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===Series synopsis===
===Series synopsis===
When C.I.A. agent Rex Matheson investigates a global conspiracy, he finds himself unearthing a threat which challenges the entire [[Human|Human race]]. The answers seem to lie within an old, secret British institute, known only as [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]]. But Torchwood was destroyed, years ago, and the keys to the institute are held by its only two survivors - former Police Officer [[Gwen Cooper]], who has long since disappeared along with [[Rhys Williams|her husband]] and [[Anwen Williams|child]], and the mysterious [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]], a man whose history seems to stretch back centuries.


With Rex under attack from all sides, in both the US and the UK, he soon discovers there are forces at work within every level of society, determined to stop Torchwood's return. As a chain of events across the world links together the most disparate and unlikely individuals - including a surgeon, a killer, senators and CEOs - a new Torchwood team takes shape. But this time, the threat is much closer to home, as they realize that their greatest enemy is mankind itself...<ref>http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/08/torchwood-new-world_18.html</ref>
When C.I.A. agent [[Rex Matheson]] investigates a global conspiracy, he finds himself unearthing a threat which challenges the entire [[Human|Human race]]. One day, nobody dies. All across the world, nobody dies. And then the next day, and the next, and the next, people keep aging -- they get hurt and sick -- but they never die. The populice of the planet dub this "Miracle Day" for the immortality they now seem to have. However, this leads to a negative result: a population boom, overnight. With all the extra people unable to die and continuing births, resources have become finite. It’s suggested that in four months’ time, the human race will cease to be viable. But this can’t be a natural event – someone’s got to have caused "Miracle Day". It’s a race against time as C.I.A. agent Rex Matheson investigates a global conspiracy. The answers lie within an old, secret British institute. As Rex keeps asking “What is Torchwood?", he’s drawn into a world of adventure, and a threat to change what it means to be human, forever.


One day, nobody dies. All across the world, nobody dies. And then the next day, and the next, and the next, people keep aging -- they get hurt and sick -- but they never die. The result: a population boom, overnight. With all the extra people, resources are finite. It’s said that in four months’ time, the human race will cease to be viable. But this can’t be a natural event – someone’s got to be behind it. It’s a race against time as C.I.A. agent Rex Matheson investigates a global conspiracy. The answers lie within an old, secret British institute. As Rex keeps asking “What is Torchwood?", he’s drawn into a world of adventure, and a threat to change what it means to be human, forever.<ref>http://http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2011/01/dwn080111003008-torchwood-miracle-day.html</ref>
The answers seem to lie within [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]]. But Torchwood (3rd branch) was destroyed, years ago, and the keys to the institute are held by its only two surviving agents- former Police Officer [[Gwen Cooper]], who has long since disappeared along with [[Rhys Williams|her husband]] and [[Anwen Williams|child]], and the mysterious [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]], a man whose history seems to stretch back for centuries and has disappeared off the face of the earth.
 
Things become even more complicated as Rex soon becomes one fo the people continuing to live thanks to "Miracle Day" and his firing from the C.I.A. along with his assistant [[Ester Drummond]]. Luckily, Gwen comes out of the hiding and Jack returns to earth to help. Combining their experience with bizzare situations with information gathered from Rex's contacts, a new Torchwood team takes shape.
 
Adding on to the bizzare circumstances, Jack has lost his immortality. While some pharmasitical companies take advantage of the number of people needing pain killers, Jack begins to think that something from his past may be causing "Miracle Day". <ref>http://http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2011/01/dwn080111003008-torchwood-miracle-day.html</ref>


===Regular series===
===Regular series===

Revision as of 23:29, 26 July 2011

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Series 4 of Torchwood, known as Miracle Day[1] and originally called The New World[2], was a 10-part serialised series of Torchwood broadcast in summer 2011. It was written by Russell T Davies and co-produced by BBC Wales, BBC Worldwide and Starz Entertainment. It starred John Barrowman as Jack Harkness, Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper, Mekhi Phifer as Rex Matheson, Alexa Havins as Esther Drummond, Bill Pullman as Oswald Danes and Arlene Tur as Dr. Vera Juarez. It was set in both Wales and the US.[3] The series covers an arc in which death ceases to exist on Earth.[4]

