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|image = | |series = ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' | ||
|series= ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' | |season number = Series 1 (Torchwood) | ||
|season number= | |series episode number = 1 | ||
|episode | |scripturl = https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/documents/torchwood-1-episode-1-everything-changes-shooting-script-28042006.pdf | ||
|main character= | |main character = [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] | ||
| | |featuring = Rhys Williams | ||
| | |featuring2 = Andy Davidson | ||
|featuring3 = Owen Harper | |||
|writer= | |featuring4 = Toshiko Sato | ||
|director = [[Brian Kelly]] | |featuring5 = Ianto Jones | ||
|producer = [[Richard Stokes]] | |featuring6 = Janet (Everything Changes){{!}}Janet | ||
|network = | |featuring7 = Myfanwy | ||
|broadcast date= | |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 {{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.}} | |||
|next = Day One (TV story) | |writer = Russell T Davies | ||
|director = [[Brian Kelly]] | |||
|producer = [[Richard Stokes]] | |||
|network = BBC Three | |||
|broadcast date = 22 October 2006 | |||
|next = Day One (TV story) | |||
|clip = Torchwood Meet Captain Jack Harkness BritBox | |||
|clip2 = Gwen Enters Torchwood Everything Changes Torchwood | |||
|clip3 = Gwen Officially Joins Torchwood Everything Changes Torchwood | |||
|format = 1x50-minute episode | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Everything Changes''''' was the first episode of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' | '''''Everything Changes''''' was the first episode in [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|series 1]] of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''. | ||
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 {{cs|Rose (TV story)}}, 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. | ||
22 October 2016 marked the 10th anniversary of ''Torchwood''. In celebration, and due to its popularity, cast and crew were invited to the Chapter Arts Centre in [[Cardiff]] for a special screening of this, the very first ever episode, to be shown for the fans.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160913041412/https://www.bafta.org/wales/whats-on/special-screening-10-years-of-torchwood BAFTA: 10 Years of Torchwood via the Wayback Machine]</ref> | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
The [[Torchwood Three]] team arrives at the scene of a brutal murder. | The [[Torchwood Three]] team arrives at the scene of a brutal [[murder]]. [[Gwen Cooper|PC Gwen Cooper]]'s curiosity is challenged by their attitude; their approach and their technology is at odds with everything she believes in. As she investigates them, she begins to uncover a dark, mysterious and dangerous world right in the heart of [[Cardiff]]. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
[[Gwen Cooper|PC Gwen Cooper]] arrives on a [[rain]]y [[murder]] scene, the third of a series of recent killings, and watches as the forensic investigation unit is pulled, mid-investigation, to allow special access to a four-man team in civilian clothing from [[Torchwood Institute]]. A forensic tech believes that Torchwood is some kind of [[special ops]] group. Gwen's concerned about crime scene contamination and spots a good vantage point on a parking garage and runs up there to observe the team at work. | |||
[[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]] is waxing philosophical about the taste of contraceptives in the rain as his team sets up around the body. [[Owen Harper|Dr Owen Harper]] complains about the rain. [[Suzie Costello]] puts a metal [[Resurrection Gauntlet|gauntlet]] on her right [[hand]], then places her hand beneath the head of the [[corpse|murdered body]] and he revives. [[Toshiko Sato]] attempts to question the murder victim, but he takes some time to calm down, and he didn't see his murderer. They have some time remaining, and Tosh doesn't know what else to ask, but Jack does — he introduces himself and asks the victim his name — which is [[John Tucker]] — and he wants to know what death is like. John tells him he saw nothing and then falls dead again. Torchwood bickers over what went wrong until, suddenly, Jack yells up to Gwen, "What do you think?" | |||
Gwen runs for it. When she makes it home, her [[boyfriend]] [[Rhys Williams]] is watching a drama. He mentions he saw the story of the murder on the news and Gwen lies, saying she wasn't involved. She lies awake in bed, watching the clock until at least 2 am. | |||
Gwen | The next morning, Gwen asks her friend [[Yvonne (Everything Changes)|Yvonne]] to do her a favour and look up Captain Jack Harkness. She serves beverages at a briefing about a series of murders, where they mention that the murders were done with the same weapon, some sort of blade. She and her partner respond to a bar brawl and Gwen gets a good knock to the head. She sees a doctor at the hospital and, as she's leaving, she catches sight of a man in a long coat heading up the stairs. She follows up the stairs to the top floor, which is sealed with plastic and caution tape. She hears a porter entering from the floor below and asks him who sealed off the top floor. He'd assumed it was the police or somebody spraying chemicals. She returns and pushes her way through the plastic. She sees what she assumes to be a [[Weevil|strange looking man wearing a mask]] at the other end of the floor. She asks if he's seen the man in the long coat, but there is no reply, only a soft growl. She keeps talking, with no response. The porter comes through, saying he asked around and couldn't find why it was sealed. He admires the workmanship of the mask, especially the teeth, when the creature bites him in the throat and his blood sprays. | ||
Jack bursts in, and as his team sprays the creature with something and hoods it, he rushes Gwen out of the hallway. She keeps running until she's outside, where she's catching her breath when the [[Torchwood SUV]] nearly hits her. She chases it in her patrol car, leaving her partner behind. She calls in the plate to control, and Yvonne asks if she's seeing ghosts, as there has been no Captain Jack Harkness save for an American volunteer that disappeared [[21 January]] [[1941]]. | |||
Gwen follows the SUV to the Wales Millennium Centre, where it drops off the four she'd seen before, and drives away. She quickly parks the patrol car and follows them, yelling to them, but they ignore her. Security distracts her, telling her she needs to move her car, and when she turns back they are gone. Control has no record of the plate, and her partner [[Andy Davidson]] shows up, complaining about the walk from the hospital. He says there is no staff missing from the hospital and takes her home. | |||
Even though Rhys has dinner waiting, Gwen lies and says she needs to work. She stakes out the Millennium centre, eventually going to [[Jubilee Pizza]], where they say they deliver to Torchwood. Gwen brings [[pizza]] to a small office by the pier. She says they're for Mr Harkness, and [[Ianto Jones]] presses a buzzer and points her down a secret passage. | Even though Rhys has dinner waiting, Gwen lies and says she needs to work. She stakes out the Millennium centre, eventually going to [[Jubilee Pizza]], where they say they deliver to Torchwood. Gwen brings [[pizza]] to a small office by the pier. She says they're for Mr Harkness, and [[Ianto Jones]] presses a buzzer and points her down a secret passage. | ||
