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TORCHWOOD
1X01: EVERYTHING CHANGES
ORIGINAL AIR DATE IN UK: 10/22/2006
TRANSCRIBED FROM DL
Written by: RUSSELL T DAVIES
Directed by: BRIAN KELLY
Producer: RICHARD STOKES
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SUMMARY: Gwen meets Jack Harkness and Torchwood.
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TORCHWOOD
1X01: EVERYTHING CHANGES
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THIS PROGRAM CONTAINS SOME STRONG LANGUAGE.
FADE IN:
EXT. CARDIFF CITY LIGHTS (STOCK) – NIGHT
(Stock images of Cardiff city lights. Beautiful.)
TOP VIEW DOWN
(The city streets.)
ZOOM DOWN TO:
EXT. LLANGYFELACH LANE -- BACK ALLEY – NIGHT
(A DEAD BODY on the ground in the dark. The lights turn on. It's of a young man. Rain
pelts down on the body and on the crime scene. The investigators are there dressed in
standard white and blue booties.)
OFFICER: (o.s.) Yeah, everything is, uh, under control at the moment. SOCO are on
the scene, over.
(Next to the body is evidence marker #1. The investigator puts an item next to the body
and he walks away. The lights surround the body only. There are several investigators in
the alley taking out and setting up their equipment.)
(The end of the alley is blocked by police cars.)
(An officer is holding a cup of coffee. PC Gwen Cooper grabs the cup from him. The police
are wearing yellow rain jackets with HEDDLU POLICE on the back.)
GWEN COOPER: Ooh, sweetheart.
POLICEMAN 2: Gwen, I've got enough, you didn't order.
GWEN COOPER: Well, I've only just arrived, so tough.
POLICEMAN: (o.s.) Well, what do I do now?
(Gwen heads for the crime scene. She ducks under the tape and stops next to her partner,
Andy. They watch the investigators work.)
GWEN COOPER: Who is it?
ANDY: I dunno, some bloke.
(Gwen sips from her cup.)
ANDY: You going to Slimbo's on Friday?
GWEN COOPER: What is it, drinks?
ANDY: Bit of a pizza, I think.
GWEN COOPER: Might do, yeah.
(He nods.)
(An officer walks up to the investigators and talks to them. They start packing up their
things and they don't look too happy about it.)
ANDY: All right. What's happening there, then?
(The investigators grab their equipment and head out. The officers clear the scene
including Andy and Gwen.)
OFFICER: Yeah, SOCO are, uh, leaving the scene, over.
(SOCO leaves the scene. Andy and Gwen are forced to move back.)
OFFICER: Move back, if you could, thank you.
OFFICER: Back you go, that's it, back you go.
GWEN COOPER: Hey, what's going on?
(They duck in the tape. Gwen veers off and talks with SOCO standing on the side.)
GWEN COOPER: Excuse me, sir. What is it? What's happening?
SOCO: Buggered if I know. It's orders from above.
GWEN COOPER: But the body's still in there though, isn't it? We can't just leave
it.
(She points to the body in the middle of the now empty alley.)
SOCO: Move back, they said, clear the site. Special access, they said.
GWEN COOPER: For who?
SOCO: Torchwood.
(A black SUV pulls into the alley and stops. The doors open and a group of four
individuals exit the SUV – Jack, Suzie, Toshiko and Owen. They button up their coats
and head for the dead body.)
(They look very impressive. Gwen and Soco watch them as they pass by.)
GWEN COOPER: Who's Torchwood?
SOCO: Special ops or something. (He looks at her coffee.) Is that hot?
(She gives him the cup.)
GWEN COOPER: Ah, yeah. Have it. But they're not allowed in there, they could
contaminate the evidence and all sorts. I mean, how come they ... ?
SOCO: (interrupts) Don't ask me, there's no procedure any more. It's a fucking
disgrace.
(He turns and leaves with Gwen's cup of coffee. Gwen watches as the group gather
around the body and crouch down. One of them opens their kit. Jack turns and looks around
the area.)
(Gwen looks around the area. Next to the alley is a large parking structure high and close
enough to watch what's going on above the group. Gwen turns and heads for the parking
garage.)
INT. PARKING GARAGE -- STAIRS – CONTINUOUS
(Gwen climbs up the parking garage stairs.)
INT. PARKING GARAGE – 5TH FLOOR – NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS
(Gwen reaches the fifth floor and runs to the side. Looking over the railing, she watches
Torchwood work on the body.)
EXT. LLANGYFELACH LANE -- BACK ALLEY – NIGHT
(The group is crouched around the body while Jack remains standing.)
JACK: There you go. I can taste it. Estrogen. Definitely estrogen. You take the
Pill, flush it away, it enters the water cycle, feminizes the fish--
(Suzie takes a metal glove out of the case. She slips it on her right hand. Toshiko is
looking at her own equipment. Owen has a digital camera as he records them.)
JACK: -- it goes all the way up into the sky, and then falls all the way back down
on to me. Contraceptives in the rain. Love this planet. Still, at least I won't get
pregnant. Never doing that again.
(He turns and looks at the others.)
JACK: How's it going?
(Suzie is looking at the glove.)
SUZIE COSTELLO: Nothing yet. It's got to connect, I've just got to feel it.
(Owen leans in close.)
OWEN HARPER: Then hurry up and feel it! I'm freezing my arse off here.
SUZIE COSTELLO: I can't just flick a switch, it's more like access. It grants me
access.
OWEN HARPER: Whatever that means.
SUZIE COSTELLO: It's like ... (The glove clicks and moves.) Oh, oh, oh!
(Suddenly blue lights in the palm of the glove activate. The lights around the body flare
a little brighter.)
JACK: Positions.
OWEN HARPER: If I get punched again, I'm punching it right back.
JACK: Just, concentrate. Suzie?
(Suzie gently holds the dead man's head in her gloved hand. The sounds around them
stops. The rain is still falling, we just don't hear it anymore. The lights
surrounding the body grow brighter.)
(After a moment, the man gasps for breath.)
(High above them, Gwen watches.)
(John Tucker looks around at the group.)
JOHN TUCKER: (scared) There was ... What was? I was ... Oh, my God, I was going
home.
TOSHIKO SATO: Listen to me, we've only got two minutes so it's important that you
listen, okay?
JOHN TUCKER: Who are you?
TOSHIKO SATO: Trust me. You're dead.
JOHN TUCKER: How am I dead?
OWEN HARPER: You were stabbed.
JOHN TUCKER: I'm not dead, I can see you.
TOSHIKO SATO: We've brought you back but we haven't got long, I'm sorry but you've
got to concentrate, who did this to you? What did you see?
JOHN TUCKER: Why am I dead?
TOSHIKO SATO: Who attacked you?
JOHN TUCKER: I don't want to be dead.
SUZIE COSTELLO: Sixty seconds.
TOSHIKO SATO: You've got to think, just focus on me. What was the last thing you
saw?
(Jack takes a deep breath and exhales.)
JOHN TUCKER: I didn't see any ... I don't know.
TOSHIKO SATO: Who killed you, did you see them?
JOHN TUCKER: I don't know. There was ... something behind me.
OWEN HARPER: Police said one stab wound in the back.
TOSHIKO SATO: So you didn't see anything?
JOHN TUCKER: No.
(Toshiko looks at Jack. Suzie looks at Jack. John looks at them.)
JOHN TUCKER: What happens now?
SUZIE COSTELLO: Thirty seconds.
TOSHIKO SATO: But he didn't see anyone.
SUZIE COSTELLO: Don't waste it.
TOSHIKO SATO: What else do I say?
(Jack kneels down.)
JACK: What's your name?
JOHN TUCKER: John. John Tucker.
JACK: Okay, John. Not long now.
JOHN TUCKER: Who are you?
JACK: Captain Jack Harkness.
(Gwen heard that.)
JACK: Tell me ... what was it like when you died? What did you see? (John
doesn't understand the question.) John. Tell me what you saw.
SUZIE COSTELLO: Ten seconds.
JOHN TUCKER: Nothing. I saw nothing. Oh, my God. There's nothing.
(And with that, John dies. The lights around the body dim a little. And it rains again.)
OWEN HARPER: Shit. I said it was stupid, telling him he was dead.
TOSHIKO SATO: Well, you try it.
(Toshiko gets to her feet.)
OWEN HARPER: "Trust me," like that's gonna work.
(Owen gets to his feet.)
