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|image = Beware greeks bearing gifts main.jpg | |image = Beware greeks bearing gifts main.jpg | ||
|series = ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' | |series = ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' | ||
|season number = Series 1 (Torchwood) | |season number = Series 1 (Torchwood) | ||
|series episode number = 7 | |series episode number = 7 | ||
|scripturl = https://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/documents/torchwood-1-episode-7-greeks-bearing-gifts-draft-3-12042006.pdf | |||
|main character = [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]], [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] | |main character = [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]], [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] | ||
|enemy = [[Mary (Arcateenian)|Mary]] | |enemy = [[Mary (Arcateenian)|Mary]] | ||
|setting = [[Cardiff]], [[2000s]] | |setting = [[Cardiff]], [[2000s]]{{Note|Episodes 1-10 of the [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|first series]] of ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' are set anywhere from [[2006]]-[[2009]] as a result of [[Aliens of London dating controversy|conflicting evidence]] shown in the episodes {{cs|Ghost Machine (TV story)}}, ''Greeks Bearing Gifts'', {{cs|Random Shoes (TV story)}}, {{cs|To the Last Man (TV story)}}, {{cs|Reset (TV story)}}, {{cs|Adrift (TV story)}}, {{cs|Fragments (TV story)}}, {{cs|Exit Wounds (TV story)}}, and {{cs|The New World (TV story)}}. As episode 10, {{cs|Out of Time (TV story)}}, is set at the end of [[December]], this means that episodes 11-13 are almost certainly set the year after episodes 1-10.}} | ||
|writer = | |writer = Toby Whithouse | ||
|director = [[Colin Teague]] | |director = [[Colin Teague]] | ||
|producer = [[Richard Stokes]] | |producer = [[Richard Stokes]] | ||
|network = | |network = BBC Three | ||
|broadcast date = | |broadcast date = 26 November 2006 | ||
|prev = Countrycide (TV story) | |prev = Countrycide (TV story) | ||
|next = They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story) | |next = They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story) | ||
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}} | }} | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Science and technology === | === Science and technology === | ||
* When Jack is studying the alien device, he finds traces of [[ilmenite]], [[pyroxene]] and even [[dark matter]]. | * When Jack is studying the alien device, he finds traces of [[ilmenite]], [[pyroxene]] and even [[dark matter]]. | ||
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=== Organisations and companies === | === Organisations and companies === | ||
* Toshiko is preparing a list for [[ | * Toshiko is preparing a list for [[UNIT]]. | ||
* [[JJB Sports]], [[T.K. Maxx]] and [[Superdrug]] are companies in Cardiff. | * [[JJB Sports]], [[T.K. Maxx]] and [[Superdrug]] are companies in Cardiff. | ||
=== Cultural references to the real world === | === Cultural references to the real world === | ||
* Tosh compared the hole in the skeleton's chest to "that bit in ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' where that thing bursts out of [[John Hurt ( | * Tosh compared the hole in the skeleton's chest to "that bit in ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' where that thing bursts out of [[John Hurt (in-universe)|John Hurt]]." | ||
* As a cover-up to discover about [[Philoctetes]], Tosh pretends that she participated in a [[pub quiz]]. When naming the [[pub]], ''[[The Prince of Tides]]'' is all that can come to her. | * As a cover-up to discover about [[Philoctetes]], Tosh pretends that she participated in a [[pub quiz]]. When naming the [[pub]], ''[[The Prince of Tides]]'' is all that can come to her. | ||
* Gwen called Owen "[[Amanda Burton]]". | * Gwen called Owen "[[Amanda Burton]]". | ||
*Tosh hears the thoughts of a man pretending to be a [[James Bond]] villain. | * Tosh hears the thoughts of a man pretending to be a [[James Bond]] villain. | ||
* As Mary enters the Torchwood base, she recites the first few lines of ''[[Kubla Khan (poem)|Kubla Khan]]'' by [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]]. | * As Mary enters the Torchwood base, she recites the first few lines of ''[[Kubla Khan (poem)|Kubla Khan]]'' by [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]]. | ||