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Gwen confronts them about what she has seen. Tosh says she covered up the murder of the porter, as it's her job to do so. Gwen dodges a [[pterodactyl]] as Jack takes her to show her the murderer, telling her it's an alien being they call a Weevil. He brings her back to the main room and introduces the team, over Gwen's protest that it's classified. Jack ignores her concern and gives everyone an assignment, including Gwen. | Gwen confronts them about what she has seen. Tosh says she covered up the murder of the porter, as it's her job to do so. Gwen dodges a [[pterodactyl]] as Jack takes her to show her the murderer, telling her it's an alien being they call a Weevil. He brings her back to the main room and introduces the team, over Gwen's protest that it's classified. Jack ignores her concern and gives everyone an assignment, including Gwen. | ||
Jack takes Gwen out the [[Invisible lift|scenic route]], a [[granite]] slab that lifts them up to the pavement in front of the water tower, where she saw them disappear the night before. Jack demonstrates that the people walking by can't see or hear them until they step off the paving slab. She asks how it works, and he says he has no idea, but he might guess that "there was once a [[TARDIS|dimensionally transcendental chameleon circuit]] placed right on this spot, which welded its [[Perception filter|perception properties]] to a [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift| | Jack takes Gwen out the [[Invisible lift|scenic route]], a [[granite]] slab that lifts them up to the pavement in front of the water tower, where she saw them disappear the night before. Jack demonstrates that the people walking by can't see or hear them until they step off the paving slab. She asks how it works, and he says he has no idea, but he might guess that "there was once a [[TARDIS|dimensionally transcendental chameleon circuit]] placed right on this spot, which welded its [[Perception filter|perception properties]] to a [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|spatial-temporal rift]]." | ||
They go to a bar, where Jack ridicules Gwen's disbelief after | They go to a bar, where Jack ridicules Gwen's disbelief after [[Sycorax invasion of Earth|the Christmas invasion]] and the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]]. He establishes that they catch aliens and scavenge their tech, and don't answer to anyone so that no one government can abuse the power. Gwen's pretty sure they can abuse it themselves, even if there's a rule about no tech leaving the base. They're the third Torchwood, and they're in Cardiff because there is a rift in Cardiff that drops all sorts of alien things there. Gwen assumes that they've been trying to solve the blade murders, but Jack tells her that's not what they're doing. They were only there to get practice using the [[resurrection gauntlet]], which requires recently deceased murder victims, the more violent the death, the better. Although Gwen feels she has a duty to act, Jack reveals that he's drugged her drink with an [[amnesia]] pill of Jack's design, laced with a sedative. She says she could just tell somebody else — and Jack threatens to do the same to anyone she tells. Gwen runs for home. | ||
Meanwhile, Tosh, Owen, and Suzie have all taken alien items from the base. Tosh scans a copy of ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' with one touch and uploads it to her computer. Owen tries to pick up a girl, who shuts him down until he sprays himself with a spray bottle; then she grabs him, kisses him, and drags him out. Her boyfriend catches up with them and is about to punch him when | Meanwhile, Tosh, Owen, and Suzie have all taken alien items from the base. Tosh scans a copy of ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' with one touch and uploads it to her computer. Owen tries to pick up a girl, who shuts him down until he sprays himself with a spray bottle; then she grabs him, kisses him, and drags him out. Her boyfriend catches up with them and is about to punch him when Owen sprays himself again... and the boyfriend kisses him. Owen calls for a taxi. Suzie uses the gauntlet to resurrect a dead fly. | ||
Gwen is home, hurriedly typing notes about Torchwood. Her vision gets blurry and she makes more and more typos until she passes out. Ianto hacks into her home computer and erases her notes. In the morning, Rhys brings her a drink, worrying that she'd been drinking with a head injury. At work, Yvonne asks her about Captain Jack, and Gwen doesn't know what she's talking about. Over by the murder investigation, they've reconstructed the very odd blade weapon from the shape of the wounds. Gwen says she hasn't seen it, but she spends the rest of her day in a daze, until it is | Gwen is home, hurriedly typing notes about Torchwood. Her vision gets blurry and she makes more and more typos until she passes out. Ianto hacks into her home computer and erases her notes. In the morning, Rhys brings her a drink, worrying that she'd been drinking with a head injury. At work, Yvonne asks her about Captain Jack, and Gwen doesn't know what she's talking about. Over by the murder investigation, they've reconstructed the very odd blade weapon from the shape of the wounds. Gwen says she hasn't seen it, but she spends the rest of her day in a daze, until it is 2am and she is, again, awake and staring at the clock. As she closes her eyes to sleep, she remembers that she's seen the blade. She goes back to her computer room and draws the blade on the back of an envelope. She can't remember, but her mental image includes sparks and smoke. She sees a brochure for the Wales Millennium Centre with the word "REMEMBER" scrawled on it. | ||
Gwen goes to [[Roald Dahl Plass]], and Suzie is waiting for her outside the water tower. They face off next to the paving stones on either side of the lift. Gwen remembers the welding gear. Suzie pulls out the knife, saying she's the only one who bothered to read the police report, and she knew that the sight of the knife could break Gwen's amnesia. While Gwen tries to remember, Suzie fumbles with her bag and then pulls out a handgun, saying Gwen is the only person in the public that could make the link. She loves her job but it's driving her mad. She killed three people to practice with the glove, as she thinks that if she becomes good enough with it she could resurrect people permanently. While she is ranting, Jack comes up on the lift. Suzie continues to rant until she says that the perception filter doesn't work on her, and she shoots Jack in the forehead. Gwen gasps. | Gwen goes to [[Roald Dahl Plass]], and Suzie is waiting for her outside the water tower. They face off next to the paving stones on either side of the lift. Gwen remembers the welding gear. Suzie pulls out the knife, saying she's the only one who bothered to read the police report, and she knew that the sight of the knife could break Gwen's amnesia. While Gwen tries to remember, Suzie fumbles with her bag and then pulls out a handgun, saying Gwen is the only person in the public that could make the link. She loves her job but it's driving her mad. She killed three people to practice with the glove, as she thinks that if she becomes good enough with it she could resurrect people permanently. While she is ranting, Jack comes up on the lift. Suzie continues to rant until she says that the perception filter doesn't work on her, and she shoots Jack in the forehead. Gwen gasps. | ||
