The Gathering (TV story)

 was the penultimate episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day.

Synopsis
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Plot
Esther and Jack are on the run in Scotland. Eventually when Oswald Danes travels to Gwen Cooper's home in Cardiff with information about a man behind the Miracle, the team reconvene in the Cooper residence. While in Scotland, Esther has been taking blood from Jack since they suspect it is significant to the Miracle, the families, and The Blessing. Jack's own blood bank is stored in a metal briefcase in case it becomes useful.

They discover that Jilly Kitzinger was hired by PhiCorp to rewrite the English translations of foreign news clips, including a man in Shanghai who is actually saying he was saved by The Blessing.

Esther notes blood banks were burnt down shortly before the Miracle in two of the most populous cities in the world: Shanghai and Buenos Aires. Rhys, examining a globe, realizes that they are the exact opposite points on the Earth. This discovery of two points running across the center of the Earth reflects the logo of PhiCorp - a circle with a line running through it. They decide to split up: Rex and Esther travel to Buenos Aires; Jack, Gwen, and Oswald (who knows too much information to be released and who is at risk of being murdered by Rhys if he stays in the Cooper residence) are smuggled by gun runners into Shanghai.

Meanwhile, Jilly Kitzinger is given an entirely new identity by the families as "Lucy Statten Meredith", effectively ceasing to exist under her former identity, and is promoted to a position in Shanghai. She is taken to The Blessing, which is actually a mysterious crack or fissure running through the centre of the planet Earth.

In Shanghai, Gwen discovers that Jack has not recovered from his gunshot wound and is, in fact, fairing worse after traveling. Undressing the bandages, Gwen assesses his wound and a drop of blood falls to the floor of the apartment they are staying in. It begins traveling across the floor, as if magnetized by an invisible force, and Gwen speculates Jack's blood is being drawn to The Blessing.

Cast

 * Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
 * Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
 * Rex Matheson - Mekhi Phifer
 * Esther Drummond - Alexa Havins
 * Rhys - Kai Owen
 * Oswald Danes - Bill Pullman
 * Jilly Kitzinger - Lauren Ambrose
 * Sarah - Candace Brown
 * Mary Cooper - Sharon Morgan
 * Geraint Cooper - William Thomas
 * Charlotte - Marina Benedict
 * Allen Shapiro - John de Lancie
 * Noah - Paul James
 * Blue-Eyed Man - Teddy Sears
 * The Mother Colasanto - Frances Fisher
 * Finch - Ian Hughes
 * The Young Man - Adam Silver
 * Chinese Man - Willis Chung
 * Surveillance Guy - Danny Szam
 * Chinese Worker - Jesse Wang
 * Old Man - Gilbert Wynne

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Continuity

 * Gwen hides her looted drugs in Jubilee pizza boxes. (DW: Dalek, TW: Everything Changes)

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