Stories Television Torchwood Children of Earth Episode: 1 2 3 4 5 Day Two 1 image Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews 3 Statistics Related Stories Quotes 1 Transcript + Script Overview First aired Tuesday, July 7, 2009 Production Code 3.2 Written by John Fay Directed by Euros Lyn Runtime 60 minutes Time Travel Present Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) LGBTQA+ Story Arc (Potential Spoilers!) The 456 Location (Potential Spoilers!) Cardiff, Earth, England, London, Wales UK Viewers 6.14 million Synopsis Torchwood Three has been blown up by a bomb planted in Jack Harkness. Gwen, Rhys and Ianto are on the run. Can they elude the government and save the planet from the 456? Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Gwen Cooper Eve Myles The 456 Ianto Jones Gareth David-Lloyd Rhys Williams Kai Owen Captain Jack Harkness John Barrowman Lois Habiba John Frobisher Peter Capaldi Bridget Spears Andy Davidson Tom Price Clement McDonald Alice Carter Agent Johnson Rhiannon Davies Show All Characters (13) How to watch Day Two: Watch on iPlayer DVD Torchwood: Children of Earth DVD Torchwood: Series 1-3 Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 3 reviews 1 March 2025 · 294 words Review by dema1020 1 This episode is pretty strong, but there's a lot of build-up for what's coming. I enjoy it now but the first time watching it, I kind of was brushing Children of Earth off a bit. Jack's brutal death was pretty strong, but I also remember being a little underwhelmed, to an extent. This show, at least up until this point, had never really shocked or stuck with me when it comes to gore or gruesome death. It's probably just desensitized me, having seen too many horror shows and movies, that I see all this and go "yeah, yeah Torchwood. You're such a badass," and roll my eyes right to the back of my head as the big music tries to make me feel anything other than utter apathy. All that being said, the nature of this death, and how it comes to happen, is pretty damn awesome. I guess it just lacks teeth because we know no matter how badly Jack suffers, he will always survive. It ends up being a whole thing in Torchwood and you can kind of see why they were thinking of stuff like Miracle Day when you look at content here. This series isn't playing around here and to a degree, it is utterly shocking. The show's first two series fooled me into making me think that this was another trip down the grimderp side of Torchwood. Luckly, it's not like that. There's a good story here and good build-up around Frobisher and the Torchwood team utterly on the ropes, barely hanging on. It's a good episode for Gwen and Eve Myles can really carry an episode. It's just lacking those gang-buster moments that define the latter episodes of Children of Earth. Other than the harrowing stuff with Jack. dema1020 View profile Like Liked 1 26 January 2025 · 68 words Review by greenLetterT 3 This episode does not let up its tension for a moment. It is an exhilarating ride, though I do think we missed opportunities for a couple more moments of silence. BUT WHAT A RIDE. We get some gnarly special effects and twisted implications with Jack, we get some great moments for both Gwen and Ianto working independently of Torchwood, and new character Lois is excellent. Really really good greenLetterT View profile Like Liked 3 7 August 2024 · 95 words Review by WhoPotterVian Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! I forgot how little Captain Jack is in this episode, but you don't really miss him. Gwen has some really badass moments that more than make up for it, such as when she's taking down the ambulance drivers who are actually government spies, or breaking into the secret base where Jack is being held. This has to be among Captain Jack's more gruesome deaths also. It's truly terrifying to think how much pain he must be feeling when you see his skin totally burnt, and he's just screaming. Another excellent episode for sure. WhoPotterVian View profile Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating388 members 4.36 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 938 Favourited 101 Reviewed 3 Saved 3 Skipped 5 Related Stories Torchwood Children of Earth • Episode 1 Day One Rating: 4.42 Story Skipped Television Reviews(2) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Torchwood (Series 1-4) Set of Stories: Torchwood Children of Earth Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Torchwood Children of Earth • Episode 3 Day Three Rating: 4.43 Story Skipped Television Reviews(3) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Torchwood (Series 1-4) Set of Stories: Torchwood Children of Earth Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Torchwood Children of Earth • Episode 4 Day Four Rating: 4.59 Story Skipped Television Reviews(4) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Torchwood (Series 1-4) Set of Stories: Torchwood Children of Earth Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Torchwood Children of Earth • Episode 5 Day Five Rating: 4.61 Story Skipped Television Reviews(4) More Actions View Sets Close Related Sets Set of Stories: Torchwood (Series 1-4) Set of Stories: Torchwood Children of Earth Add Review Edit Review Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Save to my list Saved Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite JOHNSON: Now do you believe she's a terrorist? ANDY: She shot the wheels. What kind of terrorist shoots your wheels, hmm? JOHNSON: A clever one. — Day Two Transcript + Script Needs checking [Roald Dahl Plass] (There is a crater where Torchwood once was. Her proximity to the blast has nearly deafened Gwen. The emergency services are on the scene.) PARAMEDIC: Whoa. Whoa, whoa. You can't go back there, love. No, no, no, it's too dangerous.GWEN: They're my friends. I've got to get them out. My friends are in there! My friends!PARAMEDIC: Get her back to the ambulance.GWEN: Let me go. Let me go. Let me go! No! [Ambulance] PARAMEDIC: Hold her down. Control said no survivors.(Gwen bites the man holding her then knocks them both out with a fire extinguisher. She takes their guns then a red laser sight hits her eye. Diving out of the ambulance, she shoots at the sniper, who hits one of the paramedics as he tumbles out the back of the vehicle. Gwen goes round to the drivers seat and leaves in a hurry.Ianto crawls out of the crater and spots the red laser sight as well. He runs, bullets ricocheting around him. The sniper gives chase, but is a useless shot.) Show Full Transcript Open in new window View Script (PDF)