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|story name = The New World
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|series = [[Torchwood]] - [[List of Torchwood television stories|TV Stories]]
|scripturl            = https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/documents/torchwood-miracle-day-ep1.pdf
|series number = [[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Series 4]]
|series               = ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''
|number = 32
|season number         = Series 4 (Torchwood)
|featuring = [[Jack Harkness]] (returns)<br>[[Gwen Cooper]]<br>[[Rhys Williams]]<br>[[Rex Matheson]] (introduction)<br>[[Esther Drummond]] (introduction)
|series episode number = 1
|enemy = [[Central Intelligence Agency]]
|main character        = [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Rex Matheson|Rex]], [[Esther Drummond|Esther]], [[Oswald Danes|Oswald]], [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]]
|setting = Rural [[Wales]]<br>[[Cardiff]], [[Wales]]<br>[[Washington, D.C.]]<br>[[Jacksonville, Kentucky]]<br>[[Heathrow Airport|Heathrow]]<br>[[Langley]], [[Virginia]]<br>[[2011]]  
|featuring            = Vera Juarez
|writer = [[Russell T Davies]]
|featuring2            = Andy Davidson
|director = [[Bharat Nalluri]]  
|featuring3            = Anwen Williams
|producer = [[Kelly A Manners]] (US)<br>[[Brian Minchin]] (UK)
|featuring4            = Geraint Cooper
|broadcast date = [[8th July]] [[2011]] (USA)<br>[[9th July]], [[2011]] (Australia; Canada)<br>[[14th July]], [[2011]] (UK)
|featuring5            = Mary Cooper
|previous story = [[Children of Earth: Day Five]]
|featuring6            = Noah Vickers
|next story = [[Rendition (TV story)|Rendition]]
|enemy                =
}}{{TV stub}}
|setting               = [[Jacksonville, Kentucky|Jacksonville]], rural [[Wales]] and [[Langley]], [[18 March|18]]-[[21 March]] [[2011]]
'''''The New World'''''<ref>As with all episodes of ''[[Torchwood: Miracle Day]]'', the episode title was not given onscreen, but comes instead from the official [[Starz]] [http://www.starz.com/originals/Torchwood ''Miracle Day'' website]</ref> was the first episode of the [[Series 4 (Torchwood)|fourth series]] of ''[[Torchwood]]''. It showed the first meeting between Captain [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Gwen Cooper]], following his departure from [[Earth]] at the end of ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five]]'', and introduced new major characters of [[Rex Matheson]], [[Esther Drummond]] and [[Oswald Danes]]. It also introduced [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] and [[Rhys Williams|Rhys']] daughter [[Anwen Williams|Anwen]].
|writer               = Russell T Davies
|director             = [[Bharat Nalluri]]
|producer             = {{il|[[Kelly A Manners]] (US)|[[Brian Minchin]] (UK)}}
|broadcast date       = 8 July 2011
|network              = Starz
|prev                  = Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)
|next                 = Rendition (TV story)
|format = 1x50-minute episode<br/>Part 1 of 10}}
'''''The New World''''' was the first episode of [[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Series 4]] of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''. It was written by [[Russell T Davies]], and directed by [[Bharat Nalluri]]. It showed the first meeting between [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]] and [[Gwen Cooper]] since his departure from [[Earth]] at the end of [[TV]]: {{cs|Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)}} and introduced new major characters [[Rex Matheson]], [[Esther Drummond]] and [[Oswald Danes]], as well as Gwen and Rhys's daughter, [[Anwen Williams|Anwen]], whom Gwen had given birth to after Jack departed for space.


Discounting flashbacks in ''[[Adam (TV story)|Adam]]'' and ''[[Exit Wounds]]'', it was the first ''Torchwood'' television story to be even partially set outside of the [[United Kingdom]]. It was only the third [[Doctor Who universe|DWU]] episode (in terms of date of release) to feature first unit [[principal photography]] in the [[United States]], following [[DW]]: ''[[Day of the Moon]]''. It was the first episode in the history of the DWU to feature any work done in the [[state]] of [[California]].
It was the first ''Torchwood'' television story to be mainly set outside the [[United Kingdom]]. It was only the third [[Doctor Who universe|DWU]] episode (in terms of date of release) to feature first unit [[principal photography]] in the [[United States]], following [[TV]]: {{cs|Day of the Moon (TV story)}}. It was also the first episode in the history of the DWU to feature any work done in the [[state]] of [[California]].


== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
[[Miracle Day|One day]], nobody dies. All across the [[Earth|world]], nobody dies. And then the next day, and the next, and the next, people keep ageing – they get hurt and sick, but they never die. The result: a population boom, overnight.
[[Miracle Day|One day]], nobody dies. All across the [[Earth|world]], nobody dies. And then the next day, and the next and the next. People keep ageing, 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 month’s 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 CIA agent [[Rex Matheson]] investigates a global conspiracy. The answers lie within an old, secret [[United Kingdom|British]] institute. As Rex keeps asking: “What is [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]]?”, he’s drawn into a world of adventure, and a threat to change what it means to be [[human]] … for ever. <ref>http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/torchwood-miracle-day-the-new-world-22214.htm#ixzz1QgdaVZG2</ref>
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 [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] agent [[Rex Matheson]] investigates a global conspiracy. The answers lie within an old, secret [[United Kingdom|British]] institute. As Rex keeps asking, “What is [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]]?”, he's drawn into a world of adventure and a threat to change what it means to be [[human]] ... forever.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
[[Oswald Danes]] is about to be put to death by lethal injection. As he is receiving the fatal concoction, he starts thrashing around on the gurney. At the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], [[Esther Drummond]] is on the phone with [[Rex Matheson]], who keeps asking "what is [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] anyway?" As Esther is talking he is impaled by metal rods that fall from the truck ahead. All of a sudden all instances of the word Torchwood are wiped from the system. Esther claims it is must have been a [[computer virus|virus]]. [[Gwen Cooper]], former Torchwood agent, has woken up from a nightmare. Oswald is talking to a governor's assistant whom Oswald tells he can't be held and executed again because of the Eighth and Fifth Amendments. Gwen is talking to her daughter [[Anwen Williams|Anwen]], telling her about a singing alien she once met but [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]] walks in, upset she is talking to their baby about Torchwood. They complain about the number of helicopters that fly over their private estate of land, and are quick to pick up guns when the doorbell rings. Rhys placates Gwen as she has a panic attack, telling her that the Torchwood days are over. They recieve a phone call from Gwen's mother telling her that [[Geraint Cooper|her father]] is in hospital, and they rush back to [[Cardiff]], despite Rhys's warnings. Her father is still alive due to the Miracle but still unwell, with both her parents telling her that she shouldn't have come; "What if somebody sees you?"
[[Oswald Danes]] is about to be put to death by lethal injection. As he receives the fatal concoction, he thrashes on the gurney. At the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], the word [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] has appeared conspicuously in numerous places. [[Esther Drummond]] is on the phone with [[Rex Matheson]], who keeps asking, "What is Torchwood anyway?" As Esther speaks, he is impaled by metal rods that fall from the truck ahead of him. Suddenly, the word "Torchwood" is wiped from the system. Esther claims it must have been a [[computer virus|virus]]. [[Gwen Cooper]], former [[Torchwood]] agent, has woken from a nightmare. Oswald is talking to a governor's assistant. Oswald says he can't be held and executed again because of the [[Eighth Amendment|Eighth]] and [[Fifth Amendment]]s.


