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'''''The Categories of Life''''' was the fifth episode of [[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Series 4]] of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''. It was written by [[Jane Espenson]], directed by [[Guy Ferland]] and featured [[John Barrowman]] as [[Jack Harkness]], [[Eve Myles]] as [[Gwen Cooper]], [[Kai Owen]] as [[Rhys Williams]], [[Mekhi Phifer]] as [[Rex Matheson]], [[Alexa Havins]] as [[Esther Drummond]] and [[Bill Pullman]] as [[Oswald Danes]].
'''''The Categories of Life''''' was the fifth episode of [[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Series 4]] of ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]''. It was written by [[Jane Espenson]], directed by [[Guy Ferland]] and featured [[John Barrowman]] as [[Jack Harkness]], [[Eve Myles]] as [[Gwen Cooper]], [[Kai Owen]] as [[Rhys Williams]], [[Mekhi Phifer]] as [[Rex Matheson]], [[Alexa Havins]] as [[Esther Drummond]] and [[Bill Pullman]] as [[Oswald Danes]].


It saw the creation of the [[Categories of life]] to work around the loss of death. However, a dark truth awaited Torchwood when they learned the true fate prepared for those who were billed Category 1. The episode also saw the introduction of [[Colin Maloney]], who would quickly turn venomous toward [[Vera Juarez]] as she backed him into a corner, eventually growing so paranoid about incarceration that he would instigate her tragic demise.
It saw the creation of the [[categories of life]] to work around the loss of death. However, a dark truth awaited Torchwood when they learned the true fate prepared for those who were billed Category 1. The episode also saw the introduction of [[Colin Maloney]], who would quickly turn venomous toward [[Vera Juarez]] as she backed him into a corner, eventually growing so paranoid about incarceration that he would instigate her tragic demise.


Elsewhere, [[Gwen Cooper]] would attempt to liberate her father [[Geraint Cooper|Geraint]] from the overflow camp in [[Wales]] after being removed from the hospital, only to compound his condition and set off another heart attack. [[PhiCorp]] would also rise to the forefront using [[Oswald Danes]] as their mouthpiece before a massive audience, with [[Jack Harkness]] desperate to derail their plans. Lastly, [[Jilly Kitzinger]] would encounter the a member of the shadow organisation that took down [[Ellis Hartley Monroe]], which was watching with approval.
Elsewhere, [[Gwen Cooper]] would attempt to liberate her father [[Geraint Cooper|Geraint]] from the overflow camp in [[Wales]] after being removed from the hospital, only to compound his condition and set off another heart attack. [[PhiCorp]] would also rise to the forefront using [[Oswald Danes]] as their mouthpiece before a massive audience, with [[Jack Harkness]] desperate to derail their plans. Lastly, [[Jilly Kitzinger]] would encounter the a member of the shadow organisation that took down [[Ellis Hartley Monroe]], which was watching with approval.
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some episodes also had credits for UK crews.  That section begins below.
some episodes also had credits for UK crews.  That section begins below.
Do not fill in unless there are credits which explicitly specify a "UK Crew".
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Note that Torchwood credits don't carry a "US crew" tag because — and this is
Note that Torchwood credits don't carry a "US crew" tag because it's a US show.
hard for some to accept — it's a US show.


