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'{{DISPLAYTITLE:Everything Changes (''Torchwood'')}} {{Infobox Doctor Who episode | number = 01 | serial_name = Everything Changes | show = TW | type = episode | cast = * [[John Barrowman]] – [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]] * [[Eve Myles]] – [[Gwen Cooper]] * [[Burn Gorman]] – [[Owen Harper]] * [[Naoko Mori]] – [[Toshiko Sato]] * [[Indira Varma]] – [[List of Torchwood minor characters#Suzie Costello|Suzie Costello]] * [[Gareth David-Lloyd]] – [[Ianto Jones]] | guests = * [[Kai Owen]] – [[Rhys Williams (Torchwood)|Rhys Williams]] * [[Tom Price (actor)|Tom Price]] – [[Andy Davidson (Torchwood)|PC Andy]] * [[Paul Kasey]] – [[Weevil (Torchwood)|Weevil]] * Guy Lewis – Young cop * Jason May – SOCO * Rhys Swinburn – John Tucker * Olwen Medi – Yvonne * Gwyn Vaughan-Jones – DI Jacobs * Dion Davis – Officer * Jams Thomas – Hospital porter * Mark Heal – Security Guard * Gary Shepheard – Pizza lad * Gwilym Havard Davies – Man * Cathryn Davies – Woman | writer = [[Russell T Davies]] | director = [[Brian Kelly (director)|Brian Kelly]] | production_code = 1.1 | producer = [[Richard Stokes (producer)|Richard Stokes]]<br />[[Chris Chibnall]] (co-producer) | executive_producer = Russell T Davies<br />[[Julie Gardner]] | script_editor = [[Brian Minchin]] | series = [[List of Torchwood episodes#Series 1 (2006/07)|Series 1]] | length = 50 mins | date = 22 October 2006 | preceding = | following = "[[Day One (Torchwood)|Day One]]" }} "'''Everything Changes'''" is the first [[List of Torchwood episodes|episode]] of the British [[science fiction on television|science fiction television]] programme ''[[Torchwood]]'', which was first broadcast on 22 October 2006. The story was written by show creator and [[executive producer]] [[Russell T Davies]] as an introduction to the show's [[mythos]]. The episode re-introduces the [[omnisexual]] [[Captain Jack Harkness]], who had proved popular in the [[Doctor Who (series 1)|first series]] of the 2005 revival of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', as the leader of the [[Torchwood Institute]]'s Cardiff Branch. The story is told from the perspective of [[Gwen Cooper]], who comes across the Torchwood team through her job as a police officer with the [[South Wales Police]], who are investigating a series of strange deaths. Through Gwen's discovery of Torchwood, the audience are introduced to team members [[Owen Harper]], [[Toshiko Sato]] and [[Ianto Jones]]. [[Suzie Costello]], as played by [[Indira Varma]], had also been billed as a series regular prior to transmission, though in a twist the character was revealed as the murderer and killed off at the end of the episode, with Gwen replacing her as a member of the Torchwood team. The episode originally aired on freeview channel [[BBC Three]] and upon broadcast earned the channel its highest ever viewing figures. Critical reaction to the episode was mixed, with reviewers making both positive and negative comparisons to ''Torchwood''{{'}}s parent show ''Doctor Who''. ==Plot== During a murder investigation in [[Cardiff]], Gwen Cooper spies on a mysterious group of five people calling themselves "Torchwood" led by [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]]. Another member, [[List of Torchwood minor characters#Suzie Costello|Suzie]], uses a [[List of Torchwood items#R|metal gauntlet]] to temporarily bring the victim to life in an attempt to identify his killer. Jack notes Gwen's presence, causing her to flee the scene. The next day, she runs into Jack again at a hospital and, following him, finds a sealed-off area where she runs into a [[Weevil (Torchwood)|Weevil]], which kills a porter. Jack arrives, giving Gwen the opportunity to escape. As she leaves the hospital, she spots the Torchwood vehicle and follows it. She learns from her office that the vehicle is unregistered, and that while there was a "Jack Harkness" who disappeared in 1941,<ref>See "[[Captain Jack Harkness (Torchwood episode)|]]".</ref> there is not one currently on record. She follows the vehicle to [[Roald Dahl Plass]], where she continues the pursuit on foot only to lose sight of them as they pass a large fountain. She then learns from [[List of Torchwood minor characters#PC Andy Davidson|her partner Andy]] that all personnel at the hospital have been accounted for. Catching sight of a [[pizza delivery]] scooter, she inquires at the local pizza store and learns they make deliveries to Torchwood. Disguised as a pizza delivery girl, she enters a tourist centre where [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] presses a button to reveal a secret passageway and lets her through. Following it, Gwen eventually finds herself in the Torchwood Hub, where the rest of the Torchwood team members initially try to ignore her entrance