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Captain Jack is back! After a break of nearly two years, John Barrowman's omnisexual immortal time traveler and his alien-fighting organization will finally return for a new season of Torchwood on Friday, July 8. Subtitled Miracle Day, the 10-episode adventure moves to the show's new U.S. home, Starz.

When last seen in the summer of 2009 the Torchwood unit was decimated and its U.K. hub destroyed as the heroes successfully saved Earth's children from fearsome aliens and cowardly humans. This year Jack and his longtime colleague Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) team up with CIA agents Rex Matheson (ER's Mekhi Phifer) and Esther Drummond (All My Children vet Alexa Havins) to find out why nobody on the planet is dying. "People still age, they still get sick, they still have accidents, but they live on," says series creator Russell T. Davies. That includes an "executed" pedophile and child murderer named Oswald, played by Bill Pullman, who has a mysterious connection to the crisis.

Despite the action drama series' new U.S. location and its new network, it's still Torchwood, Barrowman promises: "The exciting writing, the darkness, the humor and the sexuality remain."

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Is it possible to suffer both extreme joy and extreme agony about this?

I expect it to be better as they did really well with the last series, But this is being funded by US companies so I feel it will be horribly mutilated from it could have been

AHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To be honest, I probably wouldn't notice the difference! I've never been fond of the script quality of touchwood. So I wouldn't expect too much changes other than longer story lines or a story every episode, plus more episodes. The visual quality and quality of the characters probably wont change.

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Promotional images of the Torchwood: Miracle Day cast have been released, alongside detailed character descriptions.

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CAPTAIN JACK HARKNESS (John Barrowman)

Jack looks like a hero. He?s handsome, witty and subversive with a killer smile. But there?s a reason for that glint in his eye. His dashing style hides a secret. Truth is Jack Harkness is immortal, the only one of his kind. He once ran the Torchwood Institute, a British organization dedicated to fighting the strange and bizarre. But Torchwood closed down, and Jack disappeared, to start yet another of his many new lives. When a new, epic danger affects the whole planet, Jack finds himself back at the center of events, fighting not just for his own life, but for everyone on Earth.

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GWEN COOPER (Eve Myles)

Gwen once lived the ultimate double life ? the funny, salty, earthy woman who loves home and family, combined with the tough, ruthless warrior, who loves the thrill of the fight. She was the heart and soul of an organization called Torchwood. She was a defender of the human race. But now she lives in seclusion, with her devoted husband Rhys and baby Anwen, knowing that one day trouble would come calling again. When events surrounding ?Miracle Day? push Gwen to the limit, she?ll need to call on resources she never knew she had and make the most terrible decisions, on behalf of all mankind.

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RHYS WILLIAMS (Kai Owen)

Gwen?s husband is loyal, loving and passionate about her. A new father, he is firmly devoted to their daughter Anwen and the unity of their family. They?ve been through a lot, particularly when Rhys discovered Gwen?s secret life working for Torchwood ? a world he could barely have imagined. Unafraid to tell Gwen when she?s out of line or to say family sometimes needs to come first, Rhys is confident in his relationship with her and carries a grudging respect for Jack. But how much longer can he endure the dangers of Torchwood?

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REX MATHESON (Mekhi Phifer)

He?s the golden boy. The embodiment of the American dream and has been all his life. Harvard education, Rex is destined for success and could make a fortune in Wall Street or Hollywood, but he chose the C.I.A. because he believes in justice and will fight for it. He can talk his way into anything, then charm his way out, fast. This may be just what he needs as he joins forces with Jack and Gwen to fight a global mystery behind ?Miracle Day? that has them racing from one crisis to another, dodging assassins, blackmail, corruption and conspiracy, from Washington to Wales and the slums of Shanghai.

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ESTHER DRUMMOND (Alexa Havins)

Esther is an innocent, in a world of assassins, liars and zealots. She got where she is with the C.I.A through diligence and application. Hard work keeps Esther focused but she still dreams of active duty as a field agent serving her country. The dream is going to happen faster than she thinks and in no time at all, Esther finds herself running alongside Jack, Gwen and Rex, living off the grid, gun in hand, fighting a global conspiracy against enemies ranging from big business to the state. It?s a tough, brutal, hard lifestyle where survival is hard won and life-changing choices have to be made.

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OSWALD DANES (Bill Pullman)

Well-educated and a former school teacher, Oswald?s a convicted child killer, both guilty and unrepentant. But when Oswald survives his own execution, he?s given a whole new life. The most infamous man in the world, he becomes the most provocative figure in modern media. He?s a flare, reviled yet mesmerizing, whose very existence embodies how the world changed on ?Miracle Day?.

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DR. VERA JUAREZ (Arlene Tur)

An attending surgeon in Washington D.C., she?s smart, fast talking and hard working, Vera is on the frontline of medical care on ?Miracle Day?. As the world crisis grows, Vera?s surgical and ER experience sees her recruited to advise on government think-tanks until she has to make a moral choice of enormous consequence. Sexy, confident and passionate, Vera?s life is soon inextricably tangled up with Rex?s.

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JILLY KITZINGER (Lauren Ambrose)

As a PR woman, Jilly sees how the world spins and instinctively knows how to manipulate her position in it. Ambitious and ruthless, there?s little she wouldn?t do for her career. A great talent spotter with a dark understanding of human needs, she is unshockable in a world that is increasingly corrupt and boiling. Jilly soon realizes that, in a world gone mad, Oswald Danes could easily become her ticket to power.

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Torchwood writer Jane Espenson has confirmed that a new online spinoff from the sci-fi drama is in the works.

She revealed on Twitter that Torchwood: Web of Lies will accompany new ten-part series Torchwood: Miracle Day when it airs in July.

"There is going to be Torchwood web content," she wrote. "So in addition to [the television series] there is Torchwood: Web of Lies. Enjoy all the [Torchwood] brands!"

In subsequent posts, Espenson also hinted heavily that actress Eliza Dushku will star in the online series.

"We have faith in Torchwood: Web of Lies," she said. "It's tru; there's an echo of my past work in [this spinoff]."

Dushku previously played the character of Faith in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She also starred as Tru Davies in Fox's Tru Calling and portrayed Echo in sci-fi drama Dollhouse. Espenson worked as a writer and producer on all three series.

Torchwood: Miracle Day will air on BBC One in the UK and Starz in the US.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s8/torchwood/news/a320030/eliza-dushku-to-star-in-torchwood-spinoff.html

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