TEXT: Opening credits JACK : (v.o.) Torchwood : outside the government, beyond the police, fighting for the future on behalf of the human race. The 21st Century is when everything changes. And Torchwood is ready. INT. HALLORAN APARTMENT - BEDROOM - NIGHT Everything is quiet as Mike and Beth Halloran are in bed for the night. Beth is still awake. She hears a soft noise coming from the other room. She sits up. BETH : Mike. Mike sits up, now awake. BETH : Did you hear that? MIKE : Someone's in the living room! They're now both awake. Mike turns the lights on. BETH : Are you going to go in there? MIKE : Are you? She gives him a look. He turns and reaches for the cricket bat under his bed. He gets up and heads slowly toward the door. Beth grabs the cell phone and dials. Mike heads for the bedroom door, his bat raised. OPERATOR : (from phone) Emergency. Which service? BETH : (to phone) Police. MIKE : Who's there? Mike exits the bedroom. BETH : (to phone, rushed & quiet) My name's Beth Halloran, I'm at 114 Brodsky Gardens. I think there's a burglar in the flat. Come quickly. Mike is thrown back into the room and hits the wall. Beth screams. Burglar 1 grabs Mike and pushes him into the room. BURGLAR : Come on then! Stay down! BETH : Mike! Mike? Beth drops the cell phone on the floor in her haste to get to Mike. BURGLAR : Sit down there! Beth gets up and climbs out of bed. BETH : There's two of them! My husband's been injured! Send an ambulance! BURGLAR : Stay down while I get the TV stuff unhooked. The burglars approach her. BETH : Wait. Just take whatever you want! BURGLAR : Keep her quiet. Wait, wait.
SUMMARY:
When a burglary turns into a slaughter and only one woman is left unharmed, Torchwood begin to suspect alien involvement. However, when the investigation escalates into a city-wide assault, Jack realises the whole planet is in danger.