Countrycide (TV story)

Countrycide
Main enemy:	Brynblaidd villagers
Key crew
Writer:	Chris Chibnall
Director:	Andy Goddard
Producer:	Richard Stokes
Release details
Release number:	6
Premiere broadcast:	19th November 2006

Synopsis

Concerned that the space-time rift is spreading, Torchwood investigate a series of gruesome deaths in the Brecon Beacons village of Brynblaidd. What sort of creature could cause such shocking injuries? Stranded without communications or equipment and isolated from one another, the team confront a terrifying enemy.

Plot

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Cast

• Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
• Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
• Owen Harper - Burn Gorman
• Toshiko Sato - Naoko Mori
• Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
• Evan Sherman - Owen Teale
• Helen Sherman - Maxine Evans
• Kieran - Callum Gallaghan
• Huw - Rhys Op Trefor
• Ellie - Emily Bowker
• Martin (Countryside - Robert Barton

Crew

• Writer - Chris Chibnall
• Director - Andy Goddard
• 1st Assistant Director - Jon Williams
• 2nd Assistant Director - James DeHavilland
• 3rd Assistant Director - Rhian Salisbury
• Executive Producers - Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner
• Producer - Richard Stokes
• Co-Producer - Chris Chibnall

References

• The events and experiences of this lead Gwen to sleep with Owen.

Story Notes

• This episode contains no CGI elements.
• This is the first non-science fictional/supernatural storyline taking place within the televised Doctor Who universe since Black Orchid, a Fifth Doctor adventure broadcast in 1982.

Ratings

• BBC3 - 1.2 million viewers
• BBC2 - 2.3 million viewers

Myths

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Filming Locations

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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

• When Elolie Johnstone is attacked her tires on her car are punctured but at the end of the scene the tires are perfectly normal.

Continuity

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DVD Releases

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See also

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External Links

• Doctor Who: Torchwood Reference Guide: Detailed Synopsis - Countrycide
• A Brief History of Time (Travel): Countrycide