Rex Matheson is taken to hospital and Esther is told that his survival of such an accident was a "Miracle", of which there has been a lot of in the last 24 hours. Soon all the headlines are naming this day as [[Miracle Day]], as no-one on the entire planet has died, but people soon begin to be concerned. Rex is soon recovering and talking to Esther on his mobile, realising that the Torchwood files were uncovered at the exact moment when the last person died/first minute of no deaths. This prompts Esther to go looking for hard copies of the lost data, which were all categorised under [[The 456|456]] files. She goes and finds the buried hard copies of all the data among boxes and files, discovering pictures of Captain Jack Harkness and Gwen, but is interrupted by Jack appearing behind her, shooting at a suicide bomber who had "killed" the archivist and blown up the building. Jack and Esther jump into a fountain pool below. Jack tells Esther everything about Torchwood, Gwen and Extra-Terrestrial Lifeforms, and then gives her a dose of the 'smart drug' [[Retcon]] - a selective amnesia pill.  
In rural [[Wales]], Gwen is telling her daughter, [[Anwen Williams|Anwen]], about a singing [[alien]] she once met. [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]] walks in, upset she is talking to their baby about Torchwood. They complain about the [[helicopter]]s that fly over their private estate. Suddenly, the doorbell rings. The two pick up [[firearm|guns]]. Gwen opens the door, concealing her pistol as Rhys hides near Anwen, holding a shotgun. At the door are two hikers, who ask for directions. Gwen dismisses them, ordering they leave, shutting the door in their faces. Rhys quickly placates Gwen as she has a panic attack, telling her the Torchwood days are over. Outside, as the two hikers leave, they glance at the house, almost as if confirming suspicions.


Esther wakes up and finds a rash on her body, Jack later goes to same hospital Rex is in, where they have the remains of the suicide bomber, the man is still alive even though his whole body was burnt by the explosion, they attempt to detach the head and the head of the man is still alive. Rex secretly watches the operation via hacking into the security cameras. He tells Esther to book him a flight to the UK, and Rex goes to Heathrow airport. He drives to Gwen and Rhys's house in Wales, and he demands they tell him about Torchwood, but a helicopter flies to the house and the pilot fires a missile at the house. Gwen, Rhys, and Rex run and see Jack fireing at the Helicopter, as they attempt to drive away Gwen shoots the Helicopter down with a missile launcher. The group arrive in Cardiff and Rex orders the police to arrest Jack, Gwen, and Rhys.
Soon after, [[Andy Davidson]] phones to say [[Geraint Cooper|Gwen's father]] is in hospital. They rush back to [[Cardiff]], despite Rhys' warnings. Andy escorts them in, informing them about the Miracle. They find Geraint is still alive due to [[Miracle Day|the Miracle]] but unwell. Gwen's parents tell her that she shouldn't have come, as they're worried someone might have seen her. She insists she had to, leaving Anwen and Rhys with her parents, who haven't seen them since Anwen was born. Gwen and Andy privately research the Miracle, and work out that only humans are affected as the insect population would have already overrun the planet otherwise. They realise that if people aren't dying, it's going to be a matter of months before food runs out and society collapses. Afterwards, Gwen and Rhys talk about the Miracle and the effect it could have on their daughter when she grows up. Although Gwen wants to investigate, Rhys reminds her that being part of Torchwood ruined their lives and now they have their child to consider. Gwen agrees to drop it and the two head home.


==Cast==
Rex Matheson is taken to [[hospital]], and Esther is told by Doctor [[Vera Juarez]] that his survival is a "miracle". There have been a lot in the last day. Soon all the headlines are naming this Miracle Day. No-one on the planet has died. Rex is soon recovering and talking to Esther on his mobile. The Torchwood files were uncovered at the exact moment the last person died. Esther looks for hard copies of the lost data, all categorised under [[The 456|456]]. She finds the buried hard copies of the data in boxes and files, and pictures of Captain [[Jack Harkness]] and Gwen, but is interrupted by Jack, scaring her at his unchanged appearance despite his profile picture in the data stating it was taken during World War II. She runs away and finds that someone has "killed" the archivist and is set upon by an armed man. Jack appears and shoots the man, who opens his coat to reveal bombs strapped to his body, which he detonates. They escape by jumping from a window into a fountain below. Jack tells Esther everything about Torchwood, Gwen and extra-terrestrial lifeforms. He also tells her the virus "Torchwood" was him; a piece of software he setup to get his attention, calling him back to earth to ensure he can protect Gwen, the last living member of his team. He gives her a dose of the "smart drug" [[retcon]] — a selective [[amnesia]] pill, ensuring she forgets all about him and what she learned.
*[[Jack Harkness]] - [[John Barrowman]]
*[[Gwen Cooper]] - [[Eve Myles]]
*[[Rex Matheson]] - [[Mekhi Phifer]]
*[[Esther Drummond]] - [[Alexa Havins]]
*[[Rhys Williams]] - [[Kai Owen]]
*[[Oswald Danes]] - [[Bill Pullman]]
*[[Vera Juarez|Dr. Vera Juarez]] - [[Arlene Tur]]
*[[Noah Vickers]] - [[Paul James]]
*[[Charlotte Willis]] - [[Marina Benedict]]
*[[Alexander Peterssen]] - [[Brian Guest]]
*[[Geraint Cooper]] - [[William Thomas]]
*[[Mary Cooper]] - [[Sharon Morgan]]
*[[Andy Davidson]] - [[Tom Price]]
*Senior professor [[Victor Louis Santini]] - [[Ron Butler]]
*[[Rosita (The New World)|Rosita]] - [[Bunnie Rivera]]
*[[Joan Cabina]] - [[Heather Ann Smith]]
*Senior Guard [[Cole (The New World)|Cole]] - [[Rocky McMurray]]
*[[Female hiker]] - [[Penny Bunton]]
*[[Male hiker]] - [[Phil Nice]]
*[[Male professor]] - [[Clint Jung]]
*[[Female expert]] - [[Laura Gardner]]
*[[Female anchor]] - [[Nischelle Turner]]
*[[Female anchor #2]] - [[Jackie Torres]]
*[[Female anchor #3]] - [[Jessica Matthews]]
*[[Male anchor]] - [[David Grant Wright]]
*[[Male anchor #2]] - [[Jim Castillo]]
*[[TV journalist]] - [[Ellen Fox]]
*[[Senior male anchor]] - [[Rick Chambers]]
*[[Archivist]] - [[Van Epperson]]
*[[British Professor]] - [[Robin Sachs]]
*[[Angry nurse]] - [[Lauri Hendler]]
*[[Teenage girl]] - [[Carla Jeffery]]
*[[Nurse (The New World)|Nurse]] - [[Charlene Lovings]]
*[[Male nurse]] - [[Hymnson Chan]]
*[[Flight Attendant (The New World)|Flight attendant]] - [[Laura Morgan]]
*[[Anwen Williams]] - Unknown


