History Trivia / TorchwoodMiracleDay

* ExiledFromContinuity: Its never been confirmed, but [[Series/DoctorWho its parent show]] has never referenced the events of Miracle Day on any level, and even the ''Big Finish'' series of audio books don't appear to reference the series either (although this has been attributed to rights issues, as the American co-production means elements from ''Miracle Day'' are not covered by the ''Torchwood'' license).

* FranchiseKiller: Sadly, the fourth season of ''Torchwood'' did not sate everyone's palate. Since it aired, no new television stories have been produced and the series came to a grinding halt for several years. After hibernating, it has [[SequelInAnotherMedium shifted into audioplay-format releases]] as part of Creator/BigFinish's line of ''[[AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho Doctor Who]]''-related productions, with fifth and sixth seasons being made under the titles ''Aliens Among Us'' and ''God Among Us'', as well as monthly standalone releases that continue to this day. BBC America also seems keen on omitting this season from their reruns (to be fair, ''Miracle Day'' was made by a different company, and thus requires a different deal).

* FranchiseKiller: Sadly, the fourth season of ''Torchwood'' did not sate everyone's palate. Since it aired, no new television stories have been produced and the series came to a grinding halt for several years. After hibernating, it has [[SequelInAnotherMedium shifted into audioplay-format releases]] as part of Creator/BigFinish's line of ''[[Audio/BigFinishDoctorWho Doctor Who]]''-related productions, with fifth and sixth seasons being made under the titles ''Aliens Among Us'' and ''God Among Us'', as well as monthly standalone releases that continue to this day. BBC America also seems keen on omitting this season from their reruns (to be fair, ''Miracle Day'' was made by a different company, and thus requires a different deal).

* FranchiseKiller: Sadly, the fourth season of ''Torchwood'' did not sate everyone's palate. Since it aired, no new television stories have been produced and the series came to a grinding halt for several years. After hibernating, it has [[SequelInAnotherMedium shifted into audio-format releases]]. BBC America also seems keen on omitting this season from their reruns (to be fair, ''Miracle Day'' was made by a different company, and thus requires a different deal).

* FanNickname: "The Triangle", because of the revolving triangle that appears on the cellphones of their lackeys. Those who have read the brief Starz synopses for later episodes knew they were called the Three Families, however.

* FranchiseKiller: Sadly, the fourth season of ''Torchwood'' did not sate everyone's palate. Since it aired, no new television stories have been produced and the series came to a grinding halt for several years. After hibernating, it has [[SequelInAnotherMedium shifted into audio format releases]]. BBC America also seems keen on omitting this season from their reruns (to be fair, ''Miracle Day'' is made by a different company, and thus requires a different deal).

** The series was come upon after the series creator Creator/RussellTDavies found his efforts to sell the format rights to the major American networks were hitting a brick wall. Davies wanted to retain continuity ties to the British series, including Creator/JohnBarrowman in the lead role, whereas most of the people he was in talks with at the networks suggested [[TransatlanticEquivalent remaking the show wholesale for American audiences]], including recasting all of the lead roles, as well as downplaying/dropping Jack's omnisexuality (details vary on the full extent of this). Davies eventually found Starz Entertainment, who were the only guys that were happy to make a true co-production to Davies' specifications.
** In the DVDCommentary for "[[{{Recap/TorchwoodS4E10TheBloodLine}} The Blood Line]]", Davies talked about a storyline which was an early version of the Miracle Day storyline that was for thirteen episodes of the season which was devised by Russell T. Davies, Creator/JaneEspenson and Creator/ChrisChibnall. In this storyline, many of the episodes would have been kept the same but "[[{{Recap/TorchwoodS4E7ImmortalSins}} Immortal Sins]]" would have killed off Andy Davidson and he would have become a Category One, this may have also been in a different place in the thirteen episode version. The final two episodes would have been "The Blood Line" up until the thirteenth episode in where the Blessing would have started to kill people in Shanghai and Buenos Aires resulting in the Blessing sites having to be blown up and destroyed.