Torchwood s01e04 Episode Script

Torchwood.
Outside the government, beyond the police.
Tracking down alien life on Earth and arming the human race against the future.
The 21st century is when everything changes.
And you've got to be ready.
This programme contains some strong language.
SHOUTING AND LAUGHTER OK! Come on, Gwen! LAUGHTER AND SHOUTING CONTINUES Gwen, this is for you, baby! Come on! Just get it off him! Take if out of his hands! Oi! Oh, come to Daddy! YES! First round's on you, boss.
Girls, get your handbags! Of course, that was an illegal move.
Totally illegal! Yeah, keep telling yourself that, yeah.
Losers.
Bye.
He's never seen a live rugby match! I have other things to do with my time! Rhys knows a bloke whose cousin works at the Millennium Stadium.
We should all go to the next home international.
Can you make it two Pepperoni Feasts tonight? And a tub of coleslaw.
My boss says I'm not eating enough vegetables.
Yeah, usual time.
See you then.
Good to see you again, sir.
Are they looking after you at the hotel? Konnichiwa, Tanizaki-san.
Konnichiwa.
I did all I could.
I really did.
My God! It's not possible! One of them survived! This is Lisa.
Is she awake? It's just a reaction to the medication.
She's the only one left.
Across the whole world.
Thank you, thank you so much.
Bringing me here.
I never thought to get my chance .
.
to study to work with anything like this.
Anyone! Tell me, what happened? She worked for Torchwood London.
It was the end of the Canary Wharf battle.
The Cybermen needed soldiers fast.
They started upgrading whole bodies instead of transplanting brains using Earth technology.
Lisa was halfway through the process when the machinery shut down.
You found her? Help! Help me, please! Somebody! I pulled her out.
Do you know the percentages? The what? Some elements have been augmented.
Some are still human.
Sensory capacity, for instance.
Her breathing and hearing appears completely cybernetic.
And yetthere's also bare flesh.
Amazing.
Perhaps 55% augmentation with 45% awaiting completion.
Do you think? Or perhaps, maybe 60/40.
It's fascinating.
Can you make her human again? You took parts from a Cyber conversion unit and modified them into a life support for her? How did you know what to do? I told him.
I thought you were resting.
You should be resting.
How's the pain? Are the new doses working? A little.
Oh Is this him? I promised, didn't I? And you always keep your promises.
I would like to ask her some questions.
My name is Dr Tanizaki.
I specialise in Cybernetics.
Your friend, Mr Jones, asked me My boyfriend.
Yes.
He asked me to come.
We agreed, together.
Few simple questions.
What is your name? Lisa Hallett.
How old are you? 26.
What is the last thing you remember before coming here? Somebody! Anybody! Pain.
I remember my body burning with pain.
You said there was somewhere I could work upstairs? This first stage should enable her to breathe without the respirator.
Once her body functions without support, I can judge what work is needed.
What if she's not ready to breathe on her own? You must be prepared for her not to survive.
Sometimes in order to save what we love, we have to risk losing it.
MACHINES BEEP, HEART MONITOR FLATLINES She's not strong enough! Let me do my work! And she said, "D'you know how difficult it is to find a man in this city? "He had a nice flat, all his own hair, so frankly, a couple of tusks, I can live with!" PAGER BEEPS UFO sighting over Cardigan Bay.
Seven calls to the emergency services.
Oh Can we at least finish our drinks, please? Sure.
Take ten seconds.
HEART MONITOR FLATLINES, LISA GASPS If she dies because of you SHE GASPS, HEART MONITOR BEEPS Ianto? Yes, I'm here! She's breathing! It worked! Why aren't I connected? You're alive! He kept you alive! Thank you.
This is only the start.
COMPUTER BEEPS We've gotta move.
Quickly! I'll walk! You've only just woken up.
You can't.
I want to walk! Please.
Help her downstairs.
I'll clear up here.
I'm alive.
All I'm saying is, once in a while, I'd like to drive! And all I'm saying is no! Why not?! Look, I've shared cars with women before.
I know what'll happen.
There'll be an emergency, we're all raring to go, I jump in, what do I find? Seat's in the wrong position, the rear view mirror's out of line and the steering wheel's in my crotch.
Time it takes to sort it all out, aliens'll have taken Newport.
JACK LAUGHS What about a rota? Different people drive on different days.
We're a secret organisation, hunting alien technology from an underground base.
And you want a rota for who drives? Just trying to help.
As soon as they're gone, I'll be down.
Tosh, call up the radar within a for the last six hours.
Gwen, check with that man - Neil, I think his name was, voice like Sean Connery - at Jodrell Bank.
See if they picked up any chatter around the time of the sightings.
Owen, access the airspace provision over Cardigan Bay, also any RAF flightplans, see if it's just a case of mistaken identity.
Take it slowly.
