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|image = Day Two.jpg | |image = Day Two.jpg | ||
|series = ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' | |series = ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' | ||
|season number = Series 3 (Torchwood) | |season number = Series 3 (Torchwood) | ||
|series episode number = 2 | |series episode number = 2 | ||
|main character = | |scripturl = https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/documents/torchwood-children-of-earth-episode-2-day-two-goldenrod-revisions-16102008.pdf | ||
|main character = [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]], [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]], [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] | |||
|featuring = Lois Habiba | |featuring = Lois Habiba | ||
|featuring2 = John Frobisher | |featuring2 = John Frobisher | ||
|featuring3 = Bridget Spears | |featuring3 = Bridget Spears | ||
|featuring4 = | |featuring4 = Andy Davidson | ||
|featuring5 = Clem McDonald | |featuring5 = Clem McDonald | ||
|featuring6 = | |featuring6 = Alice Carter | ||
|network = | |network = BBC One | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = [[Johnson (Children of Earth: Day One)|Agent Johnson]] | ||
|setting = [[Cardiff]], [[London]] and [[Ashton Down]], [[2009]] | |setting = [[Cardiff]], [[London]] and [[Ashton Down]], [[2009]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = John Fay | ||
|director = [[Euros Lyn]] | |director = [[Euros Lyn]] | ||
|producer = [[Peter Bennett]] | |producer = [[Peter Bennett]] | ||
|broadcast date = | |broadcast date = 7 July 2009 | ||
|prev = Children of Earth: Day One (TV story) | |prev = Children of Earth: Day One (TV story) | ||
|next = Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story) | |next = Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story) | ||
|trailer = Torchwood Children of Earth - Day Two trailer - BBC One | |trailer = Torchwood Children of Earth - Day Two trailer - BBC One | ||
|clip = Where is Captain Jack? - Torchwood - BBC | |clip = Where is Captain Jack? - Torchwood - BBC | ||
}} | |format = 1x60 minute episode;<br/>Part 2 of 5}} | ||
'''''Children of Earth: Day Two''''' was the second episode of [[Series 3 (Torchwood)|Series 3]] of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''. It was written by [[John Fay]], directed by [[Euros Lyn]] and featured [[John Barrowman]] as [[Jack Harkness]], [[Eve Myles]] as [[Gwen Cooper]], [[Kai Owen]] as [[Rhys Williams]] and [[Gareth David-Lloyd]] as [[Ianto Jones]]. | '''''Children of Earth: Day Two''''' was the second episode of [[Series 3 (Torchwood)|Series 3]] of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''. It was written by [[John Fay]], directed by [[Euros Lyn]] and featured [[John Barrowman]] as [[Jack Harkness]], [[Eve Myles]] as [[Gwen Cooper]], [[Kai Owen]] as [[Rhys Williams]] and [[Gareth David-Lloyd]] as [[Ianto Jones]]. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
[[The Hub]] has blown up. As [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] emerges from the rubble she is seized by an [[assassination]] squad and is dragged into an [[ambulance]]. The men pin her flat on a stretcher. One prepares a needle, but they let go of her when she bites one of them. Leaping to her feet, Gwen drives off in the ambulance with one of the men. | [[The Hub]] has blown up. As [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] emerges from the rubble she is seized by an [[assassination]] squad and is dragged into an [[ambulance]]. The men pin her flat on a stretcher. One prepares a needle, but they let go of her when she bites one of them. Leaping to her feet, she knocks them both out and takes their guns before noticing a red dot on her from a sniper. She jumps out of the way and the bullet kills one of the men who she knocked out. Gwen then drives off in the ambulance with one of the men. After she stops, she holds him at gunpoint and is told that the government has ordered the destruction of [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]] but he doesn't have any further information. He goes for the needle he tried to use earlier, but she shoots his foot and leaves him there. | ||
At the explosion, [[Johnson (Children of Earth: Day One)|Johnson]] arrives as does [[Andy Davidson]] with the police. Johnson surveys the area, understanding they need to ensure Gwen and Ianto are dead. Andy, hearing Gwen's name, interjects she is not a threat. Johnson, realising Andy knew her in the police, forces him to escort them to her house. | At the explosion, [[Johnson (Children of Earth: Day One)|Johnson]] arrives as does [[Andy Davidson]] with the police. Johnson surveys the area, understanding they need to ensure Gwen and Ianto are dead. Andy, hearing Gwen's name, interjects she is not a threat. Johnson, realising Andy knew her in the police, forces him to escort them to her house. | ||