JACK: Told the last corpse he was injured, he wasted the whole two minutes
screaming for an ambulance.
(He glances at Toshiko. Toshiko looks down at the body.)
JACK: Maybe there's no right way of doing it.
(Jack looks up directly at Gwen.)
JACK: What do you think?
(busted. Gwen gasps and pulls back. She takes a step back, pauses, then she runs across
the garage toward the stairs.)
EXT. CARDIFF STREET – NIGHT – CONTINUOUS
(Gwen runs back out onto the alley. Various cuts of Gwen, taking it all in and having a
hard time believing what she just saw.)
EXT. CARDIFF (STOCK) – NIGHT
(Establish. It's night. And it's Cardiff.)
INT. GWEN'S FLAT – LIVING ROOM -- NIGHT
(The door opens and Gwen returns home. She's thoughtful as she puts her umbrella down
in the foyer.)
(She heads inside.)
GWEN COOPER: You still up?
RHYS WILLIAMS: In here.
(She walks into the living room and finds Rhys on the sofa.)
RHYS WILLIAMS: They said on the news, murder in the city centre, were you there?
(She sits next to him and kisses him on the forehead.)
GWEN COOPER: No, I dunno, nothing to do with me.
(He nods.)
GWEN COOPER: How come you're still up though?
RHYS WILLIAMS: Banana Boat came round. He was saying he's got plans, he's off again
next summer.
GWEN COOPER: How come you're not pissed then?
RHYS WILLIAMS: No, no. We had a cup of tea. He's read this thing about diabetes. Me
and him having tea, that's middle age, that is. There's some Chinese in the fridge.
GWEN COOPER: No, I'm knackered. You coming to bed?
RHYS WILLIAMS: I'll just finish here. (serious) This man's found his sister.
(Rhys and Gwen look at the telly.)
GWEN COOPER: I'll see you in a minute.
(She gets up and heads off.)
INT. GWEN'S ROOM – NIGHT
(It's the middle of the night. Rhys is fast asleep. Gwen is still awake and thinking
about what she saw that night.)
EXT. CARDIFF (STOCK) – DAY
(It's the next day. It's Cardiff.)
EXT. CARDIFF POLICE BUILDING (STOCK) – DAY
(Establish.)
INT. CARDIFF POLICE -- DAY
(Gwen walks in. Yvonne is coming down the stairs, a large stack of file folders in her
arms.)
GWEN COOPER: Von, can you me a favor? Can you do a search for me?
YVONNE: Oh, join the queue.
(She doesn't stop. Gwen heads up the stairs.)
GWEN COOPER: It's a 'Captain Jack Harkness'. Could you check him out?
YVONNE: I'm busy. There's proper channels, Gwen. What sort of Captain?
GWEN COOPER: Don't know. Just Captain.
(Yvonne continues on.)
YVONNE: If I've got time.
GWEN COOPER: Thanks!
YVONNE: (doesn't look back) If!
(Gwen walks out of camera frame.)
INT. CARDIFF POLICE -- CONFERENCE ROOM -- DAY
(There's a group of detectives going over the photos on the victim boards. The Chief
Detective points to 'VICTIM 1' SARAH PALLISTER.)
DETECTIVE 1: Sarah Pallister, 72, murdered in her front room. Rani Ghosh, 45,
murdered in Robintree Alley.
(He points to a second victim, VICTIM 2 "RANI GHOSH.")
(Gwen walks into the room carrying a tray of coffee cups. She walks around offering them
to the detectives.)
DETECTIVE 1: And now John Tucker, 19, murdered in Llangyfelach Lane. So far,
there's absolutely nothing linking these three victims, apart from the way they died. As
far as we can tell, all with the same weapon. A blade, approximately eight inches long,
three inches deep.
DETECTIVE 2: Two women were stabbed from the front, but John Tucker was stabbed
from behind. What does that tell us about the killer?
DETECTIVE 1: That he's a coward.
EXT. STREET – DAY
(An officer car is parked on the side of the road. Gwen and her partner Andy get out. )
GWEN COOPER: But those people last night, the people in the car, who were they?
What's Torchwood?
ANDY: Dunno, special ops.
GWEN COOPER: Yeah, but what does that mean?
ANDY: Bet you ten quid they're DNA specialists. It's all DNA these days, like that
CSI bollocks. CSI Cardiff, I'd like to see that. They'd be measuring the velocity of a
kebab.
(They head for the bar.)
INT. BAR -- CONTINUOUS
(The door opens. Andy and Gwen enter the bar in the middle of a brawl.)
ANDY: (shouts) Thank you very much!
ANDY: (shouts) Break it up! Break it up! Thank you!
(Andy and Gwen get into the middle of the brawl trying to break it up. They push and pull.
Gwen latches onto a man's arm, trying to get him to let go of the man he's
holding. He pushes her off his arm.)
(Gwen hits her head against the wooden wall.)
GWEN COOPER: Ow!
(The brawl continues. Gwen can't get up.)
INT. HOSPITAL – ROOM -- DAY
(Gwen is in the hospital getting her wound tended to.)
GWEN COOPER: Ow!
INT. HOSPITAL – HALLWAY – DAY – CONTINUOUS
(Gwen walks along the hallway. She gingerly touches the back of her head.)
OVERHEAD: (p.a.) Dr. Roberts to ME. Dr. Roberts to ME. Thank you.
(She just happens to look up. She sees someone that looks like Jack running up the stairs.
He's wearing a long blue trenchcoat and moving quickly.)
(Gwen follows.)
INT. HOSPITAL – STAIRS -- CONTINUOUS
(Gwen runs up the stairs. She looks up and sees the man running up the stairs. She
continues to follow him.)
(She reaches the top and sees that the corridors have been sealed off. She hears a door
slam shut. She hurries down the stairs a little and calls out to the porter walking up.)
GWEN COOPER: Excuse me. Sorry.
(The porter looks at Gwen.)
GWEN COOPER: It's all sealed off up there. Who did that?
PORTER: Thought it was you lot.
GWEN COOPER: But what's it for, what's happened?
PORTER: Well, I don't know. Nine o'clock this morning, it was all sealed
off, they never said. Chemicals or something.
(He turns away. Gwen walks up to the seal and considers it a moment. She enters the
corridor.)
INT. HOSPITAL – CORRIDOR -- CONTINUOUS
(The corridor is empty. She calls out.)
GWEN COOPER: Hello?
(At the far end of the corridor, someone walks out of a side room. A bi-ped about the size
of an adult human and wearing a jumpsuit. From this distance, it might even be mistaken
for one, but its not.)
GWEN COOPER: Sorry, I'm just looking for someone.
(The Weevil turns and looks at Gwen. It doesn't answer. Gwen starts to head closer to
it. The weevil doesn't move. The closer she gets, the stranger the creature looks to
her.)
GWEN COOPER: (mutters) Right, yeah. Clever. (louder) Anyway, I don't know if you
saw a man come through here - a tall man, in one of those big sort of military coats.
(The weevil still doesn't answer her. Now, Gwen can clearly see that it doesn't
look human. Still, it could be a mask.)
GWEN COOPER: Okay. If you could answer? This is official business.
(The closer she gets, the better she can see the weevil. It definitely doesn't look
human. She approaches it cautiously.)
GWEN COOPER: You all right? (She smiles and points to his face.) That's good.
That's a good mask sort of thing.
(The weevil still doesn't answer her.)
GWEN COOPER: Look, I'm sorry if I'm interrupting something, but ... I think we can
stop this now, okay?
(The weevil looks at her.)
GWEN COOPER: It's all very well playing silly buggers, but I'm busy, all right?
Now, I'm looking for a man in a big grey coat. I said we can stop being silly.
(The weevil openly hisses at her.)
(At the end of the corridor, the porter enters.)
PORTER: Ah! There you are, I did ask when I saw Dr Mahib cos I thought it was him
who said about the police, --
(Gwen turns and looks back at the weevil. The porter heads for them.)
PORTER: (rambles) But he said no, then I said about the chemicals but he said don't
be stupid, what chemicals? So I don't know, could be anything, who've you got with you
there then? So much for sealing it off. (He sees the weevil.) Ooh, ha! There's a face!
Nice one. Hey, I tell you mate, you should try plastic surgery. Not on the NHS mind you!
(to Gwen) You all right?
GWEN COOPER: Yeah.
(The porter looks at the weevil and heads closer.)
PORTER: Bloody hell, that is brilliant. That's like, em, Hellraiser. That's
first class, that is. (He points to the weevil's teeth.) Look at that! That! It's
just like real teeth. Don't it?