but break into fits of laughter, well aware of who she is. Jack shows Gwen around the Hub, including the captured Weevil from the hospital; they then leave the Hub via a [[List of Torchwood items#I|pavement slab lift]], which takes them to Roald Dahl Plass in front of the fountain. Jack explains that a perception filter exists around the spot they are standing, making them invisible to passersby, explaining why Gwen lost track of the team earlier. Jack takes Gwen to a pub, and over a drink, explains that the purpose of Torchwood is to help monitor and control the flotsam and jetsam of the time-space vortex that falls to Earth through the [[Rift (Whoniverse)|rift]] that exists on the site where the Hub was built. As Gwen wonders why Jack is telling her all of this, he explains that he has placed an [[List of Torchwood items#Amnesia pill|amnesia pill]] in her drink, and that she will have forgotten the information by morning. Gwen races home and tries to type out a message to herself before the pill's effects are complete, but falls asleep; [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] remotely turns off her computer, causing the message to be lost. The next day at work, Gwen is shown a drawing of the knife believed to have been used on the victim two days prior, which triggers a series of memories. These solidify when she spots a [[Wales Millennium Centre|Millennium Centre]] programme with the word "Remember" in her own handwriting at home, and she returns to the Plass. Suzie is waiting for her there, and explains that the effects of the amnesia pill could be broken with a specific image, in this case the knife. Suzie goes onto explain that it was she who killed the man Gwen saw resurrected, as well as other victims, in order to test the metal gauntlet, with the hope of learning to make its resurrection effect permanent. Suzie pulls a gun on Gwen; as she does, Jack rises from the pavement lift, and Suzie turns and shoots him in the head, killing him. To Suzie's surprise, Jack then recovers and his gunshot wound disappears. Jack tries to coax Suzie to stop, but she puts the gun to her chin and kills herself. Gwen falls to her knees, remembering everything. In the Hub, the metal gauntlet is sealed away in a box labelled "NOT FOR USE", while Suzie's body is placed into their morgue. Standing on the roof of the Millennium Centre, Jack tells Gwen that [[The Parting of the Ways|he died once, but was brought back to life]], and that he has been [[immortality|immortal]] ever since. He adds that he needs to find the [[Doctor (Doctor Who)|right sort of doctor]] who can explain what happened. Jack goes on to explain that in the 21st century, "everything changes," and agrees with Gwen that perhaps Torchwood can do more to help people, and offers her a job, which she accepts. ==Continuity== *As Gwen first enters the Hub, she passes a transparent container holding the [[Tenth Doctor]]'s severed hand last seen in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[The Christmas Invasion]]"<ref>"Inside the Hub". (21–27 October 2006) ''Radio Times'', p. 12</ref> It is next seen in "[[Day One (Torchwood)|Day One]]". The origin of the hand is later confirmed in the ''Doctor Who'' episode "[[Utopia (Doctor Who)|Utopia]]". *Talking to Gwen, Jack refers to the events of "The Christmas Invasion" (the spaceship over London), and "[[Doomsday (Doctor Who)|Doomsday]]" (the Battle of [[Canary Wharf]], [[Cyberman|Cybermen]] in every home). *Jack also refers to other Torchwood facilities: Torchwood One in London was destroyed in the Battle of Canary Wharf; Torchwood Two is an office in [[Glasgow]] run by someone described as a "very strange man"; and Torchwood Four is missing, but "we'll find it one day." *The spot in Roald Dahl Plass where the [[TARDIS]] landed in "[[Boom Town (Doctor Who)|Boom Town]]" possesses a "perception filter" that prevents anyone outside from noticing anything inside. Jack's explanation is that "a dimensionally transcendental chameleon circuit placed right on this spot… welded its perception properties to a spatio-temporal rift", but concedes that "invisible lift" has got "more of a ring to it." The terms "dimensionally transcendental" and "chameleon circuit" are also pieces of jargon associated with the TARDIS. *This episode introduces the [[Weevil (Torchwood)|Weevil]], which is described in the first ''[[Torchwood Declassified]]'' as being the "resident alien" of the show. *Torchwood's pet [[pterodactyl]] came through the Rift, according to a file on the Torchwood Institute website.