Torchwood, Series 3: Children of Earth

Ianto:
You're right, he's back.

Jack:
I said so.

Gwen:
Who's back?

Jack:
What's he doing?

Ianto:
Waiting, just like you said. He's been there twenty minutes.

Jack:
Persistent.

Ianto:
Good sign.

Jack:
Dogmatic.

Ianto:
Always a plus.

Gwen:
Oh, Christ, never work with a couple, you two talk like twins! Now tell me who he is!

Ianto:
Rupesh Patanjali, he saw the Hitchhiker. He's the bodies-going-missing man.

Jack:
Dr. Patanjali. We need a doctor.

Gwen:
What, and you just let him follow you?

Ianto:
Ask about Torchwood and most people point towards the Bay.

Gwen:
Oh. [Jack and Ianto grin, she laughs] You bastards. That's exactly what you did to me the first time we met. Well, sod that! I'm promoting myself to recruitment officer.

Jack:
We need a child. 'Cause we need to test those frequencies. Find the right frequency, and we can find out who's transmitting.

Ianto:
Where'd you get a child, though? I could find you lasers and weevils and hitchhikers, but kids...

Alice:
It said on the news that we should send them back to school tomorrow. Do you think it's safe?

Jack:
I don't know any more than you.

Alice:
Oh, come on.

Jack:
I don't! [pause] Any word from Joe?

Alice:
In Italy. With her. He finally got married. But he phones every now and then and sends Steven postcards, remembers his birthday...There are worse fathers.

Jack:
How are you off for money?

Alice:
Don't worry about that, you give me enough. [pause] Kind of easy writing cheques, huh?

Jack:
Alice, you're the one who asked me to stay away. I'd come round here every week if you wanted me to, every day.

Alice:
Yeah... I just can't stand it, Dad. I look older than you do, and that's never going to stop. I get older and older, and you stay the same. One day, you're going to be standing at my funeral - Looking just like you did standing at Mum's. No wonder she was so furious; you make us feel old.

Jack:
[beat] Actually, I found a grey hair.

Alice:
[laughs] Oh! Well, that is the end of the world!

Rhiannon:
Susan on the corner was in town, and it was her anniversary, so they went to that posh french place in town by the memorial, and there was you.

Ianto:
So...

Rhiannon:
There was you...having dinner...with a man.

Ianto:
So?

Rhiannon:
Having dinner with a man...in a restaurant.

Ianto:
So you have dinner with Tina.

Rhiannon:
Not in town. Susan said he was gorgeous. Like a film star. Like an escort.

Ianto:
He's my boss.

Rhiannon:
She said it was intimate. I said well he's had girlfriends, and she said, well no girl was getting her feet around that table. No chance! Have you gone bender?

Ianto:
[looks at Mica, uncomfortable] Mica's hearing this.

Rhiannon:
She's not bothered. Her friend Shan's got two mothers. [pauses] Go on? [longer pause] You never tell me anything these days. Dad died, that was it. You were off- you couldn't wait. Like I did something wrong. I didn't. Did I?

Ianto:
[shaking his head] It's not that. It's my job. It's... difficult. It's... [hesitates] He is very handsome.

Rhiannon:
No!

Ianto:
Now stop it.

Rhiannon:
You're kidding me? Really though? Really? Christ all mighty! [pause] He's nice though, is he? Is he? Oh my...I mean, since when?

Ianto:
It's weird. It's just different. It's not..men, it's...it's just him. It's only him. And I don't even know what it is really, so...so I'm not broadcasting it.

[Jack finds out Gwen is pregnant]

Jack:
How long?

Gwen:
Three weeks. [both look at the screen]

Jack:
Well, that's good, isn't it? [Gwen looks at him] From where I'm standing...it looks good to me.

Gwen:
Yeah...bloody hell. It's brilliant!

Jack:
[grins] Ianto! We're having a baby. [Ianto comes over, looking surprised and delighted. To Gwen;] Have you told Rhys yet?

Gwen:
Only just found out myself.

Jack:
Oh, you told me before you told him- he is gonna love that! [Gwen laughs weakly]

Ianto:
Congratulations. [pause] Would now be a good time to tell you I lost the car?

Jack:
You did what?!

Gwen:
[hadn't paid attention] That is just bloody spectacular!

Andy:
If she's anti-terrorist, I would not mind being Uncle Terrorist.

Ianto:
You worked out my little code, then.

Rhiannon:
Dad didn't break your leg on purpose, you know.

Ianto:
He pushed me too hard. He always did.

Rhiannon:
Well, you should've held on tighter.

Rhiannon:
What kind of civil servants are you?

Ianto:
Under-appreciated ones.

Gwen:
Are you sure he's going to London?

Rhys:
I don't question how you defend the world against extraterrestrial infiltration - don't you question my knowledge of the hauling industry, right?

Gwen:
Sorry.