(The weevil grabs him and bites the porter's neck. Blood spurts out.)
(The porter screams.)
(Gwen is stunned. Jack steps out of the lift. He looks at the weevil and Gwen. He grabs
her and starts running down the corridor with her.)
JACK: Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
(Adrenaline on overdrive, Gwen turns and runs. Behind them, Toshiko, Suzie and Owen are
spraying the weevil with something trying to detain him. The weevil drops the porter and
covers his eyes with his hands.)
TOSHIKO: Get it down! Get it down! Cuff it!
OWEN HARPER: Down on the floor!
(Gwen runs on her own. Jack stops and heads back to the others.)
(Suzie puts a hood over the weevil's head.)
INT. HOSPITAL – STAIRS – CONTINUOUS
(Gwen runs down the stairs.)
INT. HOSPITAL – GROUND FLOOR -- HALLWAY – CONTINUOUS
(The doors open and Gwen enters the busy hospital corridor. She slows down as she walks
past the doctors, nurses and patients. Reaching the door, Gwen runs outside.)
EXT. HOSPITAL PARKING LOT – CONTINUOUS
(Gwen doubles over as she catches her breath. She looks up at the tall hospital building.)
CUE SOUND: CAR STARTING & ENGINE REVVING
(Gwen runs toward the sound and is nearly run over by the black SUV, horn honking for her
got get out of their way, as it makes the turn and tears across the parking lot. Gwen runs
after it, back to her own car. She's not going to let them get away.)
(She gets into her car and takes off after the SUV. She passes ANDY who is eating from a
bag. He looks surprised to see her leave without him.)
ANDY: Oi!
EXT. CARDIFF HIGHWAY (STOCK) -- DAY
(Beautiful shot of the highway.)
EXT. CARDIFF BRIDGE (STOCK) – DAY
(Another wonderful shot of the highway bridge.)
TOP VIEW DOWN
(Gwen follows the Torchwood SUV.)
INT. CAR (TRAVELING) -- DAY
(Gwen calls it in.)
GWEN COOPER: Registration - Charlie Foxtrot Zero Six Foxtrot Delta Uniform.
POLICEMAN: (from radio) Charlie Foxtrot Zero Six Foxtrot Delta Uniform. Um, hold
on. I think Yvonne wants a word.
INTERCUT WITH:
[DMV]
(Yvonne puts the headset on. They're following Gwen's police car on the large
wall monitor.)
YVONNE: No sign of a Captain Jack Harkness.
GWEN COOPER: Did you search outside Cardiff?
(They approach and enter a tunnel.)
YVONNE: (scoffs) No, that never even occurred to me. Of course I did. I went
nationwide. There's about fifteen Jacks and Johns with that surname, none of them's a
captain.
GWEN COOPER: I suppose he could've made it up.
YVONNE: The only Captain Jack Harkness on record was American.
GWEN COOPER: That's it, he's American!
YVONNE: Which you forgot to tell me.
GWEN COOPER: So who is he?
YVONNE: American volunteer, Royal Air Force, 133 Squadron. Except he disappeared.
Vanished off the records. Presumed dead.
GWEN COOPER: When was that?
YVONNE: 1941. At the height of the Blitz. On the morning of January 21, 1941,
Captain Jack Harkness failed to report for duty, never seen again, until now. What's going
on, Gwen, you seeing ghosts?
(They exit the tunnel. Gwen continues to follow them.)
[EXT. CARDIFF (STOCK) – DAY]
(Beautiful shot of the area.)
[EXT. MILLENNIUM CENTRE – DAY]
(The Torchwood SUV turns into the drive and drops off four people. Gwen stops her car and
gets out.)
GWEN COOPER: (shouts) You lot! Oi! Torchwood!
(They ignore her and continue. Gwen follows. A security guard intercepts her.)
SECURITY GUARD: Oi! You can't leave that there.
(She turns to look at him as she continues to follow Torchwood.)
GWEN COOPER: Police.
SECURITY GUARD: I can see that, love, and you're still not leaving it there.
(When Gwen turns to look, the Torchwood people are gone.)
SECURITY GUARD: I'm talking to you. Excuse me! Move your bloody car ...
(Gwen ignores him and walks along the water structure. No one's there. No one as far
as she can see.)
INT. GWEN'S POLICE CAR (PARKED) -- DAY
(It's raining outside. Gwen is sitting in the car and talking with an officer on the
phone.)
GWEN COOPER: Did you get anything on that registration?
OFFICER: No such number.
GWEN COOPER: (sighs) What does that mean?
OFFICER: It doesn't exist. Double checked with Swansea, triple-checked, there's
nothing, no such vehicle. But Temple's been asking about you, Gwen. Are you in trouble?
(The car door opens and Andy gets in. He's wet and he's pissed.)
ANDY: I have walked. I have bloody walked.
(He looks at her.)
EXT. MILLENNIUM CENTRE – LATE DAY
(Gwen looks around the water structure, trying to convince Andy what she saw. Andy's
not convinced.)
GWEN COOPER: They were here, and then they were gone. And look, there's nowhere to
hide. They just disappeared.
ANDY: Temple's not just livid, he's doing his nut.
(Gwen walks up to Andy.)
GWEN COOPER: There was a man, I'm telling you, there was this porter, he was in a
porter's uniform, and he was killed, or at least he was injured, he must've been injured,
right in front of me, this man in a mask, sort of lashed out, and ...
ANDY: And I've told you, all hospital staff, present and correct.
(Gwen paces.)
GWEN COOPER: I saw it.
ANDY: That's it? Gwen, sweetheart, think about it, what sort of story is that?
You're not well. Come with me. I'll take you home.
(He puts a hand on her shoulder. She stops and turns to look at him.)
GWEN COOPER: (insistent) They were here.
ANDY: Come on.
(Gwen and Andy head for the car. Gwen glances back at the structure.)
CAMERA POV
(Someone is watching Gwen and Andy on the monitors.)
EXT. CARDIFF SKY (STOCK) – LATE EVENING TO NIGHT
(A bird flies overhead. Various stock cuts of Cardiff as it changes from late evening to
night.)
INT. GWEN'S APARTMENT -- NIGHT
(Rhys is in the kitchen cooking. Gwen gets home. He turns around and smiles at her.)
RHYS WILLIAMS: Hey, look at me! Hot pot! Or, as the French call it ... (French
accent) -- ho' po'.
(She smiles and kisses him.)
GWEN COOPER: Oh, I should've phoned. I've got to work.
RHYS WILLIAMS: You should be off sick.
GWEN COOPER: I know, but they were short and there's a match on tonight, so I said
I'd take another shift. I'm sorry. (He sighs.) Forgive me. Go on, forgive me. Say you
forgive me, you do, don't you?
RHYS WILLIAMS: (smiles) Yeah.
GWEN COOPER: Yeah.
(He nods and they kiss.)
GWEN COOPER: Okay. I got to go.
(Gwen turns and heads back out.)
EXT. MILLENNIUM CENTRE (STOCK) – NIGHT
(It's dark.)
EXT. CARDIFF STREETS -- NIGHT
(Gwen stands in front of the water sculpture. She looks around and sees a pizza delivery
boy on a scooter zooming past making a delivery. She gets an idea.)
CAMERA POV
(TOP VIEW DOWN. Someone watches Gwen on the monitors. Gwen walks out of monitor view.)
EXT. SIDEWALK – NIGHT
(Gwen heads for the pizza shop. The scooter is parked outside on the sidewalk. She walks
in.)
INT. JUBILEE PIZZA -- CONTINUOUS
PIZZA LAD: Thank you.
(A couple of customers leave with their pizza when Gwen enters the shop. She shows the
pizza man her badge.)
GWEN COOPER: Excuse me, Gwen Cooper, CID. I'm making some enquiries around the Bay.
I need to check some people out on your list, if that's okay. I don't suppose you deliver
to a Captain Jack Harkness?
PIZZA LAD: (shakes his head) Ah, I dunno.
GWEN COOPER: Well, could you have a look?
(He puts in a search for CAPTAIN JACK HARKNESS. NO MATCH FOUND.)
PIZZA LAD: Nope. He's not a regular anyway.
GWEN COOPER: J Harkness? Or just Harkness?
(He searches for J HARKNESS and for HARKNESS.)
PIZZA LAD: No.
GWEN COOPER: Okay. Never mind. Thanks anyway.
