Day One (22 Oct. 2006)

Torchwood must stop a sex addicted alien as it leaves a trail of gruesome deaths in its wake.

Director:

Brian Kelly

Writers:

Russell T. Davies (creator), Chris Chibnall

Stars:

John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
John Barrowman	...	Captain Jack Harkness
Eve Myles	...	Gwen Cooper
Burn Gorman	...	Owen Harper
Naoko Mori	...	Toshiko Sato
Gareth David-Lloyd	...	Ianto Jones
Kai Owen	...	Rhys Williams
Adrian Christopher	...	Private Moriarty
Ross O'Hennessey	...	Sgt. Johnson (as Ross O'Hennessy)
Sara Lloyd-Gregory	...	Carys Fletcher (as Sara Lloyd Gregory)
Ceri Mears	...	Banksy
Justin McDonald	...	Matt
Tom Price	...	PC Andy Davidson
Brendan Charleson	...	Ivan Fletcher
Robert Störr	...	Gavin (as Rob Storr)
Lloyd Everitt	...	Mikey

Storyline

Gwen Cooper is now a member of Torchwood as they investigate a meteor that has crashed on the outskirts of Cardiff. She inadvertently releases a gaseous life form that can take control of a human host. The host is a young woman, Carys, who uncontrollably becomes a sexual predator and any man she has sex with disintegrates. The Torchwood team find her easily but when she manages to escape, they know the lives of young men are at risk. Gwen meanwhile realizes she is the only one on the team with a social life while the others spend all of their time working.

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Plot Keywords:

bisexuality | lesbian kiss | gay | homosexual | gay man has sex with a woman | 

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 October 2006 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBC Wales, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min 50 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The girl who plays Carys was Gareth David-Lloyd's girlfriend.

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Goofs

At the start of the episode, when Gwen and Rhys are chasing after the meteorite as it flies across Cardiff, you see them running South along Saint Mary's Street. The next shot is of the meteorite flying North along The Friary, which is almost a mile away in the opposite direction.

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Quotes

Captain Jack Harkness: So what's our next move?
Owen Harper: Stop the entire city of Cardiff from shagging?
Gwen Cooper: Put bromide in the water supply.
Captain Jack Harkness: No. Too hit and miss.
Owen Harper: Yeah, and the water company got really pissed off the last time we did that.

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Connections

Featured in A Taste of My Life: John Barrowman (2007)

User Reviews

Call This One "The OOPS Files"...

You know that awkward feeling you get when you first start a new job, when you're not quiet sure where you fit in just yet, and it seems like everything you do not to look like a klutz seems to have the opposite effect instead? Gwen Cooper is SOOO there right now with the Torchwood team...especially when an accidental gaffe winds up unleashing a sex-starved alien...Whose hunger for the erotic energy unleashed by the human orgasm, results in all of its victims "coming AND going", with the only evidence of their deaths being little red piles of dust..all that's left of the unwitting victims. It's X FILES meets SPECIES meets that ST: OS episode when the Enterprise was invaded by those interdimensional beings who kept turning the crew into hexagonal sugar cubes.

The mix of daffiness, death and darkness becomes even more apparent here, especially since in one hysterical scene, Owen ends up locked naked in a cell by an escaped prisoner, showing that even the "seasoned" team vets aren't immune to screwing things up, either.

Overall, a great second episode, with a nice (and not overly preachy) commentary about the price of sexual freedom in society.