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== Plot ==
== Plot ==
The episode starts after the Hub has been blown up. Gwen manages to escape and heads for her house as she knows the Government will want her and Rhys. Ianto meanwhile is fired at but does not get hit. Gwen and Rhys manage to escape the assassins. The next morning Agent Johnson is pulling bodies out of the Hub and finds the remains of Jack Harkness. She takes his remains to a warehouse in London. Ianto meanwhile sends a card to his sister's house, asking her to meet him at the park where he broke his leg. Gwen and Rhys board a lorry full of potatoes that is going all the way to London. In the compound that Jack is at, all his body parts begin to grow back into a skeletal form. Gwen and Rhys make it to London and try to contact Frobisher but they get through to one of his PA's, Lois Habiba. At MI5, however Frobisher, Bridget and Lois witness the creation of an unknown device. Lois agrees to meet them. Ianto makes it to London and steals a forklift. Meanwhile Lois gives Gwen and Rhys information on where Jack is being kept. Jack is fully formed and Johnson looks in on him. To keep him out of trouble she pours wet cement all over Jack and it hardens. Gwen and Rhys pose as funeral directors to recover Rupesh's body who is also being kept at the compound. Instead they are there to retrieve Jack's. While in the compound they are caught. Ianto who is also outside the compound hears the sirens go off, and he forklifts Jack's cell and pulls it out of the compound. Gwen and Rhys escape with Ianto in the forklift, Ianto then drops Jack's block into a quarry where it breaks, releasing Jack. Back at the MI5 headquarters a gas chamber has been built by government worker [[Dekker|Mr Dekker]], who has filled it with gas as the 456 are coming tomorrow.
The episode begins where Day One left off, just after the Hub has blown up. Gwen manages to elude an assassination squad lead by Johnson, during which she learns that the people trying to kill the Torchwood staff are from 'the Government.' She heads home to Rhys and the two go on the run. The next morning, Agent Johnson finds the remains of Jack Harkness in the ruins of the Hub, not much more than an arm and a head. Jack's body parts are taken to a warehouse in London, where his body begins to reconstruct itself. Meanwhile, Ianto sends a card to his sister's house, asking her to meet him at the park where he broke his leg as a child, and to bring a laptop computer. Gwen and Rhys hide in a lorry full of potatoes that is going to London; during the trip, Gwen tells Rhys that she is pregnant. When they arrive in London, Gwen tries to contact Frobisher. Her call is taken by Lois Habiba. At MI5, Frobisher, Bridget, and Lois witness the creation of an unknown device being built by [[Dekker|Mr Dekker]] to specifications provided by the 456. Lois meets with Gwen and Rhys and tells them that it was Frobischer who issued the kill order on Jack, as well as several others, none of whose names Gwen reconizes. Lois also gives Gwen information about the compound where Jack is being kept, and suggests a way for Gwen and Rhys to gain entry. Jack, now fully re-formed, is sealed in concrete by Johnson to prevent his escape, since he cannot be killed. Gwen and Rhys, as Lois had suggested, pose as funeral directors come to fetch Rupesh Patanjali's body, which is also being kept at the compound. However, they are caught during their attempt to free Jack. Ianto, who has also arrived in London and has also discovered where Jack was taken, steals a forklift, lifts Jack's cell, and pulls it out of the compound. Gwen and Rhys escape with Ianto in the forklift. Ianto drops the concrete block into a quarry where it breaks apart, releasing Jack. Back at the MI5 headquarters, the mysterious device is completed: a sealed glass-walled chamber that is filled with a gas atmosphere poisonous to humans. The children of the world again stop and chant: "We are coming -- tomorrow."


==Cast==
==Cast==

Revision as of 02:35, 22 July 2009


Synopsis

Torchwood 3 has been blown up with Jack Harkness inside. Gwen and Ianto are on the run from the Government. Can they escape the Government and save the planet from the 456?

Plot

The episode begins where Day One left off, just after the Hub has blown up. Gwen manages to elude an assassination squad lead by Johnson, during which she learns that the people trying to kill the Torchwood staff are from 'the Government.' She heads home to Rhys and the two go on the run. The next morning, Agent Johnson finds the remains of Jack Harkness in the ruins of the Hub, not much more than an arm and a head. Jack's body parts are taken to a warehouse in London, where his body begins to reconstruct itself. Meanwhile, Ianto sends a card to his sister's house, asking her to meet him at the park where he broke his leg as a child, and to bring a laptop computer. Gwen and Rhys hide in a lorry full of potatoes that is going to London; during the trip, Gwen tells Rhys that she is pregnant. When they arrive in London, Gwen tries to contact Frobisher. Her call is taken by Lois Habiba. At MI5, Frobisher, Bridget, and Lois witness the creation of an unknown device being built by Mr Dekker to specifications provided by the 456. Lois meets with Gwen and Rhys and tells them that it was Frobischer who issued the kill order on Jack, as well as several others, none of whose names Gwen reconizes. Lois also gives Gwen information about the compound where Jack is being kept, and suggests a way for Gwen and Rhys to gain entry. Jack, now fully re-formed, is sealed in concrete by Johnson to prevent his escape, since he cannot be killed. Gwen and Rhys, as Lois had suggested, pose as funeral directors come to fetch Rupesh Patanjali's body, which is also being kept at the compound. However, they are caught during their attempt to free Jack. Ianto, who has also arrived in London and has also discovered where Jack was taken, steals a forklift, lifts Jack's cell, and pulls it out of the compound. Gwen and Rhys escape with Ianto in the forklift. Ianto drops the concrete block into a quarry where it breaks apart, releasing Jack. Back at the MI5 headquarters, the mysterious device is completed: a sealed glass-walled chamber that is filled with a gas atmosphere poisonous to humans. The children of the world again stop and chant: "We are coming -- tomorrow."

Cast

Production crew

to be added

References

  • Ianto's leg was accidentally broken by his father when he was younger.
  • The goverment assumes Torchwood Two has disbanded but is unsure
  • Queen Victoria is known to have created other institutions, although the present goverment is not aware of them
  • Johnson uses the word 'Lazarus' to describe Jack's immortality; this is a Biblical reference to Lazarus, whom Jesus rose fom the dead

Continuity

  • Whilst Lois is on the computer researching Torchwood, The MacLeish Estate and Canary Wharf are mentioned in the article.
  • Gwen and Rhys pretend to be undertakers in order to retrieve Jack. Eve Myles played Gwyneth in The Unquiet Dead, who was the servant to an undertaker.

Story notes

to be added

Ratings

5.8 million overnight (BBC 1)

Myths

to be added

Filming Locations

  • Darwin Drive (play area), ~ Where Ianto mets his sister
  • AvestaPolarit Steelworks, ~ Torchwood, London Warehouse

Discontinuity, Plot Holes and Errors

Jack was screaming while his cell was filled with concrete, wouldn't this mean that some of it would get into his mouth and solidify there? Also, wouldn't it solidify on the door itself preventing it from being opened?

DVD releases

  • This Episode will be released on DVD along with the rest of Children of Earth on the 13th of July.

See also

to be added

External links

Footnotes

v • e
Torchwood television stories
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Children of Earth: Day One • Day Two • Day Three • Day Four • Day Five
Series 4
Stories listed here are only those that have been officially licensed by the BBC.
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