Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)

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Synopsis

The eyes of the world turn to Britain, as the 456 announce: "We are here," as the new Torchwood adventure continues. As a pillar of fire descends upon London, the members of Torchwood must battle to protect their own families as the fight gets personal. But will Clem's memories destroy everything?

Plot

The team set up base at the remains of what had been a Torchwood One facility in London, furnishing it with laptops and stolen credit cards. In researching the people targeted for assassination, Jack recognises them and leaves the base in a hurry. At the same time Alice contacts the police in an attempt to discover if her father is alive which alerts Agent Johnson to her identity. As Johnson and her soldiers arrive to take Alice and her son hostage, Steven joins every other child in the world in pointing to the centre of London — the 456 have arrived. A member or members of the 456 race enters the enclosed tank, with the gases masking its form and a built in speaker translating its words into English. At Frobisher's request, the 456 agrees to hide the knowledge of the species's previous meeting with Britain's rulers. Meeting again at the cafe with Lois, Gwen recruits her to use hidden cameras inside a pair of contact lenses in order to report on Frobisher's communication with the 456. Gwen then bails Clement from a local police station. In a meeting with representatives from the US military and UNIT, the prime minister makes Frobisher a scapegoat ambassador to the 456. As he prepares for his first official meeting with the alien, he is called by Jack using his wife's stolen mobile phone. Jack demands answers under threat of going public with the knowledge of the first contact with the 456. Frobisher tells him that his daughter and grandson are held hostage and will be killed should he act. Frobisher begins diplomatic talks with the 456, with Torchwood watching by way of Lois's contact lens camera. Although the creature appears to mock him, it keeps to its agreement by refusing to say why the 456 are in Britain. The 456 then demand a gift: 10% of Earth's children. Back at base, Jack returns and is recognised by Clement as the man who in 1965 gave 12 children to the 456, "as a gift."

Cast

Production crew

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References

  • This is the second time in the recent Doctor Who multiverse that an alien asked for ten percent of a population, the first being in The Sound of Drums when the Master kills ten percent of Earth's population. Both stories involved Captain Jack Harkness.
  • The Doctor is mentioned. This is the first episode of Torchwood to explicitly reference The Doctor.

Story notes

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Ratings

5.9 million viewers ( overnight )

Myths

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Filming Locations

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Discontinuity, Plot Holes and Errors

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Continuity

DVD releases

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

See also

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External links

Footnotes

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