(She turns to leave, then stops.)
GWEN COOPER: I don't suppose you've got a Torchwood?
PIZZA LAD: Oh, aye, we do them all the time. They're good customers.
EXT. OUTSIDE TORCHWOOD SHOP – NIGHT
(GWEN carries two boxes of pizza and walks along the warf. She heads for the shop.)
INT. TORCHWOOD COVER SHOP – NIGHT (8:35pm)
(Gwen knocks and enters the shop. She looks around. It's a small travel shop with
lots of brochures and pamphlets on the counter. Ianto comes out from the back.)
GWEN COOPER: Oh, hiya. Sorry I'm late. Someone ordered pizza.
IANTO JONES: Who's it for?
GWEN COOPER: I think it's a ... Mr. Harkness.
(The front door slams shut. Ianto smiles and presses a blue button behind the counter. The
wall panel behind Gwen opens. Gwen stares at it. Ianto waits expectantly. Gwen turns to
look at him.)
IANTO JONES: Don't keep them waiting.
(Gwen steps through the passageway. She turns and looks back at Ianto. With a nod of his
head, he motions for her to go on. Gwen continues on.)
INT. CORRIDOR – CONTINUOUS
(Gwen steps out into the dark, stone corridor. She turns and looks both ways. At one end,
an elevator door opens. She heads for the door.)
(She steps into the elevator and before she can change her mind, the door closes. Too
late!)
INT. ELEVATOR – CONTINUOUS
(The elevator goes down.)
INT. TORCHWOOD HUB -- NIGHT
(The back elevator doors open (SUB LEVEL 4). Gwen turns around and cautiously steps out.
The circular door is open between two concrete columns, one of which has the message
"THIS STAIRCASE HAS 105 STEPS" on it.)
(Gwen enters the hub, the central headquarters for Torchwood Three.)
(In the back of the large central room, Toshiko is at the computer working.)
(As soon as Gwen enters the hub, the circular outer door closes. The inner barred gate
also closes, effectively sealing her inside. The light stops flashing.)
(Gwen sees a large severed hand in a tank of bubbled liquid. Strange. In the back of the
room, Suzie works at her workstation using a welder.)
(It's a very strange place. The room is huge. There's a central power column
rising up to the high ceiling. There are also other rooms on two more levels with large
glass windows facing the hub. Jack exits an office on the second floor and heads for the
hub.)
(Suzie stops welding and removes her headgear. Gwen turns, her eyes wide as Jack comes
down the steps leading to the hub.)
(He walks past her and heads to his office. He sits behind his desk and gets to work.
Everyone is pretty much ignoring Gwen. She looks around and slowly makes her way up slowly
toward Jack's office.)
(She sees Toshiko working at the computers with monitors filled with wave patterns. She
edges past Toshiko and toward Owen's workstation when Toshiko cracks. She laughs.
Owen snorts.)
OWEN HARPER: I can't do this, I'm sorry. (He swings his chair around.) I'm rubbish.
I give up!
(He cracks up laughing. Toshiko breaks out in smiles and points to Owen.)
TOSHIKO SATO: He set me off.
SUZIE COSTELLO: Well, that lasted no' point two seconds.
(Gwen is confused by them. Owen turns and looks at Gwen.)
OWEN HARPER: Hmm. She's actually carrying pizza!
JACK: Come on! She was gonna say, "Here's your pizza," and I was going to
say, "How much?"
(Jack gets up and heads for his office doorway. Suzie heads over and joins them.)
JACK: -- and she says, "Oh, whatever, twenty quid," and I say, "Oh,
I don't have any money."
(Jack leans against the doorframe.)
JACK: I was working on a punchline. I'd have got there. But it would've been good!
GWEN COOPER: There's your pizza. I'd better go.
JACK: We've gone past that stage.
SUZIE COSTELLO: You must've been freezing out there. How long were you walking
around? Three hours?
GWEN COOPER: You could see me?
SUZIE COSTELLO: (nods) Hmm.
JACK: And before we go any further, who the hell orders pizza under the name of
Torchwood?
OWEN HARPER: Uh, yeah. That would be me. I'm sorry. I'm a twat.
(She looks at them.)
GWEN COOPER: That man, at the hospital, that porter, what happened to him? That was
real, wasn't it? He was attacked.
JACK: (serious) He's dead.
GWEN COOPER: But there's no-one gone missing.
TOSHIKO SATO: We took the body, retrospectively changed the work rota, planted a
false witness who saw him leaving the hospital, giving him an alibi for the next 48 hours,
so when his body's pulled out of the docks next Tuesday night, he's only been missing for
three days.
GWEN COOPER: He was murdered?
TOSHIKO SATO: Yes.
GWEN COOPER: And you covered it up?
TOSHIKO SATO: (shrugs) That's my job.
(She turns and looks at Jack.)
GWEN COOPER: And that other man, John Tucker? Last night in the alleyway, I saw
you.
(Jack walks toward Gwen.)
JACK: And what did you see?
GWEN COOPER: You revived him.
JACK: No. What did you see?
(Gwen looks down at the pizza box.)
GWEN COOPER: You resuscitated him.
JACK: No, what did you see?
(Gwen looks at Jack.)
GWEN COOPER: You brought him back to life.
JACK: (nods) Yeah.
GWEN COOPER: Who are you?
JACK: Torchwood.
GWEN COOPER: What's Torchwood?
JACK: This is Torchwood. All around you.
(He indicates everyone.)
GWEN COOPER: And what happens to me?
JACK: Ooo.
GWEN COOPER: I'm police. Constable Gwen Cooper. You can't do anything.
JACK: Right then, PC Cooper ... d'you want to come see?
GWEN COOPER: See what?
JACK: You saw the murder. (He motions with his head.) Come and see the murderer.
(Jack turns and heads out of the room. Gwen doesn't move.)
SUZIE COSTELLO: Go with him.
(Gwen puts the pizza boxes down on the table and follows Jack out. She heads down the
steps to the hub.)
GWEN COOPER: What is Torchwood? Who are you? What is this place?
SCREECH!
GWEN COOPER: Oh!
(Gwen ducks out of instinct. Suzie continues walking past Gwen on her way back to her
workstation.)
GWEN COOPER: What was that?
TOSHIKO SATO: (calls out) Pterodactyl.
(Gwen stares at her.)
JACK: (o.s.) Are you coming?
(What a strange place! Gwen turns to follow Jack.)
INT. TORCHWOOD – CELLS – NIGHT
(The heavy metal door opens. Jack and Gwen walk in. On the side of the corridor are
concrete cells barred by glass doors. Jack stops at the last cell.)
(He turns on the cell light and shows Gwen the weevil sitting on the floor inside. The
weevil looks at Gwen and snarls. Gwen gasps. The weevil turns and growls at Jack.)
JACK: It's all right - it's safe, it's sedated.
(Jack motions for Gwen to move in closer to him and in the weevil's line of vision.)
JACK: It's called a Weevil. Or at least, we call them Weevils. (The weevil bares
his teeth at Jack.) We don't know their real name, cos they're not too good at
communicating. But we've got a couple of hundred of them in the city living in the sewers,
feeding off the ... Well, it's the sewers, you can guess. But every once in a while, one
of them goes rogue, comes to the surface, attacks. Actually, it's been happening more and
more and we have no idea why. But it's alien.
(Jack turns and watches Gwen as she looks at the weevil.)
JACK: Look into its eyes.
(Jack gets a stool for Gwen to sit down on. He eases her back so she can sit.)
JACK: There you go.
(Gwen is eye level with the Weevil. Jack remains standing patiently behind her as Gwen
takes it all in.)
JACK: Take your time. It was born on a different world and it's real.
INT. TORCHWOOD -- NIGHT
(Owen swings around his chair as Jack and Gwen return. Jack makes the introductions.)
JACK: Owen Harper, Gwen Cooper.
OWEN HARPER: "Doctor" Owen Harper, thank you.
JACK: Toshiko Sato, computer genius. Suzie Costello, she's second-in-command.
(Suzie looks up and smiles from what she's working on.) And this is Ianto Jones,
Ianto cleans up after us and gets us everywhere on time.
IANTO JONES: I try my best.
JACK: And he looks good in a suit.
IANTO JONES: Careful, that's harassment, sir.
(The clock on the wall in Jack's office indicates its 9:30 pm.)
GWEN COOPER: Why are you telling me their names? I'm not supposed to know, am I?
This is classified, isn't it?