Cast

File:Miracle Day Torchwood Team.jpg
The team for Series 4. From left to right: Gwen Cooper, Jack Harkness, Esther Drummond and Rex Matheson.
The BBC poster for the series
Promotional poster for the series

Primary cast

Secondary cast

Guest stars

Casting notes

Production

  • Wales Online have reported that filming for next year’s series of Torchwood: The New World, will begin in the US on January 11th, 2011, lasting for 7 months.[29]
  • At the 2011 Television Critics Awards, Russell T. Davies announced that filming had been bumped up a day, starting on Monday, January 10.[30]

Writers

Notes

  • Writer Jane Espenson said that one of the characters names that was announced has been changed, and that any names that were previously announced have probably changed as well. [37]
    • Esther and Oswald's last names have been changed from Katusi and Jones to Drummond and Danes.[38]
  • Ed Thomas will return as production designer for the UK unit. He will be joined by Greg Melton for the US unit. [39]
  • Makeup will be handled by Todd McIntosh. Costume will be handled by Shawna Trpcic.[40]
  • Torchwood: The New World has been changed to Torchwood: Miracle Day.[41]
  • SFX Magazine has announced and broadcast the promotional character pictures for Miracle Day, each with a character abstract.[42]
  • To promote the show, Starz employed a group of "Soulless" to stage a protest march in Washington, D.C. on 7th July 2011.[43]

Broadcast dates

  • Series 4 premiered 8th July 2011 on Starz in the US, and July 14, 2011 on BBC1 in the UK. [44]

Television stories

Ten episodes have been confirmed for Series 4.

Series synopsis

When C.I.A. agent Rex Matheson investigates a global conspiracy, he finds himself unearthing a threat which challenges the entire Human race. One day, nobody dies. All across the world, nobody dies. And then the next day, and the next, and the next, people keep aging -- they get hurt and sick -- but they never die. The populice of the planet dub this "Miracle Day" for the immortality they now seem to have. However, this leads to a negative result: a population boom, overnight. With all the extra people unable to die and continuing births, resources have become finite. It’s suggested that in four months’ time, the human race will cease to be viable. But this can’t be a natural event – someone’s got to have caused "Miracle Day". It’s a race against time as C.I.A. agent Rex Matheson investigates a global conspiracy. The answers lie within an old, secret British institute. As Rex keeps asking “What is Torchwood?", he’s drawn into a world of adventure, and a threat to change what it means to be human, forever.

The answers seem to lie within Torchwood. But Torchwood (3rd branch) was destroyed, years ago, and the keys to the institute are held by its only two surviving agents- former Police Officer Gwen Cooper, who has long since disappeared along with her husband and child, and the mysterious Captain Jack Harkness, a man whose history seems to stretch back for centuries and has disappeared off the face of the earth.

Things become even more complicated as Rex soon becomes one fo the people continuing to live thanks to "Miracle Day" and his firing from the C.I.A. along with his assistant Ester Drummond. Luckily, Gwen comes out of the hiding and Jack returns to earth to help. Combining their experience with bizzare situations with information gathered from Rex's contacts, a new Torchwood team takes shape.