Gwen makes it home and hurriedly wakes [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]] telling him what has happened and that they need to leave immediately. Just then she gets a call from [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]], who has also survived, and tells him what she has learned. Neither can understand why the government has ordered their deaths; however they cannot set up a meeting point as the [[telephone| | Gwen makes it home and hurriedly wakes [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]] telling him what has happened and that they need to leave immediately. Just then she gets a call from [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]], who has also survived, and tells him what she has learned. Neither can understand why the government has ordered their deaths; however they cannot set up a meeting point as the [[telephone|phones]] have likely been bugged. Gwen is forced to leave when the assassination squad show up. Andy ensures Gwen is not worth the trouble just as Gwen shoots out the tires on the squad's vehicle. Johnson counters Andy's statement, given what Gwen just did. However, Andy notes she shot the wheels, evidently not intending to harm then. | ||
Meanwhile, Gwen and Rhys drive a short distance away before dumping the car. Gwen insists they must go on foot now as cars are traceable with the license plates; they are now rogue agents. | Meanwhile, Gwen and Rhys drive a short distance away before dumping the car. Gwen insists they must go on foot now as cars are traceable with the license plates; they are now rogue agents. | ||
The next morning, Johnson finds [[Jack Harkness|Jack]]'s remains in the ruins of the Hub, little more than an [[arm]] and a [[head]]. They are taken to a warehouse in [[London]]. His [[body]] begins to reconstruct itself. Meanwhile, Ianto sends a card to his [[Rhiannon Davies|sister]] through their [[newspaper]], asking her to meet him at the park where his leg was broken as a child and to bring a laptop [[computer]]. Her son [[David Davies|David]] knows Ianto left it and warns | The next morning, Johnson finds [[Jack Harkness|Jack]]'s remains in the ruins of the Hub, little more than an [[arm]] and a [[head]]. They are taken to a warehouse in [[London]]. His [[body]] begins to reconstruct itself. Meanwhile, Ianto sends a card to his [[Rhiannon Davies|sister]] through their [[newspaper]], asking her to meet him at the park where his leg was broken as a child and to bring a laptop [[computer]]. Her son [[David Davies|David]] knows Ianto left it and warns his dad that they've probably been bugged. Typically, a car with two government agents is parked in the estate, and the men are listening to their conversations. [[Johnny Davies|Johnny]] decides to get back at the men by making them listen to obnoxious things, such as how David "pissed the bed" after the raid last night. [[Mica Davies|Mica]] taunts her humiliated brother while he objects that his dad is lying. Rhiannon gets annoyed and goes upstairs to read Ianto's message, soon joined by her husband after he drops the vulgar act. Meanwhile, the body bag containing Jack's remains is now filled with a [[skeleton]] and [[muscle]]s, as opposed to the few pieces of [[flesh]] from the explosion, showing that his body is regrowing. | ||
Gwen and Rhys find that their bank accounts have been frozen, and with nowhere else to go decide to head to London as that is where everything is happening. The two sneak aboard a lorry, which is full of [[potato]]es; during the trip, Gwen tries to announce her [[pregnancy]] to Rhys and lets him figure it out through her body language. He is excited to learn about their future child, but the thought of letting Gwen endure this danger while pregnant upsets him, and he expounds the reasons for him to stick with her while she's on the run. At around the same time, Jack's body has halfway completed regenerating, but his outer skin is still burnt, raw, and unformed, nor can he see. He has recovered enough to regain conciousness, and immediately bellows out in mind-numbing pain with a primal scream. One of the special force agents notes how horrifying Jack's immortality is as Johnson watches, disturbed. | Gwen and Rhys find that their bank accounts have been frozen, and with nowhere else to go decide to head to London as that is where everything is happening. The two sneak aboard a lorry, which is full of [[potato]]es; during the trip, Gwen tries to announce her [[pregnancy]] to Rhys and lets him figure it out through her body language. He is excited to learn about their future child, but the thought of letting Gwen endure this danger while pregnant upsets him, and he expounds the reasons for him to stick with her while she's on the run. At around the same time, Jack's body has halfway completed regenerating, but his outer skin is still burnt, raw, and unformed, nor can he see. He has recovered enough to regain conciousness, and immediately bellows out in mind-numbing pain with a primal scream. One of the special force agents notes how horrifying Jack's immortality is as Johnson watches, disturbed. | ||
