Torchwood - Children of Earth - Day One

Torchwood: Children of Earth - Day One

Scotland in 1965: kids in duffel coats and bobble hats climb off a bus, walk towards a bright light and vanish; Cardiff in 2009: children across the city stop in their tracks and stare blankly ahead. And it's not because they've spent too long on their Wiis or prepping for Sats. There's a mystery to solve as the Torchwood team of Wales-based alien hunters transfers from BBC2 to 1 for the week, and the prospect of five consecutive nights of primetime sci-fi might be off-putting for many. But there's plenty of pounding, Spooks-style action between all the alien jargon, though all the best scenes in the opening episode are rooted in the domestic, as show creator Russell T Davies updates us on the lead characters' relationships. Gwen and her husband Rhys are looking for a new home, Ianto and the indestructible Captain Jack are getting used to being a couple and, best of all, Jack pays his daughter Alice (Lucy Cohu) a surprise visit. It's a low-key but poignant moment, and the kind of thing Davies crafts beautifully.

Episode written by Russell T Davies

Cast

Captain Jack Harkness .. John Barrowman
Gwen Cooper ............ Eve Myles
Ianto Jones ............ Gareth David-Lloyd
Rhys Williams .......... Kai Owen
John Frobisher ......... Peter Capaldi
Clement McDonald ....... Paul Copley
Brian Green ............ Nicholas Farrell
Bridget Spears ......... Susan Brown
Alice Carter ........... Lucy Cohu
Mr Dekker .............. Ian Gelder
PC Andy ................ Tom Price
Lois Habiba ............ Cush Jumbo
Johnson Liz ............ May Brice
Vanessa ................ Sophie Miller
Rick Yates ............. Nicholas Briggs
Denise Riley ........... Deborah Finlay
Trinity Wells .......... Lachele Carl
Colonel Oduya .......... Charles Abomeli
General Pierce ......... Colin McFarlane
Rhiannon Davies ........ Katy Wix
Johnny Davies .......... Rhodri Lewis
Anna Frobisher ......... Hilary Maclean
Rupesh Patanjali ....... Rik Makarem
David Davies ........... Luke Perry
Mica Davies ............ Aimee Davies
Steven Carter .......... Bear McCausland
Holly Frobisher ........ Julia Joyce
Lilly Frobisher ........ Madeline Rakic-Platt
456 voice .............. Simon Poland
Young Clem ............. Gregory Ferguson

Directed by: Euros Lyn

Duration: 00:58:29

Video Resolution: 640x368 (1.74:1)
FPS: 25.0
BitRate: 1080 Kbps
Quality Factor: 0.19 b/px
Codec: XviD MPEG-4

Audio
Number of channels: 2
Sample Rate: 48000 Hz
BitRate: 115 Kbps
Codec: MPEG 1 or 2 Audio Layer 3 (MP3)