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Torchwood :: Ghost Machine (01x03)

Episode Information

Title:

Ghost Machine

Episode #:

01x03

Production Number:

103

Original Airdate:

Sunday October 29th, 2006

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8.3/10 (8 Votes cast)

Other Release Dates: (Edit)
Country:	Aired On:

AU (Ten)	Jul 02, 2007
US (BBC America)	Sep 22, 2007
NL (Sci-Fi)	Mar 25, 2009

Episode Crew
Director:	Colin Teague
Writer:	Helen Raynor

Episode Summary

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Gwen ends up with an alien object from a young man running away. Visions of a young boy start to haunt her. The team desperately try to find the man who gave it to her as Owen disobeys orders by using it. He sees visions of a murder that happened over 40 years and learns that the murderer is still on the loose and alive.

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English Recap Available: View Here

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Guest Stars

Starring Roles
•Kai Owen	played	Rhys Williams	Recurring (second appearance)
Guest Stars
•Ben McKay	played	Bernie
•Llinos Daniel	played	Eleri
•Christopher Greene (1)	played	Young Thomas Erasmus Flanagan (as Christopher Green)
•John Normington	played	Thomas Erasmus Flanagan
•Julie Gibbs	played	Bernie's Mom
•Ian Kay	played	Snooker Player
•Ryan Conway	played	Kid in Arcade
•Kathryn Howard	played	Women in Shop
•Emily Evans	played	Lizzie Lewis
•Christopher Elson	played	Young Ed Morgan
•Gareth Thomas	played	Ed Morgan

Main Cast

•John Barrowman	played	Captain Jack Harkness
•Eve Myles	played	Gwen Cooper
•Burn Gorman	played	Owen Harper
•Naoko Mori	played	Toshiko Sato
•Gareth David-Lloyd	played	Ianto Jones

Episode Notes

John Normington (Thomas Erasmus Flanagan) previously played Morgus in the 1984 Doctor Who serial "The Caves of Androzani" and Trevor Sigma in the 1988 serial "The Happiness Patrol".

Featured Songs

Artist	Song Title	Played When
•Feeder	Feeling a Moment	Owen and Tosh talk in the bar
•The Libertines	Can't Stand Me Now
•Travis	Sing

Episode Quotes

Gwen: I don't even kill spiders in the bath.
Jack: Nor do I. Not with a gun.

Other Episode Crew

• Creator	Russell T. Davies (1)
• Executive Producer	Julie Gardner (1) \| Russell T. Davies (1)
• Producer	Richard Stokes
• Co-Producer	Chris Chibnall
• Associate Producer	Marcus Prince
• Production Designer	Edward Thomas
• Editor	Mike Hopkins
• First Assistant Director	Nick Rae
• Second Assistant Director	Lynsey Muir
• Music	Ben Foster (3)
• Costume Designer	Ray Holman
• Make-up	Sarah Astley-Hughes \| Kate Roberts
• Camera Operator	Gareth Hughes
• Location Manager	Paul Davies (3)
• Production Coordinator	Carmelina Palumbo
• Assistant Editor	Matt Mullins (2)
• Post Production Supervisor	Helen Vallis \| Chris Blatchford
• Gaffer	Dave Fowler
• On-Line Editor	Matthew Clarke (2)
• Director of Photography	Mark Waters
• Stunts	Gary Hoptrough \| Crispin Layfield \| Jo McLaren \| Curtis Rivers
• Stunt Coordinator	Tom Lucy
• Production Secretary	Margarita Felices
• Assistant Production Coordinator	Kate Powell (2)
• Post Production Coordinator	Marie Brown (2)
• Production Management	Catrin Lewis Defis
• Sound Editor	Paul McFadden
• Script Editor	Brian Minchin
• Assistant Producer	Sophie Fante
• Dubbing Mixer	Tim Ricketts
• Sound Recordist	Jeff Matthews
• Third Assistant Director	Rhian Salisbury
• Costume Supervisor	Debra Haggett
• Boom Operator	Jeff Welch
• Art Department Coordinator	Matt North (1)
• Visual Effects Coordinator	Kim Phelan
• Main Title Theme	Murray Gold
• Visual Effects Supervisor	Barney Curnow \| David Houghton
• Production Accountant	Endaf Emyr Williams \| Ceri Tothill
• Camera Assistant	Mani Blaxter Paliwala
• Best Boy	Steve Slocombe
• Casting Associate	Andy Brierley
• Visual Effects Producer	Marie Jones (3) \| Will Cohen (3)
• Production Executive	Julie Scott (2)
• Unit Manager	Geraint Havard Jones
• Colorist	Mick Vincent
• Continuity	Vicky Cole
• Focus Puller	Dai Hopkins \| Duncan Fowlie
• Runner	Glenn Coxon
• Casting Director	Andy Pryor
• Designer	Penny Harvey
• Supervising Art Director	Keith Dunne
• Standby Art Director	Leonie Rintler
• Construction Manager	Matthew Hywel-Davies
• Contracts Assistant	Beth Britton
• Art Department Production Manager	Jonathan Allison
• Sound Special Effects Editor	Howard Eaves
• Make-up Designer	Marie Doris
• Make-up Supervisor	Claire Pritchard
• Chief Supervising Art Director	Stephen Nicholas
• Costume Assistant	Bobbie Peach \| Sam Benbow
• Art Department Operations Manager	Adrian Anscombe

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