other Visual arts. Gene acts first and thinks later, and this results in several punch-ups between him and Sam, who believes in by-the-book policing. Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force

Over time their differences complement each other rather than clash, and a series of cases are solved when the two men put their heads together. But Sam, a 21st century police officer, has to deal with a strange world full of cigarette-smoking, gum-chewing, unreconstructed police officers of the early 1970s, as well as brutal punch-now-think-later policing methods and crude forensic techniques, and there are times when he is deeply stressed by this, as well as by recurring hints that reality is not what it seems.

In "Episode 4" and "Episode 8", Sam meets the younger versions of his mother and father as well as the parents of his girlfriend Maya, in "Series 2: Episode 6". The fourth episode of the first series of the British time travel Police procedural Television series Life on Mars, was first broadcast The eighth and final episode of the first series of the British time travel Police procedural Television series Life on Mars, was The sixth episode of the second series of the British time travel Police procedural Television series Life on Mars, was first broadcast Twice, in "Episode 5" and "Episode 8", he actually meets his 4 year old self to which he is horrified. The fifth episode of the first series of the British time travel Police procedural Television series Life on Mars, was first broadcast In "Episode 8", Sam tries to get his father to stay with his mother and his younger self hoping this will take him back to 2006 but is horrified to discover his father is actually a ruthless gangster. In "Episode 4", he also has brought down much of the corruption in CID by convincing Gene and the other officers not to take bribes from a local gangster Stephen Warren and also turning in a corrupt high ranking officer in "Series 2: Episode 2". The second episode of the second series of the British time travel Police procedural Television series Life on Mars, was first broadcast

Sam deals with many different crimes including drug trafficking, a hostage situation, murders and robberies. The sixth episode of the second series of the British time travel Police procedural Television series Life on Mars, was first broadcast The sixth episode of the first series of the British time travel Police procedural Television series Life on Mars, was first broadcast The third episode of the first series of the British time travel Police procedural Television series Life on Mars, was first broadcast The second episode of the second series of the British time travel Police procedural Television series Life on Mars, was first broadcast He does not just teach a lot to CID like tape recording but learns something from them.

Fate

In the last episode, the voice of his surgeon appears as a new character, acting DCI, Frank Morgan, who tells Sam that he has amnesia brought on by a car accident and has really been sent from Hyde to infiltrate the rotten A Division. The eighth and final episode of the second series of the British time travel Police procedural Television series Life on Mars, This is a list of characters in the BBC television drama series ''Life on Mars''. As Gene, Annie, Ray and Chris face a seemingly unavoidable fate when an undercover sting goes wrong, Sam comes out of his coma in the present.

However, finding that what seems to be the real world no longer feels realistic, he commits suicide (see below) by jumping from the roof of the police station, and re-appears in 1973 where he is able to save Gene and the team.

Sam Tyler turns off the radio when he next receives a communication from 2006 ("It's no good, he's slipping away from us") implying that he has chosen his fate - to stay in 1973 as his afterlife.

According to Ashley Pharoah and Matthew Graham, the series creators, Sam commits suicide when he jumps, this is mentioned in the documentary "The End Of Life On Mars" which can be found on disc 4 of the series two DVD set. Ashley Pharoah (born September 13 1959) is a British Television writer co-creator of the successful drama series Life on Mars Matthew Graham is a British Television writer and the co-creator of the BBC / Kudos Film and Television science fiction series Life

In an interview with the Manchester Evening News called "Life On Mars: The Answers" Matthew Graham even goes as far as to say that that Sam is now in the afterlife, where time lasts an eternity compared to the few seconds of the suicide jump: "The truth is, when I wrote it, what I was trying to say is that he's died, and that for however long that last second of life is going to be, it will stretch out for an age, as an eternity for him. The Manchester Evening News (also known as MEN Media) is an English daily Newspaper published each week day evening and on Saturdays And so when he drives off in that car, he's really driving off into the afterlife. "^[1]

