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''Torchwood: Miracle Day'' is the fourth (and currently final) series of the British science fiction television programme ''Torchwood'', a spin-off from the long-running show ''Doctor Who''. In contrast to the first three series, which were produced by the BBC, the fourth series is a British–American co-production involving the BBC's drama production house BBC Cymru Wales for BBC Worldwide and the U.S. premium network Starz. It was broadcast in ten episodes beginning 8 July 2011 (U.S.) and 14 July 2011 (UK).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/torchwood_new_series/ )〕 The central plot of ''Miracle Day'' is that suddenly no one on Earth can die, which incites increasingly troublesome legislative changes around the world as the global population soars.〔 In addition to a number of new American cast members and guest actors, showrunner Russell T Davies recruited several American television writers to write for ''Miracle Day'', including Jane Espenson, John Shiban and Doris Egan. British writer John Fay also returned to write for the series, under Davies as head writer. Production was partially divided along trans-Atlantic lines, with Kelly Manners producing in the US, and Brian Minchin in the UK. The majority of the filming took place in Los Angeles, California, with two weeks of additional shooting in Wales.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2011/02/02/here-come-the-torchwood-crew-armed-and-dangerous-91466-28103884/ )〕 Although the series premiered to a high Audience Appreciation Index rating (85, considered "excellent") and solid ratings in the UK, American critics were on the whole less favourable to the series opener. Reviews on both sides of the Atlantic became increasingly mixed as the series went on. Several commentators felt the series would have worked better as a five-episode series, highlighting concerns with inconsistent pacing, dangling plot threads, and a repetitive feel to mid-series episodes. The series has a 10-episode companion web series entitled ''Torchwood: Web of Lies'', referenced on the Starz website (but not on the BBC One website) related to the series.〔(Starz – Torchwood – Downloads )〕 It can be obtained as an app from the iTunes Store, and the first episode can be obtained for free, or also viewed on the Starz's YouTube channel. It is available in its entirety (sans interactive elements) in the series' DVD and Blu-ray release. The series premiered on BBC America on 14 September 2013.〔http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/08/torchwood-miracle-day-to-make-bbc-america-premiere-september-14/〕 ==Synopsis== On the same day across the Earth, the concept of death is nullified; those that have suffered mortal wounds or fatal diseases are unable to die. This is initially seen as a religious miracle, but the lack of deaths begin to strain medical resources and spread fatal diseases around the globe, and the world governments estimate that unless something is done, the world will be unable to sustain the population growth within four months. Central Intelligence Agency agents Rex Matheson (who had suffered a fatal accident but remains alive due to the miracle) and Esther Drummond discover the name "Torchwood" tied with these events, and locate its remaining members, Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper. In bringing them back to the United States, they find themselves pursued by agents working for an entity called the Family. Jack discovers that his own immortality has disappeared, and believes it tied to the events of the miracle. Jack brings Rex and Esther within Torchwood's folds. The world governments institute a plan to bring those people that would normally have died from illnesses or injury into camps without exception. Torchwood infiltrates a camp and discovers the patients are actually incinerated in the camps. They reveal this to the world in the hope that the camps will shut down, but the world governments refuse, believing the camps to be a necessity, but the news puts the world into chaos. Meanwhile, Torchwood continues to trace down the Family, discovering it has many agencies across the globe. Eventually Jack comes to realize that the Family represents the descendants of the patriarchs of three Catholic families that he had encountered in New York City in the 1920s. These men were frightened by his immortality and bought him, using scientific tests and bloodletting to try to understand his condition. The Family has grown incredibly powerful since then and have been able to take advantage of the miracle to their own financial and political ends. Some months pass, and the world slides into a financial depression. Torchwood recognizes that the Family has manipulated events just prior to the first day of the miracle in Shanghai and Buenos Aries, two points on opposite sides of the globe. With information from Oswald, Jack realises the Family have found the Blessing, a literal blood line that runs between these point through the Earth, and that they had sent a quantity of Jack's blood from his previous bloodletting into the Blessing, which "rewrote" his immortality across the rest of humanity as a defensive mechanism. The team splits up between Jack and Gwen, and Rex and Esther, to investigate both points. Both teams find the Blessing in full control of the Family, and agents there note the only way to revert the miracle is to reintroduce Jack's now mortal blood into the Blessing from both ends. Rex reveals he had transfused himself with Jack's blood prior to their arrival. However, a member of the Family fatally shoots Esther, meaning she will die if the miracle is reversed. However, Gwen advises Rex not to stop, and simultaneously, Rex opens a wound and Gwen shoots Jack, and the blood enters the Blessing from both ends, ending the miracle. As the two facilities begin to collapse, Rex helps Esther to escape, but she dies in the aftermath, while Jack has regained his own immortality and escapes with Gwen. Later, as the world deals with the concept of death again, and Torchwood attends Esther's funeral, Rex is shot at by a Family mole in the CIA. However, he finds that he has become immortal like Jack. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Torchwood: Miracle Day」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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