History Series / TorchwoodMiracleDay

''Torchwood: Miracle Day'' is the fourth series of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', which began airing on Starz on July 8, 2011. It's a ten-part miniseries, similar to ''[[Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth Children of Earth]]'' in tone. The storyline is a {{BBC}} America / Starz co-production that's set in both Britain and America.

Captain Jack Harkness (Creator/JohnBarrowman) and Gwen Cooper (Creator/EveMyles), the last members of the Torchwood team, reunite. They're forced to go to America, where they are helped by CIA secret agents Rex Matheson ([[EightMile Mekhi Phifer]]) and Esther Drummond (Alexa Havins), as well as others sympathetic to their cause. Things quickly get complicated when Jack realises that he's been stripped of his own immortality and healing powers in the process.

Captain Jack Harkness (Creator/JohnBarrowman) and Gwen Cooper (EveMyles), the last members of the Torchwood team, reunite. They're forced to go to America, where they are helped by CIA secret agents Rex Matheson ([[EightMile Mekhi Phifer]]) and Esther Drummond (Alexa Havins), as well as others sympathetic to their cause. Things quickly get complicated when Jack realises that he's been stripped of his own immortality and healing powers in the process.

However it received quite mixed reviews and a severe drop in ratings half-way through and the future of "Torchwood" has been left unclear.

** A prominent character insists a close relative is [[NotAZombie still alive]] in spite of all evidence to the contrary.

* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Oswald Danes getting released because his death sentence has been performed. If an execution fails that doesn't mean the criminal goes free. And even if nobody can be executed anymore it seems bizzare that he is let out by threatening to sue.

* TheBechdelTest: Passes. Both Gwen and Esther, and Jilly and Vera, have numerous scenes together.

* WritersCannotDoMath: When the characters are calculating how fast Earth's population is increasing,they count the dead people twice. Explained by SF Debris at 9:05 [[http://sfdebris.com/videos/other/miracleday1.php here]].

** It would seem likely the Soulless were the starters of the 45 floor club, taking the first chance they could get to end their lives by being made Category 1.

* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: The Doctor's absence doesn't even get a LampshadeHanging like in ''Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth' this time around. Martha, Mickey or any useful UNIT higher ups that can lend a hand are nowhere to be seen.

* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: The Doctor's absence doesn't even get a LampshadeHanging like in ''Series/[[TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth]]'' this time around. Martha, Mickey or any useful UNIT higher ups that can lend a hand are nowhere to be seen.

However it received a massive drop in ratings about half-way through and has generated quite a BrokenBase.

** That said,there are other factors involved that could affect the economy, such as the declaration of martial law and people looting or buying up all the painkillers.

* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: The Doctor's absence doesn't even get a LampshadeHanging like in ''Series/[[TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth]]'' this time around. Rory and Amy, [[Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures Sarah Jane and company]], Martha and Mickey, or any useful UNIT higher ups that can lend a hand are nowhere to be seen.

''Torchwood: Miracle Day'' is the fourth series of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', which began airing on Starz on July 8, 2011. It's a ten-part miniseries, similar to ''[[Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth Children of Earth]]'' in tone. The storyline is a {{BBC}} America / Starz co-production that's set in both Britain and America. Covering the equivalent screen time of 20 episodes of the original ''Doctor Who'' series, this makes it the longest single storyline in the history of the franchise, [[note]]''Doctor Who's'' record is either 12 or 14 half-hour episodes, depending on if you count ''The Trial of a Time Lord'' as four stories or one.[[/note]] unless the Key to Time or the [[BigFinishDoctorWho050Zagreus Divergent]] [[BigFinishDoctorWho064TheNextLife Universe]] arc from BigFinishDoctorWho is counted.

'''''Torchwood: Miracle Day''''' is the fourth series of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', which began airing on Starz on July 8, 2011. It's a ten-part miniseries, similar to ''[[Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth Children of Earth]]'' in tone. The storyline is a {{BBC}} America / Starz co-production that's set in both Britain and America. Covering the equivalent screen time of 20 episodes of the original ''Doctor Who'' series, this makes it the longest single storyline in the history of the franchise, [[note]]''Doctor Who's'' record is either 12 or 14 half-hour episodes, depending on if you count ''The Trial of a Time Lord'' as four stories or one.[[/note]] unless the Key to Time or the [[BigFinishDoctorWho050Zagreus Divergent]] [[BigFinishDoctorWho064TheNextLife Universe]] arc from BigFinishDoctorWho is counted.