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071107075439/http://www.torchwood.org.uk/html/welcome/pterodactyl.shtml Torchwood External Hub Interface - Pterodactyl]</ref> It is revealed in a later episode (Fragments) that Ianto joined Torchwood Three after leading Jack to the warehouse in which the pterodactyl was trapped. *Jubilee Pizza featured in a cut scene from the ''Doctor Who'' episode "[[Dalek (Doctor Who episode)|Dalek]]" and is a reference to the audio play ''[[Jubilee (Doctor Who audio)|Jubilee]]'', on which "Dalek" is loosely based. *The explanation of psychotropic drugs causing mass hallucinations is similar to the explanation given for (though not within) the ''Doctor Who'' serial ''[[The Invasion (Doctor Who)|The Invasion]]'', also about the mass invasion of Cybermen. *Jack refers obliquely to the events of "[[The Parting of the Ways]]" and expresses hope that "[[Doctor (Doctor Who)|the right sort of doctor]]" will someday explain his immortality. Jack eventually gets his wish in the ''Doctor Who'' episode "[[Utopia (Doctor Who)|Utopia]]". *Rhys' friend Banana Boat is first mentioned. He later appears in the TV episode "[[Something Borrowed (Torchwood)|Something Borrowed]]" *According to a police officer in this episode, Captain Jack went missing on 21 January 1941.<ref>Writer Russell T Davies, Director Brian Kelly, Producers Richard Stokes, Chris Chibnall (2006-10-22). "Everything Changes". Torchwood. Cardiff. BBC. BBC Three</ref> ==Production== This episode had the working title of "Flotsam And Jetsam". This title was worked into the script when Jack describes the idea of "flotsam and jetsam" falling through the Rift into Cardiff.<ref>{{Cite web| title=A Brief History of Time (Travel): Everything Changes| url=http://www.shannonsullivan.com/drwho/torchwood/2006a.html|author=Shannon Sullivan|date=2006-11-01|accessdate=2006-11-07}}</ref> The opening scene, involving the reanimation of a corpse in an alley at night, was adapted from a pitch written by Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner for a possible science fiction series called ''Excalibur'', devised before Davies became responsible for the 2005 revival of ''Doctor Who''. In "[[Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (Torchwood)|Kiss Kiss Bang Bang]]" Captain John Hart jokes about the name Torchwood and says it should have been named Excalibur.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Cindy |last=White |title=BBC's ''Torchwood'' Has U.S. Roots |url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=43570 |work=[[Sci Fi Wire]] |date=24 August 2007 |accessdate=2007-08-25 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20071015092707/http://scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=43570 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 15 October 2007}}</ref> The [[BBC Three]] premiere on 22 October 2006 aired ''Everything Changes'' back-to-back with the second episode, "[[Day One (Torchwood)|Day One]]", in a 100-minute premiere special; the closing credits of both episodes were combined to air at the end. ===Music=== The song "[[We Are the Pipettes]]" by [[The Pipettes]] is featured in this episode (as Gwen & Andy arrive to break up a bar fight), "[[She Moves In Her Own Way]]" by [[The Kooks]] (heard in the background at Jubilee Pizza) and "[[Spitting Games]]" by [[Snow Patrol]] (as Owen hits on Linda at the bar). ==Broadcast== In the unofficial overnight viewing figures, "Everything Changes" gained an average audience of 2.4 million for its debut showing on BBC Three,<ref name="ratings">{{Cite web|url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/overnights/story/0,,1929356,00.html|title=Torchwood scores digital first|publisher=[[Guardian Unlimited]]|format=Requires free registration|first=Jason|last=Deans|date=2006-10-23|accessdate=2006-10-23}}</ref> a 12.7% share of the total television audience for its slot.<ref name="beebratings">{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6077078.stm|title=Torchwood scores record audience|publisher=[[BBC News Online]]|date=2006-10-23|accessdate=2006-10-23}}</ref> This was the largest audience ever recorded by a BBC Three programme, as well as the highest ever audience for a programme broadcast solely on a [[digital television]] platform that was not either a United States import or a live [[football (soccer)|football]] match.<ref name="ratings" /> The figure also placed "Everything Changes" third in its timeslot across all channels, beaten only by the [[analog television|analogue]] channels [[ITV1]] and [[Channel 4]] with ''[[Prime Suspect (UK TV series)|Prime Suspect]]'' and ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' respectively.<ref name="ratings" /> When "Everything Changes" was repeated on analogue channel [[BBC Two]] three days after its BBC Three airing, it won an audience of 2.8 million, a 13% share.