Torchwood/Children of Earth: Day Five

Children of Earth: Day Five
Season 3, Episode 5
Airdate	July 10, 2009
Written by	Russell T. Davies
Directed by	Euros Lyn
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Children of Earth: Day Five is the fifth and final episode of the third season of Torchwood and the thirty-first overall.

Cast: John Barrowman (Captain Jack), Eve Myles (Gwen Cooper), Kai Owen (Rhys Williams), Peter Capaldi (John Frobisher), Nicholas Farell (Brian Green), Susan Brown (Bridget Spears), Lucy Cohu (Alice Carter), Ian Gelder (Mr Dekker), Tom Price (PC Andy), Cush Jumbo (Lois Habiba), Liz May Brice (Johnson), Colin McFarlane (General Pierce), Deborah Finlay (Denise Riley), Charles Abomeli (Colonel Oduya) uncredited, Katy Wix (Rhiannon Davies), Rhodri Lewis (Johnny Davies), Hillary Maclean (Anna Frobisher), Luke Perry (David Davies), Aimee Davies Mica Davies), Bear McCauslan (Steven Carter), Julia Joyce (Holly Frobisher), Madeliene Rakic-Platt (Lilly Frobisher), Simon Poland (456 Voice), Lorna Bennett (Female Teacher), Rhiannon Oliver (Mum). Louise Minchin (Newsreader),

Plot Overview

"Two, Four, Six, Eight, Ten, Twelve....."

Unable to defeat The 456, Ianto dead, Captain Jack is a broken man and the govenment ready to comply with the demand to provide 10% of the children. General Pierce begins pulling the strings and Prime Minster Brian Green begins to implement Frobisher's contingency plans. The shools are reopened, parents are urged to return their children to school.

Innoculations used as a cover to obtain the requisite number of children, protesting parents suppressed. Frobisher shocked, when Prime minister Green reneges on his word, to find he is expected to show his children being bussed away to be innoculated as an example to the rest of the country makes a desperate decision to protect his children from the 456.

Captain Jack is jailed. Lois Habiba is jailed. Jack's daughter and grandson are released. Gwen and Rhys return to Cardiff.

Johnson now in control of Torchwood London begins making her own descisions to stop the transfer of the children leading Jack to make his own terrible sacrifice to save the world's children.

Quotes

• Gwen Cooper "There was one thing I always meant to ask Jack? Back in the old days I wanted to know about that Doctor of his. The man who appears out of nowhere and saves the world, except sometimes he dosen't. All those times in history when there was no sign of him I wanted to know why not? But I don't need to ask anymore, I know the answer now. Sometimes the Doctor must look at this planet and turn away in shame...".

• 456 "The hit...The Hit. They create chemicals, the chemicals are good..we feel good, the chemicals are good".