Suzie cocks the gun and aims at Gwen, who gasps again as Jack stands up behind Suzie | Suzie cocks the gun and aims it at Gwen, who gasps again as Jack stands up behind Suzie. The hole in his head heals before their eyes. He says it's over, but Suzie has her own ideas about that. She shoots herself in the head and falls down as Gwen says, "I remember." | ||
Ianto seals away the gauntlet and the knife in a lockbox. Owen and Tosh return their devices to the base. Jack zips Suzie's body into a bag and puts her into a cold storage facility in the Hub. | Ianto seals away the gauntlet and the knife in a lockbox. Owen and Tosh return their devices to the base. Jack zips Suzie's body into a bag and puts her into a cold storage facility in the Hub. | ||
On top of the Millennium centre, Gwen asks why Jack didn't tell Owen and Tosh he was shot in the head and survived. Jack says that Gwen didn't tell them either. He confesses that he was killed [[The Parting of the Ways| | On top of the Millennium centre, Gwen asks why Jack didn't tell Owen and Tosh he was shot in the head and survived. Jack says that Gwen didn't tell them either. He confesses that he was killed a long time ago and [[The Parting of the Ways (TV story)|brought back to life]], and since then he can't die. Maybe if he finds the right sort of [[The Doctor|doctor]] he can explain it. He doesn't tell people because it freaks them out, so he asks Gwen to keep it quiet. | ||
He offers Gwen a job, and she accepts, as the pterodactyl flies overhead. | He offers Gwen a job, and she accepts, as the pterodactyl flies overhead. | ||
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* [[Rhys Williams]] - [[Kai Owen]] | * [[Rhys Williams]] - [[Kai Owen]] | ||
* [[Suzie Costello]] - [[Indira Varma]] | * [[Suzie Costello]] - [[Indira Varma]] | ||
* [[Young policeman|Young cop]] - [[Guy Lewis]] | * [[Young policeman (Everything Changes)|Young cop]] - [[Guy Lewis]] | ||
* [[Andy Davidson|P.C. Andy]] - [[Tom Price]] | * [[Andy Davidson|P.C. Andy]] - [[Tom Price]] | ||
* [[Scene-of-crime officer|SOCO]] - [[Jason May]] | * [[Scene-of-crime officer (Everything Changes)|SOCO]] - [[Jason May]] | ||
* [[John Tucker|Body]] - [[Rhys Swinburn]] | * [[John Tucker|Body]] - [[Rhys Swinburn]] | ||
* [[Yvonne (Everything Changes)|Yvonne]] - [[Olwen Medi]] | * [[Yvonne (Everything Changes)|Yvonne]] - [[Olwen Medi]] | ||
* [[Jacobs|D.I. Jacobs]] - [[Gwyn Vaughan Jones]] | * [[Jacobs (Everything Changes)|D.I. Jacobs]] - [[Gwyn Vaughan Jones]] | ||
* [[Officer (Everything Changes)|Officer]] - [[Dion Davis]] | * [[Officer (Everything Changes)|Officer]] - [[Dion Davis]] | ||
* [[Hospital porter (Everything Changes)|Hospital porter]] - [[James Thomas]] | * [[Hospital porter (Everything Changes)|Hospital porter]] - [[Jâms Thomas|James Thomas]] | ||
* [[Weevil]] - [[Paul Kasey]] | * [[Janet (Everything Changes)|Weevil]] - [[Paul Kasey]] | ||
* [[Security guard (Everything Changes)|Security Guard]] - [[Mark Heal]] | * [[Security guard (Everything Changes)|Security Guard]] - [[Mark Heal]] | ||
* [[Pizza lad]] - [[Gary Sheppeard]] | * [[Pizza lad (Everything Changes)|Pizza lad]] - [[Gary Sheppeard]] | ||
* [[Colin (Everything Changes)|Man]] - [[Gwilym Havard Davies]] | * [[Colin (Everything Changes)|Man]] - [[Gwilym Havard Davies]] | ||
* [[Linda (Everything Changes)|Woman]] - [[Cathryn Davis]] | * [[Linda (Everything Changes)|Woman]] - [[Cathryn Davis]] | ||
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|ArtDeptCoOrdinator=Matthew North | |ArtDeptCoOrdinator=Matthew North | ||
|ArtDeptProdManager=Jonathan Marquand Allison | |ArtDeptProdManager=Jonathan Marquand Allison | ||
| | |ArtDeptOpManager=Adrian Anscombe | ||
|AssociateDesigner= | |AssociateDesigner= | ||
|ProductionBuyer=Ben Morris (crew){{!}}Ben Morris | |ProductionBuyer=Ben Morris (crew){{!}}Ben Morris | ||
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|SoundEditor=Paul McFadden | |SoundEditor=Paul McFadden | ||
|SoundEditor2= | |SoundEditor2= | ||
| | |SoundFXEditor=Howard Eaves | ||
|ModelUnitSupervisor= | |ModelUnitSupervisor= | ||
|ModelUnitDOP= | |ModelUnitDOP= | ||
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}} | }} | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[SOCO]]s investigate John Tucker's body. | |||
* Jack tastes [[oestrogen]] in the rain. | |||
* | * Andy believes Torchwood are [[DNA specialist]]s. | ||
* Owen | * Andy jokes that in CSI Cardiff, "they'd be measuring the velocity of a [[kebab]]". | ||
* The porter suggests the Weevil try [[plastic surgery]]. | |||
* Jack uses [[Retcon]] on Gwen. | |||
* Colin calls Owen a "[[tosser]]". | |||
* Suzie and Andy use the word "[[bollocks]]" as an insult. | |||
=== Individuals === | === Individuals === | ||
* | * Andy asks Gwen if she is going to [[Slimbo]]'s. | ||
* Jack implies that | * Jack implies that, at one point in his life, he's been [[Pregnancy|pregnant]], as he's "never doing that again." | ||
* | * Rhys has been visited by [[Banana Boat]]. | ||
* Beyond John Tucker, victims include [[Sarah Pallister]] and [[Rani Ghosh]]. | |||
* The porter asks [[Mahib|Dr Mahib]] about the cordoned off section of the hospital. | |||
* Yvonne states that [[Temple (Everything Changes)|Temple]] has been asking about Gwen, suggesting she may be in trouble. | |||
* [[Myfanwy]] flies over Gwen's head. | |||
* Jack mentions investigating [[Chandler and Bell]]. | |||
* Rhys questions if Gwen has been "out on the lash" with [[Diane (Everything Changes)|Diane]]. | |||
* Andy has been arguing football with [[Geoff (Everything Changes)|Geoff]]. | |||
* Jack is looking for "[[The Doctor|the right sort of doctor]]". | |||
=== Species === | === Species === | ||
* | * Jack mentions the [[Bronze Dalek|Daleks]] and [[Cybusman|Cybermen]]. | ||
* Suzie resurrects a [[fly]]. | |||
=== Geography === | |||
* John Tucker was murdered on [[Llangyfelach Lane]] in the [[Cardiff city centre|city centre]]. | |||
* [[Rani Ghosh]] was murdered in [[Robintree Alley]]. | |||
* Police have cameras watching roads at [[Coryton]] and [[Tredegar Park]]. | |||
* Yvonne checks the SUV licence plate with colleagues in [[Swansea]]. | |||
* Torchwood has a base beneath [[Cardiff Bay]]. | |||
=== Events === | |||
* Jack mentions the [[Sycorax invasion of Earth|Sycorax ship over London]] on [[Christmas Day]] and the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]]. Rhys was convinced that such events were a form of [[terrorism]] and mass [[hallucination]]s caused by psychotropic [[drug]]s in the [[water supply]]. | |||
=== Organisations === | |||
==== Torchwood ==== | |||
* [[Police|Local law enforcement]] considers Torchwood a Special Ops branch. | |||
* Jack states that Torchwood is separate from the [[British government|government]], outside the [[police]] and beyond the [[United Nations]]. | |||