==Crew==
Esther wakes up and finds a bruise on her body from jumping from the CIA building into the fountain with Jack. In pain from his fall, Jack checks the bruise he suffered and discovers it hasn't healed — an indicator he has lost his [[immortality]]. Jack goes to the hospital Rex is in, where they have the remains of the [[suicide bomber (The New World)|suicide bomber]]. He poses as [[FBI]] Agent "[[Owen Harper]]" for the exam, also attended by Vera. The man is still alive even though his whole body was burnt in the explosion. At Jack's suggestion, the doctor heading the exam tries to take off his head to see if he will live. Rex secretly watches the operation, hacking into the security cameras at Vera's instigation. Meanwhile, Esther is granted the last file on Torchwood by her co-worker, given she was asking about it yesterday. However, the retcon causes Esther to dismiss the file.
 
Once done, Rex gets in touch with Esther, asking about Torchwood. Esther tries to dismiss it, vaguely believing it connected somehow. Intrigued, Rex asks for more information on the organisation, leading her to check the file. He soon pieces Torchwood and the currant Miracle phenomenon are connected as the Torchwood malware was triggered at 22:36pm - the last time in days a human died on [[Earth]]. He jumps to action, telling Esther to book him a flight to the UK. He begins to unplug himself from the hospitals monitors and gets dressed. He struggles through the hospital, as staff and Vera insist he get back to bed. However, Rex has had a revelation: he can't die. Once out the hospital, he commandeers a taxi using his CIA badge. He reaches the airport, his neighbour having delivered his passport for him. He gets on the flight as he instructs Esther to find out what she can about Torchwood. He also requests a requisition 15 - clearance to take a handgun on a plane - but the airport refuse, but they agree to provide one once he lands. On the plane, he demands Esther find out all she can on agent Gwen Cooper as Jack Harkness' file is practically lost. One air hostess informs him he can't engage calls while in flight. Despite using his ID, a man next to him takes his phone, enforcing the hostess' order.
 
Hours later, Rex arrives in Britain, where Esther informs him about what she learned and Rex retrieves his pistol from the airport security. Through Esther's digging, they learn Gwen was put on the witness protection scheme with Andy Davidson as her liaison; they trace the call he made the day before - Rex locates Gwen and Rhys's house in [[Wales]]. He hires a car and drives there and demands they tell him about Torchwood, holding them at gun point, Gwen refusing to comply despite him being CIA. However, his wound overwhelms him and he passes out. Not long after, Rex awakes tied to a radiator, Gwen and Rhys preparing to flee the house, frantically packing their bags. He breaks free from his restraints but Gwen holds him at gunpoint. Not long after, a helicopter flies up and the pilot fires a missile at the house. Protecting her daughter, Gwen engages the helicopter, shooting out the gunman, forcing it to retreat. The three flee outside, finding Jack firing at the helicopter atop an open-head army jeep. Befuddled, Rex recalls Jack as the man on the plane who took his phone, realising he was following him. As they drive away on the nearby beach, Gwen shoots the helicopter down with a [[bazooka]]. The helicopter goes down in flames and goes belly-up in the sky as it falls down to the beach below, its spinning rotors forcing the group to duck to the floor of the [[Jeep]]. Jack and Gwen gaze at their victory with relief and nostalgia, but Rhys and Rex look a bit unravelled.
 
The group arrive in Cardiff, where Gwen instructs Rhys to take their baby Anwen to her mother's home so she can be safe, and asks Jack if they'll be rebuilding Torchwood. Gwen still has the [[Eye-5]]s, but all their other technology was obliterated with the Hub. Rhys grows testy with Gwen's choice to follow "Captain Jack Bollocks", and Gwen reprimands him, saying, "What choice do I have?" However, Jack is not in the nostalgic mood like Gwen is. He makes her pay attention to the wound on his forearm that has not healed. While the Miracle Day has made the world immortal, Jack has become mortal again, a normal human being after centuries of never-ending deaths. Rex, completely in the dark, doesn't comprehend the apparent nonsense. Jack snaps at him for sticking his nose where it doesn't belong, and notices Rex has popped his stitches, bleeding profusely. Rex knows he cannot die, making little effort to abide by Jack's concerns to get it checked. His attention is more focused on a cluster of wailing sirens from the distance.
 
A cavalcade of [[police]] cars surround the group, with the officers filing out before them with guns and rifles drawn. Andy steps out among the crowd and apologises to Gwen, having been forced to do this by orders from above. Rhys states Rex has no jurisdiction on British soil to make an arrest. Rex corrects him — this is not an arrest, but a [[rendition]]. Torchwood's services are being legally handed over to [[America]].
 