[while travelling to London, in a truck, on top of a cargo of potatoes]

Gwen:
You know some announcements you rehearse in your head? This wasn't quite what I had in mind.

Rhys:
What do you mean, "announcements"? [Gwen looks at him and smiles. Rhys looks confused, but then grins delightedly] Oh, bloody hell no!

Gwen:
Yes! [laughs]

Rhys:
This changes everything.

Gwen:
No. No, it doesn't. We're up the same creek and we still need a paddle.

Rhys:
Yeah! But three of us in a boat.

Gwen:
So, what do we do? Just sit here?

Jack:
Worse than that, do I have to stay in these clothes? I mean, come on! Tracksuit bottoms? Not a good look!

Ianto:
What did it feel like? I mean, getting blown up?

Jack:
It wasn't the best of days.

Ianto:
No, but... Did you feel it? Or did everything just go black?

Jack:
...I felt it.

Ianto:
Shit!

Jack:
Yeah.

Ianto:
Do you ever think that one day your luck'll run out? That you won't come back?

Jack:
I'm a fixed point in time and space. That's what the Doctor says. I think that means it's forever.

Ianto:
So, one day you'll see me die... of old age... and just keep going?

Jack:
Yeah...

Ianto:
We'd better make the most of it then.

Jack:
Yeah. Suppose.

Ianto:
[slyly] Like...right now?

Jack:
[pauses, then grins] Ianto, the world could be ending.

Ianto:
World's always ending. And I have missed that coat.

Jack:
[grins, and turns to Rhys] Rhys, do you want to take the car down to those shops by the Wharf? We need some discs for these things. Should take about twenty minutes.

Ianto:
Thirty minutes.

Jack:
[quickly] Thirty!

Rhys:
I'll go later; the beans are almost done.

Jack:
[disappointed] Beans are almost done.

Ianto:
Bloody beans.

Clem:
And who's the queer?

Ianto:
Oi! [beat] It's not 1965 anymore.

Clem:
He's queer. I can smell it.

Rhys:
Took me a while to get used to those things [the filming contacts].

Ianto:
[shoots Rhys a questioning glance] What? You've used the lenses?

Rhys:
Yeah. That's why Gwen had 'em.

Gwen:
I only took them home for a bit of fun.

Ianto:
Fun?

Gwen:
Yeah.

Ianto:
[realising] Yeah, well, been there done that.

Ianto:
This must been eating away at you. [Jack is silent] Why didn't you tell me? I could've helped.

Jack:
[shakes his head] No, you couldn't.

Ianto:
I tell you everything.

Jack:
[turns around] Ianto, tell me; what should I have done?

Ianto:
Stood up to them. The Jack I know would've stood up to them. [sadly] I've only just scraped the surface, haven't I?

Jack:
Ianto, that's all there is.

Ianto:
No. You pretend that's all there is.

Johnson:
[about Steven] He doesn't know Harkness is his grandfather?

Alice:
No.

Johnson:
I suppose it would take some explaining, why Mum looks older than Granddad...

Alice:
I can only assume that you're holding me here as insurance against my father. But let me warn you; If you've angered him, then God help you.

Johnson:
This from the woman who's spent her life running away from him.

Alice:
And why d'you think I did that? A man who can't die has got nothing to fear. So you watch it. And you keep watching.

Jack:
There's a saying here on Earth. A very old, very wise friend of mine taught me it; An injury to one is an injury to all. And when people act accordingly to the philosophy, the human race is the finest species in the universe.

Ianto:
Never mind the philosophy. What he's saying is, you're not getting one solitary, single child. The deal is off.

Jack:
Uh, I like the philosophy.

Ianto:
I gathered.

Ianto:
[holds up gun] If there's a virus, there must be an anti-virus. Release it now, or I'll blow a hole in that tank, and we'll all die together.

Jack:
[joins Ianto, holds up his gun at the tank] You've made your point now stop this and we can talk!

4-5-6:
You are dying. Even now.

[Jack and Ianto shoot at the tank, screaming noise is heard]

Jack:
What's that noise? What's it doing? [...] [to Ianto] We need to get you out of here. I can survive anything, but you can't!

Ianto:
It's too late. I've breathed the air.

Jack:
[horrified] There's gotta be something, there's gotta be an antidote!

4-5-6:
You said you would fight.

Jack:
[desperate] Then I take it back, alright?! I take it all back, but not him! [Ianto falls to the ground, and is caught by Jack] No! No, no, no, no, no. Ianto? No, no, no...

Jack:
It's all my fault.

Ianto:
No it's not...

Jack:
Don't speak, save your breath.

Ianto:
[crying] I love you.

Jack:
[shakes his head, brokenly] Don't. [Ianto closes his eyes] Ianto? Ianto? Ianto, stay with me. Ianto, stay with me, please. [shakes him, crying] Stay with me! Stay with me, please! Please!

Ianto:
[looks up at Jack] Hey. It was...Good, yeah?

Jack:
Yeah.

Ianto:
Don't forget me.