JACK: (amused) Way beyond classified.
GWEN COOPER: Then you shouldn't be telling me. What are you gonna do to me?
JACK: What did you imagine?
(Jack heads into his office to put his coat on.)
GWEN COOPER: Well, I've seen too much. Your names and everything, and the Weevil,
and ... (she looks at Toshiko) You can dump a man in the water and lie about his death.
(Ianto heads into Jack's office. Jack exits his office with his coat on.)
JACK: Oh-kay! Tosh, finish that calibration tomorrow morning. Owen, first thing,
get a hold of Chandler and Bell, cos I think they're lying. Ianto, if he needs back-up,
then you'd better be on stand-by. Suzie, I know it's a pain in the ass, but I need the
costing on the glove research, and as for you, (to Gwen) you're coming with me. This way.
(He motions for Gwen to follow him out.)
GWEN COOPER: (mutters) I'm getting tired of following you.
(Jack stops and turns around.)
JACK: No you're not, and you never will.
(Jack steps up onto a large concrete block.)
JACK: Stand on here. C'mon, next to me.
(He holds out his hand and helps her up onto the concrete block next to him. The lights to
the front door flash as the others leave for the night.)
TOSHIKO SATO: Good night!
OWEN HARPER: Later!
(Jack places Gwen on the concrete facing in the same direction he is.)
JACK: Now, you came in through the front door. Let's take the scenic route.
(He looks up and presses a button on his wrist band. The ceiling door opens. The concrete
block they're standing on starts to rise. Gwen quickly grabs Jack's arm to keep
her balance.)
(Suzie walks up to the block and waves them goodbye. Jack smiles and waves her goodbye.)
(And the lift rises.)
EXT. MILLENNIUM CENTRE – NIGHT --- CONTINUOUS
(Jack and Gwen on the lift appear standing on a block in the middle of the centre.)
(Gwen looks around. Couple walking arm in arm walk right past them. Gwen's surprised
that they don't acknowledge their sudden presence.)
GWEN COOPER: But they can see the lift. Why aren't they ...? I mean?
(The couple in front of them walks right past them.)
GWEN COOPER: We're right out in the open. They can see everything!
JACK: Do they look like they can see us?
(Another couple walks past without noticing them.)
GWEN COOPER: No, but ... Look at us! We couldn't be any more public!
(Jack shouts to a man walking by.)
JACK: (shouts) Hello! (shouts) Hey, you there, hello!
(The man continues walking without noticing Jack.)
JACK: It's called a perception filter. He can sort of see us, but we don't quite
register. Just like something in the corner of your eye. It only works on this exact spot.
Step off ... (He steps off. Gwen follows.) Hi!
(A woman walks by and is startled.)
JACK: Nice night!
(She looks up at them as if just seeing them.)
JACK: And lo, we are perceived.
(Jack takes a couple of steps away. Gwen looks at the concrete block.)
GWEN COOPER: How does it work?
JACK: No idea. We know how to use it, not how it happens. But if I were to guess, I
would say that there was once a dimensionally transcendental chameleon-circuit placed
right on this spot which welded its perception properties to a spatio-temporal rift.
(Gwen shakes her head. She has no clue what he just said.)
JACK: But that sounds kind of ridiculous. "Invisible lift" has got more
of a ring to it, don't you think?
GWEN COOPER: But, hold on, if no-one can see it when the lift's coming up, there's
a bloody big hole in the floor, don't people fall in?
JACK: That is so Welsh.
GWEN COOPER: What is?
JACK: I show you something fantastic - you find fault.
(Jack turns and starts walking away. Gwen glances at the 'invisible lift' then
hurries to catch up with Jack.)
EXT. CARDIFF (STOCK) – NIGHT
(Lovely scenes of Cardiff at night.)
INT. BAR – NIGHT -- CONTINUOUS
(Gwen is drinking beer. Jack seems to be drinking water. He watches Gwen drink. She puts
her glass down on the bar counter.)
GWEN COOPER: The thing is, I just don't understand ...
JACK: (interrupts) No, I tell you what I don't understand. You're gonna rattle on
with that, "How can this be true?" kinda shtick. What's it gonna take for you
people? If you want evidence of aliens, how about that great spaceship hovering over
London on Christmas Day? What about the battle of Canary Wharf? A Cyberman in every home!
GWEN COOPER: My boyfriend says it's like a sort of terrorism. Like they put drugs
in the water supplies - psychotropic drugs, causing mass hallucinations and stuff.
JACK: Yeah, well your boyfriend's stupid.
GWEN COOPER: Oh, you've met him?
(Jack laughs.)
(Gwen tries again.)
GWEN COOPER: So ... you catch aliens?
JACK: Yup.
GWEN COOPER: You catch aliens for a living?
JACK: Yes, we do.
GWEN COOPER: You're an alien-catcher?
JACK: Yes, I am.
GWEN COOPER: Caught any good aliens?
JACK: Tons of 'em!
GWEN COOPER: That's hell of a job.
JACK: (amused) Sure is.
(Jack chuckles. Gwen smiles at the absurdity of it all.)
GWEN COOPER: This is so weird.
(Jack smiles.)
GWEN COOPER: And who are you, then?
JACK: Captain Jack Harkness.
GWEN COOPER: I did some research and there's only one Captain Jack Harkness on
record. And he disappeared in 1941.
(A sad look comes over him.)
JACK: Well ... that couldn't be me ... could it? (He shakes his head and gets down
to business.) We don't just catch aliens. We scavenge the stuff they leave behind. Find
ways of using it. Arming the human race for the future. The twenty-first century is when
it all changes, and you've got to be ready.
GWEN COOPER: But who's in charge of you? Is it the government or what?
JACK: We're separate from the government. Outside the police. Beyond the United
Nations. Cos if one power got hold of this stuff, they could use it for their own
purposes.
GWEN COOPER: But so could you.
JACK: All alien technology stays on the base. No-one's allowed to take anything
outside.
(He says it with such conviction. Jack picks up his glass and drinks.)
INT. TOSHIKO'S FLAT – KITCHEN -- NIGHT
(Toshiko reaches home. She puts her keys down and quickly walks around the kitchen
counter. She slips off her bag and takes out a pouch with an alien device inside.
There's alien writing along the edges.)
INT. OWEN'S FLAT – BATHROOM -- NIGHT
(Owen is in the bathroom, the shower on behind him. He looks at his reflection in the
bathroom mirror. He opens the medicine cabinet and takes out a full spray perfume bottle.
The liquid inside the bottle lights up. He heads out.)
INT. SUZIE'S FLAT – KITCHEN -- NIGHT
(Suzie is in the kitchen. She opens her bag and takes out the metal glove. She puts it
down on the counter as she takes her coat off.)
INT. BAR -- NIGHT
(Jack and Gwen are still at the bar.)
GWEN COOPER: So go on, then. How the hell did you end up in Cardiff?
JACK: This is Torchwood Three. Torchwood One was London, destroyed in the battle.
Torchwood Two is an office in Glasgow, very strange man.
(Gwen takes a sip of her glass which is nearly empty.)
JACK: Torchwood three, Cardiff. Torchwood Four's kinda gone missing, but we'll find
it one day.
GWEN COOPER: So you just fancied Cardiff?
JACK: (very serious) There's a rift in space and time running right through the
city. The Weevils didn't come in a spaceship. They kind of just -- slipped through. All
sorts of things get washed up here. Creatures, time-shifts, space junk, debris, flotsam
and jetsam.
GWEN COOPER: Sounds like Cardiff, yeah.
JACK: (chuckles) Hey-hey-hey, don't knock it. I'm a citizen.
GWEN COOPER: But where are you from?
JACK: All sorts of places.
GWEN COOPER: Thing is, we could liaise on this ... the serial killer. I could be
like your liaison with the police.
JACK: (nods) Right, I can see the mistake. You think because we showed up at the
scene of crime, we're out to catch the killer.
GWEN COOPER: (nods) M-hmm.
JACK: Sorry. Nothing to do with us.
GWEN COOPER: Then what were you doing there?
JACK: Testing the glove. We need murder victims, simple as that. The glove only
works on the recently deceased, and the more violent the trauma, the stronger the
resurrection. All we need is fresh meat.
GWEN COOPER: No, you were asking that man, John Tucker, I saw you, you were asking
him about his killer.
JACK: He'd just been murdered, what else are you gonna ask?
GWEN COOPER: You could get an ID. You could help.
JACK: (shrugs) We're busy.