== Cast ==
* [[Jack Harkness]] - [[John Barrowman]]
* [[Gwen Cooper]] - [[Eve Myles]]
* [[Rex Matheson]] - [[Mekhi Phifer]]
* [[Esther Drummond]] - [[Alexa Havins]]
* [[Rhys Williams]] - [[Kai Owen]]
* [[Oswald Danes]] - [[Bill Pullman]]
* [[Vera Juarez|Dr. Vera Juarez]] - [[Arlene Tur]]
* [[Noah Vickers]] - [[Paul James]]
* [[Alexander Peterssen]] - [[Brian Guest]]
* [[Geraint Cooper]] - [[William Thomas]]
* [[Mary Cooper]] - [[Sharon Morgan]]
* [[Andy Davidson]] - [[Tom Price]]
* [[Charlotte Wills]] - [[Marina Benedict]]
* [[Female hiker|Female Hiker]] - [[Penny Bunton]]
* [[Victor Louis Santini|Senior Professor]] - [[Ron Butler]]
* [[Male anchor 2|Male Anchor #2]] - [[Jim Castillo]]
* [[Senior male anchor|Senior Male Anchor]] - [[Rick Chambers]]
* [[Male nurse (The New World)|Male Nurse]] - [[Hymnson Chan]]
* [[Archivist (The New World)|Archivist]] - [[Van Epperson]]
* [[TV journalist (The New World)|TV Journalist]] - [[Ellen Fox]]
* [[Female expert|Female Expert]] - [[Laura Gardner]]
* [[Angry nurse|Angry Nurse]] - [[Lauri Hendler]]
* [[Teenage girl (The New World)|Teenage Girl]] - [[Carla Jeffery]]
* [[Male professor (The New World)|Male Professor]] - [[Clint Jung]]
* [[Female nurse (The New World)|Nurse]] - [[Charlene Lovings]]
* [[Female anchor 3|Female Anchor #3]] - [[Jessica Matthews]]
* [[Cole (The New World)|Senior Guard]] - [[Rocky McMurray]]
* [[Flight attendant (The New World)|Flight Attendant]] - [[Laura Morgan]]
* [[Male hiker|Male Hiker]] - [[Phil Nice]]
* [[Rosita (The New World)|Rosita]] - [[Bunnie Rivera]]
* [[British professor|British Professor]] - [[Robin Sachs]]
* [[Joan Cabina]] - [[Heather Ann Smith]]
* [[Female anchor 2|Female Anchor #2]] - [[Jackie Torres]]
* [[Female anchor|Female Anchor]] - [[Nischelle Turner]]
* [[Male anchor|Male Anchor]] - [[David Grant Wright]]
 
