Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)

	456
	James Moran
	Euros Lyn
	Peter Bennett
	29
	8th July 2009

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 have set up a base in an old factory that was used by Torchwood One for storage. They have set up computers and other things via stolen credit cards. Gwen researches the people that the government want dead, when Jack sees who is on the list he ends up running away. In Cardiff Jack;s Daughter Alice is wondering where her father has got to. She goes outside and calls his mobile. The Government quickly pick up her scent. Agent Johnson gets word of this and her team take Alice and her son away with them "To help them" as it would be safer for Alice and Steven. All of a sudden Steven points southern eastwords to London.

Cast

• Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
• Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
• Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
• Rhys Williams - Kai Owen
• Lois Habiba - Cush Jumbo
• Alice Carter - Lucy Cohu
• Steven Carter - Bear McCausland
• Bridget Spears - Susan Brown
• John Frobisher - Peter Capaldi
• Johnson - Liz May Brice
• Clem MacDonald - Paul Copley
• Brian Green PM - Nicholas Farrell
• Trinity Wells - Lachele Carl

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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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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