You're still very weak.
This way.
HE CHOKES Is that Neil? It's Gwen Cooper from Torchwood.
I know, we're always after something, aren't we? Ianto! Would you work some coffee magic? Lisa! Let me go! I can help you.
The human race is weak.
I can make you strong.
What's happening? Internal power drain.
What's causing it? Something big to drain that amount of power.
Tosh, run a system diagnostic.
Actually We've been having generator problems all evening.
I was down there checking earlier.
Couple of bits of cabling have come loose.
I thought I'd fixed it.
Let me have another look.
Fine.
Go check.
Want some help? It's fine.
ALARM BLARES You've got to shut down the power! Oh, God! Oh, my God! What happened?! His upgrade failed.
Was it an accident? Tell me you didn't do this! I wanted to repay him for helping me.
By removing the weaknesses of his humanity.
What have you done?! You've killed an innocent man! It's all right.
It's not all right! They're gonna come looking for me in a minute.
If they see the body, if they find out what we've been doing I can deal with them.
Don't you go near them! You didn't mean to do this.
Something's happened to your mind.
Umjust, um Some kind of side effect from this whole process.
It's post-traumatic.
You didn't mean to You've ruined everything now! How hard have we had to work to keep you alive? And now you do this.
I need you to stay in here.
Rest.
Don't come out unless I tell you.
This can't happen again, Lisa.
If you harm anyone else, I'll Yes? What will you do? OK, the body.
I've got to deal with the body.
I can do this.
This is my fault! I'm responsible for this! I'll hide the body.
Everything's gonna be OK.
That's a UFO?! Only just! Arkan leisure crawler, first generation.
Collectors' item, don't see many of those around these days.
Tosh, send a polite message saying great to see them, but could they please get the hell out of our atmosphere they're spooking the locals.
Done! Shouldn't we be apprehending it? Investigating it? Oh, please.
You interrogate an Arkan, you'll be in there for a month.
And that's just the first question.
They are so boring.
Besides, they're mostly liquid, the cells would be a mess.
There it goes again! Ianto, we've got another dose of darkness.
You found anything? ALARM BLARES Ianto? I need to hear those beautiful Welsh vowels! Power's draining to the storeroom at the bottom of the building.
Looking for human heat signals.
We've got Two signals? So assuming one's Ianto Who's the other? I'm thinking we're under attack.
Security's been breached.
We assume battle protocols.
That's impossible! Nobody can get in without triggering seven separate alarms.
Yeah, well, looks like our system needs to be upgraded.
I'll head down and look for Ianto.
I'll come with you.
You all right with that? Keep your comms open at all times.
Any doubts, shoot first.
Priority is to find Ianto.
I'm sorry.
What's down here? Normally? Nothing.
'Progress report?' Signs of 'activity at the eastern end of the main corridor.
' We're losing your comms signals.
We're going in to have a look.
Whatever that power source is, it's interfering with the comms.
Gwen, Owen? Can you hear me? Damn! Can we get them back? Trying other channels.
There's something else you need to see.
I've gone back through our internal CCTV footage for the last couple of hours.
Someone's tried to remove the images from our system.
See, now I'm starting to get a little peeved.
These people come into my house, start using my things I've dug into the system memory.
What the hell's going on here?! Jack? Tosh? Gwen? Owen? Can you hear me? No comms.
We're on our own, then.
What the hell is going on? What's the matter? I can't see well enough.
But there's something in there.
Some kind of operating table.
Get the bolts.
OK? Yeah.
OK, one, two No! No, no, no, no! What the hell is it?! It's wrong.
It's beyond wrong! It shouldn't be here! Turn the thing off! TURN IT OFF! Internal levels are being restored! Gwen? Owen? Can you hear me? COMMS CRACKLE These things brought down Torchwood One.
But they were all destroyed.
Why is there one in our bloody basement?! Just tell me what it does! It's the remnants of a conversion unit.
This machinery turns humans into Cybermen.
If I don't hear something within 30 seconds, I'm coming down there! Jack, it's Gwen.
The comms dropped out.
We're back online now.
'Any sign of Ianto?' No.
But we have found parts of a Cyber conversion unit.
'Fully powered up and working.
' This is no time to be kidding around, Owen.
I'm deadly serious! I dunno why it's here, or how it got here.
But that's what's draining our power.
Jack? You there? I want you two back up here immediately! We still haven't found Jack, code zero incursion.
Repeat! 'Code zero incursion.
We're under attack.
' If you don't hear from me within procedures and get yourself to safety.
But I can't just leave you all here! If there's a Cyberman in this building, we need a last line of defence.
Just make sure it never gets to the outside world.
Whatever you Whoever you are I don't mean you any harm.
But come any closer, I'll shoot.
SHE CHOKES Let me go! Do not struggle.
You will be like me.