 
== Crew ==
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|Writer=Russell T Davies
|Writer=Russell T Davies
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|ExecutiveProd2=Julie Gardner
|ExecutiveProd2=Julie Gardner
|ExecutiveProd3=Jane Tranter
|ExecutiveProd3=Jane Tranter
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|ExecutiveProd4=Bharat Nalluri
|ExecutiveProd4=Bharat Nalluri
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|AssociateProducer=Skip Schoolnik
|AssociateProducer=Skip Schoolnik
|Casting=John Frank Levey, CSA
|Casting=John Frank Levey{{!}}John Frank Levey, CSA
|Casting2=Melanie Burgess
|Casting2=Melanie Burgess
|DOP=Nathaniel Goodman
|DOP=Nathaniel Goodman
|Editor=Hunter M. Via, A.C.E.
|Editor=Hunter M. Via{{!}}Hunter M. Via, A.C.E.
|ProductionDesigner=Gregory Melton
|ProductionDesigner=Gregory Melton
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|KeyMake-upArtist=Todd McIntosh
|KeyHairStylist=Susan Boyd
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|ScienceAdvisor=John Sotos, M.D.  
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|PropertyMaster=Eric Bates
|PropertyMaster=Eric Bates
|ProductionAccountant=Vince Robinette
|ProductionAccountant=Vince Robinette
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|ProductionSoundMixer=Julian Howarth
|ProductionSoundMixer=Julian Howarth
|AssistantEditor=Sara Mineo
|AssistantEditor=Sara Mineo
|ProductionExecutive=Shelley Stevens
|ProductionExec=Shelley Stevens
|SupervisingSoundEditor=Walt Newman
|SupervisingSoundEditor=Walt Newman
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|Co-supervisor=Ken Young
|MusicEditor=Tom Trafalski
|MusicEditor=Tom Trafalski
|Re-recordingMixer=Dan Hiland
|Re-recordingMixer=Dan Hiland
|Re-recordingMixer2=Gary Rogers
|Re-recordingMixer2=Gary Rogers
|PostProductionSupervisor=Kenneth Requa
|PostProdSupervisor=Kenneth Requa
|SpecialMake-UpFX=Greg Nicotero
|SpecialMake-upFX=Greg Nicotero
|SpecialMake-upFX2=Howard Berger
|SpecialMake-upFX2=Howard Berger
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|VisualEffects=Lion Visual Effects, Inc.
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|VisualEffectsSupervisor=Michael D. Leone
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|HighDefPostProoduction=Modern Videofilm, Inc.
|HighDefPostProduction=Modern Videofilm, Inc.
|PostProductionSound=Warner Bros.
|PostProductionSound=Warner Bros.
|Note=The [[Starz]] broadcast carried a final credit of "Originally Developed and Produced by [[BBC Cymru Wales]].  The [[BBC One]] broadcast says, instead, "BBC Worldwide Productions for BBC Cymru Wales and STARZ Originals".
|Note=The [[Starz]] broadcast carried a final credit of "Originally Developed and Produced by [[BBC Cymru Wales]].  The [[BBC One]] broadcast says, instead, "BBC Worldwide Productions for BBC Cymru Wales and STARZ Originals".
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This is the end of the "standard" Miracle Day credit roll.  However
some episodes also had credits for UK crews. That section begins below.
some episodes also had credits for UK crews. That section begins below.
Do not fill in unless there are credits which explicitly specify a "UK Crew".
Do not fill in unless there are credits which explicitly specify a "UK Crew".
Note that Torchwood credits don't carry a "US crew" tag because — and this is
Note that Torchwood credits don't carry a "US crew" tag because it's a [[US]] show.
hard for some to accept — it's a US show.
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|UKProducer=Brian Minchin
|UKProducer=Brian Minchin
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|UKProductionExecutive=Julie Scott
|UKProductionExecutive=Julie Scott
|UKUnitManager=Paul Davies
|UKUnitManager=Paul Davies
|UKSoundRecordist=Gareth Merion Thomas
|UKSoundRecordist=Gareth Meirion Thomas
|UK1stAD=George Walker
|UK1stAD=George Walker
|UKProductionCoordinator=Sam Baker
|UKProductionCoordinator=Sam Baker
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|UKProductionAccountant=Sarah Hulls
|UKLocationManager=Gareth Skelding
|UKLocationManager=Gareth Skelding
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|UKCasting=Andy Pryor{{!}}Andy Pryor CDG<!--Full title is Original series and UK casting-->
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|UKGrip=John Robinson
|UKGrip2=Clive Baldwin
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== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
*Jack uses the alias [[Owen Harper]].
* Rex mentions that [[Steve Reynolds]]' [[Steve Reynolds' wife|wife]] has a long-term illness, which he thinks is [[leukemia]].
*Gwen and Rhys have gone into hiding, seemingly under a witness protection program.
* Rex has spent eighteen months plotting out the [[Maracaibo]] routes ready for a promotion to [[Venezuela]].
*[[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] and [[Geneva]] are referenced.
* Gwen and Rhys have gone into hiding, seemingly under a witness protection program.
*The numbers 456 appears again.
* A paramedic mentions a [[jumper]] who had a [[pneumothorax]] on both sides of their body.
*[[Rendition]] is when an individual is taken from one legal jurisdiction to another. [[Rex Matheson|Matheson]] justifies his rendition of what remains of [[Torchwood Three]] by citing [[US Code 3184]]. In real life, this section of code actually ''does'' have to do with taking fugitives from another country to the [[United States]].
* Vera and Esther drink [[coffee]] together.
* Vera called [[St Jude's]] in [[Chicago]], [[Cedarbrook]], where her ex-husband works, and a friend at the [[Royal Free Hospital]] in [[London]]. All reported no deaths in twenty-four hours.
* [[Kentucky Medical Authority]] commented publicly that they hadn't received any deaths in twenty-four hours.
* [[Miracle]] [[Twitter|trends]] from [[Maine]] to [[California]].
* Danes mentions that the [[Eighth Amendment]] forbids the application of cruel punishment. The [[Fifth Amendment]] states that a person can't be tried for the same offence twice.
* Danes mentions the [[Founding Fathers]] and the [[Constitution of the United States]].
* [[Yvonne (The New World)|Yvonne]] tells Noah that [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] was classified under the [[456 Regulation]]s.
* Vickers claims that all Torchwood members were [[killed in action]].
* Vera tells Rex he has a lacerated [[pericardium]] and a crushed [[coronary artery]].
* [[WYET]] broadcasts a segment on [[Miracle Day]], as do [[WNKW]], [[WRZ]], [[3 News]], [[NNM]], [[6 Action News]] and [[AWM]].
* Gwen's father has a [[heart attack]] and is taken to [[St Helen's Hospital]] in [[Cardiff]].
* The [[Welsh Assembly]] is mentioned in a [[newspaper]] article by [[Ashley O'Brien]].
* Jack uses [[malware]] to destroy all trace of Torchwood.
* Jack gives Esther [[Retcon]].
* [[WYBS]] reports on the explosion at the [[CIA Archive]].
* Jack pretends to be an [[FBI]] agent and uses the alias [[Owen Harper]].
* Rex watches the enquiry on the [[Ringmain]].
* Andy refers to Rhys as Daddy Day Care.
* Gwen's father is out of the [[ICU]].
* [[Hospital]]s are treated like [[church]]es. [[Doctor]]s are being worshipped.
* [[Somalia]] has stopped fighting, but [[North Korea]] has [[soldier]]s who think they're [[immortality|immortal]].
* A [[Weevil]] is pictured in an online article.
* On average, three hundred thousand people die every day on [[Earth]], and five hundred thousand people are born every day.
* [[Yasmin (The New World)|Yasmin]] gets Vickers the last remaining copy of the [[Torchwood file]].
* Rex takes an [[American Eagle Taxis|American Eagle Taxi]] to [[Washington Dulles International Airport]].
* [[UNIT]] and [[Geneva]] are mentioned.
* Rex crosses the [[Severn Bridge]].
* The charity [[Freedom and Liberty]] defines Danes' survival as an act of [[God]].
* Since the incident with the [[456 ambassador]], a [[456 Regulation]] has been put in place to designate all of [[Torchwood Three]] deceased and deal with cases of extra-terrestrial events.
* Jack has acquired a [[Land Rover]] and fortified it with an automatic [[rifle]] and a [[bazooka]].


== Story notes ==
== Story notes ==
*[[Oswald Danes]]'s release from prison plays with the audience's expectations. According to old American frontier legend, anyone who survives an [[execution]] is automatically set free. As this legend is actually untrue, the episode depicts a series of legal arguments — including unlawful imprisonment and ''[[force majeure]]'' arguments — that lead to Danes's release.
* Unlike broadcasts of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', and the previous series of ''Torchwood'', ''Miracle Day'' was broadcast in the United States, Canada and Australia before the United Kingdom.
:* United States - [[8 July (releases)|8 July]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
:* Australia and Canada - [[9 July (releases)|9 July]] 2011
:* United Kingdom - [[14 July (releases)|14 July]] 2011
* According to old American frontier legend, anyone who survives an [[execution]], such as [[Oswald Danes]], is automatically set free. As this legend is actually untrue, the episode depicts a series of legal arguments — including unlawful imprisonment and ''[[force majeure]]'' arguments — that lead to Danes's release.
* The picture Esther sees of Jack during WWII is actually a publicity still from [[TV]]: ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]'', in which he was introduced.
* [[Rendition]] is when an individual is taken from one legal jurisdiction to another. Rex justifies his rendition of what remains of [[Torchwood Three]] by citing [[US Code 3184]]. In real life, this section of code actually does have to do with taking fugitives from another country to the [[United States]].
* Gwen is said to have joined Torchwood in [[October]] [[2006]], the month that the first episode of ''Torchwood'' aired. [[Aliens of London dating controversy|This clashes with and contradicts dates given in several other stories]].