* [[Torchwood One]] was in [[London]], but it was destroyed during the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]]. | |||
* [[Torchwood Two]] is in [[Glasgow]] and is run by [[Archie (The Twilight Streets)|a very strange man]]. | |||
* [[Torchwood Four]] has gone missing, but Jack is hoping to find it again sometime soon. | |||
* There is a staircase consisting of 105 steps between the [[Torchwood Tourist Information Centre]] and the [[Torchwood Hub]]. | |||
=== Technology === | === Technology === | ||
* | * Torchwood owns an [[Torchwood SUV|SUV]]. The registration number is ''[[CF06 FDU]]''. | ||
* Jack's | * [[Jack Harkness' vortex manipulator|Jack's vortex manipulator]] remotely controls the paving-stone lift up to [[Roald Dahl Plass]]. | ||
* | * Toshiko uses a [[data scanner]]. | ||
* | * Owen uses a [[perfume (Everything Changes)|pheromone spray]]. | ||
* | * Suzie uses the [[resurrection gauntlet]]. | ||
* | * The murder weapon is a [[Life knife|three-bladed knife]]. | ||
=== | === Businesses === | ||
* [[ | * Gwen visits [[Jubilee Pizza]]. | ||
* | |||
* [[ | === Food and drink === | ||
* Rhys and Banana Boat have been drinking [[tea]]. | |||
* [[ | * Rhys suggests Gwen eat [[Chinese]] food from the fridge. | ||
* Rhys cooks [[hot pot]]. | |||
=== | === Popular Culture === | ||
* The [[ | * [[Graffiti]] of [[Pac-Man]] in front of 2 [[Pac-Dot]]s is painted on a wall. | ||
* Andy mentions [[CSI]]. | |||
* The porter likens the Weevil to ''[[Hellraiser]]''. | |||
* Toshiko scans ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]]. Characters in the book include [[Cruncher (character)|Mr Cruncher]], [[Lorry (character)|Mr Lorry]], [[Manette|Miss Manette]], [[Doctor Manette]], [[Jacques One]], [[Jacques Two]], [[Defarge]], the [[Mender of Roads]], a [[hungry man]] and a [[Marquis (A Tale of Two Cities character)|Marquis]]. | |||
* A poster advertising a [[Doctor Who Exhibition (in-universe)|''Doctor Who'' Exhibition]] in Cardiff is present. | |||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* ''Everything Changes'' was transmitted back to back with | * This story had the working title ''"Flotsam and Jetsam"''.<ref>[http://www.shannonsullivan.com/doctorwho/torchwood/2006a.html?id=omahony Production Notes for Everything Changes]</ref> | ||
* This | * ''Everything Changes'' was transmitted back-to-back with ''[[Day One (TV story)|Day One]]'' on its UK premiere. The episode was repeated on its own on [[BBC Two]], three days later at 9:00pm on Wednesday [[25 October (releases)|25 October]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]. | ||
* This is the only episode where [[Indira Varma]] has her name included in the opening credits. This was done to keep viewers from anticipating that her character would die in this episode, by making her seem like a regular cast member. She was also heavily featured in publicity materials released prior to the broadcast of the episode. | |||
* As the first post-watershed production of the ''Doctor Who'' franchise, the episode features several firsts, including the first use of the F-word in a televised ''Doctor Who'' franchise production, along with a few other strong expletives. The frequency and intensity of swearing on ''Torchwood'' would be dialled back in its later seasons. | * As the first post-watershed production of the ''Doctor Who'' franchise, the episode features several firsts, including the first use of the F-word in a televised ''Doctor Who'' franchise production, along with a few other strong expletives. The frequency and intensity of swearing on ''Torchwood'' would be dialled back in its later seasons. | ||
* Yvonne mentions [[21 January]] [[1941]] during [[the Blitz]] as the day Jack failed to report for duty. This would suggest that [[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'' and [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'' took place on the evening of [[20 January]] [[1941]]. | |||
* Owen shows bisexual tendencies when he first seduces a girl and then, more or less to avoid trouble, seduces her boyfriend too and goes off with both of them. | |||
* After broadcasting, it was suggested that Owen's use of the [[perfume (Everything Changes)|pheromone spray]] in the episode was effectively "date rape".<ref>[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a84181/cult-spy-catching-up-with-torchwood.html Cult Spy: Catching Up With 'Torchwood'] Accessed on 11th October 2008</ref> | |||
* According to a [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] file in the 2011 episode ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'', Gwen is said to have joined Torchwood in [[October]] [[2006]]. [[Aliens of London dating controversy|This clashes with and contradicts dates given in several other stories]]. | |||
=== Deleted and edited scenes === | |||
* A pre-credits sequence of Gwen and Jack on top of the Millennium Centre in a flash forward to the end of the story was cut from the finished programme, but appears on the deleted scenes of the series one box set. | * A pre-credits sequence of Gwen and Jack on top of the Millennium Centre in a flash forward to the end of the story was cut from the finished programme, but appears on the deleted scenes of the series one box set. | ||
* A scene showing [[John Tucker]] being chased and murdered was shot but was eventually dropped. | |||
* A scene showing [[John Tucker]] being chased and murdered was shot | |||
* Two alternative scenes were shot showing Gwen being retconned — the one in a traditional bar was dropped in favour of the Buffalo Bar that was used for transmission. | * Two alternative scenes were shot showing Gwen being retconned — the one in a traditional bar was dropped in favour of the Buffalo Bar that was used for transmission. | ||
* Several scenes were trimmed from the episode for broadcast on the [[CBC]] in Canada, including a scene in which Owen, using the pheromone spray, also seduces the blonde's angry boyfriend. | * Several scenes were trimmed from the episode for broadcast on the [[CBC]] in Canada, including a scene in which Owen, using the pheromone spray, also seduces the blonde's angry boyfriend. | ||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
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* NCP Tredegar Street, Cardiff, Wales ''(Gwen spies on Torchwood resurrecting)'' | * NCP Tredegar Street, Cardiff, Wales ''(Gwen spies on Torchwood resurrecting)'' | ||
* NCP Cardiff Rapports, Cardiff, Wales | * NCP Cardiff Rapports, Cardiff, Wales | ||
* Old Natwest Bank, Cardiff ''(Entrance of police station)'' | * Old Natwest Bank, Cardiff ''(Entrance of the police station)'' | ||
* Dorset Street, Cardiff, Wales | * Dorset Street, Cardiff, Wales | ||
* Cornwall (pub), Cardiff, Wales ''(Pub where Gwen and Andy break up fight)'' | * Cornwall (pub), Cardiff, Wales ''(Pub where Gwen and Andy break up the fight)'' | ||
* Newport Road Lane, Cardiff ''(Location where Gwen first sees Torchwood SUV)'' | * Newport Road Lane, Cardiff ''(Location where Gwen first sees the Torchwood SUV)'' | ||
* A4232 (Grangetown/Butetown Link), Cardiff ''(Gwen in pursuit of the Torchwood SUV)'' | * A4232 (Grangetown/Butetown Link), Cardiff ''(Gwen in pursuit of the Torchwood SUV)'' | ||
