Richard blames himself for the tragic events which have led the Restless Gentlemen to this world, and remains in a permanent state of melancholy, unable to reconcile the life he once had with the modern world he now finds himself in. Leaving behind his family and a successful career at the Royal Academy, he sits up late into every evening mourning his losses through prose, insisting on using the Restless Gentlemen’s melodies as a cathartic release to his dream to return back to his loved ones. Richard is hiding in the house of a crazy seamstress called Beryl who insists on darning his socks every evening.
Gavin is the primary engineer who created the time-machine and can therefore be blamed almost exclusively for getting them into this mess. Gavin has infiltrated an engineering firm in Surrey in order to get his hands on the latest technology available, hoping to develop his skills and repair the time-machine and return the Restless Gentlemen home. Ever hopeful of rebuilding the amazing machine that brought them to the modern world, he plays drums to enable Mitch and Steve maintain perfect time while searching for the elusive melody which will trigger the time-machine. Gavin lives a quiet life on a barge in the Thames.
Mitch has never fully reconciled that his chord is the reason the Restless Gentlemen have entered the modern world and to this end blames a combination of fate and Gavin for the whole mess they’re in. Mitch is nervous of returning to the Victorian age where he led a hedonistic life of ale, teacakes, and debauchery that have left him indebted to the notorious Hardwood brothers in Whitechapel. Mitch practices his guitar every evening in the hope of finding the chord that will send them home; he has also taken a mistress who pretends to be interested in his music, but secretly loves Richard.
Steve originally came from the muddy banks of Ohio River, working hard to establish himself in the scientific field before coming to the United Kingdom, seeking scientists that shared his passion for musicology and extra-terrestrial time-travel. As luck would have it, having accidently stumbled across Richard and his work while reading an advert in the Times seeking an individual with his abilities, Steve felt emboldened to cross the Atlantic and work collaboratively with Richard. Sadly the time-travel experience has left Steve convinced that it still is the 19th Century. Having acquired a bass in a bar-room brawl he has managed to master the instrument while also remaining a formidable pugilist, and has taken a wife who is unable to convince him what year it is, but remains loyal to his musical prowess.