Bloody hell. If you saw Torchwood: Children of Earth, you know that Russell T. Davies can take Torchwood to dark and stark places and this next installment, Torchwood: Miracle Day, looks like it takes Torchwood balls to the walls. The Starz/BBC series is set to premiere in less than a month. Check out these riveting character videos to begin to see the conspiracy behind the “miracle” of Miracle Day.
Torchwood: Miracle Day Character Videos
Just who is in these character videos? Here’s the low down on Captain Jack Harkness, Esther Drummond, Rex Matheson, Gwen Cooper, Jilly Kitzinger, and Oswald Danes.
Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman):
Jack looks like a hero. He’s handsome, witty and subversive with a killer smile. But there’s a reason for that glint in his eye. His dashing style hides a secret. Truth is Jack Harkness is immortal, the only one of his kind. He once ran the Torchwood Institute, a British organization dedicated to fighting the strange and bizarre. But Torchwood closed down, and Jack disappeared, to start yet another of his many new lives. When a new, epic danger affects the whole planet, Jack finds himself back at the center of events, fighting not just for his own life, but for everyone on Earth.
Esther Drummond (Alexa Havins):
Esther is an innocent, in a world of assassins, liars and zealots. She got where she is with the CIA through diligence and application. Hard work keeps Esther focused but she still dreams of active duty as a field agent serving her country. The dream is going to happen faster than she thinks and in no time at all, Esther finds herself running alongside Jack, Gwen and Rex, living off the grid, gun in hand, fighting a global conspiracy against enemies ranging from big business to the state. It’s a tough, brutal, hard lifestyle where survival is hard won and life-changing choices have to be made.
Rex Matheson (Mekhi Phifer):
Rex Matheson is a CIA agent at the top of his game. Ruthless, brilliant and destined for fast-track promotion, nothing’s going to stop this man from getting whatever he wants in life. But when the world convulses under Miracle Day, Rex discovers that everything he thought was true and safe and fair is now in danger. And when the CIA itself turns against him, Rex finds himself on the run. The only people he can trust are some strangers from a long-lost British institute called Torchwood. Rex finds himself traveling across continents as the scale and ambition of the threat is revealed – but in trying to save the world, will he put his own life at risk once too often?
Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles):
Gwen once lived the ultimate double life – the funny, salty, earthy woman who loves home and family, combined with the tough, ruthless warrior, who loves the thrill of the fight. She was the heart and soul of an organization called Torchwood. She was a defender of the human race. But now she lives in seclusion, with her devoted husband Rhys and baby Anwen, knowing that one day trouble will come calling again. When events surrounding “Miracle Day” push Gwen to the limit, she’ll need to call on resources she never knew she had and make the most terrible decisions, on behalf of all mankind.
Jilly Kitzinger (Lauren Ambrose):
As a PR woman, Jilly sees how the world spins and instinctively knows how to manipulate her position in it. Ambitious and ruthless, there’s little she wouldn’t do for her career. A great talent spotter with a dark understanding of human needs, she is unshockable in a world that is increasingly corrupt and boiling. Jilly soon realizes that, in a world gone mad, Oswald Danes could easily become her ticket to power.
Oswald Danes (Bill Pullman):
Well-educated and a former school teacher, Oswald’s a convicted child killer, both guilty and unrepentant. But when Oswald survives his own execution, he’s given a whole new life. The most infamous man in the world, he becomes the most provocative figure in modern media. He’s a flare, reviled yet mesmerizing, whose very existence embodies how the world changed on “Miracle Day.”
This fourth installment of the Torchwood series also stars John de Lancie (Breaking Bad, The Unit), Arlene Tur (Crash), and Dichen Lachman (Dollouse).
Torchwood: Miracle Day premieres on July 8, 2011 on BBC One in the UK and Starz stateside and airs on Fridays at 10/9 C.
[Source] Starz