<ref name="ratings2">{{Cite web|url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/overnights/story/0,,1932151,00.html|title=Torchwood lands on BBC2 with 2.8m|format=Requires free registration|first=Jason|last=Deans|publisher=[[Guardian Unlimited]]|date=2006-10-26|accessdate=2006-10-26}}</ref> This again placed the episode third in its timeslot, behind ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'' on [[BBC One]] and the thriller ''Bon Voyage'' on [[ITV1]].<ref name="ratings2" /> ===Reviews and reception=== The website of ''[[The Stage]]'' entertainment industry newspaper gave "Everything Changes" a positive preview in its coverage following the 18 October press screening of the episode. "The first episode is an economical, by the numbers introduction to the team", wrote reviewer Mark Wright. "It's certainly bold, the cast are very pretty and the dialogue has a zippy archness to it. Whether that will become grating after a few episodes remains to be seen, but if you like your sci-fi drama a bit punchier than the whimsical ''Doctor Who'', touch wood, you should find a lot to enjoy in the adventures of ''Torchwood''."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/tvtoday/2006/10/torchwood_first_look.php|title=Everything changes—a first look at Torchwood|publisher=[[The Stage]]|first=Mark|last=Wright|date=2006-10-19|accessdate=2006-10-23 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070104064435/http://www.thestage.co.uk/tvtoday/2006/10/torchwood_first_look.php <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 4 January 2007}}</ref> Previewing the episode for the ''[[Radio Times]]'' listing magazine, Mark Braxton was impressed, but felt that the series would offer better episodes later in the run. "It's slick, scary, funny and expensive looking, but it's also very much an establishing episode", Braxton commented. "With the guided tour dispensed with, however, the fun can really begin."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Braxton|first=Mark|title=Today's Choices – Sunday 22 October|journal=[[Radio Times]]|volume=331|issue=4307|pages=74|publisher=[[BBC Worldwide]]|date=2006-10-21 – 2006-10-27}}</ref> ''[[The Guardian]]'' newspaper's television reviewer Sam Wollaston also gave the episode a guarded welcome, although he felt that the attempts to make Cardiff appear glamorous were a failure. "They've done their best to sex the place up—lots of helicopter shots of that posh bit where [[Charlotte Church]] lives, but it still looks like Cardiff, to be honest. No matter—most of the interesting things are going on below the ground... It's not yet clear whether Eve Myles as new Torchwood recruit PC Gwen Cooper can fill [[Billie Piper]]'s boots. Surely not—those boots are two gaping weekend voids that no one can fill. But this looks promising: it's slick, quick and a tiny bit scary. Not much humour yet, which was the lovely thing about ''Doctor Who''. But it's early days; don't jump quite yet."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/comment/0,,1929140,00.html|title=The weekend's TV|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|last=Wollaston|first=Sam|date=2006-10-23|accessdate=2006-10-23}}</ref> ''[[The Sunday Times (UK)|The Sunday Times]]'' Culture magazine mentioned ''Torchwood'' as one of the week's highlights and added that it was "arguably better than ''Who''". Less positively, the ''[[The Scotsman|Scotsman]]'' when reviewing the episode said "''Torchwood'' seems to me to be as nonsensical and full of holes and unexciting as the genre always is."<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://living.scotsman.com/tv.cfm?id=1557142006|title=Aliens versus yoof|publisher=[[The Scotsman]]|last=Heggie|first=Iain|date=2006-10-21|accessdate=2006-12-19}}</ref> The use of the alien perfume on the young woman and her boyfriend by Owen has drawn criticism of the character online, with some viewers pointing out this is similar to [[date rape]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cult/a84181/cult-spy-catching-up-with-torchwood.html|title= Cult Spy: Catching Up With 'Torchwood'|publisher=[[Digital Spy]]|first=Ben|last=Rawson-Jones|date=2008-01-13|accessdate=2008-05-07}}</ref> ==U.S. Premiere== The episode, starting off series 1, premiered at [[Comic-Con International]] on 26 July 2007, and on [[BBC America]] on 8 September 2007. ==References and notes== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Wikiquote|Torchwood}} {{TardisIndexFile|Everything Changes}} *[http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/sites/episodes/series1/ep01_everythingchanges.shtml "Everything Changes" episode guide entry on the BBC website] *{{Brief| torch=y| quotes=y | id=2006a | title=Everything Changes}} *{{Doctor Who RG| id=torchwood_01 | title=Everything Changes||quotes=y}} {{Torchwood episodes|1}} {{Weevil stories}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2012}} [[Category:Torchwood episodes]] [[Category:Television pilots]] [[Category:2006 television episodes]] [[Category:Screenplays by Russell T Davies]]'