Jack:
[shakes head] Never could.

Ianto:
A thousand years time...you won't remember me.

Jack:
Yes I will. I promise, I will. [Ianto begins to gasp for breath, then closes his eyes - he is dead] Ianto? Ianto? Don't go, don't leave me, please. Please, don't--

4-5-6:
You will die. And tomorrow, your people will deliver the children.

[Jack, with tears running down his face clutches Ianto's body. He places a gentle kiss on Ianto's lips and falls beside him.]

Gwen:
There's one thing I always wanted to ask Jack. Back in the old days. I wanted to know about that Doctor of his. The man who appears out of nowhere and saves the world; except sometimes he doesn't. All those times in history where there was no sign of him … I wanted to know why not. But I don't need to ask anymore. I know the answer now: Sometimes the Doctor must look at this planet and turn away in shame. I'm recording this in case anyone ever finds it, so you can see. You can see how the world ended.

Gwen:
The threat still stands.

Frobisher:
Haven't we gone past that?

Gwen:
My husband is still out there with everything you've done recorded on his laptop. One word from me, and he will release that information to the public.

Frobisher:
What do you think Torchwood is now? Do you think you're still players?

Gwen:
We can try.

Frobisher:
We're at a tipping point right now. Civilisations about to fall into hell. You want to start that descent a little earlier? Go ahead.

Jack:
He's right. Look what happened. Phone Rhys...tell him we lost.

Andy:
Everyone's on stand-by. It's red alert, riot and everything, all ready to mobilize, except no one's saying why. What's going on?

Gwen:
I can't tell you.

Andy:
I am the police!

Gwen:
Right now, I need you to drive this car, and if I told you...

Andy:
What? Well c'mon then, what? [Gwen doesn't answer] Don't you bloody hate people who don't finish their sentences?

Rhys:
Hey, she's pregnant.

Gwen:
Oh, thank you. Who's "she" when she's at home?

Andy:
[surprised] Bloody hell fire! Who's the father?

Rhys:
Oh, I'm slapping you, yet!

Gwen:
It's Torchwood. That's what did it. They give you Retcon, chemicals and radiation and god knows what. The bloody Pill didn't stand a chance. That's what Torchwood does, you see...it ruins your life.

Rhys:
How is it ruined?

Gwen:
You want to have kids in a world like this, Rhys?

Rhys:
You're not getting rid of it!

Gwen:
Is that right?

Johnson:
[about Steven] He'll be fine. The nice kids are safe. If you're gonna get rid of ten percent, then take the ten percent you don't want. All those kids on street corners, we've finally got rid of them.

Alice:
While everyone else just stays indoors. Ninety percent just hugging their kids, not making a sound, just like they did before....I don't even know your name.

Johnson:
I protect the state. [pause] I was brought up to believe in and protect the state.

Alice:
Not much good now, are you? Even if ninety percent look the other way, what sort of world are you leaving behind? I swear to you: if your duty is to protect the state above and beyond any other authority, then the one person you need right now is Jack Harkness.

Gwen:
Couldn't have just chosen a pub, could you?

Rhys:
It's bloody freezing! My feet!

Jack:
I missed that. The Welsh complaining. [to Gwen] You look good.

Gwen:
I look huge.

Rhys:
[proudly] She's bloody gorgeous.

[Gwen laughs. Jack manages to smile]

Gwen:
You okay?

Jack:
Yeah.

Gwen:
Did it work?

Jack:
Travelled all sorts of places. This planet is too small. The whole world is like a graveyard.

Gwen:
Come back with us.

Jack:
[shakes his head] Haven't travelled far enough, yet. Got a lot of dirt to shake off my shoes. [looks up at the sky] And right now, there's a cold fusion cruiser surfing the ion reefs just at the edge of the solar system, just waiting to open its transport dock. [looks at Gwen] I just need to send a signal.

[Gwen holds up a finger, and takes Jack's Vortex Manipulator out of her jacket pocket]

Gwen They found it in the wreckage. Indestructible. [hands it to Jack] Like its owner. [Jack puts it on] I put on a new strap for you.

Rhys:
Cost me fifty quid, that.

Jack:
Bill me.

Gwen:
Are you ever coming back, Jack?

Jack:
What for?

Gwen:
[tearfully] Me. It wasn't your fault.

Jack:
I think it was.

Gwen:
[shakes her head] No.

Jack:
Steven. And Ianto. And Owen, and Tosh, and Suzie, and...All of them. Because of me. [looks away]

Gwen:
But you...you saved us. Didn't you?

Jack:
I began to like it. And look what I became. Still, I have lived so many lives. It's time to find another one.

[Jack takes a step back and presses a button on his Vortex Manipulator]

Gwen:
[crying] They died, and I am sorry, Jack...but you cannot just run away. You cannot just run away!

[a light surrounds Jack]

Jack:
Oh yes, I can. Just watch me.

[Jack disappears from Earth]