GWEN CRIES IN PAIN Throw down any weapons, put your hands up and turn and face me! GWEN SCREAMS You're a woman! Owen! JACK! GWEN SCREAMS She doesn't know what she's doing! You are fighting the wrong guy! Get me out of here, someone, please! Switch it off! I'm trying! She's changed all the circuits! Shut off the power everywhere! Toshiko, cut all power in the base! I do that, the base goes into lockdown! We'll be trapped.
Just do it! Switch it off! Gwen? I'm fine.
I'm fine, I'm fine.
Sort of.
Jack, please get me out of here! It's all right.
Where is she? Where did she go? Please tell me you got her! Stand guard by the door.
I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
What for? Let's just get out of here.
Clear? Clear.
Oh, God, there she is.
What is she? Some form of Cyberman.
They're us, upgraded.
Humans with emotions removed, created on a parallel world and supposedly destroyed on this one.
What are we gonna do? I don't know.
She's gone.
GUN CLICKS Get us back to the Hub.
Jack, what are you doing?! Resisting the urge to shoot.
Tosh, get everything from the weapons room.
Fast as you can.
It's locked down, there's no manual override.
Just open the store! On your knees! Hands above your head! Jack, for God's sake! What are you doing?! I gave you an order! Gwen, help her! Did you know that thing was down there? I put her there.
You hid a Cyberman within Torchwood?! And you didn't tell us? What else are you keeping from us? Like you care.
I clear up your shit.
No questions asked and that's the way you like it.
When did you last ask me anything about my life? Her name's Lisa.
She's my girlfriend.
Why didn't you tell us? We could have helped you.
Torchwood exists to destroy alien threats.
Why would I tell you about her? A little loyalty, perhaps? My loyalty's to her! She worked for Torchwood.
She was caught up in battle.
I owe it to Lisa WE owe it to her to find a cure.
Ianto, you have to believe me.
There is no cure.
There never will be.
Those who are converted stay that way.
Your girlfriend will not be the exception.
You can't know that for sure.
Look, you need to know what's happening here.
Because this is where these things start.
Small decisions that become mass slaughter.
These creatures regain a foothold by exploiting human weakness.
Then they take a base.
Rebuild their forces.
And before you know it, the Cyber race is spreading out across the universe, erasing worlds, assimilating populations.
All because of the tiny beginnings here.
We need to stop hertogether! You're not listening to me! The conversion was never completed! She already tried to kill Gwen! You think she's gonna stop there? There is no turning back for her now! I'mnot giving up on her.
I love her.
Can you understand that, Jack? Haven't you ever loved anyone? You need to figure out whose side you're on here.
Because if you don't know you're not going to make it out of this alive.
There's no way this weapons store's gonna open.
It's going to take six hours for the power to come back online.
Let me talk to her.
I can still save her.
Save all of us.
She's not a monster.
MECHANICAL WHIRRING Ianto! Lisa It's me.
You can't just let him go Ssh! The army will be rebuilt from here.
This building is suitable.
Who are you? Human point two.
No! Lisa So how come you look like human point one? I do not understand.
Look at yourself.
Go ahead.
Remember, Lisa.
Remember who you are.
The upgrade is incomplete.
You're still human.
I am disgusting.
I have I am wrong.
We can help you.
I must start again.
Upgrade properly.
For God's sake! Have you heard yourself? Lisa, please.
I brought you here to heal you.
So we could be together.
Together.
Yes.
Transplant my brain into your body.
The two of ustogether.
Fused.
We'll be one complete person.
Isn't that what love is? No.
Then we are not compatible.
Argh! Code Nine manoeuvres.
Go! Gwen! Gwen! Get out of there! Lisa! What you waiting for? Run.
We all ran.
She's coming after us.
There's a surprise(!) Could you be any less helpful?! I just helped you escape! Shut up, both of you! OK, now, this is a fight to the death.
We do whatever is necessary to destroy her.
Forget what Ianto said.
That thing is not human.
Clear? Yeah, yeah.
What's this? Something Suzie scavenged.
She claimed that it could open any lock in 45 seconds.
I want you out the exit gates up the emergency stairs to reception.
She'll never open that door without power! It weighs a ton! Anyway, I'm not leaving you here! Just do as I say! All of you! Once in reception panel next to the desk, pull it out.
Take circuit 357 from the main system and patch it to these.
There should be enough power in there for what we need.
Once the main circuit goes live, get out.
Meet us by the water tower.
Go! .
.
You twofind anything that even resembles a weapon.
Autopsy room.
There should be some lethal equipment What are you gonna do? Buy you some time.
Go! Hey! Lisa! It is Lisa, isn't it? You've been hiding in my basement.
That's OK.
Draining my power, I can live with that But now you're starting to hurt my friends.
This is gonna stop! Come on! This building belongs to me now.
