Torchwood/Children of Earth: Day One

Children of Earth: Day One
Season 3, Episode 1
Airdate	July 6, 2009
Written by	Russell T. Davies
Directed by	Euros Lyn
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Torchwood — Season Three

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Children of Earth: Day One is the first episode of the third season of Torchwood and the twenty-seventh overall.

Cast: John Barrowman (Captain Jack), Eve Myles (Gwen Cooper), Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto Jones), Kai Owen (Rhys Williams), Peter Capaldi (John Frobisher), Paul Copley (Clement McDonald), Nicholas Farell (Brian Green), Susan Brown (Bridget Spears), Lucy Cohu (Alice Carter), Ian Gelder (Mr Dekker), Cush Jumbo (Lois Habiba), Liz May Brice (Johnson), Charles Abomeli (Colonel Oduya), Rik Makarem (Rupesh Patanjali), Katy Wix (Rhiannon Davies), Rhodri Lewis (Johnny Davies), Hillary Maclean (Anna Frobisher), Anna Lawson (Nurse), Rachel Ferjani (Parliamentary Secretary), Christopher James (Press Officer), Phylip Harries (Water Taxi Man), Ben Lloyd-Holmes (Operative), Luke Perry (David Davies), Aimee Davies Mica Davies), Bear McCauslan (Steven Carter), Julia Joyce (Holly Frobisher), Madeliene Rakic-Platt (Lilly Frobisher), Gregory Ferguson (Young Clem), Crisian Emmanuel (Mother) Melanie Barker (Mother 2), Scott Bailey (Father)

Plot Overview

"WE ARE COMING"

Scotland 1965 and a coachload of children are delivered to the 456.

The World, the present and at 0840hrs GMT, every child that is awake stands still for a few minutes whereever they are causing car accidents, obstructions, and consternation to their parents and teachers.

Later that morning it happens again, but this time uttering a continuous scream for a few minutes. Then the children speak "We, we ,we ,we, we, we,we, We are, we are, we are, we are, We are coming, we are coming, we are coming......."

A middle aged man in a psychriatic hospital has done exactly the same until finally collapsing "They have found me".

Wheels within the British government begin turning because they know what the events are about and the Prime Minister wants deniability of an earlier meeting with aliens known as the 456 which is the frequency they first made contact in 1965.

A "blank page" is issued which orders the death of anybody who knows or was present at the 1965 meeting. This includes the indestructible Captain Jack Harkness and a plan is hatched to destroy him and the Torchwood base. Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones are to be collateral damage.

Arc Advancement

Characters

• Frobisher: A home office civil servant with a wife and two children.
• Brian Green; The Prime Minister of Great Britain.
• Clement McDonald; as a child escaped abduction by the 456.
• Alice Carter and Steven Carter; Captain Jack's Daughter and Grandson.
• Colonel Oduya; U.N.I.T liasion in London.
• Bridget Spears; personal assistant to Frobisher.
• Lois Habiba; first day at work in the Home Office.
• Rupesh Patanjali; Doctor, a potential recruit to Torchwood.

Trivia

Allusions and References

UNIT stands for the UNified Intelligence Taskforce formerly the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce. Apparently in 2005 The United Nations were not happy to be associated with science fiction television program and the name was changed..Reminicent of The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Quotes

• Ianto Jones "Ask about Torchwood and most people point towards the bay".

• Dekker about the Prime Minister, "Elected officials, they just come and go. The 456 was here before him, it will be here long after he's gone and so will we. The Civil Service, John, the Cockroaches of government".