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|series number = [[Series 3 (Torchwood)|Series 3]] | |series number = [[Series 3 (Torchwood)|Series 3]] | ||
|number = 27 | |number = 27 | ||
|enemy = 456 | |enemy = [[The 456]] | ||
|writer = [[Russell T Davies]] | |writer = [[Russell T Davies]] | ||
|director = [[Euros Lyn]] | |director = [[Euros Lyn]] | ||
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|next story = [[Day Two (Children of Earth)|Day Two]] | |next story = [[Day Two (Children of Earth)|Day Two]] | ||
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'''"Children of Earth: Day One"''' is the first of a five-part serial of the [[Series 3|third series]] of ''[[Torchwood]]''. | |||
== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
One night in [[Scotland]], [[1965]], a group of children in a schoold bus are going to an undisclosed location, when the bus stops. Every child on board leave the bus, when they are walking towards a bright light getting brighter the closer they get. One of the children, [[Clement McDonald]] is very hesitant in approaching, and decides to wait as the light covers a large area. | |||
35 years later, in [[Cardiff]], [[2010]], at 8:40am, GMT, [[Gwen Cooper]] is withdrawing money from an [[ATM]], when she notices two children staying completely still; far from a coincidence, as they are completely unresponsive to their parents. Elsewhere, all the children coming to school all over the [[United Kingdom]] freezes for a minute, including when [[Rhys Williams]] is trying to truck goods when children block the road. After that minute, the children start moving again, acting like children again. Gwen decides to go to [[Torchwood Three|the Hub]] and investigate. | |||
Meanwhile at a hospital, Dr. [[Rupesh Patanjali]] attempts to save a man's life, but he dies. Rupesh sees [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Ianto Jones]], whom he believes are their neighbours tells them about the death. The two wonder if they can see the body alone, which he grants. When they get their privacy, Jack uses a [[laser torch]] to open him up and gather an alien organ, which Torchwood believes is benificial. Rupesh suddenly enters again, and immedietely assumes they're Torchwood, which Jack quickly denies, until he hears from Rupesh that a few ethnic males have disappeared, but Jack thinks the [[NHS]] could handle it, and drives away. Meanwhile a woman called Lois Habiba walks into the houses of Parliament and begins work her boss Bridget Spears. Bridget's boss is [[John Frobisher]] she tells him what has been going on with the children. | |||
Jack and Ianto get back to the hub and Gwen tells them what has happened. They soon discover that a man Clement MacDonald in a Psychiatric Hospital has also quoted what the children have been saying. Gwen pays him a visit and he says that when he was a child, he was put on a bus and taken far out with a group of children. He escapes though from being upducted. He also reveals to Gwen that she is pregnant. Lois gets a phone call from Torchwood and she begins to dig up information on them by logging on as Bridget. John Frobisher learns the aliens that are responsible are the 456. He has a meeting with the Prime Minister Green. He says the government will cover up these events. | Jack and Ianto get back to the hub and Gwen tells them what has happened. They soon discover that a man Clement MacDonald in a Psychiatric Hospital has also quoted what the children have been saying. Gwen pays him a visit and he says that when he was a child, he was put on a bus and taken far out with a group of children. He escapes though from being upducted. He also reveals to Gwen that she is pregnant. Lois gets a phone call from Torchwood and she begins to dig up information on them by logging on as Bridget. John Frobisher learns the aliens that are responsible are the 456. He has a meeting with the Prime Minister Green. He says the government will cover up these events. | ||
Back at the hub, Jack and Ianto decided they need to investigate a child that has been affected by the 456. Jack visits his daughter [[Alice Carter]] as she has a son i.e his grandson. She says to Jack that she will not let him use [[Steven Carter|Steven]]. Ianto on the other hand visits his sister and tries to get her to do so. But she has other priorities. Ianto comes out to her. Frobisher orders Susan to order the deaths of Jack and Clement. Clement runs away detecting this but Jack ends up going back to Cardiff hospital and is shot by Rupesh even though Jack had considered hiring him as the new medical officer. Government Assassin Agent Johnson comes in and places a detonator in Jack's body. She then shoots Rupesh to stop Jack from using him to find out why he was shot. Using a scanner in the Torchwood hub Gwen realises that Clement's claims are true. Jack runs in and sees. He places his hand on hers, scanning himself. It is revealed that there is a bomb in his stomach. Seconds later, Ianto and Gwen escape and the hub blows up. | Back at the hub, Jack and Ianto decided they need to investigate a child that has been affected by the 456. Jack visits his daughter [[Alice Carter]] as she has a son i.e his grandson. She says to Jack that she will not let him use [[Steven Carter|Steven]]. Ianto on the other hand visits his sister and tries to get her to do so. But she has other priorities. Ianto comes out to her. Frobisher orders Susan to order the deaths of Jack and Clement. Clement runs away detecting this but Jack ends up going back to Cardiff hospital and is shot by Rupesh even though Jack had considered hiring him as the new medical officer. Government Assassin Agent Johnson comes in and places a detonator in Jack's body. She then shoots Rupesh to stop Jack from using him to find out why he was shot. Using a scanner in the Torchwood hub Gwen realises that Clement's claims are true. Jack runs in and sees. He places his hand on hers, scanning himself. It is revealed that there is a bomb in his stomach. Seconds later, Ianto and Gwen escape and the hub blows up. | ||