GWEN COOPER: And your work is more important?
JACK: Now you've got it.
GWEN COOPER: Well, that's tough shit. Cos if you let me go, then I have a duty, I
can tell them what you've got cos that glove could help us.
JACK: (nods) If you remember.
GWEN COOPER: What d'you mean?
JACK: How's your drink?
(They both look at her nearly empty glass.)
GWEN COOPER: Have you poisoned me?
JACK: Don't be so dramatic. It's an amnesia pill. My own recipe, with a touch of
denial and a dash of retcon. Wake up tomorrow morning, you'll have forgotten everything
about Torchwood. Worse still, you'll have forgotten me ... (shrugs) ... which is kind of
tragic.
(Gwen quickly gets up and heads out. Jack grabs his jacket, sighs and follows her.)
EXT. STREET OUTSIDE BAR – NIGHT
(Gwen rushes out of the bar.)
JACK: Don't think you can fight it by staying awake. I mixed in a little bit of
sedative too.
GWEN COOPER: Then I'll tell someone!
JACK: Do you want to do that? Do you really want us to come and find them too?
GWEN COOPER: You bastard.
JACK: Language! Nice knowing you, Gwen Cooper.
(Jack winks at her, turns and walks down the sidewalk away from her. Gwen watches him for
a moment. She turns and hurries to get home.)
EXT. STREET – NIGHT
(Gwen runs. She puts her bag over her shoulder and continues running. She shakes her head
and keeps her eyes wide open as she forces herself to stay awake.)
EXT. SIDEWALK – NIGHT
(Jack walks leisurely along the sidewalk. He tucks his hands into his pockets and
continues on.)
INT. GWEN'S FLAT – NIGHT
(Gwen is typing her notes as fast as she can.)
Captain Jack Harkness in charge, commander. NB THIS IS
TORCHWOOD 3 – another man] called Open Harper, doctor.
INT. BAR – NIGHT
(Owen is in a bar. He takes a sip of his drink, turns and sees a beautiful blonde woman
sitting at the bar. He heads over and stands next to her.)
OWEN HARPER: Hello.
LINDA: All right?
OWEN HARPER: You having a good time?
LINDA: I was.
OWEN HARPER: (nods) Can I buy you a drink?
LINDA: No, thanks, I'm fine.
(She takes a sip of her own drink.)
OWEN HARPER: Am I wasting my time?
LINDA: I dunno, are you?
(Owen finishes his drink and puts his glass down.)
OWEN HARPER: Look. I've got to be up early and I've got hell of a day tomorrow and
I really can't be bothered with all the chat.
(She laughs at his audacity. He digs into his pocket and pulls out the perfume spray
bottle. He sprays the glowing liquid on his face. He tucks the bottle back in his pocket.)
OWEN HARPER: So ... do you want a drink or what?
(She takes a deep breath. She grabs him and kisses him passionately.)
LINDA: Bloody hell fire! You're coming home with me, you are. Right now!
(She grabs him and pulls him toward the door.)
INT. GWEN'S FLAT – NIGHT
(Gwen can barely keep her eyes open. She continues typing.)
Adult 26 27, and a Japanese woman called Toshiko???
(surname?
INT. TOSHIKO'S FLAT – NIGHT
(Toshiko has the alien device in her hand and is at the bookshelf. She holds the Alien
scanner up to the binding of "A Tale of Two Cities." The scanner lights
flash.)
(She takes the scanner to her laptop and holds it to the corner of the monitor. The
monitor flickers as the information is downloaded. The pages of the book appear on the
monitor and it flips as if it were real.)
(Toshiko smiles.)
INT. GWEN'S FLAT – NIGHT
(Gwen continues typing.)
exper t-
Woman called Susie in charge of the glove, (2nd in command)
INT. SUZIE'S FLAT – NIGHT
(There's a dead fly on the window sill. Suzie has the resurrection glove on and
touches the fly. The fly's legs move. It flips over and is alive.)
(Suzie stands up and looks at the glove.)
INT. GWEN'S FLAT – NIGHT
(Gwen can barely keep her eyes open. She blinks a couple of times and continues typing.)
Torchwood READ THISA!!!!!
(The letters blur.)
EXT. SIDEWALK OUTSIDE BAR – NIGHT
(Owen and Linda are walking down the sidewalk. Linda has a hold on Owen's arm. A man
catches up with them.)
COLIN: Oi, you bastard, come here! Linda, what are you doing with him? What the
fuck do you think you are doing?!
LINDA: I'm taking him home and I'm having him, now piss off!
COLIN: What the fuck d'you think you're doing with my girlfriend? You bastard!
OWEN HARPER: Hey, I didn't know. She was on her own. She never said.
COLIN: You tosser. You fucking tosser.
LINDA: Colin, button it, he's mine.
COLIN: Do you want to have a go, do you? Do you want to have a go? Come on then
mate!
OWEN HARPER: Well, if it makes it easier ...
(Owen takes out the perfume spray bottle and sprays the liquid on his face. Owen smiles at
him. Colin grabs Owen by the face and kisses him.)
COLIN: I am so having you.
(Linda pushes Colin away from Owen.)
LINDA: I'm having him first!
OWEN HARPER: Taxi!
INT. GWEN'S FLAT -- NIGHT
(Gwen continues typing.)
They mad eyou amnsia
(The type blurs. Gwen is getting tired.)
(The full document is as follows (errors are as is):
Captain Jack Harkness in charge, commander? NB THIS IS
TORCHWOOD 3 –another man] called Owen Harper, doctor, about 26 27, and a Japanese
woman called Toshiko??? (surname? Kado??) like some sort of computer exper t-
Woman called Susie in charge of the glove. (2nd in command??)
glove best on murder cos of the trajuma the violencd – it bring s them back to life
They use this stuff they find it and use it but theyc an do
whart they want, noone s in charge of thrmdes NO ONE
cos they don't anbsweerr to anyne
Torchwood READ THISA!!!!!
They mad eyou amnesia
REMEMBER IT TORCHWOOD CAPTAIN JACK
(And Gwen stops typing.)
INT. TORCHWOOD – NIGHT
(Ianto is typing at the computer. He accesses Gwen's home computer.)
GWEN COOPER: HOME INTERCEPT
(He's in Gwen's home computer and finds the file she just typed up. He
highlights it and DELETES the file completely.)
INT. GWEN'S FLAT – NIGHT
(Her monitor blacks out in front of her. Gwen is so tired. She tries to type, but nothing
works. She's too tired. Her hands slip off the keyboard. Gwen's eyes close and
she nods off.)
INT. TORCHWOOD – NIGHT
(Finished, Ianto turns the desk lamp off.)
FADE OUT.
FADE IN:
EXT. BUILDING – DAY
(Lovely view of the top of a white building. We get in closer and closer and see that Jack
is standing at the very top at the edge of the roof. His hands are on his hips as he looks
out at his city. No fear.)
INT. GWEN'S FLAT – DAY
(Gwen is sleeping with her head down on the computer table. Rhys puts a cup of coffee in
front of her. He leans forward and kisses the back of her head. She wakes up.)
RHYS WILLIAMS: Did you get pissed?
(Gwen blinks several times as she gets her bearings.)
GWEN COOPER: No. What time is it?
RHYS WILLIAMS: Seven thirty. You said you were working last night.
GWEN COOPER: I was.
RHYS WILLIAMS: Then how come you fell asleep in here?
GWEN COOPER: I haven't, I was ... typing. That is work.
RHYS WILLIAMS: I'm not having a go, uh, I'm just saying. Not exactly clever going
out on the lash when you've just had a bang on the head. I hope you didn't drive in that
state.
(Gwen rubs the back of her head. Rhys steps away.)
RHYS WILLIAMS: Who were you with? Diane?
GWEN COOPER: (can't remember) Must've been. Yeah.
(She picks up her coffee cup and sips.)
INT. CARDIFF POLICE – LOBBY -- DAY
(Gwen walks into the building. Yvonne catches up with her and follows her inside.)
YVONNE: Have any luck?
GWEN COOPER: With what?
YVONNE: Captain Jack Harkness.
GWEN COOPER: How d'you mean? Who's he?
YVONNE: Oh, well don't worry about me, just go ahead, wasting my time.
(She walks past. Gwen stops and watches her before heading upstairs herself.)
INT. CARDIFF POLICE – SECOND FLOOR – DAY -- CONTINUOUS
(Gwen carries a file folder and walks through the hallway. She passes by a fellow
officer.)
