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== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
* The episode was repeated on [[BBC Two]], three days later at 9:00pm on Wednesday [[22 November (releases)|22 November]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]. | * The episode was repeated on [[BBC Two]], three days later at 9:00pm on Wednesday [[22 November (releases)|22 November]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]]. | ||
* This episode is the first episode of Torchwood to be rated 18 by the {{w|Irish Film Classification Office}}, the other being ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]''. | * This episode is the first episode of Torchwood to be rated 18 by the {{w|Irish Film Classification Office}}, the other being ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]''. | ||
* The town in which the story is set, [[Brynblaidd]], is not actually named in the narrative. However, it was named in the BBC's original description of the episode, and therefore has appeared in virtually all subsequent TV listings, worldwide. | * The town in which the story is set, [[Brynblaidd]], is not actually named in the narrative. However, it was named in the BBC's original description of the episode, and therefore has appeared in virtually all subsequent TV listings, worldwide. | ||
* This episode featured the premiere of "Captain Jack's Theme", which plays during the moment he ploughs a tractor into the barn where his teammates are held captive and starts shooting at the cannibals. An extra in the Series 2 disc set shows [[Murray Gold]] found his inspiration to compose the theme out of this scene by bashing out notes on his piano keyboard to the tune of, "here he comes in a ruddy-great tractor". The onomatopoetic structure of Captain Jack's theme made it a popular hit among the musical scores in the first two ''Torchwood'' series. | * This episode featured the premiere of "Captain Jack's Theme", which plays during the moment he ploughs a tractor into the barn where his teammates are held captive and starts shooting at the cannibals. An extra in the Series 2 disc set shows [[Murray Gold]] found his inspiration to compose the theme out of this scene by bashing out notes on his piano keyboard to the tune of, "here he comes in a ruddy-great tractor". The onomatopoetic structure of Captain Jack's theme made it a popular hit among the musical scores in the first two ''Torchwood'' series. | ||
** Additionally, a musical track appropriated titled "Tractor Attack" debuts in the ''[[Series 3 (Torchwood)|Children of Earth]]'' series, with parts of Captain Jack's Theme mixed into the musical score. The titles refers back to the tractor scene and Foster's inspiration. | ** Additionally, a musical track appropriated titled "Tractor Attack" debuts in the ''[[Series 3 (Torchwood)|Children of Earth]]'' series, with parts of Captain Jack's Theme mixed into the musical score. The titles refers back to the tractor scene and Foster's inspiration. | ||
* This episode contains no obvious CGI elements, though there was at least one shot where the production team needed to black out the Cardiff cityscape in the background. | |||
* This is the first episode in which no scenes are set in the [[Torchwood Hub]]. This would not happen again until ''[[Children of Earth: Day Two (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Two]]'', the episode after the Hub's destruction. | |||
=== Ratings === | === Ratings === | ||
