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|series = ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' | |series = ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' | ||
|season number = Series 1 (Torchwood) | |season number = Series 1 (Torchwood) | ||
|series episode number = 13 | |series episode number = 13 | ||
|scripturl = https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/documents/torchwood-1-episode-13-end-of-days-goldenrod-revisions-24102006.pdf | |||
|main character = [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] | |main character = [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] | ||
|featuring = Rhys Williams | |featuring = Rhys Williams | ||
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|enemy = [[Abaddon]], [[Bilis Manger]] | |enemy = [[Abaddon]], [[Bilis Manger]] | ||
|setting = [[Cardiff]], [[2000s]]{{note|Episodes 11-13 of the [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|first series]] of ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' are set anywhere from [[2007]]-[[2010]] as a result of [[Aliens of London dating controversy|conflicting evidence]] shown in the episodes {{cs|Ghost Machine (TV story)}}, {{cs|Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)}}, {{cs|Random Shoes (TV story)}}, {{cs|To the Last Man (TV story)}}, {{cs|Reset (TV story)}}, {{cs|Adrift (TV story)}}, {{cs|Fragments (TV story)}}, {{cs|Exit Wounds (TV story)}}, and {{cs|The New World (TV story)}}. As episode 10, {{cs|Out of Time (TV story)}}, is set at the end of [[December]], this means that episodes 11-13 are almost certainly set the year after episodes 1-10.}} | |setting = [[Cardiff]], [[2000s]]{{note|Episodes 11-13 of the [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|first series]] of ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' are set anywhere from [[2007]]-[[2010]] as a result of [[Aliens of London dating controversy|conflicting evidence]] shown in the episodes {{cs|Ghost Machine (TV story)}}, {{cs|Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)}}, {{cs|Random Shoes (TV story)}}, {{cs|To the Last Man (TV story)}}, {{cs|Reset (TV story)}}, {{cs|Adrift (TV story)}}, {{cs|Fragments (TV story)}}, {{cs|Exit Wounds (TV story)}}, and {{cs|The New World (TV story)}}. As episode 10, {{cs|Out of Time (TV story)}}, is set at the end of [[December]], this means that episodes 11-13 are almost certainly set the year after episodes 1-10.}} | ||
|writer = | |writer = Chris Chibnall | ||
|director = [[Ashley Way]] | |director = [[Ashley Way]] | ||
|producer = [[Richard Stokes]] | |producer = [[Richard Stokes]] | ||
|broadcast date = | |broadcast date = 1 January 2007 | ||
|network = | |network = BBC Three | ||
|prev = Captain Jack Harkness (TV story) | |prev = Captain Jack Harkness (TV story) | ||
|next = Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story) | |next = Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story) | ||
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|format = 1x47-minute episode | |format = 1x47-minute episode | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''''End of Days''''' was the thirteenth and final episode in the [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|first series]] of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''. It was written by [[Chris Chibnall]], and directed by [[Ashley Way]]. It continued directly after the [[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|previous episode]], showing the spillover effects caused by Owen's tampering with the [[Cardiff Rift]]. | '''''End of Days''''' was the thirteenth and final episode in the [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|first series]] of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''. It was written by [[Chris Chibnall]], and directed by [[Ashley Way]]. It continued directly after the [[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|previous episode]], showing the spillover effects caused by Owen's tampering with the [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Cardiff Rift]]. | ||
It featured Jack's revelation of his [[immortality]] to the rest of [[Torchwood Three]] — something which had been a secret throughout the series. The episode also introduced [[Abaddon]], son of [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|the Beast]], a villain who last appeared in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Satan Pit (TV story)}} It ended on a [[cliffhanger]] which prefigured Jack's return to ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in [[TV]]: {{cs|Utopia (TV story)|Utopia}}. As of 2021, [[vwoorpy|the sound]] of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] at the end of this episode is the closest to an appearance of [[the Doctor]] in ''Torchwood'', apart from [[The Tenth Doctor's hand|his hand]], which served as a prop throughout the entire first series. | It featured Jack's revelation of his [[immortality]] to the rest of [[Torchwood Three]] — something which had been a secret throughout the series. The episode also introduced [[Abaddon]], son of [[The Beast (The Impossible Planet)|the Beast]], a villain who last appeared in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Satan Pit (TV story)}} It ended on a [[cliffhanger]] which prefigured Jack's return to ''[[Doctor Who]]'' in [[TV]]: {{cs|Utopia (TV story)|Utopia}}. As of 2021, [[vwoorpy|the sound]] of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] at the end of this episode is the closest to an appearance of [[the Doctor]] in ''Torchwood'', apart from [[The Tenth Doctor's hand|his hand]], which served as a prop throughout the entire first series. | ||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
The [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Rift]] is open and beings from all periods of [[time]] are seeping through. What exactly does [[Bilis Manger]] know and what lurks in the Rift? Can [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] save [[Earth|the world]] | The [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|Rift]] is open and beings from all periods of [[time]] are seeping through. What exactly does [[Bilis Manger]] know and what lurks in the Rift? Can [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] save [[Earth|the world]]? | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