* Mumbai Bay Takeaway, James Street, Cardiff ''(Jubilee Pizza, where Gwen goes | * Mumbai Bay Takeaway, James Street, Cardiff ''(Jubilee Pizza, where Gwen goes tracking down Torchwood)'' | ||
* Cardiff Castle, Cardiff ''(Part of the tunnel entrance into Torchwood)'' | * Cardiff Castle, Cardiff ''(Part of the tunnel entrance into Torchwood)'' | ||
* Icon, Cardiff, Wales ''(Location where Owen tries the spray)'' | * Icon, Cardiff, Wales ''(Location where Owen tries the spray)'' | ||
* Buffalo Bar, Cardiff, Wales ''(Bar where Jack and Gwen have a beer, prior to him retconning her)'' | * Buffalo Bar, Cardiff, Wales ''(Bar where Jack and Gwen have a beer, prior to him retconning her)'' | ||
* St Mary's Street, Cardiff | * [[St Mary's Street]], Cardiff | ||
* Altolusso, Bute Terrace, Cardiff ''(One of the tall building shots with Jack standing on top)'' | * Altolusso, Bute Terrace, Cardiff ''(One of the tall building shots with Jack standing on top)'' | ||
* King Edward VII Avenue (A4161 underpass), Cardiff ''(Location where Gwen runs home after her meeting with Jack and her subsequent retconning)'' | * King Edward VII Avenue (A4161 underpass), Cardiff ''(Location where Gwen runs home after her meeting with Jack and her subsequent retconning)'' | ||
* Mermaid Quayside, Cardiff Bay ''(The tourist information shop/entrance to Torchwood)'' | * Mermaid Quayside, Cardiff Bay ''(The tourist information shop/entrance to Torchwood)'' | ||
* [[Roald Dahl Plass]], Cardiff ''(Exterior of Torchwood)'' | * [[Roald Dahl Plass]], Cardiff ''(Exterior of Torchwood)'' | ||
* [[Upper Boat Studios]], | * [[Upper Boat Studios]], Upper Boat Tonteg Road, Treforest Industrial Estate, Pontypridd | ||
=== Broadcasts === | |||
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|[[Wednesday]] [[25 October (releases)|25 October]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]] | |||
|21:00 | |||
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|[[Sunday]] [[7 January (releases)|7 January]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] | |||
|22:00 | |||
|[[BBC Three]] | |||
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|[[Monday]] [[8 January (releases)|8 January]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] | |||
|03:25 | |||
|[[BBC Three]] | |||
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|[[Friday]] [[14 September (releases)|14 September]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] | |||
|21:00 | |||
|[[BBC Three]] | |||
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|[[Saturday]] [[15 September (releases)|15 September]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] | |||
|02:40 | |||
|[[BBC Three]] | |||
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|[[Thursday]] [[15 April (releases)|15 April]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] | |||
|22:45 | |||
|[[BBC HD]] | |||
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=== Production errors === | === Production errors === | ||
* | {{Torchwood discontinuity}} | ||
* When Jack and Gwen run from the Weevil at the hospital, Jack's [[Torchwood earpiece|earpiece]] falls from his ear, before reappearing on his ear in the next shot, then vanishes again in the next shot afterwards. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift]] was first encountered by the [[Ninth Doctor]] and [[Rose Tyler]] in [[1869]] when the invasion of the [[Gelth]] was stopped by [[Gwyneth (The Unquiet Dead)|Gwyneth]] as depicted in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Unquiet Dead (TV story)}}. | |||
* The | * Jack continues to wear [[Jack Harkness' vortex manipulator|his vortex manipulator]] on his wrist, which he was first seen wearing in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Empty Child (TV story)}}. It is revealed later that the [[time travel]] and [[teleportation]] functions of the manipulator are burned out during the events of [[TV]]: {{cs|Utopia (TV story)}} | ||
* [[Jubilee Pizza]], a fictional brand of pizza introduced in the ''Doctor Who'' episode {{cs|Dalek (TV story)}} as [[List of references to other DWU media in live-action BBC stories|a reference]] to [[Jubilee (audio story)|the audio drama it was adapted from]], makes an appearance in this episode. | |||
* Jack mentions the Sycorax spaceship over London as seen in [[TV]]: {{cs|The Christmas Invasion (TV story)}}, and the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] that happened in [[TV]]: {{cs|Doomsday (TV story)}}. | |||
* The [[perception filter]] properties of the paving stone are implied to be a side effect of when [[the Doctor's TARDIS]] stood on that spot and, prompted by the trapped programming of the [[tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator]], began to open the [[Cardiff Rift]] as shown in [[TV]]: {{cs|Boom Town (TV story)}}. | |||
* Jack continues to wear | |||
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* The [[perception filter]] properties of the paving stone are implied to be a side effect of when [[ | |||
== Home video releases == | == Home video releases == | ||
[[File:TWS1Part1.jpg|thumb|Series one, part one DVD cover]] | [[File:TWS1Part1.jpg|thumb|Series one, part one DVD cover]] | ||
* This episode, with four others, was first released on a DVD entitled ''Torchwood: Series 1, part 1'' on [[26 December (releases)|26 December]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]. It was later released in ''Torchwood: The Complete First Series'' on [[19 November (releases)|19 November]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]. | |||
=== DVD releases === | |||
* This episode, with four others, was first released on a DVD entitled ''Torchwood: Series 1, part 1'' on [[26 December (releases)|26 December]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]. | |||
* It was later released in ''Torchwood: The Complete First Series'' on [[19 November (releases)|19 November]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]. | |||
* It was also released in the Series 1-4 DVD boxset. (Region 2 release: [[14 November (releases)|14 November]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]) | |||
* It was released in Brazil, with all the other episodes in the series, on a DVD entitled ''Torchwood: Primeira Temporada''. | |||
=== Blu-ray releases === | |||
* This episode was released on Blu-ray in the US with the rest of Series 1 as a Complete First Season set on [[16 September (releases)|16 September]] [[2008 (releases)|2008]]. | |||
* It was released in the Series 1-3 Blu-ray boxset on [[26 October (releases)|26 October]] [[2009 (releases)|2009]] in the UK. The US release was on [[19 July (releases)|19 July]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]. | |||
* It was also released in the Series 1-4 Blu-ray boxset. (Region 2 release: [[14 November (releases)|14 November]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]) | |||
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Latest revision as of 20:25, 3 November 2024
Everything Changes was the first episode in series 1 of Torchwood.
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 third series. It also bore certain structural commonalities with Rose [+]Loading...["Rose (TV story)"], 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, 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, only two of the main cast listed in this episode would still be alive, namely Gwen and Jack.