Adding on to the bizzare circumstances, Jack has lost his immortality. While some pharmasitical companies take advantage of the number of people needing pain killers, Jack begins to think that something from his past may be causing "Miracle Day". [45]

Regular series

Note: for the first time in a Doctor Who franchise series, individual episode titles are not displayed on screen.
# Title Writer Director Notes
1 The New World[46] Russell T Davies [47] Bharat Nalluri [48] Return of Jack Harkness. Introduction of Rex Matheson, Esther Drummond, Oswald Danes and Vera Juarez.
2 Rendition[49] Doris Egan[50] Billy Gierhart[51] Introduction of Jilly Kitzinger.
3 Dead of Night[52] Jane Espenson[53] TBA
4 Escape to LA[54] TBA TBA
5 The Categories of Life[55] Jane Espenson[56] TBA
6 The Middle Men[57] John Shiban[58] TBA
7 Immortal Sins[59] Jane Espenson[60] TBA
8 End of the Road[61] Jane Espenson[62] & Ryan Scott[63] TBA
9 The Gathering[64] John Fay[65] TBA
10 The Blood Line[66] Russell T Davies & Jane Espenson[67] TBA

Rumours

  • Alonso Frame will appear.[68]
  • It has been hinted that Ianto, who was killed off in the Series 3 episode Children of Earth: Day Four may come back.[69] '
  • More of Jack's past will be revealed.[70]
  • Prior to Starz confirming the writers for Series 4, two notable writers were rumoured to have written scripts for the season: A resume posted online and attributed to Andrew Cartmel indicated he had written an episode entitled "The Jinx" for Series 4 [71]; and a report of TV and film writer Bryan Fuller (House, Superman Returns) meeting with Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner in the summer of 2010 led to rumours that he, too, was writing an episode. [72]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/televisionary
  2. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s8/torchwood/news/a258410/davies-reveals-torchwood-the-new-world.html
  3. ↑ http://www.gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2010/06/torchwood-international.html
  4. ↑ http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/07/torchwood-plot-miracle-day/
  5. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/torchwood_new_series/
  6. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s8/torchwood/news/a259284/davies-rhys-important-to-torchwood.html
  7. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s8/torchwood/news/a244325/new-torchwood-characters-revealed.html
  8. ↑ http://blog.zap2it.com/frominsidethebox/2010/12/torchwood-mekhi-phifer-joins-the-team.html
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://denofgeek.com/television/718490/torchwood_the_new_world_start_date_and_new_casting_news.html
  10. ↑ http://www.deadline.com/2010/12/bill-pullman-joins-torchwood-as-regular/
  11. ↑ http://tardisspoilers.blogspot.com/2010/08/another-brand-new-torchwood-character.html
  12. ↑ http:/http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/torchwood-miracle-day-guest-cast-20406.htm
  13. ↑ http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/torchwoods-returning-characters-12532.htm
  14. ↑ http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2011/01/dwn270111123008-torchwood-news-roundup.html
  15. ↑ http://www.doctorwhonews.net/2011/02/dwn020211150008-russell-t-davies-talks.html
  16. ↑ http://www.denofgeek.com/television/729367/lauren_ambrose_joins_torchwood_miracle_day.html
  17. ↑ http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2011/01/dwn270111123008-torchwood-news-roundup.html
  18. ↑ http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2011/01/dwn270111123008-torchwood-news-roundup.html
  19. ↑ http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2011/01/dwn270111123008-torchwood-news-roundup.html
  20. ↑ http://www.denofgeek.com/television/762441/wayne_knight_joins_torchwood_miracle_day.html/
  21. ↑ http://www.doctorwhonews.net/
  22. ↑ http://www.doctorwhonews.net/
  23. ↑ http://www.denofgeek.com/television/693729/torchwood_the_new_world_casting_latest.html/
  24. ↑ http://www.afterelton.com/TV/2011/03/brad-casey-dillon-john-barrowman-torchwood-miracle-day-gayhooku/
  25. ↑ http://www.trekweb.com/articles/2011/05/17/Nana-Visitor-and-John-De-Lancie-to-Guest-Star-in-Torchwood-Miracle-Day.shtml