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Jack, now fully re-formed and no longer in acute pain, is sealed in concrete by Johnson to prevent his escape, who pragmatically refuses to reveal any information to him because he remains alive and a viable threat, which is why she has chosen to keep him contained. Gwen and Rhys, as Lois had suggested, pose as funeral directors come to fetch [[Rupesh Patanjali]]'s body, also held at the compound. Their plan initially works. The soldier who requested the retrieval, [[Camara|"Kodak" Camara]], is friendly and does not suspect Gwen or Rhys to be impostors. Rhys gets defensive when he flirts with his wife and lets him figure out they're a married couple. It doesn't give them away, but Gwen is unhappy with Rhys's slip of the tongue. | Jack, now fully re-formed and no longer in acute pain, is sealed in concrete by Johnson to prevent his escape, who pragmatically refuses to reveal any information to him because he remains alive and a viable threat, which is why she has chosen to keep him contained. Gwen and Rhys, as Lois had suggested, pose as funeral directors come to fetch [[Rupesh Patanjali]]'s body, also held at the compound. Their plan initially works. The soldier who requested the retrieval, [[Camara|"Kodak" Camara]], is friendly and does not suspect Gwen or Rhys to be impostors. Rhys gets defensive when he flirts with his wife and lets him figure out they're a married couple. It doesn't give them away, but Gwen is unhappy with Rhys's slip of the tongue. | ||
When the group enters the cell with Patanjali's body bag, Gwen disables the camera surveillance with the same pen she used in the mental care facility, then pistol whips Kodak to the back of the head while he isn't looking, rendering him unconscious. Gwen snatches his keys and locks the guard inside the cell, while she and Rhys start opening the next one. Their disabling of the hallway camera attracts the suspicion of the guard watching the security footage. The second cell turns out to hold the body of the undercover soldier who was shot by the sniper attacking Gwen. When she disables the camera in this cell, the guard at the desk sees the act perpetrated and sounds the alarms. Not willing to waste time on Rhys finding the key for the third lock, Gwen breaks it open with several gunshots, only to find it blocked by a concrete slab. | When the group enters the cell with Patanjali's body bag, Gwen disables the camera surveillance with the same [[Gizmo pen|pen]] she used in the mental care facility, then pistol whips Kodak to the back of the head while he isn't looking, rendering him unconscious. Gwen snatches his keys and locks the guard inside the cell, while she and Rhys start opening the next one. Their disabling of the hallway camera attracts the suspicion of the guard watching the security footage. The second cell turns out to hold the body of the undercover soldier who was shot by the sniper attacking Gwen. When she disables the camera in this cell, the guard at the desk sees the act perpetrated and sounds the alarms. Not willing to waste time on Rhys finding the key for the third lock, Gwen breaks it open with several gunshots, only to find it blocked by a concrete slab. | ||
The soldiers in the compound surround Gwen and Rhys and open fire. Gwen empties her gun defending herself and her husband as he declares they'll have to surrender, while Johnson calmly marches forward with a patrol unit to corral them. Gwen discovers it was a mistake to waste her limited ammunition on the cell lock — her gun is out of bullets. Cornered, she lowers her weapons and kneels to the floor. | The soldiers in the compound surround Gwen and Rhys and open fire. Gwen empties her gun defending herself and her husband as he declares they'll have to surrender, while Johnson calmly marches forward with a patrol unit to corral them. Gwen discovers it was a mistake to waste her limited ammunition on the cell lock — her gun is out of bullets. Cornered, she lowers her weapons and kneels to the floor. | ||