22 October 2016 marked the 10th anniversary of Torchwood. In celebration, and due to its popularity, cast and crew were invited to the Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff for a special screening of this, the very first ever episode, to be shown for the fans.[1]
Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Torchwood Three team arrives at the scene of a brutal murder. PC Gwen Cooper's curiosity is challenged by their attitude; their approach and their technology is at odds with everything she believes in. As she investigates them, she begins to uncover a dark, mysterious and dangerous world right in the heart of Cardiff.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
PC Gwen Cooper arrives on a rainy murder scene, the third of a series of recent killings, and watches as the forensic investigation unit is pulled, mid-investigation, to allow special access to a four-man team in civilian clothing from Torchwood Institute. A forensic tech believes that Torchwood is some kind of special ops group. Gwen's concerned about crime scene contamination and spots a good vantage point on a parking garage and runs up there to observe the team at work.
Captain Jack Harkness is waxing philosophical about the taste of contraceptives in the rain as his team sets up around the body. Dr Owen Harper complains about the rain. Suzie Costello puts a metal gauntlet on her right hand, then places her hand beneath the head of the murdered body and he revives. Toshiko Sato attempts to question the murder victim, but he takes some time to calm down, and he didn't see his murderer. They have some time remaining, and Tosh doesn't know what else to ask, but Jack does — he introduces himself and asks the victim his name — which is John Tucker — and he wants to know what death is like. John tells him he saw nothing and then falls dead again. Torchwood bickers over what went wrong until, suddenly, Jack yells up to Gwen, "What do you think?"
Gwen runs for it. When she makes it home, her boyfriend Rhys Williams is watching a drama. He mentions he saw the story of the murder on the news and Gwen lies, saying she wasn't involved. She lies awake in bed, watching the clock until at least 2 am.
The next morning, Gwen asks her friend Yvonne to do her a favour and look up Captain Jack Harkness. She serves beverages at a briefing about a series of murders, where they mention that the murders were done with the same weapon, some sort of blade. She and her partner respond to a bar brawl and Gwen gets a good knock to the head. She sees a doctor at the hospital and, as she's leaving, she catches sight of a man in a long coat heading up the stairs. She follows up the stairs to the top floor, which is sealed with plastic and caution tape. She hears a porter entering from the floor below and asks him who sealed off the top floor. He'd assumed it was the police or somebody spraying chemicals. She returns and pushes her way through the plastic. She sees what she assumes to be a strange looking man wearing a mask at the other end of the floor. She asks if he's seen the man in the long coat, but there is no reply, only a soft growl. She keeps talking, with no response. The porter comes through, saying he asked around and couldn't find why it was sealed. He admires the workmanship of the mask, especially the teeth, when the creature bites him in the throat and his blood sprays.
Jack bursts in, and as his team sprays the creature with something and hoods it, he rushes Gwen out of the hallway. She keeps running until she's outside, where she's catching her breath when the Torchwood SUV nearly hits her. She chases it in her patrol car, leaving her partner behind. She calls in the plate to control, and Yvonne asks if she's seeing ghosts, as there has been no Captain Jack Harkness save for an American volunteer that disappeared 21 January 1941.
Gwen follows the SUV to the Wales Millennium Centre, where it drops off the four she'd seen before, and drives away. She quickly parks the patrol car and follows them, yelling to them, but they ignore her. Security distracts her, telling her she needs to move her car, and when she turns back they are gone. Control has no record of the plate, and her partner Andy Davidson shows up, complaining about the walk from the hospital. He says there is no staff missing from the hospital and takes her home.
Even though Rhys has dinner waiting, Gwen lies and says she needs to work. She stakes out the Millennium centre, eventually going to Jubilee Pizza, where they say they deliver to Torchwood. Gwen brings pizza to a small office by the pier. She says they're for Mr Harkness, and Ianto Jones presses a buzzer and points her down a secret passage.
She enters Torchwood Three and a vault door rolls closed behind her, then a metal cage closes around the vault door. She gets her first view of the Hub, including a water feature in the centre, a severed hand in a bubbling container, and a woman welding. Jack walks down to a desk and they all ignore her... Until Owen and Tosh break down laughing, and we find they've been watching her stalk them for the last three hours. Jack immediately brings up the fact Gwen sneaked in as a pizza girl and asks his team, "And before we go any further, who the hell orders pizza under the name of Torchwood?" Owen replies back, "Me. I'm sorry. I'm a twat."
Gwen confronts them about what she has seen. Tosh says she covered up the murder of the porter, as it's her job to do so. Gwen dodges a pterodactyl as Jack takes her to show her the murderer, telling her it's an alien being they call a Weevil. He brings her back to the main room and introduces the team, over Gwen's protest that it's classified. Jack ignores her concern and gives everyone an assignment, including Gwen.
Jack takes Gwen out the scenic route, a granite slab that lifts them up to the pavement in front of the water tower, where she saw them disappear the night before. Jack demonstrates that the people walking by can't see or hear them until they step off the paving slab. She asks how it works, and he says he has no idea, but he might guess that "there was once a dimensionally transcendental chameleon circuit placed right on this spot, which welded its perception properties to a spatial-temporal rift."
They go to a bar, where Jack ridicules Gwen's disbelief after the Christmas invasion and the Battle of Canary Wharf. He establishes that they catch aliens and scavenge their tech, and don't answer to anyone so that no one government can abuse the power. Gwen's pretty sure they can abuse it themselves, even if there's a rule about no tech leaving the base. They're the third Torchwood, and they're in Cardiff because there is a rift in Cardiff that drops all sorts of alien things there. Gwen assumes that they've been trying to solve the blade murders, but Jack tells her that's not what they're doing. They were only there to get practice using the resurrection gauntlet, which requires recently deceased murder victims, the more violent the death, the better. Although Gwen feels she has a duty to act, Jack reveals that he's drugged her drink with an amnesia pill of Jack's design, laced with a sedative. She says she could just tell somebody else — and Jack threatens to do the same to anyone she tells. Gwen runs for home.
Meanwhile, Tosh, Owen, and Suzie have all taken alien items from the base. Tosh scans a copy of A Tale of Two Cities with one touch and uploads it to her computer. Owen tries to pick up a girl, who shuts him down until he sprays himself with a spray bottle; then she grabs him, kisses him, and drags him out. Her boyfriend catches up with them and is about to punch him when Owen sprays himself again... and the boyfriend kisses him. Owen calls for a taxi. Suzie uses the gauntlet to resurrect a dead fly.
Gwen is home, hurriedly typing notes about Torchwood. Her vision gets blurry and she makes more and more typos until she passes out. Ianto hacks into her home computer and erases her notes. In the morning, Rhys brings her a drink, worrying that she'd been drinking with a head injury. At work, Yvonne asks her about Captain Jack, and Gwen doesn't know what she's talking about. Over by the murder investigation, they've reconstructed the very odd blade weapon from the shape of the wounds. Gwen says she hasn't seen it, but she spends the rest of her day in a daze, until it is 2am and she is, again, awake and staring at the clock. As she closes her eyes to sleep, she remembers that she's seen the blade. She goes back to her computer room and draws the blade on the back of an envelope. She can't remember, but her mental image includes sparks and smoke. She sees a brochure for the Wales Millennium Centre with the word "REMEMBER" scrawled on it.
