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Torchwood: End Of Days

A time rift has opened and people and things from many different times are being pulled through it. As things get really out of control the team find themselves confronted with things from their past and their futures. Jack realises that he is the only person who can save the planet from total destruction but it could cost him everything in doing so.


8.8/10 (12 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 1x13
Production Number: 113
Airdate: Monday January 01st, 2007

Director: Ashley Way
Writer: Chris Chibnall

Alternate Airdates:

USA Dec 01, 2007
NL (Sci-Fi) Jun 03, 2009

Starring Roles
Kai OwenKai Owen
As Rhys Williams
Recurring

Guest Stars
Murray MelvinMurray Melvin
As Bilis Manger
Recurring
Tom PriceTom Price
As PC Andy
Recurring
Caroline ChikezieCaroline Chikezie
As Lisa Hallett
Recurring
Louise DelamereLouise Delamere
As Diane Holmes
Recurring
Noriko AidaNoriko Aida
As Toshiko's Mother
Recurring
Paul Kasey (1)Paul Kasey (1)
As Weevil
Recurring
Jamie BeltonJamie Belton
As Roman Soldier
Rhian Wyn JonesRhian Wyn Jones
As Religious Woman

Guest Hosts
Carrie GraceCarrie Grace
As Newscaster
Main Cast
John BarrowmanJohn Barrowman
As Captain Jack Harkness
Eve MylesEve Myles
As Gwen Cooper
Burn GormanBurn Gorman
As Owen Harper
Naoko MoriNaoko Mori
As Toshiko Sato
Gareth David-LloydGareth David-Lloyd
As Ianto Jones

Recap

At her flat, Gwen watches Rhys sleep. He wakes up and they flirt briefly. When Rhys leaves the room, Jack calls to tell her to check the news. She turns on the television where a newscaster is reporting sightings across the world. There have been UFOs seen over India and Roundhead soldiers in London. Religious believers are insisting it's the End of Days...

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Episode Notes
When the TARDIS arrives at the end of the episode, the Doctor's severed hand starts to glow, as the TARDIS key did in the 2005 Doctor Who episode "Father's Day".



Music
ArtistSong TitlePlayed When
The Stone RosesBegging You 


Episode Quotes
Rhys Williams: You know, it's rude to stare.
Gwen: I thought telepathy would get you to make me a cuppa.
Rhys Williams: What's it worth?
Gwen: What do you want?
Rhys Williams: I'll draw you a diagram, shall I?

Jack: The cracks in time trace back here to the Rift. This city, this Hub, is the centre. What you’re seeing are ripples and aftershocks. The Rift is splintering because of you.
Owen: What?
Jack: You opened the Rift without knowing what you were doing. You’ve caused the temporal cracks to widen. Time is seeping through.
Owen: If it wasn’t for me, you two would still be in the 1940s. So are we going to sit around crying into our lattes, or are we are going to do something about it?

Jack: So he was on his way there, time splintered and he ends up here.
Andy: Excuse me? Hi. Any time you feel like talking sense…
Jack: That soldier came through a crack in time
Andy: He’s not serious, is he? This sort of thing just doesn’t happen. Not in Cardiff.
Jack: Just because you can’t understand it, doesn’t mean it isn’t true.

Jack: Under any other circumstances, an exuberant Roman soldier would be my idea of a perfect morning.

Andy: Everyone's saying it, you know. Word on the streets. Do you think this is the end of the world?
Gwen: Oh, Andy, don’t be silly. Do you think the world’s going to end on your shift?
Andy: I’ve seen you use that smile on a lot of people.
Gwen: What smile?
Andy: The smile you use to reassure people when, deep down, you know everything’s gone to shit.

Owen: People are dropping through time and they are gonna bring every disease in history through your doors. So you'd better be ready.
Tosh: Owen.
Owen: You scared enough yet? 'Cause fuck knows I am!

Owen: Who the fuck are you anyway, Jack Harkness? You don’t even exist. We’ve looked. So if you’re not even a real person, then why the hell should I follow your orders?
Jack: Get out.

Jack: You're a united front now, Toshiko, the poor girl who'll screw any passing alien that gives her a pendant. Owen, so strong he gets in a cage with a Weevil, desperate to be mauled. Ianto, hiding his cyber-girlfriend in the basement. Your three comrades here pumped bullets into her, remember?
Gwen: I've got to get Rhys back.
Jack: Yeah, 'cause you're so in love with Rhys that you spend half your time in Owen's bed.
(Gwen punches him)
Gwen: Fuck you!

