The Blood Line (TV story)

The Blood Line (TV story)

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The Blood Line
Featuring:	Jack Harkness Gwen Cooper Rex Matheson Esther Drummond (dies) Rhys Williams Oswald Danes (dies)
Main enemy:	The Three Families Jilly Kitzinger Charlotte Wills
Key crew
Writer:	Russell T Davies Jane Espenson
Director:	Billy Gierhart
Producer:	Kelly A Manners
Release details
Premiere broadcast:	9th September 2011

The Blood Line (TV story) was the concluding episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day.

Synopsis

The Torchwood team travels around the world on a final, desperate mission, but the Three Families are unstoppable unless a terrible sacrifice is made.

Plot

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Cast

• Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
• Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
• Rex Matheson - Mekhi Phifer
• Esther Drummond - Alexa Havins
• Rhys Williams - Kai Owen
• Jilly Kitzinger - Lauren Ambrose
• Oswald Danes - Bill Pullman
• Sarah Drummond - Candace Brown
• Mary Cooper - Sharon Morgan
• Geraint Cooper - William Thomas
• Charlotte Willis - Marina Benedict
• Noah Vickers - Paul James
• Allen Shapiro - John de Lancie
• Sgt Andy Davidson - Tom Price
• Blue-Eyed Man - Teddy Sears
• The Mother - Frances Fisher
• Captain Santos - Benito Martinez
• The Cousin - Chris Butler
• Girl - McKenzie Applegate
• Female Soldier - Veronica Diaz
• Sandra Morales - Noemi Del Rio
• Young Male Soldier - Fernando Fernandez
• Chinese Woman - Cici Lau
• Cat One Nurse - Laura Waddell

Crew

Created by Russell T Davies

Executive Producers   Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter

Co-executive producer   Vlad Wolynetz

Written by Russell T Davies & Jane Espenson	Produced by Kelly A Manners	Directed by Billy Gierhart	Production Designer Gregory Melton	Visual Effects Lion Visual Effects, Inc.
Key Make-up Artist Todd McIntosh	Casting by John Frank Levey, CSA and Melanie Burgess	Score Murray Gold assistant composer Stu Kennedy	Costume Designer Shawna Trpcic	Key Hair Stylist Susan Boyd
Science Advisor - John Sotos, M.D.

General production staff Associate Producer - Skip Schoolnik Production Accountant - Vince Robinette Transportation Coordinator - Heath Culp Camera and lighting department Key Grip - Isaac Chee Chief Lighting Technician - Don Mosley	Art department Set Decorator - Natali Pope Computer Graphics - Twisted Media	Make-up and prosthetics Special Make-up Effects - Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger General post-production staff High Definition Post-Production - Modern Videofilm, Inc. Special and visual effects Visual FX Supervisor - Michael D. Leone Sound Production Sound Mixer - Julian Howarth Supervising Sound Editor - Walt Newman Re-recording Mixers - Dan Hiland, Gary Rogers Post-Production Sound - Warner Bros.

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".

References

• The Doctor, the Silurians, the Racnoss, and UNIT are mentioned.
• Jack says "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry", a common saying of the Tenth Doctor.
• When Rex comes back to life, the Torchwood team say "What? What? What?", another line commonly associated with the Tenth Doctor.
• Rex gains Jack Harkness' ability to resurrect through a blood transfusion of mortal blood and the reversal of the Miracle.

Story notes

• This episode begins with a monologue by Gwen Cooper. Children of Earth: Day Five, also the final episode of a season arc, began in the same way.

Ratings

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Myths

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Filming locations

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Production errors

• 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.
  On several occasions the reflection of the green screen can be seen on the knife Jack is holding.
• The CIA software states that Charlotte's phone was last used on 9/9/11 at 12.49. This would have been 1.49pm in Buenos Aires, after the explosives sealed off the Blessing.
• When looking at his phone after Esther's funeral, Rex is holding it vertically when facing the camera, but horizontally when the camera is looking at the screen.

Continuity

• Jack mentions the Silurians and the Racnoss as possible explanations for the Blessing. The Silurians had lived underground for millenia (DW: Doctor Who and the Silurians et al), and the Earth was initially formed around a Racnoss nest, which was at the centre of the planet. (DW: The Runaway Bride)
• Gwen says that the Blessing may be the most terrestrial thing Torchwood has encountered. Torchwood previously encountered humans responsible for what they believed to be 'aliens' when investigating several disappearances. (TW: Countrycide)
• The CIA trace to find the mole states the phone was last used on 9th Sept 2011, meaning part of this episode occurred on the same day the episode was first broadcast, just like DW: The Big Bang. This theory is strengthened by the fact that a lot of references were shown (mostly outside episodes) claiming "Death Ends 7.8.11", which was the U.S. broadcast date for the first episode.

Home video releases

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External links

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