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At [[the Hub]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] recites verses from the King James Bible, but Jack cuts in as he moves onto an apocalyptic text on [[Abaddon]] the "great devourer", remarking how mankind is obsessed with anything that "denies the randomness of existence". | At [[the Hub]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] recites verses from the King James Bible, but Jack cuts in as he moves onto an apocalyptic text on [[Abaddon]] the "great devourer", remarking how mankind is obsessed with anything that "denies the randomness of existence". | ||
Institutions across the globe (including [[ | Institutions across the globe (including [[UNIT]]) have their eyes trained on [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]] and the team question their responsibility. Running a simulation, [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]] demonstrates how the rift — more specifically, Torchwood Three — is the epicentre of all the temporal incidents. The rift is expanding and history is falling through the cracks. Jack is quick to put the blame on [[Owen Harper|Owen]], who justifies opening the rift to save Jack and Toshiko when in reality he was doing it to bring [[Diane Holmes|Diane]] back. | ||
[[File:Bilis Manger.jpg|thumb|left|Gwen sees Bilis in an illusion at the police station.]] | [[File:Bilis Manger.jpg|thumb|left|Gwen sees Bilis in an illusion at the police station.]] | ||
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Back at the hospital, Toshiko sees her mother, who tells her in [[Japanese language|Japanese]] that the darkness is coming and Toshiko must open the rift to stop it all. Her mother vanishes. | Back at the hospital, Toshiko sees her mother, who tells her in [[Japanese language|Japanese]] that the darkness is coming and Toshiko must open the rift to stop it all. Her mother vanishes. | ||
At the prison, Gwen sees [[Bilis Manger]] in a cell. He apologises — somehow speaking with his mouth closed — before disappearing. Back at the Hub, Ianto sees [[Lisa Hallett|Lisa]], who tries to convince him to open the rift. Ianto does not believe it is Lisa but being told to open the rift still makes him think. When the team meet back at the hub, Jack once again blames Owen, and the pair start to argue. Jack fires Owen, who goes to a bar to drown his sorrows. | At the prison, Gwen sees [[Bilis Manger]] in a cell. He apologises — somehow speaking with his mouth closed — before disappearing. Back at the Hub, Ianto sees [[Lisa Hallett|Lisa]], who tries to convince him to open the rift. Ianto does not believe it is Lisa but being told to open the rift still makes him think. When the team meet back at the hub, Jack once again blames Owen, and the pair start to argue. Jack fires Owen, who goes to a bar to drown his sorrows. Diane appears and tells him to open the rift. He decides to do it. | ||
Jack and Gwen go to Bilis' clock shop "[[A Stitch in Time]]". They question him, and Bilis reveals that he can step between eras in time, then disappears. Jack leaves, but Bilis returns and shows Gwen a vision of Rhys dead in their flat. She runs home to find Rhys alive. Gwen tries to get him to come with her to the Hub where she can protect him, but he won't come quietly, so she knocks him out and gets Jack to help her get him there. They place Rhys in the vaults, where he wakes. He is very angry at Gwen, but she says that she only wants to protect him. The team, minus Owen, are all in the central area of the Hub when the power suddenly goes off. Gwen runs to the cells, shouting Rhys' name. | Jack and Gwen go to Bilis' clock shop "[[A Stitch in Time]]". They question him, and Bilis reveals that he can step between eras in time, then disappears. Jack leaves, but Bilis returns and shows Gwen a vision of Rhys dead in their flat. She runs home to find Rhys alive. Gwen tries to get him to come with her to the Hub where she can protect him, but he won't come quietly, so she knocks him out and gets Jack to help her get him there. They place Rhys in the vaults, where he wakes. He is very angry at Gwen, but she says that she only wants to protect him. The team, minus Owen, are all in the central area of the Hub when the power suddenly goes off. Gwen runs to the cells, shouting Rhys' name. | ||
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With Owen calmed, the team activate the machine with all of their retinal scans, including Jack's. As the Rift opens, Jack revives. The revival stuns the rest of the team. He comes round and asks what they've done. The team evacuate the Hub as an [[earthquake]] splits across Cardiff. Jack is weak so Gwen holds his hand while he walks. | With Owen calmed, the team activate the machine with all of their retinal scans, including Jack's. As the Rift opens, Jack revives. The revival stuns the rest of the team. He comes round and asks what they've done. The team evacuate the Hub as an [[earthquake]] splits across Cardiff. Jack is weak so Gwen holds his hand while he walks. | ||
Outside, the team find Bilis | Outside, the team find Bilis who reveals he's deceived them and reveals [[Abaddon]] who they released from the Rift. Anyone in its shadow immediately dies. This gives Jack an idea: he can't die, so Abaddon can feed off his life. Gwen drives him to an open space. Screaming, she tearfully tries to stop him without success. Jack shoves her away, shouting at her to drive to safety. Still she doesn't leave, crying by the [[Torchwood SUV|SUV]]. | ||
Jack stands before Abaddon. The shadow begins to kill Jack, but a blue light flows out of Jack's chest towards Abaddon. The creature dies from absorbing Jack's immortal life force and the Rift is sealed. Jack lies dead before Gwen as she holds him, crying over his body. | Jack stands before Abaddon. The shadow begins to kill Jack, but a blue light flows out of Jack's chest towards Abaddon. The creature dies from absorbing Jack's immortal life force and the Rift is sealed. Jack lies dead before Gwen as she holds him, crying over his body. |