OFFICER: Hi.
GWEN COOPER: Hi.
INT. CARDIFF POLICE – OFFICE – DAY -- CONTINUOUS
(She enters the room and heads over to the filing cabinet. The sergeant passes her on the
way to his desk.)
SERGEANT: Aye, aye. Come to see where the real work's done?
GWEN COOPER: Yes, sir, that's right, sir.
(The sergeant heads over to his desk and sits down.)
GWEN COOPER: How's it going?
SERGEANT: Sod all.
(Gwen turns and looks at the victim board. They added a new drawing of the weapon on the
front.)
GWEN COOPER: Is that the murder weapon?
SERGEANT: Clever, mind, they worked it all out on a computer.
(The sergeant gets up and sits on his desk facing the board. Gwen steps closer to the
board.)
SERGEANT: Took measurements from the stab wounds, calculated the shape of the blade
and stuff, even those prongs - I don't know how they do it. Nasty-looking beast, though.
(The weapon has two smaller blades protruding out from either side of the primary blade.
Its hooked design does more damage coming out than going in.)
SERGEANT: Do you recognise it?
GWEN COOPER: No.
SERGEANT: We're trying to trace it. Can't be that many of 'em. Sort of ornamental.
We're checking the CDE logs with customs in case it's been imported. Find the knife, we
might find the killer. (The sergeant sits back down at his desk.) Anyway, if it rings any
bells, give's a shout.
GWEN COOPER: Yeah. Thanks.
(Gwen turns and heads out.)
(She turns the hallway and continues walking, her mind on the design of the murder
weapon.)
INSERT FLASH: SKETCH OF KNIFE DESIGN
EXT. CARDIFF STREET -- DAY
(Gwen and Andy are having a coffee break against their parked car.)
ANDY: ... I said to Geoff, it's not demotion being put in goal, it's vital, but was
he having any of it? He's off and moaning, says, who books the ground, who pays the subs?
...
INSERT FLASH: SKETCH OF KNIFE DESIGN
ANDY: (o.s., b.g.) And all the time, he's wheezing away, and I'm like, Geoff,
you're proving my point mate ...
(Gwen is barely listening to him, her mind is on the murder weapon.)
CUT TO:
INT. GWEN'S FLAT – KITCHEN -- NIGHT
(Gwen's thoughts are still on that murder weapon.)
INSERT FLASH: SKETCH OF KNIFE DESIGN
(Rhys is talking while getting dinner together. Gwen is barely paying any attention to
him.)
RHYS WILLIAMS: "You never come down, you're in charge of transport." I
said, "Mam, I can't go hopping on a truck!" All that Christmas stuff, all over
again, I was like, for God's sake, leave it ...
INSERT FLASH: SKETCH OF KNIFE DESIGN
(She's still thinking about that murder weapon ... and other moving lights.)
INT. GWEN'S FLAT – BEDROOM – NIGHT
(Gwen is awake in bed. She rolls over and glances at the digital clock. It changes from
2:00 to 2:01.)
(Gwen settles down and closes her eyes.)
FLASHES OF: Moving lights and the knife blade.
(Gwen wakes up.)
CUT TO:
(Gwen is at her computer desk sketching the knife from memory with a pencil on the back of
a used envelope.)
FLASHES OF: THE KNIFE
(She finishes sketching the knife.)
FLASH OF: THE KNIFE
(Gwen crumples the envelope into a ball and tosses it in the trash. She sits back in her
chair.)
FLASH OF: THE KNIFE AND FALLING LIGHTS
(Gwen looks around and sees a thin booklet titled, What's on Wales Millennium
Center. Next to it, she wrote, "Remember.")
EXT. MILLENNIUM CENTRE – NIGHT
(Gwen is out walking at the Millennium Centre. She looks around the area and stops at the
water structure.)
(She stops when she sees a figure standing near the structure.)
FLASH OF: THE KNIFE AND SHOOTING LIGHTS
(Gwen stares at the figure in front of her. She walks slowly toward the figure. The figure
walks toward her.)
FLASH OF: THE KNIFE AND A WELDING HELMET
(Gwen and the figure continue to walk toward each other.)
FLASH OF: SUZIE REMOVES HER WELDING HELMET
(The figure steps into the light. Its Suzie. Gwen stares at her. They're standing
face to face on either side of the water sculpture.)
SUZIE COSTELLO: Hello again. You were right. You told Jack we should liaise with
the police. I was the only one who bothered. So, I was the only one who saw the report.
(Suzie reaches into her bag and pulls out the knife. Gwen gasps.)
SUZIE COSTELLO: They got a good likeness.
GWEN COOPER: (weakly) I'm arresting you for ... (but more importantly) How do I
know you?
SUZIE COSTELLO: I thought you might've saw it. And that can trip the amnesia,
one image, if you're clever. He said you were good. Anyway. It's not much good now, I
can't really ... But you're gonna put up a fight. So I've got ...
(Suzie puts the knife back into her bag and reaches in for something else.)
SUZIE COSTELLO: Um. Hold on. Sorry.
(She struggles for a moment, then pulls out a large handgun as she puts her handbag on the
ground. She points the gun at Gwen.)
SUZIE COSTELLO: There. That's better.
GWEN COOPER: Put it down.
SUZIE COSTELLO: You had to come back.
GWEN COOPER: Put down the gun.
SUZIE COSTELLO: (regretfully) You're the only one who can make the link. Well, the
only one in public. Torchwood's gonna find out by morning, but I'll be gone. I don't know
where. Far away. What am I gonna do? I loved this job. I really loved it. And now I've got
to run. Oh, Christ. How can you do any other job after this one?
GWEN COOPER: Please. Put down the gun.
SUZIE COSTELLO: Cos it gets inside you. You do this job for long enough, and you
end up thinking, "How come we get all the Weevils and bollocks and shit?" Is
that what alien life is? Filth? But maybe there's better stuff out there, brilliant stuff,
beautiful stuff. Just ... they don't come here. This planet's so dirty, that's all we get
- the shit.
GWEN COOPER: I don't know what you're talking about.
SUZIE COSTELLO: I wish I could forget.
GWEN COOPER: Why did you kill those people?
SUZIE COSTELLO: For the glove.
GWEN COOPER: Just -- stay where you are.
SUZIE COSTELLO: I needed the bodies. That's how it works. Violent death. And it was
so easy. To bring them back, I'd position myself behind the head, so they'd never see me
twice.
GWEN COOPER: You killed three people.
SUZIE COSTELLO: It was the only way. The more I use the glove, the more I control
it.
GWEN COOPER: I don't understand. What glove? Where have I seen you before?
SUZIE COSTELLO: If I can get enough practice, then think what that glove could do.
If I could get it work all the time, on anything, beyond the two minutes, if it could work
permanently, it could resurrect.
(As she talks, Jack rises up from the invisible lift between them. He doesn't say
anything.)
SUZIE COSTELLO: Resurrection on demand for the whole world, isn't that good? Isn't
it though? Well, that's what I've been working for, all day and all night. The rest of
them go swanning about, but I'm working. You've got to get inside this stuff. Surrender
yourself to it. I did, with the knife, and the glove, and that's why the perception filter
isn't gonna work on me.
(She turns and fires, hitting Jack square in the forehead. Jack falls off the concrete
block and onto the ground between them. Gwen is startled.)
GWEN COOPER: What? Who is he -- – Where did he come from?
(Jack is dead.)
GWEN COOPER: What have you done?
(Suzie cocks the gun and points it at Gwen.)
GWEN COOPER: Please don't.
SUZIE COSTELLO: I can't let you go.
GWEN COOPER: Please.
SUZIE COSTELLO: I've got to.
(Gwen starts crying.)
SUZIE COSTELLO: I'm sorry. (Gwen cries.) I'm sorry. I've got to, I've got to,
I've got to.
(Gwen looks at Suzie. Just behind her, Jack stands up. The bullet hole is still in his
forehead. Gwen stares.)
JACK: Put down the gun.
(Suzie can't believe it. She turns and looks at Jack. Right before their eyes, the
bullet hole closes.)
JACK: Susie, it's over.
(He holds out his hand to her.)
JACK: Now, come with me.
(Suzie's stunned. She turns and looks at Gwen. She puts the gun muzzle under her own
chin and fires. Suzie falls to the ground, dead.)
(Gwen gasps. Jack looks at Suzie's body.)
GWEN COOPER: I remember.