Gwen goes to Roald Dahl Plass, and Suzie is waiting for her outside the water tower. They face off next to the paving stones on either side of the lift. Gwen remembers the welding gear. Suzie pulls out the knife, saying she's the only one who bothered to read the police report, and she knew that the sight of the knife could break Gwen's amnesia. While Gwen tries to remember, Suzie fumbles with her bag and then pulls out a handgun, saying Gwen is the only person in the public that could make the link. She loves her job but it's driving her mad. She killed three people to practice with the glove, as she thinks that if she becomes good enough with it she could resurrect people permanently. While she is ranting, Jack comes up on the lift. Suzie continues to rant until she says that the perception filter doesn't work on her, and she shoots Jack in the forehead. Gwen gasps.
Suzie cocks the gun and aims it at Gwen, who gasps again as Jack stands up behind Suzie. The hole in his head heals before their eyes. He says it's over, but Suzie has her own ideas about that. She shoots herself in the head and falls down as Gwen says, "I remember."
Ianto seals away the gauntlet and the knife in a lockbox. Owen and Tosh return their devices to the base. Jack zips Suzie's body into a bag and puts her into a cold storage facility in the Hub.
On top of the Millennium centre, Gwen asks why Jack didn't tell Owen and Tosh he was shot in the head and survived. Jack says that Gwen didn't tell them either. He confesses that he was killed a long time ago and brought back to life, and since then he can't die. Maybe if he finds the right sort of doctor he can explain it. He doesn't tell people because it freaks them out, so he asks Gwen to keep it quiet.
He offers Gwen a job, and she accepts, as the pterodactyl flies overhead.
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
- Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
- Owen Harper - Burn Gorman
- Toshiko Sato - Naoko Mori
- Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
- Rhys Williams - Kai Owen
- Suzie Costello - Indira Varma
- Young cop - Guy Lewis
- P.C. Andy - Tom Price
- SOCO - Jason May
- Body - Rhys Swinburn
- Yvonne - Olwen Medi
- D.I. Jacobs - Gwyn Vaughan Jones
- Officer - Dion Davis
- Hospital porter - James Thomas
- Weevil - Paul Kasey
- Security Guard - Mark Heal
- Pizza lad - Gary Sheppeard
- Man - Gwilym Havard Davies
- Woman - Cathryn Davis
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
| Executive Producers Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner |
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Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- SOCOs investigate John Tucker's body.
- Jack tastes oestrogen in the rain.
- Andy believes Torchwood are DNA specialists.
- Andy jokes that in CSI Cardiff, "they'd be measuring the velocity of a kebab".
- The porter suggests the Weevil try plastic surgery.
- Jack uses Retcon on Gwen.
- Colin calls Owen a "tosser".
- Suzie and Andy use the word "bollocks" as an insult.
Individuals[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Andy asks Gwen if she is going to Slimbo's.
- Jack implies that, at one point in his life, he's been pregnant, as he's "never doing that again."
- Rhys has been visited by Banana Boat.
- Beyond John Tucker, victims include Sarah Pallister and Rani Ghosh.
- The porter asks Dr Mahib about the cordoned off section of the hospital.
- Yvonne states that Temple has been asking about Gwen, suggesting she may be in trouble.
- Myfanwy flies over Gwen's head.
- Jack mentions investigating Chandler and Bell.
- Rhys questions if Gwen has been "out on the lash" with Diane.
- Andy has been arguing football with Geoff.
- Jack is looking for "the right sort of doctor".
Species[[edit] | [edit source]]
Geography[[edit] | [edit source]]
- John Tucker was murdered on Llangyfelach Lane in the city centre.
- Rani Ghosh was murdered in Robintree Alley.
- Police have cameras watching roads at Coryton and Tredegar Park.
- Yvonne checks the SUV licence plate with colleagues in Swansea.
- Torchwood has a base beneath Cardiff Bay.
Events[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Jack mentions the Sycorax ship over London on Christmas Day and the Battle of Canary Wharf. Rhys was convinced that such events were a form of terrorism and mass hallucinations caused by psychotropic drugs in the water supply.
Organisations[[edit] | [edit source]]
Torchwood[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Local law enforcement considers Torchwood a Special Ops branch.
- Jack states that Torchwood is separate from the government, outside the police and beyond the United Nations.
- Torchwood One was in London, but it was destroyed during the Battle of Canary Wharf.
- Torchwood Two is in Glasgow and is run by a very strange man.
- Torchwood Four has gone missing, but Jack is hoping to find it again sometime soon.
- There is a staircase consisting of 105 steps between the Torchwood Tourist Information Centre and the Torchwood Hub.
Technology[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Torchwood owns an SUV. The registration number is CF06 FDU.
- Jack's vortex manipulator remotely controls the paving-stone lift up to Roald Dahl Plass.
- Toshiko uses a data scanner.
- Owen uses a pheromone spray.
- Suzie uses the resurrection gauntlet.
- The murder weapon is a three-bladed knife.
Businesses[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Gwen visits Jubilee Pizza.
Food and drink[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Rhys and Banana Boat have been drinking tea.
- Rhys suggests Gwen eat Chinese food from the fridge.
- Rhys cooks hot pot.
Popular Culture[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Graffiti of Pac-Man in front of 2 Pac-Dots is painted on a wall.
- Andy mentions CSI.
- The porter likens the Weevil to Hellraiser.
- Toshiko scans A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Characters in the book include Mr Cruncher, Mr Lorry, Miss Manette, Doctor Manette, Jacques One, Jacques Two, Defarge, the Mender of Roads, a hungry man and a Marquis.
- A poster advertising a Doctor Who Exhibition in Cardiff is present.
Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story had the working title "Flotsam and Jetsam".[2]
- Everything Changes was transmitted back-to-back with Day One on its UK premiere. The episode was repeated on its own on BBC Two, three days later at 9:00pm on Wednesday 25 October 2006.
- This is the only episode where Indira Varma has her name included in the opening credits. This was done to keep viewers from anticipating that her character would die in this episode, by making her seem like a regular cast member. She was also heavily featured in publicity materials released prior to the broadcast of the episode.
- As the first post-watershed production of the Doctor Who franchise, the episode features several firsts, including the first use of the F-word in a televised Doctor Who franchise production, along with a few other strong expletives. The frequency and intensity of swearing on Torchwood would be dialled back in its later seasons.
- Yvonne mentions 21 January 1941 during the Blitz as the day Jack failed to report for duty. This would suggest that TV: The Empty Child and TV: The Doctor Dances took place on the evening of 20 January 1941.
