Sam Tyler

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fictional character police detective television character

Sam Tyler is the time-displaced Manchester detective protagonist of the British television series "Life on Mars."

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Label Occurrences
Sam Tyler canonical 5

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character ⓘ
police detective ⓘ
television character ⓘ
appearsIn Life on Mars ⓘ
surface form: Life on Mars (UK TV series)
associatedWithCharacter Annie Cartwright ⓘ
Chris Skelton ⓘ
Gene Hunt ⓘ
Ray Carling ⓘ
centralTheme psychological reality vs hallucination ⓘ
time travel ambiguity ⓘ
countryOfOriginWork United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfWork United Kingdom ⓘ
createdFor BBC One ⓘ
creator Ashley Pharoah ⓘ
Matthew Graham ⓘ
Tony Jordan ⓘ
employer Greater Manchester Police ⓘ
Manchester and Salford Police ⓘ
familyName Tyler ⓘ
fictionalGender male ⓘ
fictionalUniverse Life on Mars ⓘ
firstAppearance Life on Mars, Series 1 Episode 1 ⓘ
firstBroadcastYear 2006 ⓘ
fullName Sam Tyler self-link ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
science fiction television ⓘ
givenName Sam ⓘ
hasSpinOffConnection Ashes to Ashes ⓘ
surface form: Ashes to Ashes (TV series)
languageOfCharacter English ⓘ
narrativeRole protagonist ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
network BBC One ⓘ
occupation detective ⓘ
police officer ⓘ
pastSettingCity Manchester ⓘ
pastSettingYear 1973 ⓘ
policeRankIn1973 Detective Inspector ⓘ
policeRankIn2006 Detective Chief Inspector ⓘ
portrayedBy John Simm ⓘ
position DCI ⓘ
Detective Chief Inspector ⓘ
presentDayCity Manchester ⓘ
presentDayYear 2006 ⓘ
statusInNarrative presumed dead in 2006 timeline ⓘ
timeDisplacement from 2006 to 1973 ⓘ
vehicleOfTimeDisplacement car accident in 2006 ⓘ
workLocation Manchester ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Simm → playedCharacter → Sam Tyler ⓘ
Life on Mars → mainCharacter → Sam Tyler ⓘ
Life on Mars → protagonistFullName → Sam Tyler ⓘ
John → portrayed → Sam Tyler ⓘ
subject surface form: John Simm
Sam Tyler → fullName → Sam Tyler self-link ⓘ