''Torchwood: Miracle Day'' is the fourth series of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', which began airing on Starz on July 8, 2011. It's a ten-part miniseries, similar to ''[[Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth Children of Earth]]'' in tone. The storyline is a {{BBC}} America / Starz co-production that's set in both Britain and America. Covering the equivalent screen time of 20 episodes of the original ''Doctor Who'' series, this makes it the longest single storyline in the history of the franchise, [[note]]''Doctor Who's'' record is either 12 or 14 half-hour episodes, depending on if you count ''The Trial of a Time Lord'' as four stories or one.[[/note]] unless the Key to Time or the [[BigFinishDoctorWho050Zagreus Divergent]] [[BigFinishDoctorWho064TheNextLife Universe]] arc from BigFinishDoctorWho is counted.

* ContinuityNod: The brainworm in the episode 7 flashback is one of the [[Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures Trickster's]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E11TurnLeft Brigade]].

''Torchwood: Miracle Day'' is the fourth series of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', which began airing on Starz on July 8, 2011. It's a ten-part miniseries, similar to ''[[Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth Children of Earth]]'' in tone. The storyline is a {{BBC}} America / Starz co-production that's set in both Britain and America. Covering the equivalent screen time of 20 episodes of the original ''Doctor Who'' series, this makes it the longest single storyline in the history of the franchise, [[note]]''Doctor Who's'' record is either 12 or 14 half-hour episodes, depending on if you count ''The Trial of a Time Lord'' as four stories or one.[[/note]] unless the [[BigFinishDoctorWho050Zagreus Divergent]] [[BigFinishDoctorWho064TheNextLife Universe]] arc from BigFinishDoctorWho is counted.

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[-[[caption-width-right:320: Stop now. What's that sound? Everybody look what's going down..]]-]

* ContinuityNod: The brainworm in the episode 7 flashback is one of the [[TheSarahJaneAdventures Trickster's]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoNSS4E11TurnLeft Brigade]].

* HesBack: Captain Jack is back!

*** Category 0 [[spoiler:is brazenly unconstitutional. Even though Danes is guilty of a ''very'' nasty crime, the Constitution of the United States of America prohibits making an act being made illegal before the law was put into power, which means he can't be categorized and sentenced under this new law for an offense he committed before the law was passed. Also, putting folks into the ovens conscious would almost assuredly qualify as cruel and unusual punishment, against the Eighth Amendment, not to mention deprivation of life without due process of law, in violation of the Fifth Amendment. However, if they are ruled to be legally dead, and thus not persons under the law, these protections may not apply. It would probably take a ruling by the US Supreme Court though.]]
** Technically, the emergency mandate is not an ex post facto law as he was previously sentenced to death and the law is merely changing the administration of his punishment (a cruel and unusual punishment objection would still apply though). However, the show's misuse of force majeure, which is not even invoked in American criminal law, should be taken to task.
*** It should be noted that it's strongly implied that the Families are influencing events from the background. It's not unreasonable to suggest they might have been behind the passage of the draconian legislation featured in the episode.

* TranslationStyleChoices: of a sort, in that everyone, including the Americans, pronounce "[=PhiCorp=]" as "[=PhiCore=]" as Britishers would do, whereas Americans would pronounce the final P.

''Torchwood: Miracle Day'' is the fourth series of ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', which began airing on Starz on July 8, 2011. It's a ten-part miniseries, similar to ''[[Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth Children of Earth]]'' in tone. The storyline is a {{BBC}} America / Starz co-production that's set in both Britain and America. Covering the equivalent screen time of 20 episodes of the original ''Doctor Who'' series, this makes it the longest single storyline in the history of the franchise. [[note]]''Doctor Who's'' record is either 12 or 14 half-hour episodes, depending on if you count ''The Trial of a Time Lord'' as four stories or one.[[/note]]

-->'''Stuart Owens:''' You think I'm the [[CompleteMonster epitome of evil]]. The devil in a three-piece suit.

Captain Jack Harkness (JohnBarrowman) and Gwen Cooper (EveMyles), the last members of the Torchwood team, reunite. They're forced to go to America, where they are helped by CIA secret agents Rex Matheson ([[EightMile Mekhi Phifer]]) and Esther Drummond (Alexa Havins), as well as others sympathetic to their cause. Things quickly get complicated when Jack realises that he's been stripped of his own immortality and healing powers in the process.

* RealityEnsues: The whole premise. Everlasting life has terrible consequences.

* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: Connected to WritersCannotDoMath below, four months is far too fast for global recession to settle in due to food running out and mounting pension payments with nobody dying. Consider also that the most economically influential countries already have low death rate, so the Miracle would have the least impact there.

* ArtisticLicenseEconomics: Connected to WritersCannotDoMath below, four months is far too fast for global recession to settle in due to mounting pension payments with nobody dying. Consider also that the most economically influential countries already have low death rate, so the Miracle would have the least impact there.