Owen: Stay down!
Jack: You wanna be in charge, Owen? You’ve got to have significantly bigger balls.

Bilis Manger: From out of the darkness, he is come.
Gwen: What is he talking about?
Bilis Manger: Son of the Great Beast, cast out before time, chained in rock and imprisoned beneath the Rift.
Gwen: What?
Bilis Manger: All hail Abaddon, the Great Devourer, come to feast on life! (Abaddon emerges) The whole world shall die beneath his shadow.

Gwen: The visions we had. We all saw people we loved. What did you see?
Jack: Nothing. There was nothing.
Gwen: Jack, what would have tempted you? What visions would've convinced you to open the Rift?
Jack: The right kind of doctor.

Owen: What’s the matter?
Gwen: He was just here. Something’s taken him. Jack’s gone.



Episode Goofs
As confirmed on the DVD commentary, when Owen turns and leaves, you can see the script pages poking out of his back right pocket.


This episode is a prelude/lead-in to the Doctor Who episode "Utopia (1)". However, in that episode, the TARDIS materialises on the plaza and Jack runs to meet it. Here, he's inside the Hub, the TARDIS seemingly materialises inside the Hub with Jack (the noise, the rushing wind), and he departs immediately.




Other Episode Crew

CreatorRussell T. Davies
Executive ProducerRussell T. Davies  |  Julie Gardner (1)
ProducerRichard Stokes
Co-ProducerChris Chibnall
Associate ProducerTerry Reeve
Production DesignerEdward Thomas
EditorElen Pierce Lewis
First Assistant DirectorNick Rae
Second Assistant DirectorLynsey Muir
MusicBen Foster (3)
Costume DesignerRay Holman
Make-upElin Rhiannon  |  Sarah Astley-Hughes  |  Hayley Watkins
GripDai Hopkins
Camera OperatorJenny Budd
Location ManagerPaul Davies (3)
Production CoordinatorCarmelina Palumbo
Assistant EditorMatt Mullins (2)
Post Production SupervisorChris Blatchford  |  Helen Vallis
Supervising Sound EditorDoug Sinclair (2)
GafferMickey Reeves
On-Line EditorJon Everett  |  Matthew Clarke (2)
Director of PhotographyRay Orton
Production SecretaryMargarita Felices  |  Kristy Jones
Post Production CoordinatorMarie Brown (2)
Production ManagementKaela Langan
Sound EditorPaul McFadden
Script EditorBrian Minchin
Assistant ProducerSophie Fante
Dubbing MixerPeter Jeffreys
Sound RecordistDave Baumber
Third Assistant DirectorPaul Bennett (2)
Costume SupervisorBobbie Peach
Boom OperatorKevin Staples (2)
Art Department CoordinatorMatt North (1)
Main Title ThemeMurray Gold
Visual Effects SupervisorDavid Houghton  |  Barney Curnow
Production AccountantCeri Tothill  |  Endaf Emyr Williams
Camera AssistantSteve Davies
Best BoyLlyr Evans
Casting AssociateKirsty Robertson  |  Andy Brierley
Visual Effects ProducerWill Cohen (3)  |  Marie Jones (3)
Production ExecutiveJulie Scott (2)
Unit ManagerGeraint Havard Jones
ColoristMick Vincent
ContinuitySuzanna Binding
Focus PullerAlwyn Hughes
RunnerGlenn Coxon  |  Llywarch Davies  |  Joney Lyons
Casting DirectorAndy Pryor
DesignerJulie Signy
Supervising Art DirectorKeith Dunne
Standby Art DirectorAlison Brown (2)
Construction ManagerMatthew Hywel-Davies
Art Department Production ManagerJonathan Allison
Sound Special Effects EditorHoward Eaves
Make-up DesignerMarie Doris
Make-up SupervisorClaire Pritchard
Chief Supervising Art DirectorStephen Nicholas
Props MasterStuart Wooddisse
Costume AssistantSara Morgan  |  Charlotte Mitchell (1)
Script SecretaryHelen Pugsley  |  Claire Thomas
Art Department Operations ManagerAdrian Anscombe
 

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