=== Ratings ===
=== Ratings ===
''1.51 millions (Starz)''
* 1.51 million (Starz)
* 4.83 million (BBC)
* 6.59 million (Final BARB ratings)<ref>[https://www.barb.co.uk/viewing-data/weekly-top-10/ BARB Ratings - June, 2011]</ref>


''4.83 millions (BBC)''
=== Filming locations ===
 
=== Myths ===
''to be added''
''to be added''


=== Filming locations ===
=== Broadcasts ===
''to be added''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Date
!Time
!Channel
!class="unsortable"|Notes
|-
|[[Thursday]] [[14 July (releases)|14 July]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
|21:00
|[[BBC One]]
|First broadcast.
|-
|[[Monday]] [[18 July (releases)|18 July]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]
|23:20
|[[BBC HD]] & [[BBC Two]]
|
|}


=== Production errors ===
=== Production errors ===
{{Torchwood discontinuity}}
{{Torchwood discontinuity}}
*The first time Rex has his phone taken from him on the plane, the arm is bare. However, during the flashback, the arm is covered with Jack's vortex manipulator and sleeve. This is apparently deliberate to keep Jack's identity hidden.
* The first time Rex has his phone taken from him on the plane, the arm is bare. However, during the flashback, the arm is covered with Jack's vortex manipulator and sleeve. This is apparently deliberate, to keep Jack's identity hidden.
*A television station covering Danes' parole, [[KCNU]], has an on-screen graphic identifying it as being based in [[Kentucky]]. This is an impossibility, as all Kentucky stations (and nearly all US broadcast stations east of the Mississippi River) start with the letter "W".
* Rex Matheson's line "Get down!" and the yelling he does as he fires the automatic rifle in the Jeep has evidently been added in post-production, as it does not match up with the lip movements of Mekhi Phifer when that dialogue is spoken.
 
=== Myths ===
* The Hiking Couple who came up to Gwen's were going to play a major factor in the series. ''They were operatives of an as yet unknow agency there to confirm Gwen's location/identity, thus confirming Rhys and Gwen's paranoia.''


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
*Esther finds files that show pictures of the [[456]] incident. ([[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth]]'')
* Esther finds files that show pictures of the [[456 ambassador]] descending on to [[Thames House]] which happened in [[TV]]: {{cs|Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)}}.
*Esther also sees a picture of Jack, actually a publicity still from [[DW]]: ''[[The Empty Child]]''.
* After Esther comments about how she feels responsible for Rex's life-threatening accident, Jack replies he knows the feeling, possibly referring to the deaths of many Torchwood members and his grandson [[Steven Carter]], for which he previously claimed to feel responsible as depicted in [[TV]]: {{cs|Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)}}.
*Gwen is said to have joined Torchwood in October [[2006]], the time the first episode of ''Torchwood'' aired. However, it was actually [[2007]], as Gwen joined Torchwood a year after [[Ninth Doctor|the Doctor]] accidentally brought [[Rose Tyler]] to 2006 instead of [[2005]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Everything Changes]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[Aliens of London]]'')
* Jack tells Esther that the Torchwood Institute was discontinued after the events shown in [[TV]]: {{cs|Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)}}.
*Jack's comment about being "plain old human" after losing his immortality is similar to comments made by the [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor]] in [[DW]]: ''[[Journey's End]]. ''
* Esther asks Jack if the old photos she found of him were of his father. [[Estelle Cole]] also believed that a photo of Jack in the 20th century was of his father in the events of [[TV]]: {{cs|Small Worlds (TV story)}}.
*After Esther comments about how she feels responsible for Rex's life-threatening accident, Jack replies he knows the feeling, possibly referring to the deaths of many Torchwood members and his grandson, for which he previously claimed to feel responsible. ([[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five]]'')
* Jack mentions the origins of Torchwood going back all the way to [[1879]], when it was set up by the British Royal Family in [[TV]]: {{cs|Tooth and Claw (TV story)}}.
*Esther asks Jack if the old photos she found of him were of his father. [[Rose Tyler]] previously used this to explain the [[Ninth Doctor]]'s presence in the [[Kennedy assassination]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Rose (TV story)|Rose]]'')
* Esther is given Retcon to forget about Torchwood and her investigations, but slowly regains her memories, just as Gwen had before she joined Torchwood back during [[TV]]: {{cs|Everything Changes (TV story)}}.
*The scene where Gwen ties Rex to a radiator is similar to when [[Amy Pond]] once did the same thing to the Doctor ([[DW]]: ''[[The Eleventh Hour]]'').
* Rex crosses through [[Severn Bridge]] to get into Wales, mirroring the moment when Gwen previously crossed it to leave Wales as shown in [[TV]]: {{cs|Children of Earth: Day Two (TV story)}}.
*Jack uses the alias Owen Harper when infiltrating the hospital to study the bomber's remains. Owen Harper was the Torchwood medical officer who died at the conclusion of [[TW]]: ''[[Exit Wounds]].''
* Jack's comment about being "plain old human" after losing his immortality is similar to comments made by the [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor]] upon realising he was now mortal in [[TV]]: {{cs|Journey's End (TV story)}}.


== Home video releases ==
== Home video releases ==
''to be added''
* This episode was released worldwide in a box set containing all ten episodes of ''Torchwood: Miracle Day''. In the United Kingdom, it was released on Region 2 DVD and Region Free Blu-ray on [[14 November (releases)|14 November]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]].<ref>[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Torchwood-Miracle-Day-Eve-Myles/dp/B005A5I9V2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1314885858&sr=8-1 Amazon.co.uk listing]</ref> In Australia, it was released in Region 4 DVD and Region B Blu-Ray on [[1 December (releases)|1 December]] 2011.<ref>[http://www.ezydvd.com.au/blu-ray/torchwood-miracle-day-blu-ray/dp/6107286 EZYDVD.com.au listing]</ref> In New Zealand, the same sets were released on [[7 December (releases)|7 December]] 2011.<ref>[http://www.mightyape.co.nz/product/Blu-ray/Torchwood-Miracle-Day-4-Disc-Set/19261826/ Mightyape.co.nz listing]</ref> In North America, it was released on Region 1 DVD and Region Free Blu-Ray on [[3 April (releases)|3 April]] [[2012 (releases)|2012]].<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Torchwood-Miracle-Day-John-Barrowman/dp/B007AFS118/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336194370&sr=8-1 Amazon.com listing]</ref>
 
* It was also released in the Series 1-4 boxset (Region 2 release: 14 November 2011.)
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The New World was the first episode of Series 4 of Torchwood. It was written by Russell T Davies, and directed by Bharat Nalluri. It showed the first meeting between Captain Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper since his departure from Earth at the end of TV: Children of Earth: Day Five [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)"] and introduced new major characters Rex Matheson, Esther Drummond and Oswald Danes, as well as Gwen and Rhys's daughter, Anwen, whom Gwen had given birth to after Jack departed for space.

It was the first Torchwood television story to be mainly set outside the United Kingdom. It was only the third DWU episode (in terms of date of release) to feature first unit principal photography in the United States, following TV: Day of the Moon [+]Loading...["Day of the Moon (TV story)"]. It was also the first episode in the history of the DWU to feature any work done in the state of California.