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=== Overflow camps ===
=== Overflow camps ===
* According to information compiled by Mary, there were overflow camps in [[Liverpool Overflow Camp|Liverpool]], [[Cowbridge Overflow Camp|Cowbridge]], [[High Wycombe Overflow Camp|High Wycombe]], [[Plymouth Overflow Camp|Plymouth]] and one in [[Ireland]].
* According to information compiled by Mary, there were overflow camps in [[Liverpool Overflow Camp|Liverpool]], [[Cowbridge Overflow Camp|Cowbridge]], [[High Wycombe Overflow Camp|High Wycombe]], [[Plymouth Overflow Camp|Plymouth]] and one in [[Ireland]].
* Cowbridge Overflow Camp is two miles outside [[Cowbridge]], off the [[A48]]. The camp takes patients from the whole of South [[Wales]], as well as [[Bristol]]. It was formerly an [[army barracks]] which closed down in [[1996]].
* Cowbridge Overflow Camp is two miles outside [[Cowbridge]], off the [[A48]]. The camp takes patients from the whole of [[South Wales]], as well as [[Bristol]]. It was formerly an [[army barracks]] which closed down in [[1996]].
* There are 35 camps nationwide in Britain alone.
* There are 35 camps nationwide in Britain alone.
* Cowbridge Camp is on lockdown due to outbreaks of [[cholera]], [[dysentery]] and [[swine flu]].
* Cowbridge Camp is on lockdown due to outbreaks of [[cholera]], [[dysentery]] and [[swine flu]].
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* [[France]] and [[Germany]] have started overflow camps, with the rest of Europe soon to follow.
* [[France]] and [[Germany]] have started overflow camps, with the rest of Europe soon to follow.
* [[China]] says no to the camps, but the [[Pan-African Summit]] says yes.
* [[China]] says no to the camps, but the [[Pan-African Summit]] says yes.
* The [[Categories of life]] are a set of 3 judgments made about one's health. Category 3 is designated white, and denotes a person with good health and no injury. Category 2 is designated blue, and denotes a person who has sustained serious injury but continues to remain conscious without healing. Category 1 is essentially a death sentence, those who have little to no brain function, remain comatose, or have suffered excessive mutilation that would cause them to die without the Miracle sustaining them. Category 2s are placed in overflow camps to be classified and kept under watch with care, while the ill and lame-bodied Category 1s are cremated in modules to expunge disease. Patients are given coloured [[peg]]s to denote category.
* The [[categories of life]] are a set of three judgements made about one's health. Category 3 is designated white and denotes a person with good health and no injury. Category 2 is designated blue and denotes a person who has sustained serious injury but continues to remain conscious without healing. Category 1 is essentially a death sentence, those who have little to no brain function, remain comatose or have suffered excessive mutilation that would cause them to die without the Miracle sustaining them. Category 2s are placed in overflow camps to be classified and kept under watch with care, while the ill and lame-bodied Category 1s are cremated in modules to expunge disease. Patients are given coloured [[peg]]s to denote category.
* All of the camps have [[module]]s hidden from public view, the walls of which are cold - possibly made from [[brick]] or [[ceramic]].
* All of the camps have [[module]]s hidden from public view, the walls of which are cold - possibly made from [[brick]] or [[ceramic]].
* According to Esther, half of overflow camps are just converted old army camps.
* According to Esther, half of overflow camps are just converted old army camps.
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=== Technology ===
=== Technology ===
* Torchwood have chases tapping into [[WikiLeaks]], the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] and the [[FBI]].
* Torchwood have chases tapping into [[WikiLeaks]], the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] and the [[FBI]].
* Maloney as a personalised [[Golf cart]], which has a Dixie horn.
* Maloney as a personalised [[golf cart]], which has a Dixie horn.
* Rex documents the camp using a [[camera]].
* Rex documents the camp using a [[camera]].
* Jilly takes a [[photograph]] of Jack on her [[phone]].
* Jilly takes a [[photograph]] of Jack on her [[phone]].
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* ''Owen's Theme'' is heard at the beginning of the episode.
* ''Owen's Theme'' is heard at the beginning of the episode.
* When talking with Esther, Jack mentions [[Jack's mother|his mother]], but notes he has no idea what has happened to her. This suggests she was still alive when Jack was last in the [[51st century|fifty-first century]].
* When talking with Esther, Jack mentions [[Jack's mother|his mother]], but notes he has no idea what has happened to her. This suggests she was still alive when Jack was last in the [[51st century|fifty-first century]].
* Vera's death in this episode is very similar to that of previous Torchwood medic [[Owen Harper]]'s death [[Exit Wounds|two years before]]. Both Owen and Vera were trapped in a state of "immortality", Owen being undead and Vera undying. Both had bullet wounds in their upper torsos. Both were vaporised trying to save other people: Owen was killed by coolant while trying to stop a nuclear meltdown, and Vera by an incinerator while trying to save category one patients. Each had a love interest, also suffering from mortal wounds to the chest, witness their deaths through an electronic device. [[Toshiko Sato]], Owen's unconfessed lover, was suffering from a bullet wound to the abdomen and saw the room Owen was in flooded with coolant on a computer monitor, while Rex had a hole in his chest and saw Vera burn through the glass in the door and through his video camera. However, whereas Rex survived his deadly wounds, Toshiko would not, nor was she physically present to see Owen die.
* Vera's death in this episode is very similar to that of previous Torchwood medic [[Owen Harper]]'s death [[Exit Wounds (TV story)|two years before]]. Both Owen and Vera were trapped in a state of "immortality", Owen being undead and Vera undying. Both had bullet wounds in their upper torsos. Both were vaporised trying to save other people: Owen was killed by coolant while trying to stop a nuclear meltdown, and Vera by an incinerator while trying to save category one patients. Each had a love interest, also suffering from mortal wounds to the chest, witness their deaths through an electronic device. [[Toshiko Sato]] was suffering from a bullet wound to the abdomen and saw the room Owen was in flooded with coolant on a computer monitor, while Rex had a hole in his chest and saw Vera burn through the glass in the door and through his video camera. However, whereas Rex survived his deadly wounds, Toshiko would not, nor was she physically present to see Owen die.


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