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|image = Dead man walking main.jpg | |image = Dead man walking main.jpg | ||
|series = ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' | |series = ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' | ||
|season number = Series 2 (Torchwood) | |season number = Series 2 (Torchwood) | ||
|series episode number = 7 | |series episode number = 7 | ||
|scripturl = https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/documents/torchwood-2-episode-7-dead-man-walking-tan-revisions-03102007.pdf | |||
|main character = [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] | |main character = [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] | ||
|featuring = Martha Jones | |featuring = Martha Jones | ||
|featuring2 = Rhys Williams | |featuring2 = Rhys Williams | ||
|enemy = [[Death ( | |featuring3 = Janet (Everything Changes){{!}}Janet | ||
|setting = [[Cardiff]], [[ | |enemy = [[Death (mythology)|Death]] | ||
|writer = | |setting = [[Cardiff]], [[2000s]]<!--While the setting of this story is given the year after ''Everything Changes'', the year of ''Everything Changes'' itself is heavily contentious with both The New World explicitly placing it in 2006 and Random Shoes heavily implying a 2006 setting for series 1 as well.--> | ||
|writer = Matt Jones (writer) | |||
|director = [[Andy Goddard]] | |director = [[Andy Goddard]] | ||
|producer = [[Richard Stokes]] | |producer = [[Richard Stokes]] | ||
|network = | |network = BBC Three | ||
|broadcast date = | |broadcast date = 20 February 2008 | ||
|prev = Reset (TV story) | |prev = Reset (TV story) | ||
|next = A Day in the Death (TV story) | |next = A Day in the Death (TV story) | ||
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|clip2 = Owen versus Death battle - Torchwood - BBC Sci-Fi | |clip2 = Owen versus Death battle - Torchwood - BBC Sci-Fi | ||
|clip = Owen back from the dead! - Torchwood - BBC Sci-Fi | |clip = Owen back from the dead! - Torchwood - BBC Sci-Fi | ||
|format=1x50-minute episode}}{{you may|Dead Man Walking (TD episode)|n1=the ''Torchwood Declassified'' episode}} | |format = 1x50-minute episode | ||
'''''Dead Man Walking''''' was the seventh episode of [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|Series 2]] of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''. It was written by [[Matt Jones (writer)|Matt Jones]] and directed by [[Andy Goddard]]. It was the middle of a loose trilogy that featured [[Martha Jones]] as a guest character and was linked by the resurrection of Owen after his death in the previous episode. | }} | ||
{{you may|Dead Man Walking (TD episode)|n1=the ''Torchwood Declassified'' episode}} | |||
'''''Dead Man Walking''''' was the seventh episode of [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|Series 2]] of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''. It was written by [[Matt Jones (writer)|Matt Jones]] and directed by [[Andy Goddard]]. It was the middle of a loose trilogy that featured [[Martha Jones]] as a guest character and was linked by the resurrection of Owen after his death in [[Reset (TV story)|the previous episode]]. | |||
This episode examined the nature of the afterlife. It revealed that one place where people can end up after death is an empty netherworld of darkness, inhabited by a [[ | This episode examined the nature of the afterlife. It revealed that one place where people can end up after death is an empty netherworld of darkness, inhabited by a [[Death (mythology)|demonic creature]] that expunges all life with which it comes into contact. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
''"I'm bringing Owen back."'' | ''"I'm bringing Owen back."'' | ||
Owen Harper has died. Jack Harkness decides to return him to life for a few minutes. No one could have guessed the consequences. | [[Owen Harper]] has died. [[Jack Harkness]] decides to return him to life for a few minutes. No one could have guessed the consequences. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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[[File:Jack_and_owen_bond.jpg|left|thumb|Jack and Owen bond over their immortality.]] | [[File:Jack_and_owen_bond.jpg|left|thumb|Jack and Owen bond over their immortality.]] | ||
At the Hub, the team learn that Owen's cells are changing slowly. When complete, something will take over Owen's body. Research shows a similar incident occurred in legend, at the town that predated Cardiff during the time of the [[Black Death]]: a little girl died, and the town priest (undoubtedly using the same resurrection gauntlet that has brought Owen back) subsequently performed a miracle to resurrect her, but [[Death ( | At the Hub, the team learn that Owen's cells are changing slowly. When complete, something will take over Owen's body. Research shows a similar incident occurred in legend, at the town that predated Cardiff during the time of the [[Black Death]]: a little girl died, and the town priest (undoubtedly using the same resurrection gauntlet that has brought Owen back) subsequently performed a miracle to resurrect her, but [[Death (mythology)|Death itself]] came back with the revived girl. Death sought to kill thirteen victims, as doing so would allow it to enter the world permanently. But before Death could take more than twelve victims, what the story simply describes as "faith" stopped the entity. | ||
Believing this legend is recurring, Owen suggests he must have his neural pathways closed by embalming to stop Death from using him as a gateway. As the team are getting Owen ready for the process, the resurrection gauntlet springs to life and attacks Martha. Owen destroys the gauntlet with a gunshot, but not before it has drained Martha's life and reduced her to an old woman. Before the team can get Martha help or do anything about Owen, the cellular conversion completes, allowing Death to fully possess and then emerge from Owen. | Believing this legend is recurring, Owen suggests he must have his neural pathways closed by embalming to stop Death from using him as a gateway. As the team are getting Owen ready for the process, the resurrection gauntlet springs to life and attacks Martha. Owen destroys the gauntlet with a gunshot, but not before it has drained Martha's life and reduced her to an old woman. Before the team can get Martha help or do anything about Owen, the cellular conversion completes, allowing Death to fully possess and then emerge from Owen. | ||