  26. ↑ http://www.trekweb.com/articles/2011/05/17/Nana-Visitor-and-John-De-Lancie-to-Guest-Star-in-Torchwood-Miracle-Day.shtml
  27. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s8/torchwood/news/a256963/james-marsters-wants-torchwood-return.html
  28. ↑ http://news.whoviannet.co.uk/2011/03/freema-says-the-door-is-always-open-for-her-to-return/
  29. ↑ http://news.whoviannet.co.uk/2010/11/torchwood-to-film-in-us-from-january-11th-2011/
  30. ↑ Fhttp://twitter.com/#!/televisionary
  31. ↑ BBC
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2010/08/torchwood.html
  33. ↑ http://twitter.com/#!/Doris_Egan/status/15696537111760896/
  34. ↑ http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/09/03/jane-espenson-talks-torchwood/
  35. ↑ http://twitter.com/JaneEspenson
  36. ↑ http://news.whoviannet.co.uk/2011/03/john-fay-discusses-new-torchwood-in-live-webchat/
  37. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s8/torchwood/news/a272074/jane-espenson-teases-new-torchwood.html
  38. ↑ http://http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2011/01/dwn080111003008-torchwood-miracle-day.html
  39. ↑ http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2011/01/dwn070111093008-torchwood-broadcast.html
  40. ↑ http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2011/01/dwn070111093008-torchwood-broadcast.html
  41. ↑ http://http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2011/01/dwn080111003008-torchwood-miracle-day.html
  42. ↑ http://www.sfx.co.uk/2011/05/12/torchwood-miracle-day-new-promotional-characters-pics/
  43. ↑ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/tv-column/post/starzs-torchwood-miracle-day-morality-advocates-get-cold-shoulder-in-washington/2011/07/07/gIQAdEjP2H_blog.html
  44. ↑ http://http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2011/01/dwn070111203008-torchwood-transmission.html
  45. ↑ http://http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2011/01/dwn080111003008-torchwood-miracle-day.html
  46. ↑ http://www.starz.com/originals/Torchwood/Episode101#
  47. ↑ http://www.kasterborous.com/2010/08/19/torchwood-a-long-slow-process/
  48. ↑ http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2011/01/dwn070111093008-torchwood-broadcast.html
  49. ↑ http://www.starz.com/originals/Torchwood/Episode102#
  50. ↑ http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2011/01/dwn270111123008-torchwood-news-roundup.html
  51. ↑ http://news.whoviannet.co.uk/2011/01/torchwood-cast-and-crew-return-to-south-wales/
  52. ↑ http://www.starz.com/originals/Torchwood/Episode103#
  53. ↑ http://twitter.com/JaneEspenson
  54. ↑ http://www.starz.com/originals/Torchwood/Episode104#
  55. ↑ http://www.starz.com/originals/Torchwood/Episode105#
  56. ↑ http://twitter.com/JaneEspenson
  57. ↑ http://www.starz.com/originals/Torchwood/Episode106#
  58. ↑ http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2011/01/dwn270111123008-torchwood-news-roundup.html
  59. ↑ http://www.starz.com/originals/Torchwood/Episode107#
  60. ↑ http://twitter.com/JaneEspenson
  61. ↑ http://www.starz.com/originals/Torchwood/Episode108#
  62. ↑ http://twitter.com/JaneEspenson
  63. ↑ http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2011/01/dwn270111123008-torchwood-news-roundup.html
  64. ↑ http://www.starz.com/originals/Torchwood/Episode109#
  65. ↑ http://news.whoviannet.co.uk/2011/03/john-fay-discusses-new-torchwood-in-live-webchat/
  66. ↑ http://www.starz.com/originals/Torchwood/Episode110#
  67. ↑ http://https://twitter.com/#!/JaneEspenson/status/60402913075400704
  68. ↑ http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/s8/torchwood/news/a194870/russell-tovey-to-join-torchwood-team.html
  69. ↑ http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/torchwood-back-from-the-dead-9249.htm
  70. ↑ http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/05/27/torchwood-captain-jack/.htm
  71. ↑ http://www.janetfillingham.com/writersdirect/documents/AndrewCartmelcv_001.pdf
  72. ↑ http://www.kasterborous.com/2010/07/08/new-torchwood-writer/
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