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Ianto drops the concrete block into a [[quarry]] where it breaks apart, releasing Jack. He revives and stands up, unclothed and covered in bits of mud and concrete. Rhys offers him the coat from the funeral director's suit, and Gwen hands it off to him while trying not to stare at his nude body. Jack reunites with the group and learns about the message the children have spoken. Torchwood Three departs in Johnny's car to figure out their next move. | Ianto drops the concrete block into a [[quarry]] where it breaks apart, releasing Jack. He revives and stands up, unclothed and covered in bits of mud and concrete. Rhys offers him the coat from the funeral director's suit, and Gwen hands it off to him while trying not to stare at his nude body. Jack reunites with the group and learns about the message the children have spoken. Torchwood Three departs in Johnny's car to figure out their next move. | ||
Back at the MI5 headquarters, the mysterious device is completed: a sealed, glass-walled chamber filled with a concoction of gases [[poison]]ous to [[human]]s. Frobisher, Spears, and | Back at the MI5 headquarters, the mysterious device is completed: a sealed, glass-walled chamber filled with a concoction of gases [[poison]]ous to [[human]]s. Frobisher, Spears, and Dekker contemplate its purpose. Bridget wonders what could possibly live inside that gas, but Dekker informs her they don't have time to figure it out with the 456 arriving tomorrow. Frobisher indicates only Britain knows about the 456's contact with Earth and their return will not concern a global level. Dekker sees that the room for the 456 is like an ambassadorial suite or throne room. As his colleagues walk out of the room, Dekker huffs on the glass walls and embraces the tank with an unnatural sense of welcoming anticipation. | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* [[Recovery worker|Recovery Worker]] - [[Ashley Hunt]] | * [[Recovery worker|Recovery Worker]] - [[Ashley Hunt]] | ||
* [[Camara|Kodak]] - [[Osi Okerafor]] | * [[Camara|Kodak]] - [[Osi Okerafor]] | ||
* [[Paramedic (Children of Earth)|Paramedic]] - [[Emmanuel Ighadaro]] | * [[Paramedic (Children of Earth: Day Two)|Paramedic]] - [[Emmanuel Ighadaro]] | ||
* [[Barmaid (Children of Earth)|Barmaid]] - [[Libby Liburd]] | * [[Barmaid (Children of Earth: Day Two)|Barmaid]] - [[Libby Liburd]] | ||
* [[Sentry (Children of Earth: Day Two)|Sentry]] - [[Robert Shelly]] | * [[Sentry (Children of Earth: Day Two)|Sentry]] - [[Robert Shelly]] | ||
* [[Guard (Children of Earth)|Guard]] - [[Quill Roberts]] | * [[Guard (Children of Earth: Day Two)|Guard]] - [[Quill Roberts]] | ||
* [[Mother (Children of Earth: Day Two)|Mother]] - [[Fay McDonald]] | * [[Mother (Children of Earth: Day Two)|Mother]] - [[Fay McDonald]] | ||
* [[Louise Minchin|Newsreader]] - [[Louise Minchin | * [[Louise Minchin (in-universe)|Newsreader]] - [[Louise Minchin]] | ||
== Crew == | == Crew == | ||
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}} | }} | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[Windy Ridge Veg Ltd]] is a business in Cardiff. | * [[Windy Ridge Veg Ltd]] is a business in Cardiff. | ||
=== Individuals === | === Individuals === | ||
* Ianto's relationship with [[Ianto Jones' father|his father]] is hinted as being distant. His father is also implied to have died. | |||
* [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]] created other institutions, although the present government is not aware of them. | * [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]] created other institutions, although the present government is not aware of them. | ||
* From the data file Lois pulls up on her computer, Gwen was apparently born on [[16 August|August 16]], [[1978]] in [[Swansea]], making her 31 years old | * From the data file Lois pulls up on her computer, Gwen was apparently born on [[16 August|August 16]], [[1978]] in [[Swansea]], making her 31-years-old. | ||
* [[Johnny Davies]] sleeps in the nude. | * [[Johnny Davies]] sleeps in the nude. | ||
* [[John Frobisher]] has kept information from his family by hiding behind the [[Official Secrets Act]]. [[Lois Habiba]] has also signed the act. | * [[John Frobisher]] has kept information from his family by hiding behind the [[Official Secrets Act]]. [[Lois Habiba]] has also signed the act. | ||
=== Torchwood === | === Torchwood === | ||
* The government believes [[Torchwood Two]] has disbanded but is unsure. | * The government believes [[Torchwood Two]] has disbanded, but is unsure. | ||
=== Religion === | === Religion === | ||
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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* Gwen and Rhys pretend to be undertakers to retrieve Jack. Gwen is a double of [[Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)|Gwyneth]] | * Gwen and Rhys pretend to be undertakers to retrieve Jack. Gwen is a double of [[Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)|Gwyneth]], also played by Eve Myles, who was the servant to an undertaker in the ''Doctor Who'' episode ''[[The Unquiet Dead (TV story)|The Unquiet Dead]]''. | ||