(Jack looks at Gwen. Gwen looks at Jack.)
GWEN COOPER: (stunned) I remember.
(Gwen falls to her hands and knees.)
CUT TO:
INT. TORCHWOOD – OFFICE -- NIGHT
(Ianto puts the Resurrection Glove and Knife into a cage-like box. He locks it with an
official TORCHWOOD seal. NOT FOR USE.)
(Ianto slides the locked box up on the shelf. He looks at Jack. Jack turns and looks at
Owen and Toshiko. Toshiko takes out the alien scanner device she took home with her and
she places it on the table. Owen takes out the perfume spray bottle and places it on the
table as well. More than a quarter of it is gone.)
INT TORCHWOOD – MORGUE – NIGHT
(Suzie's in a body bag. Jack zips it closed. He pushes the slab back into the morgue
cabinet and closes the compartment.)
(He's alone. He turns and walks out of the morgue.)
EXT. CARDIFF (STOCK) – DAWN
(Beautiful stock shot of Cardiff bay area.)
GWEN COOPER: (v.o.) Owen and Toshiko, you didn't tell them that you were shot in
the head and survived.
EXT. ROOFTOP -- DAY
(Gwen and Jack stand side-by-side on a rooftop overlooking the city.)
JACK: You didn't tell them either. Followed my lead. Keep doing that, and you might
just get through this.
GWEN COOPER: (sighs) But she killed you.
(She looks at Jack who is completely healed. He looks at her. She turns and looks away.)
JACK: I can't die.
GWEN COOPER: Okay.
JACK: But I can't. Something happened to me a while back. Long story and far away.
But I was killed, and then I was brought back to life, and ever since then ... I can't
die.
GWEN COOPER: But how?
JACK: I don't know. One day, I'll find a doctor, the right sort of doctor, and
maybe he can explain it. But until then ...
GWEN COOPER: Nothing kills you?
JACK: Well, it kind of freaks people out, so ... best if you don't say anything.
GWEN COOPER: It doesn't matter anyway. You'll only wipe my memory again.
JACK: Why would I do that?
(She looks at him.)
JACK: Torchwood's got a vacancy. Job going spare. Do you want it?
GWEN COOPER: But ... what do you need me for?
JACK: Cos maybe you were right. We could do more to help. What do you think? Do you
want to join up?
GWEN COOPER: Yeah.
(Gwen turns and looks out at her city.)
GWEN COOPER: I do. Yes.
(We pull out on the two figures on the roof ... PULL BACK to show they're standing on
the roof of the main Millennium Centre building ... PULL BACK on Cardiff ... PULL BACK on
the city.)
(A Pterodactyl breaks into frame and soars in the air.)
FADE TO BLACK.
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TITLE/OPENING CREDITS
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TORCHWOOD
1X01: EVERYTHING CHANGES
ORIGINAL AIR DATE IN UK: 10/22/2006
TRANSCRIBED FROM DL
Starring:
JOHN BARROWMAN as Captain Jack Harkness
EVE MYLES as Gwen Cooper
BURN GORMAN as Owen Harper
NAOKO MORI as Toshiko Sato
INDIRA VARMA as Suzie Costello
GARETH DAVID LLOYD as Ianto Jones
Producer: RICHARD STOKES
Written by: RUSSELL T DAVIES
Directed by: BRIAN KELLY
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END CREDITS
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CAST & CREW
JOHN BARROWMAN as Captain Jack Harkness
EVE MYLES as Gwen Cooper
BURN GORMAN as Owen Harper
NAOKO MORI as Toshiko Sato
GARETH DAVID-LLOYD as Ianto Jones
KAI OWEN as Rhys Williams
INDIRA VARMA as Suzie Costello
"EVERYTHING CHANGES"
GUY LEWIS as Young Cop
TOM PRICE as PC Andy
JASON MAY as SOCO
RHYS SWINBURN as Body
OLWEN MEDI as Yvonne
GWYN VAUGHAN-JONES as JD Jacobs
DION DAVIS as Officer
JAMS THOMAS as Hospital Porter
PAUL KASEY as Weevil
MARK HEAL as Security Guard
GARY SHEPHEARD as Pizza Lad
GWILYM HAVARD DAVIES as Man
CATHRYN DAVIES as Woman
"DAY ONE"
ADRIAN CHRISTOPHER as Private Moriarty
ROSS O'HENNESSY as Sgt. Johnson
SARA LLOYD GREGORY as Carys
CERI MEARS as Banksy
JUSTIN MCDONALD as Matt
TOM PRICE as PC Andy
BRENDAN CHARLESON as Ivan Fletcher
ROB STORR as Gavin
ALEX PARRY as Eddie Gwynne
FELICITY RHYS as Bethan
NAOMI MARTELL as Receptionist
DAVID LONGDEN as Mr. Weston
Co-Producer: CHRIS CHIBNALL
1st Assistant Director: PETER BENNETT
2nd Assistant Director: STEFFAN MORRIS
3rd Assistant Director: LYNSEY MUIR
Location Manager: PAUL DAVIES
Unit Manager: GERAINT HAVARD JONES
Production Co-Ordinator: CARMELINA PALUMBO
Script Secretary: HELEN PUGSLEY
Continuity: LLINOS WYN JONES
Script Editor: BRIAN MINCHIN
Camera Operator: GARETH HUGHES
Camera Assistant: MANI BLAXTER PALIWALA
Focus Puller: DUNCAN FOWLIE
Grip: DAI HOPKINS
Boom Operator: JEFF WELCH
Gaffer: DAVE FOWLER
Bestboy: STEVE SLOCOMBE
Stunt Co-Ordinator: GARRY CONNERY
Ch. Supervising Art Director: STEPHEN NICHOLAS
Supervising Art Director: KEITH DUNNE
Art Dept. Prod. Manager: JONATHAN MARQUAND ALLISON
Art Dept. Operations Manager: ADRIAN ANSCOMBE
Assistant Art Director: MATTHEW SAVAGE
Art Dept. Co-Ordinator: MATTHEW NORTH
Standby Art Director: DAFYDD SHURMER
Standby Props: BRIAN PATRICK HENRY
Designer: JULIAN LOXTON
Property Master: NICK THOMAS
Production Buyer: BEN MORRIS
Specialist Prop Maker: MARK CORDORY
Construction Manager: MATTHEW HYWEL-DAVIES
Graphics: BBC WALES GRAPHICS
Costume Supervisor: DEBRA HAGGETT
Costume Assistants: BOBBY PEACH / SAM BENBOW
Make-up Supervisor: CLAIRE PRITCHARD
Make-up Artists: SARAH ASTLEY-HUGHES / KATE ROBERTS
Casting Associate: ANDY BRIERLEY
Assistant Editor: MATT MULLINS
Post Production Supervisor: HELEN VALLIS / CHRIS BLATCHFORD
Post Production Co-ordinator: MARIE BROWN
On-line Editor: MATTHEW CLARKE
Colourists: JAMES BAMFORD / JAMIE WILKINSON
3D Artists: NICK WEBBER / PAUL BURTON / MARK WALLMAN
2D Artists: SARA BENNETT / BRONWYN EDWARDS
Dubbing Mixer: TIM RICKETTS
Supervising Sound Editor: DOUG SINCLAIR
Sound Editor: PAUL MCFADDEN
Sound FX Editor: HOWARD EAVES
Senior Prod. Accountant: ENDAF EMYR WILLIAMS
Casting Director: ANDY PRYOR CDG
Production Accountant: CERI TOTHILL
Sound Recordist: JEFF MATHEWS
Costume Designer: RAY HOLMAN
Make-up Designer: MARIE DORIS
Music: MURRAY GOLD and BEN FOSTER
Visual Effects: THE MILL
Visual FX Producers: WILL COHEN / MARIE JONES
Visual FX Supervisor: DAVE HOUGHTON
On-set Visual FX Supervisor: BARNEY CURNOW
Special Effects: ANY EFFECTS
Prosthetics: NEILL GORTON & MILLENNIUM EFFECTS
Editor: WILLIAM WEBB
Production Designer: EDWARD THOMAS
Director of Photography: MARK WATERS
Associate producer: MARCUS PRINCE
Production Executive: JULIE SCOTT
Assistant Producer: SOPHIE FANTE
Executive Producer: RUSSELL T DAVIS
Executive Producer: JULIE GARDNER
A BBC Wales Production in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
bbc.co.uk/torchwood
(c) BBC MMVI
Dated:01/26/2007~lky
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