Everything Changes (Torchwood)

01 – "Everything Changes"
Torchwood episode
Cast
Starring John Barrowman – Captain Jack Harkness Eve Myles – Gwen Cooper Burn Gorman – Owen Harper Naoko Mori – Toshiko Sato Indira Varma – Suzie Costello Gareth David-Lloyd – Ianto Jones
Others Kai Owen – Rhys Williams Tom Price – PC Andy Paul Kasey – Weevil Guy Lewis – Young cop Jason May – SOCO Rhys Swinburn – John Tucker Olwen Medi – Yvonne Gwyn Vaughan-Jones – DI Jacobs Dion Davis – Officer Jams Thomas – Hospital porter Mark Heal – Security Guard Gary Shepheard – Pizza lad Gwilym Havard Davies – Man Cathryn Davies – Woman
Production
Directed by	Brian Kelly
Written by	Russell T Davies
Script editor	Brian Minchin
Produced by	Richard Stokes Chris Chibnall (co-producer)
Executive producer(s)	Russell T Davies Julie Gardner
Production code	1.1
Series	Series 1
Length	50 mins
Originally broadcast	22 October 2006
Chronology
← Preceded by Followed by → — "Day One"
List of Torchwood episodes

"Everything Changes" is the first episode of the British science fiction television programme Torchwood, which was first broadcast on 22 October 2006. The story was written by show creator and executive producer Russell T Davies as an introduction to the show's mythos. The episode re-introduces the omnisexual Captain Jack Harkness, who had proved popular in the first series of the 2005 revival of Doctor Who, as the leader of the Torchwood Institute's Cardiff Branch.

The story is told from the perspective of Gwen Cooper, who comes across the Torchwood team through her job as a police officer with the South Wales Police, who are investigating a series of strange deaths. Through Gwen's discovery of Torchwood, the audience are introduced to team members Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato and Ianto Jones. Suzie Costello, as played by Indira Varma, had also been billed as a series regular prior to transmission, though in a twist the character was revealed as the murderer and killed off at the end of the episode, with Gwen replacing her as a member of the Torchwood team.

The episode originally aired on freeview channel BBC Three and upon broadcast earned the channel its highest ever viewing figures. Critical reaction to the episode was mixed, with reviewers making both positive and negative comparisons to Torchwood's parent show Doctor Who.

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