Synopsis[[edit] | [edit source]]

One day, nobody dies. All across the world, nobody dies. And then the next day, and the next and the next. People keep ageing, 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 CIA 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.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Oswald Danes is about to be put to death by lethal injection. As he receives the fatal concoction, he thrashes on the gurney. At the CIA, the word Torchwood has appeared conspicuously in numerous places. Esther Drummond is on the phone with Rex Matheson, who keeps asking, "What is Torchwood anyway?" As Esther speaks, he is impaled by metal rods that fall from the truck ahead of him. Suddenly, the word "Torchwood" is wiped from the system. Esther claims it must have been a virus. Gwen Cooper, former Torchwood agent, has woken from a nightmare. Oswald is talking to a governor's assistant. Oswald says he can't be held and executed again because of the Eighth and Fifth Amendments.

In rural Wales, Gwen is telling her daughter, Anwen, about a singing alien she once met. Rhys walks in, upset she is talking to their baby about Torchwood. They complain about the helicopters that fly over their private estate. Suddenly, the doorbell rings. The two pick up guns. Gwen opens the door, concealing her pistol as Rhys hides near Anwen, holding a shotgun. At the door are two hikers, who ask for directions. Gwen dismisses them, ordering they leave, shutting the door in their faces. Rhys quickly placates Gwen as she has a panic attack, telling her the Torchwood days are over. Outside, as the two hikers leave, they glance at the house, almost as if confirming suspicions.

Soon after, Andy Davidson phones to say Gwen's father is in hospital. They rush back to Cardiff, despite Rhys' warnings. Andy escorts them in, informing them about the Miracle. They find Geraint is still alive due to the Miracle but unwell. Gwen's parents tell her that she shouldn't have come, as they're worried someone might have seen her. She insists she had to, leaving Anwen and Rhys with her parents, who haven't seen them since Anwen was born. Gwen and Andy privately research the Miracle, and work out that only humans are affected as the insect population would have already overrun the planet otherwise. They realise that if people aren't dying, it's going to be a matter of months before food runs out and society collapses. Afterwards, Gwen and Rhys talk about the Miracle and the effect it could have on their daughter when she grows up. Although Gwen wants to investigate, Rhys reminds her that being part of Torchwood ruined their lives and now they have their child to consider. Gwen agrees to drop it and the two head home.

Rex Matheson is taken to hospital, and Esther is told by Doctor Vera Juarez that his survival is a "miracle". There have been a lot in the last day. Soon all the headlines are naming this Miracle Day. No-one on the planet has died. Rex is soon recovering and talking to Esther on his mobile. The Torchwood files were uncovered at the exact moment the last person died. Esther looks for hard copies of the lost data, all categorised under 456. She finds the buried hard copies of the data in boxes and files, and pictures of Captain Jack Harkness and Gwen, but is interrupted by Jack, scaring her at his unchanged appearance despite his profile picture in the data stating it was taken during World War II. She runs away and finds that someone has "killed" the archivist and is set upon by an armed man. Jack appears and shoots the man, who opens his coat to reveal bombs strapped to his body, which he detonates. They escape by jumping from a window into a fountain below. Jack tells Esther everything about Torchwood, Gwen and extra-terrestrial lifeforms. He also tells her the virus "Torchwood" was him; a piece of software he setup to get his attention, calling him back to earth to ensure he can protect Gwen, the last living member of his team. He gives her a dose of the "smart drug" retcon — a selective amnesia pill, ensuring she forgets all about him and what she learned.

Esther wakes up and finds a bruise on her body from jumping from the CIA building into the fountain with Jack. In pain from his fall, Jack checks the bruise he suffered and discovers it hasn't healed — an indicator he has lost his immortality. Jack goes to the hospital Rex is in, where they have the remains of the suicide bomber. He poses as FBI Agent "Owen Harper" for the exam, also attended by Vera. The man is still alive even though his whole body was burnt in the explosion. At Jack's suggestion, the doctor heading the exam tries to take off his head to see if he will live. Rex secretly watches the operation, hacking into the security cameras at Vera's instigation. Meanwhile, Esther is granted the last file on Torchwood by her co-worker, given she was asking about it yesterday. However, the retcon causes Esther to dismiss the file.

Once done, Rex gets in touch with Esther, asking about Torchwood. Esther tries to dismiss it, vaguely believing it connected somehow. Intrigued, Rex asks for more information on the organisation, leading her to check the file. He soon pieces Torchwood and the currant Miracle phenomenon are connected as the Torchwood malware was triggered at 22:36pm - the last time in days a human died on Earth. He jumps to action, telling Esther to book him a flight to the UK. He begins to unplug himself from the hospitals monitors and gets dressed. He struggles through the hospital, as staff and Vera insist he get back to bed. However, Rex has had a revelation: he can't die. Once out the hospital, he commandeers a taxi using his CIA badge. He reaches the airport, his neighbour having delivered his passport for him. He gets on the flight as he instructs Esther to find out what she can about Torchwood. He also requests a requisition 15 - clearance to take a handgun on a plane - but the airport refuse, but they agree to provide one once he lands. On the plane, he demands Esther find out all she can on agent Gwen Cooper as Jack Harkness' file is practically lost. One air hostess informs him he can't engage calls while in flight. Despite using his ID, a man next to him takes his phone, enforcing the hostess' order.

Hours later, Rex arrives in Britain, where Esther informs him about what she learned and Rex retrieves his pistol from the airport security. Through Esther's digging, they learn Gwen was put on the witness protection scheme with Andy Davidson as her liaison; they trace the call he made the day before - Rex locates Gwen and Rhys's house in Wales. He hires a car and drives there and demands they tell him about Torchwood, holding them at gun point, Gwen refusing to comply despite him being CIA. However, his wound overwhelms him and he passes out. Not long after, Rex awakes tied to a radiator, Gwen and Rhys preparing to flee the house, frantically packing their bags. He breaks free from his restraints but Gwen holds him at gunpoint. Not long after, a helicopter flies up and the pilot fires a missile at the house. Protecting her daughter, Gwen engages the helicopter, shooting out the gunman, forcing it to retreat. The three flee outside, finding Jack firing at the helicopter atop an open-head army jeep. Befuddled, Rex recalls Jack as the man on the plane who took his phone, realising he was following him. As they drive away on the nearby beach, Gwen shoots the helicopter down with a bazooka. The helicopter goes down in flames and goes belly-up in the sky as it falls down to the beach below, its spinning rotors forcing the group to duck to the floor of the Jeep. Jack and Gwen gaze at their victory with relief and nostalgia, but Rhys and Rex look a bit unravelled.

