Escape to LA ^[1] was the fourth episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Plot 3 Cast 4 Crew 5 References 6 Story notes 6.1 Ratings 6.2 Filming locations 6.3 Production errors 7 Continuity 8 Timeline 9 Home video releases 10 Footnotes

Synopsis Edit

Torchwood follow PhiCorp to California to continue the fight, but walk straight into a trap. Elsewhere, Oswald Danes and Jilly Kitzinger face off against their own adversaries.

Plot Edit

to be added

Cast Edit

• Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
• Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
• Rex Matheson - Mekhi Phifer
• Esther Drummond - Alexa Havins
• Rhys Williams - Kai Owen
• Oswald Danes - Bill Pullman
• Dr. Vera Juarez - Arlene Tur
• Mr Peterssen - Brian Guest
• Ellis Hartley Monroe - Mare Winningham
• Bisme Katusi - Juanita Jennings
• Sarah Drummond - Candace Brown
• Nicolas Frumkin - Kelvin Yu
• Male Nurse - Desean Terry
• Thin Old Man - Roger Vernon Burton
• Voice of The Cousin - Chris Butler
• Woman - Katsy Chappell
• Young Mother - April Clark
• Lobby Guard - Anthony Dilio
• Burly Guard - David Fofi
• The Gentleman - C Thomas Howell
• Spanish Newscaster - Teresa Garza
• Jilly Kitzinger - Lauren Ambrose
• Maurice - Roy Lee Jones
• Veronica - JoKnell Kennedy
• Japanese Newscaster - Masami Kosaka
• Simran - Ronobir Lahiri
• Sick Man - Michael D Nye
• Scared Old Woman - Barbara Mallory
• Landlord Brian - Keith Russell
• Chauffeur - Christian Svensson
• Candice - Randa Walker
• Male Newscaster - David Grant Wright

Crew Edit

References Edit

to be added

Story notes Edit

• A supporting character in this episode has the last name Katusi. This was going to be Esther's last name before Alexa Havins was cast.

Ratings Edit

• UK: 5.19 million

Filming locations Edit

• It appears that the beach locations were shot in Venice Beach, CA. (e.g., when Gwen is on the phone with Rhys.)

Production errors Edit

to be added

Continuity Edit

• Jack introduces himself as John Smith, the alias often employed by the Doctor. (DW: The Wheel in Space, Spearhead from Space et. al.)
• When Gwen attempts an American accent, Jack tells her she should never try it again, similar to what the Tenth Doctor tells his companions. (DW: Tooth and Claw, The Shakespeare Code, The Unicorn and the Wasp)
• When Ellis Hartley Monroe takes centre stage at the hospital instead of Danes, Jilly describes it as a "timing malfunction". This was also the term used when the Master took control of the Doctor's TARDIS before landing in San Francisco on 30 December 1999. (DW: Doctor Who (1996))

Timeline Edit

• This story takes place after TW: Dead of Night.
• This story takes place before TW: The Categories of Life.

Home video releases Edit

This episode was released worldwide in a box set containing all ten episodes of Torchwood: Miracle Day. In the United Kingdom, it was released on Region 2 DVD and Region Free Blu-ray on 14 November 2011.^[2] In Australia, it was released in Region 4 DVD and Region B Blu-Ray on 1 December 2011.^[3] In New Zealand, the same sets were released on 7 December 2011.^[4] In North America, it was released on Region 1 DVD and Region Free Blu-Ray on 3 April 2012.^[5]

Footnotes Edit

v • e Torchwood television stories Series 1 Everything Changes  • Day One  • Ghost Machine  • Cyberwoman  • Small Worlds  • Countrycide  • Greeks Bearing Gifts  • They Keep Killing Suzie  • Random Shoes  • Out of Time  • Combat  • Captain Jack Harkness  • End of Days Series 2 Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang  • Sleeper  • To the Last Man  • Meat  • Adam  • Reset  • Dead Man Walking  • A Day in the Death  • Something Borrowed  • From Out of the Rain  • Adrift  • Fragments  • Exit Wounds Series 3 Children of Earth: Day One  • Day Two  • Day Three  • Day Four  • Day Five Series 4 Miracle Day: The New World  • Rendition  • Dead of Night  • Escape to LA  • The Categories of Life  • The Middle Men  • Immortal Sins  • End of the Road  • The Gathering  • The Blood Line Stories listed here are only those that have been officially licensed by the BBC.