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|featuring7 = Myfanwy | |featuring7 = Myfanwy | ||
|enemy = [[Suzie Costello]] | |enemy = [[Suzie Costello]] | ||
|setting = [[Cardiff]], [[2000s]]{{note|Episodes 1-10 of the [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|first series]] of ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' are set anywhere from [[2006]]-[[2009]] as a result of [[Aliens of London dating controversy|conflicting evidence]] shown in the episodes | |setting = [[Cardiff]], [[2000s]]{{note|Episodes 1-10 of the [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|first series]] of ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' are set anywhere from [[2006]]-[[2009]] as a result of [[Aliens of London dating controversy|conflicting evidence]] shown in the episodes ''[[Ghost Machine (TV story)|Ghost Machine]]'', ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'', ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]'', ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'', ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'', ''[[Adrift (TV story)|Adrift]]'', ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'', ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'', and ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]''. As episode 10, ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'', is set at the end of [[December]], this means that episodes 11-13 are almost certainly set the year after episodes 1-10.}} | ||
|writer = Russell T Davies | |writer = Russell T Davies | ||
|director = [[Brian Kelly]] | |director = [[Brian Kelly]] | ||
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It introduced the programme's regular characters, as well as recurring elements such as [[the Hub]], [[Myfanwy]], [[retcon]] and the [[Torchwood SUV]]. | It introduced the programme's regular characters, as well as recurring elements such as [[the Hub]], [[Myfanwy]], [[retcon]] and the [[Torchwood SUV]]. | ||
Written by [[Russell T Davies]], it had the distinction of being his only writing credit until the [[series 3 (Torchwood)|third series]]. It also bore certain structural commonalities with | Written by [[Russell T Davies]], it had the distinction of being his only writing credit until the [[series 3 (Torchwood)|third series]]. It also bore certain structural commonalities with ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'', Davies's first episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. Whereas the earlier script had introduced the mysterious [[Ninth Doctor]] through the eyes of [[Rose Tyler]], ''Everything Changes'' introduced its audience to the mysterious figure of Captain [[Jack Harkness]] through female protagonist [[Gwen Cooper]]. Indeed, long-standing fans of Davies's work would have recognised the structure from as far back as his early-1990s children's TV programme, {{wi|Dark Season}}. | ||
The story was notable for an attempted bit of subterfuge: [[Indira Varma]] was included in the opening titles to suggest that her character, [[Suzie Costello]], was going to be a regular. Her death in the episode was meant to surprise the audience. Because [[BBC Three]] decided to air the first two episodes on the same night, however, the effect fell flat. Nevertheless, it did establish another recurring element of the programme: even main characters could die in ''Torchwood''. By the end of [[Series 4 (Torchwood)|series 4]], only two of the main cast listed in this episode would still be alive, namely Gwen and Jack. | The story was notable for an attempted bit of subterfuge: [[Indira Varma]] was included in the opening titles to suggest that her character, [[Suzie Costello]], was going to be a regular. Her death in the episode was meant to surprise the audience. Because [[BBC Three]] decided to air the first two episodes on the same night, however, the effect fell flat. Nevertheless, it did establish another recurring element of the programme: even main characters could die in ''Torchwood''. By the end of [[Series 4 (Torchwood)|series 4]], only two of the main cast listed in this episode would still be alive, namely Gwen and Jack. |