The group arrive in Cardiff, where Gwen instructs Rhys to take their baby Anwen to her mother's home so she can be safe, and asks Jack if they'll be rebuilding Torchwood. Gwen still has the Eye-5s, but all their other technology was obliterated with the Hub. Rhys grows testy with Gwen's choice to follow "Captain Jack Bollocks", and Gwen reprimands him, saying, "What choice do I have?" However, Jack is not in the nostalgic mood like Gwen is. He makes her pay attention to the wound on his forearm that has not healed. While the Miracle Day has made the world immortal, Jack has become mortal again, a normal human being after centuries of never-ending deaths. Rex, completely in the dark, doesn't comprehend the apparent nonsense. Jack snaps at him for sticking his nose where it doesn't belong, and notices Rex has popped his stitches, bleeding profusely. Rex knows he cannot die, making little effort to abide by Jack's concerns to get it checked. His attention is more focused on a cluster of wailing sirens from the distance.

A cavalcade of police cars surround the group, with the officers filing out before them with guns and rifles drawn. Andy steps out among the crowd and apologises to Gwen, having been forced to do this by orders from above. Rhys states Rex has no jurisdiction on British soil to make an arrest. Rex corrects him — this is not an arrest, but a rendition. Torchwood's services are being legally handed over to America.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]


Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

General production staff


Camera and lighting department

Art department


 Make-up and prosthetics


General post-production staff

Special and visual effects

Sound

UK crew
General production staff
 Camera, lighting and sound departments

Casting

 Make-up

Costume

Effects


Not every person who worked on this adventure was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.
          

The Starz broadcast carried a final credit of "Originally Developed and Produced by BBC Cymru Wales. The BBC One broadcast says, instead, "BBC Worldwide Productions for BBC Cymru Wales and STARZ Originals".  The BBC One credits were different from the Starz credits inasmuch as the UK unit were concerned. The BBC One credits noted the grips, whereas the Starz credits noted the UK camera operators. BBC One credited unit manager Paul Davies, while Starz did not.


Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Unlike broadcasts of Doctor Who, and the previous series of Torchwood, Miracle Day was broadcast in the United States, Canada and Australia before the United Kingdom.
  • According to old American frontier legend, anyone who survives an execution, such as Oswald Danes, is automatically set free. As this legend is actually untrue, the episode depicts a series of legal arguments — including unlawful imprisonment and force majeure arguments — that lead to Danes's release.
  • The picture Esther sees of Jack during WWII is actually a publicity still from TV: The Empty Child, in which he was introduced.
  • Rendition is when an individual is taken from one legal jurisdiction to another. Rex justifies his rendition of what remains of Torchwood Three by citing US Code 3184. In real life, this section of code actually does have to do with taking fugitives from another country to the United States.
  • Gwen is said to have joined Torchwood in October 2006, the month that the first episode of Torchwood aired. This clashes with and contradicts dates given in several other stories.

Ratings[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • 1.51 million (Starz)
  • 4.83 million (BBC)
  • 6.59 million (Final BARB ratings)[1]

Filming locations[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Broadcasts[[edit] | [edit source]]

Date Time Channel Notes
Thursday 14 July 2011 21:00 BBC One First broadcast.
Monday 18 July 2011 23:20 BBC HD & BBC Two

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.
  • The first time Rex has his phone taken from him on the plane, the arm is bare. However, during the flashback, the arm is covered with Jack's vortex manipulator and sleeve. This is apparently deliberate, to keep Jack's identity hidden.
  • Rex Matheson's line "Get down!" and the yelling he does as he fires the automatic rifle in the Jeep has evidently been added in post-production, as it does not match up with the lip movements of Mekhi Phifer when that dialogue is spoken.

Myths[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The Hiking Couple who came up to Gwen's were going to play a major factor in the series. They were operatives of an as yet unknow agency there to confirm Gwen's location/identity, thus confirming Rhys and Gwen's paranoia.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Esther finds files that show pictures of the 456 ambassador descending on to Thames House which happened in TV: Children of Earth: Day Three [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)"].
  • After Esther comments about how she feels responsible for Rex's life-threatening accident, Jack replies he knows the feeling, possibly referring to the deaths of many Torchwood members and his grandson Steven Carter, for which he previously claimed to feel responsible as depicted in TV: Children of Earth: Day Five [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)"].
  • Jack tells Esther that the Torchwood Institute was discontinued after the events shown in TV: Children of Earth: Day Five [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)"].
  • Esther asks Jack if the old photos she found of him were of his father. Estelle Cole also believed that a photo of Jack in the 20th century was of his father in the events of TV: Small Worlds [+]Loading...["Small Worlds (TV story)"].
  • Jack mentions the origins of Torchwood going back all the way to 1879, when it was set up by the British Royal Family in TV: Tooth and Claw [+]Loading...["Tooth and Claw (TV story)"].
  • Esther is given Retcon to forget about Torchwood and her investigations, but slowly regains her memories, just as Gwen had before she joined Torchwood back during TV: Everything Changes [+]Loading...["Everything Changes (TV story)"].
  • Rex crosses through Severn Bridge to get into Wales, mirroring the moment when Gwen previously crossed it to leave Wales as shown in TV: Children of Earth: Day Two [+]Loading...["Children of Earth: Day Two (TV story)"].
  • Jack's comment about being "plain old human" after losing his immortality is similar to comments made by the Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor upon realising he was now mortal in TV: Journey's End [+]Loading...["Journey's End (TV story)"].

Home video releases[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This episode was released worldwide in a box set containing all ten episodes of Torchwood: Miracle Day. In the United Kingdom, it was released on Region 2 DVD and Region Free Blu-ray on 14 November 2011.[2] In Australia, it was released in Region 4 DVD and Region B Blu-Ray on 1 December 2011.[3] In New Zealand, the same sets were released on 7 December 2011.[4] In North America, it was released on Region 1 DVD and Region Free Blu-Ray on 3 April 2012.[5]
  • It was also released in the Series 1-4 boxset (Region 2 release: 14 November 2011.)

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ BARB Ratings - June, 2011
  2. ↑ Amazon.co.uk listing
  3. ↑ EZYDVD.com.au listing
  4. ↑ Mightyape.co.nz listing
  5. ↑ Amazon.com listing
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