=== Influences === | |||
* The [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (franchise)|''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'']] episode "[https://buffy.fandom.com/wiki/Earshot Earshot]", where [[Buffy Anne Summers|Buffy Summers]] develops telepathy and finding that reading other people's minds comes with a price. | |||
== Story notes == | == Story notes == | ||
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=== Filming locations === | === Filming locations === | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
=== Broadcasts === | |||
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|[[Sunday]] [[26 November (releases)|26 November]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]] | |||
|22:00 | |||
|[[BBC Three]] | |||
|First broadcast. | |||
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|[[Wednesday]] [[29 November (releases)|29 November]] [[2006 (releases)|2006]] | |||
|21:00 | |||
|[[BBC Two England]] | |||
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|[[Monday]] [[19 February (releases)|19 February]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] | |||
|01:55 | |||
|[[BBC Three]] | |||
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|[[Friday]] [[26 October (releases)|26 October]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]] | |||
|21:00 | |||
|[[BBC Three]] | |||
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|[[Thursday]] [[3 June (releases)|3 June]] [[2010 (releases)|2010]] | |||
|23:55 | |||
|[[BBC HD]] | |||
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=== Production errors === | === Production errors === | ||
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== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Owen mentions someone named [[Michael Hamilton]] is still recovering from what occurred during the [[Battle of Canary Wharf|ghost incident]], saying that he's still seeing Cybermen outside his mother's house. | * Owen mentions someone named [[Michael Hamilton]] is still recovering from what occurred during the [[Battle of Canary Wharf|ghost incident]], saying that he's still seeing Cybermen outside his mother's house. The Cybermen and the incident happened in [[TV]]: {{cs|Army of Ghosts (TV story)}} and {{cs|Doomsday (TV story)}}. | ||
* Toshiko's observations of Ianto's thoughts reveal he is still in turmoil after the death of [[Lisa Hallett]] | * Toshiko's observations of Ianto's thoughts reveal he is still in turmoil after the death of [[Lisa Hallett]], who died in [[TV]]: {{cs|Cyberwoman (TV story)}}. | ||
* When Jack and Toshiko discuss her saving the woman and her son, anti-Cyberman guns can be seen behind them. | * When Jack and Toshiko discuss her saving the woman and her son, anti-Cyberman guns can be seen behind them. These were first used in [[TV]]: {{cs|Doomsday (TV story)}}. | ||
* Ianto panics at the thought of Tosh dying, privately declaring, ''"Not again."'' | * Ianto panics at the thought of Tosh dying, privately declaring, ''"Not again."'' given the events of [[TV]]: {{cs|Everything Changes (TV story)}}. | ||
* Owen and Gwen are still having an affair without Rhys knowing. This affair began in [[TV]]: {{cs|Countrycide (TV story)}}. | |||
== Home video releases == | == Home video releases == | ||
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=== DVD releases === | === DVD releases === | ||
* This episode was first released on DVD, with three other episodes entitled ''Torchwood: Series 1, part 2'' on [[26 February (releases)|26 February]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]. | * This episode was first released on DVD, with three other episodes entitled ''Torchwood: Series 1, part 2'' on [[26 February (releases)|26 February]] [[2007 (releases)|2007]]. | ||
* It was later released in ''Torchwood: The Complete First Series'' on [[19 November (releases)|19 November]] 2007. | * It was later released in ''Torchwood: The Complete First Series'' on [[19 November (releases)|19 November]] 2007. | ||
* It was also released in the Series 1-4 boxset. (Region 2 release: [[14 November (releases)|14 November]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]) | * It was also released in the Series 1-4 boxset. (Region 2 release: [[14 November (releases)|14 November]] [[2011 (releases)|2011]]) | ||
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== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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