The New World (TV story)

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The New World was the first episode of the fourth series of Torchwood.

Synopsis

One day, nobody dies. All across the world, nobody dies. And then the next day, and the next, and the next, people keep ageing – they get hurt and sick, but they never die. The result: a population boom, overnight.

With all the extra people, resources are finite. It’s said that in four month’s time, the human race will cease to be viable. But this can’t be a natural event – someone’s got to be behind it. It’s a race against time as CIA agent Rex Matheson investigates a global conspiracy. The answers lie within an old, secret British institute. As Rex keeps asking: “What is Torchwood?”, he’s drawn into a world of adventure, and a threat to change what it means to be human … for ever. [6]

Plot

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Cast

Crew

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References

Story notes

  • Oswald Danes's release from prison is a reference to an old urban legend which claims that anyone who survives an execution is automatically set free. As this urban legend is actually untrue, the episode correctly depicts a series of legal pressures that lead to Danes's release, rather than Danes being released automatically because he survived.

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.
  • The first time Rex has his phone taken from him on the plane, the arm is bare. However, during the flashback, the arm is covered with Jack's vortex manipulator and sleeve. Although it is obviously deliberate to keep Jack's identity hidden.

Continuity

  • Esther finds files that show pictures of the 456 incident. (TW: Children of Earth)
  • Esther also sees a picture of Jack, actually a publicity still from DW: The Empty Child.
  • Gwen joined Torchwood in October 2006. (TW: Everything Changes)
  • After the events of Torchwood: Children of Earth, Gwen has been declared dead.

Home video releases

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ http://www.kasterborous.com/2010/08/19/torchwood-a-long-slow-process/
  2. ↑ http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2011/01/dwn070111093008-torchwood-broadcast.html
  3. ↑ http://http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2011/01/dwn070111203008-torchwood-transmission.html
  4. ↑ smh.com.au - Torchwood: Miracle Day (series premiere), Saturday, July 9
  5. ↑ http://http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.com/2011/01/dwn070111203008-torchwood-transmission.html
  6. ↑ http://doctorwhotv.co.uk/torchwood-miracle-day-the-new-world-22214.htm#ixzz1QgdaVZG2

External links

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Torchwood television stories
Series 1
Series 2
Series 3
Children of Earth: Day One • Day Two • Day Three • Day Four • Day Five
Series 4
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