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Torchwood
– Miracle Day starring John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, Eve Myles
as Gwen Cooper, Mekhi Phifer as Rex Matheson, Bill Pullman as Oswald Danes,
Alexa Havins as Esther Drummond, and Kai Owen as Rhys Williams.
Torchwood is the spinoff series of the new series of Doctor Who starring John Barrowman
as Captain Jack Harkness formerly in charge of
the
the secret British government agency tasked with collecting and
controlling alien activity, which
was destroyed in the previous season.
One day, nobody in the entire world
dies. And the next
day. And the
next...
and world population skyrockets
overnight. And at the same time, a
worldwide
conspiracy tightens around the surviving members of
the Torchwood team.
This fourth season was a ten-part miniseries that ran on BBC1 in the
US and was a co-production between the two of them.
**Note that this is an adult series, with most episodes rated TV-MA,
for sexual and violent
content and swearing.
A 4-disc release. On all 4 discs:
- Graphical menus, episode and scene
selection features, and subtitles for the hearing
impaired.
- DTS HD Sound.
- Original 16:9 video. (High-definition on the Blu-Ray
release (1080i))
- Each episode has an extra 1-minute
introduction by John Barrowman and executive
producer Russell T. Davies
On Disc 1:
- Episode 1: The
- Optional commentary on The New World with executive producers
Russell T. Davies
and Julie Gardner.
- Five "Character Profiles" (2
minutes each), spotlighting Capt. Jack Harkness,
Gwen Cooper, Rex Matheson, Oswald Danes, and Rhys Williams.
On Disc 2:
- Episode 4: Escape to LA Episode 5: The Categories of Life Episode 6: The
Middle Men
- FX Special. A 16-minute Torchwood Declassified featurette
spotlighting the visual
effects
throughout the season.
On Disc 3:
- Episode 7: Immortal Sins Episode 8: End of the Road
- Behind the Scenes A 30-minute Torchwood Declassified featurette about
the making of
the season, featuring interviews with all the regular cast
and all the key production
personnel.
On Disc 4:
- Episode 9: The Gathering and Episode 10: The
Blood Line
- Optional commentary on The Blood Line by Russell T. Davies and
Julie Gardner
- Torchwood Motion Comic. A 28-minute animated featurette
starring John Barrowman,
Eve
Myles, and Eliza Dushku. This is all of the animated sequences from
the iPod/
iPhone/iPad video game Web of Lies that was released in
parallel with the original
broadcasts.
- Deleted Scenes. Five scenes cut from the finished shows, totaling
8 minutes, including
some on-set material before and after each take.