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== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Martha asks Jack why he didn't inform [[UNIT]] about the [[resurrection gauntlet]] and its ability to bring back the dead. | * Martha asks Jack why he didn't inform [[UNIT]] about the [[resurrection gauntlet]] and its ability to bring back the dead. | ||
* Jack visits a [[psychic]] [[Little girl (Dead Man Walking)|fortune teller]]. | * Jack visits a [[psychic]] [[Little girl (Dead Man Walking)|fortune teller]]. | ||
* Gwen mentions the resurrection glove's last use on [[Suzie Costello]]. | * Gwen mentions the resurrection glove's last use on [[Suzie Costello]]. | ||
* Owen has previously shown a connection with the [[Weevil]]s. | * Owen has previously shown a connection with the [[Weevil]]s. | ||
* After escaping from the Hub, the [[pub]] Owen visits is in the midst of a costume party where a number of people are dressed as [[angel | * After escaping from the Hub, the [[pub]] Owen visits is in the midst of a costume party where a number of people are dressed as [[angel]]s. | ||
* Acting as a [[drunk]], Jack claims that Owen is [[special needs]]. | * Acting as a [[drunk]], Jack claims that Owen is [[special needs]]. | ||
* Owen calls a police officer a [[meathead]]. | * Owen calls a police officer a [[meathead]]. | ||
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* A family friendly pre-watershed edit of this episode aired at 7:00pm, the following day, Thursday [[28 February (releases)|28 February]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]] on [[BBC Two]]. | * A family friendly pre-watershed edit of this episode aired at 7:00pm, the following day, Thursday [[28 February (releases)|28 February]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]] on [[BBC Two]]. | ||
* [[Suzie Costello]]'s resurrection in ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]'', as well as her statement about what the afterlife was like, are mentioned and referenced to several times in this episode. Her final warning to Jack before her second death also comes to fruition when [[Duroc|the creature]] lurking in the darkness escapes. | * [[Suzie Costello]]'s resurrection in ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]'', as well as her statement about what the afterlife was like, are mentioned and referenced to several times in this episode. Her final warning to Jack before her second death also comes to fruition when [[Duroc|the creature]] lurking in the darkness escapes. | ||
* The phrase "Melenkurion abatha duroc minas mill khabaal" is | * The phrase "Melenkurion abatha, duroc minas mill khabaal" is a reference to Stephen R. Donaldson's dark fantasy series ''The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant''. In the series's setting, the Land, they are part of a powerful incantation known as the Seven Words. "Melenkurion" means bastion or source; "abatha" means endurance, or the need for it; "duroc" means Earthpower, a type of energy, in a theurgic sense; "minas" means Earthpower as a foundation; and "khabaal" has numerous meanings. The sixth word, "harad", which signifies a commitment not to use Earthpower for dark purposes, is omitted here; it had not been revealed until the then-recent eighth volume, so it is unclear whether its omission from the episode is significant or intentional. When a fan told Donaldson, who had never heard of ''Torchwood'', about the reference, he replied that "if it isn't a) an "homage" or b) an in-joke, then it's just stupid. I suggest that we all simply enjoy it for whatever we think it is. Unless the makers of "Torchwood" know something I don't? <muffled gasp>"<ref>https://www.stephenrdonaldson.com/fromtheauthor/gi_view.php?Year=2008&Month=03</ref> However, Donaldson was impressed when an anonymous fan subsequently told him that Davies was a huge fan of the ''Covenant'' books and re-read them once a year.<ref>https://www.stephenrdonaldson.com/fromtheauthor/gi_view.php?Year=2008&Month=04</ref> | ||
* When asked by Jack to give him the passcode for the alien morgue, Owen gives the code “[[231165 (Dead Man Walking)|231165]]” - this may be a reference to the date 23/11/1963 when the [[An Unearthly Child (TV story)|first episode of Doctor Who]] was aired, although the last digit is incorrect. | |||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The resurrection gauntlet [[Suzie Costello]] used is mentioned, as are the events that occurred when Gwen used it revive her | * The resurrection gauntlet [[Suzie Costello]] used in [[TV]]: {{cs|Everything Changes (TV story)}} is mentioned, as are the events that occurred when Gwen used it revive her in [[TV]]: {{cs|They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)}}. | ||
* Owen remembers that he got shot | * Owen remembers that he got shot during the events of [[TV]]: {{cs|Reset (TV story)}}. | ||
* The concept of the afterlife as an empty black nothingness inhabited by a lurking entity in the dark has been addressed before, by [[John Tucker]], [[Suzie Costello]] and Jack himself | * The concept of the afterlife as an empty black nothingness inhabited by a lurking entity in the dark has been addressed before, by [[John Tucker]], [[Suzie Costello]] and Jack himself in [[TV]]: {{cs|Everything Changes (TV story)}}, {{cs|They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)}}, and {{cs|Out of Time (TV story)}} respectively. | ||
* Owen has displayed a connection with the Weevils before | * Owen has displayed a connection with the Weevils before in [[TV]]: {{cs|Combat (TV story)}}. | ||
* Tosh uses the translator she once stole from the Hub | * Tosh uses the translator she once stole from the Hub in [[TV]]: {{cs|Everything Changes (TV story)}} to translate what Owen says while possessed by Duroc. | ||
== Home video releases == | == Home video releases == | ||
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