- Owen shows bisexual tendencies when he first seduces a girl and then, more or less to avoid trouble, seduces her boyfriend too and goes off with both of them.
- After broadcasting, it was suggested that Owen's use of the pheromone spray in the episode was effectively "date rape".[3]
- According to a CIA file in the 2011 episode The New World, Gwen is said to have joined Torchwood in October 2006. This clashes with and contradicts dates given in several other stories.
Deleted and edited scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- A pre-credits sequence of Gwen and Jack on top of the Millennium Centre in a flash forward to the end of the story was cut from the finished programme, but appears on the deleted scenes of the series one box set.
- A scene showing John Tucker being chased and murdered was shot but was eventually dropped.
- Two alternative scenes were shot showing Gwen being retconned — the one in a traditional bar was dropped in favour of the Buffalo Bar that was used for transmission.
- Several scenes were trimmed from the episode for broadcast on the CBC in Canada, including a scene in which Owen, using the pheromone spray, also seduces the blonde's angry boyfriend.
Ratings[[edit] | [edit source]]
- 2.52 million viewers
Filming locations[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Millicent Street, Cardiff, Wales (Resurrection in the rain)
- NCP Tredegar Street, Cardiff, Wales (Gwen spies on Torchwood resurrecting)
- NCP Cardiff Rapports, Cardiff, Wales
- Old Natwest Bank, Cardiff (Entrance of the police station)
- Dorset Street, Cardiff, Wales
- Cornwall (pub), Cardiff, Wales (Pub where Gwen and Andy break up the fight)
- Newport Road Lane, Cardiff (Location where Gwen first sees the Torchwood SUV)
- A4232 (Grangetown/Butetown Link), Cardiff (Gwen in pursuit of the Torchwood SUV)
- Mumbai Bay Takeaway, James Street, Cardiff (Jubilee Pizza, where Gwen goes tracking down Torchwood)
- Cardiff Castle, Cardiff (Part of the tunnel entrance into Torchwood)
- Icon, Cardiff, Wales (Location where Owen tries the spray)
- Buffalo Bar, Cardiff, Wales (Bar where Jack and Gwen have a beer, prior to him retconning her)
- St Mary's Street, Cardiff
- Altolusso, Bute Terrace, Cardiff (One of the tall building shots with Jack standing on top)
- King Edward VII Avenue (A4161 underpass), Cardiff (Location where Gwen runs home after her meeting with Jack and her subsequent retconning)
- Mermaid Quayside, Cardiff Bay (The tourist information shop/entrance to Torchwood)
- Roald Dahl Plass, Cardiff (Exterior of Torchwood)
- Upper Boat Studios, Upper Boat Tonteg Road, Treforest Industrial Estate, Pontypridd
Broadcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]
| Date | Time | Channel | Notes |
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| Sunday 22 October 2006 | 21:00 | BBC Three | First broadcast. |
| Wednesday 25 October 2006 | 21:00 | BBC Two England | |
| Sunday 7 January 2007 | 22:00 | BBC Three | |
| Monday 8 January 2007 | 03:25 | BBC Three | |
| Friday 14 September 2007 | 21:00 | BBC Three | |
| Saturday 15 September 2007 | 02:40 | BBC Three | |
| Thursday 15 April 2010 | 22:45 | BBC HD |
Production errors[[edit] | [edit source]]
If you'd like to talk about narrative problems with this story — like plot holes and things that seem to contradict other stories — please go to this episode's discontinuity discussion.
- When Jack and Gwen run from the Weevil at the hospital, Jack's earpiece falls from his ear, before reappearing on his ear in the next shot, then vanishes again in the next shot afterwards.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Cardiff Space-Time Rift was first encountered by the Ninth Doctor and Rose Tyler in 1869 when the invasion of the Gelth was stopped by Gwyneth as depicted in TV: The Unquiet Dead [+]Loading...["The Unquiet Dead (TV story)"].
- Jack continues to wear his vortex manipulator on his wrist, which he was first seen wearing in TV: The Empty Child [+]Loading...["The Empty Child (TV story)"]. It is revealed later that the time travel and teleportation functions of the manipulator are burned out during the events of TV: Utopia [+]Loading...["Utopia (TV story)"]
- Jubilee Pizza, a fictional brand of pizza introduced in the Doctor Who episode Dalek [+]Loading...["Dalek (TV story)"] as a reference to the audio drama it was adapted from, makes an appearance in this episode.
- Jack mentions the Sycorax spaceship over London as seen in TV: The Christmas Invasion [+]Loading...["The Christmas Invasion (TV story)"], and the Battle of Canary Wharf that happened in TV: Doomsday [+]Loading...["Doomsday (TV story)"].
- The perception filter properties of the paving stone are implied to be a side effect of when the Doctor's TARDIS stood on that spot and, prompted by the trapped programming of the tribophysical waveform macro-kinetic extrapolator, began to open the Cardiff Rift as shown in TV: Boom Town [+]Loading...["Boom Town (TV story)"].
Home video releases[[edit] | [edit source]]
DVD releases[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This episode, with four others, was first released on a DVD entitled Torchwood: Series 1, part 1 on 26 December 2006.
- It was later released in Torchwood: The Complete First Series on 19 November 2007.
- It was also released in the Series 1-4 DVD boxset. (Region 2 release: 14 November 2011)
- It was released in Brazil, with all the other episodes in the series, on a DVD entitled Torchwood: Primeira Temporada.
Blu-ray releases[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This episode was released on Blu-ray in the US with the rest of Series 1 as a Complete First Season set on 16 September 2008.
- It was released in the Series 1-3 Blu-ray boxset on 26 October 2009 in the UK. The US release was on 19 July 2011.
- It was also released in the Series 1-4 Blu-ray boxset. (Region 2 release: 14 November 2011)
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Everything Changes at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- Everything Changes at Shannon Sullivan's A Brief History of Time (Travel)
- Everything Changes at The Locations Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Everything Changes at The Whoniverse
- BBC Website - Torchwood Episode Guide: Everything Changes
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Episodes 1-10 of the first series of Torchwood are set anywhere from 2006-2009 as a result of conflicting evidence shown in the episodes Ghost Machine [+]Loading...["Ghost Machine (TV story)"], Greeks Bearing Gifts [+]Loading...["Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)"], Random Shoes [+]Loading...["Random Shoes (TV story)"], To the Last Man [+]Loading...["To the Last Man (TV story)"], Reset [+]Loading...["Reset (TV story)"], Adrift [+]Loading...["Adrift (TV story)"], Fragments [+]Loading...["Fragments (TV story)"], Exit Wounds [+]Loading...["Exit Wounds (TV story)"], and The New World [+]Loading...["The New World (TV story)"]. As episode 10, Out of Time [+]Loading...["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.
Citations[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ BAFTA: 10 Years of Torchwood via the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Production Notes for Everything Changes
- ↑ Cult Spy: Catching Up With 'Torchwood' Accessed on 11th October 2008
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