* This is the second time that Jack has been shown completely naked. The first time was in | * This is the second time that Jack has been shown completely naked. The first time was in the ''Doctor Who'' episode ''[[Bad Wolf (TV story)|Bad Wolf]]''. On that occasion the BBC had filed a request that the "offensive" parts be either blurred or concealed by props. | ||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
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* Avesta Polarit Steelworks - Torchwood, London Warehouse. | * Avesta Polarit Steelworks - Torchwood, London Warehouse. | ||
* CEMEX's [[Taffs Well]] quarry - [[Quarry]] where Jack is dropped off by [[forklift]]. | * CEMEX's [[Taffs Well]] quarry - [[Quarry]] where Jack is dropped off by [[forklift]]. | ||
=== Broadcasts === | |||
{| class="wikitable sortable" | |||
!Date | |||
!Time | |||
!Channel | |||
!class="unsortable"|Notes | |||
|- | |||
|[[Tuesday]] [[7 July (releases)|7 July]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] | |||
|21:00 | |||
|[[BBC One]] & [[BBC HD]] | |||
|First broadcast. | |||
|- | |||
|[[Tuesday]] [[7 July (releases)|7 July]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] | |||
|23:45 | |||
|[[BBC Three]] | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|[[Wednesday]] [[8 July (releases)|8 July]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] | |||
|00:00 | |||
|[[BBC HD]] | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|[[Friday]] [[24 July (releases)|24 July]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] | |||
|21:00 | |||
|[[BBC Three]] | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|[[Saturday]] [[25 July (releases)|25 July]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] | |||
|01:20 | |||
|[[BBC Three]] | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|[[Tuesday]] [[28 July (releases)|28 July]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] | |||
|22:00 | |||
|[[BBC HD]] | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
|[[Monday]] [[28 December (releases)|28 December]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] | |||
|23:30 | |||
|[[BBC HD]] | |||
| | |||
|} | |||
=== Production errors === | === Production errors === | ||
* When the concrete-filled cell is pulled out of the wall by the [[forklift]], it appears to be much smaller than earlier, when it was filled with concrete. At some points it doesn't appear wide enough for Jack Harkness to be lying horizontally. | * When the concrete-filled cell is pulled out of the wall by the [[forklift]], it appears to be much smaller than earlier, when it was filled with concrete. At some points it doesn't appear wide enough for Jack Harkness to be lying horizontally. | ||
* When all the children stop at where Ianto and his sister are talking, a girl with blonde hair | * When all the children stop at where Ianto and his sister are talking in the park, a young girl with blonde hair can be seen still moving around and laughing in the background. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
{{Torchwood discontinuity}} | {{Torchwood discontinuity}} | ||
* Whilst Lois is on the computer researching Torchwood, [[Torchwood House|the MacLeish Estate]] and [[Battle of Canary Wharf|Canary Wharf]] are mentioned in the article | * The ending events of [[TV]]: {{cs|Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)}} are followed up here, notably: the Torchwood hub is destroyed, Gwen is on the ground on Cardiff Bay, Ianto is in the rubble of the base and Jack is dead. | ||
* Upon finding parts of his body, the soldiers speculate if Jack will really return to life. Jack personally believed he always came back, citing his numerous deaths he experienced on Earth leading him to call himself "the man who can never die" when seeing the [[Tenth Doctor]] in [[TV]]: {{cs|Utopia (TV story)}}, with him dying over 1300 times in the late 19th to 20th century, as seen in [[TV]]: {{cs|Fragments (TV story)}}. | |||
* Whilst Lois is on the computer researching Torchwood, [[Torchwood House|the MacLeish Estate]] and [[Battle of Canary Wharf|Canary Wharf]] are mentioned in the article, as shown in [[TV]]: {{cs|Tooth and Claw (TV story)}} and {{cs|Doomsday (TV story)}} respectively. | |||
== Home video releases == | == Home video releases == | ||
* ''Children of Earth: Day Two'' was released on DVD along with the rest of ''Children of Earth'' on [[13 July (releases)|13 July]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]. | * ''Children of Earth: Day Two'' was released on DVD along with the rest of ''Children of Earth'' on [[13 July (releases)|13 July]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]]. | ||
* It was also released in the Series 1-4 boxset (Region 2 release: 14 November 2011.) | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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