This is confirmed in Ashes to Ashes, where police psychologist DI Alex Drake has been studying Sam's case and suicide. Ashes to Ashes is a British television drama series which serves as a sequel to the 2006 series Life on Mars. Detective Inspector Alex Drake is a Fictional character in the BBC One Sci-Fi Police procedural drama Ashes to Ashes It is also revealed in Episode 1 of Ashes to Ashes, that in Gene Hunt's world, Sam lived another seven years and was a faithful member of the team. The first episode of the first series of the British science fiction television series Ashes to Ashes was broadcast by BBC One on 7th February 2008 Sam "died" in 1980 during a high-speed pursuit. His car ends up in the river, but his body is never found.

Many fans of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes believe that the fact Sam's body was never found may mean that it could be potential plot line in series 2. Several critics also believed that the clown was actually warning Alex and was Sam Tyler's spirit. ^[2] However, this was not the case.

Characteristics

Appearance

In 2006 Sam wears a dark blue suit briefly in the first episode and when he returns in the last episode. The first episode of the first series of the British time travel Police procedural Television series Life on Mars, was first broadcast The eighth and final episode of the second series of the British time travel Police procedural Television series Life on Mars, For most of the series whilst he is in 1973 he wears a slightly battered black leather coat with jeans or plain trousers and some boots. His shirts vary from time to time and as the series progress his sideburns are considerably lengthened. This is also seen when Sam awakes from his coma.

Personality

Sam is a professional self sufficient officer with morals who would never become corrupt. An example of this is in "Episode 4", where he discovers the entire CID are being bribed and tries his hardest to turn them around. The fourth episode of the first series of the British time travel Police procedural Television series Life on Mars, was first broadcast He is also very strict, liking to do everything by the book and can be very short tempered with people, although this may just be due to the stressful situation he is in. Sam can also be relaxed, however this side of him is rarely seen as he is usually under constant stress. Sam often pushes others away from him and usually only Annie Cartwright or Nelson can get him to open up. Annie Cartwright is a Fictional character in the BBC One Sci-fi Police procedural drama Life on Mars.

Relationships

Sam's main relationship in the show is with Annie Cartwright who often helps him when he is under much pressure. Annie Cartwright is a Fictional character in the BBC One Sci-fi Police procedural drama Life on Mars. He falls in love with her, and in "Episode 8" saves her from being killed by his dad in 1973. The eighth and final episode of the first series of the British time travel Police procedural Television series Life on Mars, was When he finally arrives in 2006, in Series 2: Episode 8", he is tormented by the broken promise he made to her when he went to get help, making him end up back in 2006. The eighth and final episode of the second series of the British time travel Police procedural Television series Life on Mars, He eventually commits suicide and ends back up in 1973, saving her and the others. At the end of the show the two kiss and presumably enter a relationship. The other officers in CID have mixed opinions, Chris thinks Sam is crazy at times but often looks up to him and respects him. Detective Constable Chris Skelton is a Fictional character in the BBC One Sci-Fi Police procedural drama Life on Mars Ray doesn't like Sam or his twenty-first century policing but in the end becomes friendlier with Sam. Sam is also close to the bartender of the Railway Arms, Nelson, who he often looks to for advice.

The most unusual relationship is between Sam and Gene. Detective Chief Inspector Gene Hunt is a Fictional character in the BBC One Sci-Fi Police procedural drama Life on Mars The two have very different policing styles and at times hate each other but they always work it out. Gene also knows that Sam is completely trustworthy. When he was framed for murder in "Series 2: Episode 7", he rang Sam first, knowing that despite their difference Sam would not rest until he was cleared. The seventh episode of the second series of the British time travel Police procedural Television series Life on Mars, was first broadcast Tyler's apparent death after seven years on the team - as related in Ashes to Ashes - appears to have affected Gene greatly. Ashes to Ashes is a British television drama series which serves as a sequel to the 2006 series Life on Mars.

References

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