You will all be deleted I'm sorry for what they did to you.
But this ends here.
How did he survive that? Is that all you got? I'm not so easily deleted.
We can't help him.
Shit! Is there another exit? No! We're trapped?! Get in! No way! Lie on top of me and it'll take us both.
I'm not laying on top of you! I'm not saying it's a brilliant idea, but it's the only one we've got! What do we do? IANTO PANTS (Ssh!) MOBILE PHONE RINGS Where is it? Quick, please! Turn it off! Turn it off! All right, lover, it's the man of your dreams! I've had a couple of beers with Daf and we're off for a curry, so can you video Wife Swap? Don't you touch her! LISA SCREAMS What the hell was that? What? Snogging me! Last kiss for the condemned man! Little embarrassing given we haven't been killed.
What?! It's not like I fancy you or anything.
I was on top of you.
I could feel your hard-on.
Yeah, well, you didn't exactly struggle, did you? It was kill or be killed.
Owen's right.
There was no choice.
Ianto, move! Get out! GET OUT I SAID! MOVE! MOVE! You should be dead.
I'm the stubborn type.
Get behind me! That's right.
Stay back.
This'll at least give you heartburn.
The power will run out.
I can wait.
Jack, help her.
Give her a chance to surrender Have you not seen what she's done? Let her stay in the cells! We have to reverse the process! I've told you! We're past that! Hold him back! What are you gonna do? Don't ask questions, just get him on there and hold him! What is that stuff? Kind of a barbecue sauce.
It helps identify its food.
Help what identify its food?! I'm sorry.
PTERODACTYL SQUEALS You'll kill her! Let me go! Let me help her! Yes! Hold him still! NO! Call it off her! You can do that! Have some fucking mercy! NO-O-O! It worked! What happened to? No.
You could have saved her! Argh! You're worse than anything locked up down there! One day, I'll have the chance to save you and I'll watch you suffer and die.
It was the only thing that would stop her! Listen, when I was at reception, I managed to trip the lockdown timer.
The power should be coming back on any second.
We can get back in.
Ianto! Pizza! DOOR BUZZES Ianto? Bloody hell! Ianto? D'you want these or not? PTERODACTYL SQUEALS Ianto! Stop! She can't have survived that attack.
I used my initiative! I'm sorry! When I want you to think for yourself, I'll tell you.
Maybe if you'd told me your plan, I wouldn't have done it! Ianto, don't be stupid! I've nothing left to lose.
There's always something left to lose.
I'm going back in to save her.
Anybody tries to stop me, I'll shoot them.
Ianto, put the gun You make a threat like that, you better be prepared to follow it through.
See, you disobey me now I really will shoot you.
Get off me! You wanna go back in there? You go in to finish the job.
If she's still alive, you execute her.
No way.
You brought this down on us.
You hid her.
You hid yourself from us.
Now it's time for you to stand as part of the team.
Jack The girl you loved has gone.
Your loyalty is to us now.
You can't order me to do that.
You execute her or I'll execute you both! I won't do it.
You can't make me.
You like to think you're a hero.
But you're the biggest monster of all.
I'm giving you ten minutes.
Then we're coming in.
Pick it up.
How can you ask him? I don't need your opinion! PTERODACTYL SQUEALS Lisa! Ianto Ianto, it's me.
It's Lisa.
I'm human again.
You fought so hard for me, I had to hold on for you, so I took this body and transplanted the brain.
You're not Lisa.
You always said you didn't love me for what I looked like.
Last time you said that, it was a Saturday.
We were hungover.
You made cheese toasties, and moaned I hadn't descaled my kettle.
That night, we camped on a beach in Brittany.
It got so freezing we wore our coats and shared one sleeping bag.
When we woke up the next morning, a dog was pissing on our tent.
Hold me, Ianto.
I need you to hold me.
I need you to tell me it's all right.
HE CRIES GUN CLICKS What are you doing? Ianto, it's me! You wouldn't shoot me.
I did this for you! I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
Lisa! We can be upgraded together.
ALARM BLARES You'd never have shot him.
Not really.
Wouldn't I? Would you have shot me if I'd gone to stand by him? But you didn't.
If I had, though.
But you didn't.
Will he stay? All that deception.
Because he couldn't bear to live without her.
So have you ever loved anyone that much? When she had hold of you, I thought, just for a moment, I thought maybe you could die after all.
Wanna know a secret? So did I.
And just for a second there, I felt soalive.
Are you kidding me? That's him, we have to find him before all hell let's loose.
It's little girls, their little bodies.
No-one can hurt me.
They protect their own, their chosen ones.
Are you saying our machines can't pick them up? Nothing can.
She was beautiful, I loved her at first sight.
It's gone crazy.
No! This means these creatures can invade my life whenever they feel like it and I am scared, Jack.
For the sake of the world, this is our only chance!