Character Relationship Map: The Gateway

Characters

• Jane Chandler (played by Jacqueline McKenzie) — protagonist

  A particle physicist who builds a teleportation prototype. After her husband Matt dies in a traffic accident, she discovers the machine accesses a parallel universe. She crosses over, retrieves an alt...

• Matt Chandler (played by Myles Pollard) — protagonist

  Jane's husband who dies in a traffic accident early in the story. His death motivates Jane's research. An alternate version of him exists in a parallel universe, which Jane brings back to her world, t...

• Regg (played by Ben Mortley) — supporting
• Samantha (played by Shannon Berry) — minor
• Jake (played by Ryan Panizza) — minor

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Matt Chandler → Jake (Family Father And Son) — Jane attempts to present the alternate Matt to Jake as a father figure, although he is unfamiliar with this world.

  The plot says Jane has two children, Samantha and Jake, and brings an alternate Matt into her world because she believes the children need their fathe...

• Matt Chandler → Samantha (Family Father And Daughter) — Jane attempts to present the alternate Matt to Samantha as a father figure, although he is unfamiliar with this world.

  The plot says Jane has two children, Samantha and Jake, and brings an alternate Matt into her world because she believes the children need their fathe...

• Jane Chandler → Jake (Family Mother And Son) — Jane tries to introduce the alternate Matt to Jake without revealing the truth about his origin.

  The plot identifies Jake as one of Jane's children and says Jane wants the children to have their father.

• Jane Chandler → Samantha (Family Mother And Daughter) — Jane tries to introduce the alternate Matt to Samantha without revealing the truth about his origin.

  The plot identifies Samantha as one of Jane's children and says Jane wants the children to have their father.

• Jane Chandler → Regg (Professional Research Colleagues) — They collaborate on the teleportation research, but Regg objects when Jane brings a person across dimensions and warns about the experiment's consequences.

  Jane and her colleague Regg work on a machine designed to teleport matter between parallel worlds and review the experiment data together.

• Jane Chandler → Matt Chandler (Family Wife And Husband) — Jane grieves Matt's death and later brings an alternate-world version of him into her world, hoping her children can have their father.

  The plot identifies Matt as Jane's husband. His final call expresses his love for Jane and their children before she can answer.

Story Analysis

A grieving physicist uses a parallel-world discovery to retrieve her husband's counterpart, while an unstable experiment threatens consequences beyond her family.

Plot Progression

1. A Project Under Pressure — Jane and Regg struggle to stabilize a teleportation machine while Jane balances research and family life. Matt's death leaves Jane grieving and unable to separate the project from her personal loss.
2. The Missing Apple — The test apple vanishes instead of appearing in the receiver. Jane and Regg interpret the data as evidence that the matter may have reached a parallel world.
3. A Living Other Matt — Jane makes contact with another reality and finds a living version of Matt. Learning that his world differs sharply from hers, she brings him across despite Regg's objections.
4. The Hidden Return — Jane hides Matt at home and tries to introduce him to Samantha and Jake without revealing the truth. Matt's confusion and the attention his secret attracts create new risks.
5. The Unstable Threshold — Jane and Regg return to the research and prepare additional equipment for another activation. As power approaches 350 petawatts, the experiment's consequences remain unresolved.