Torchwood Two Glasgow Episode 0

TORCHWOOD TWO: GLASGOW: EPISODE 0

BY

ARTHUR MCCAUSLAND

GLASGOW

EXT. BOOK SHOP

OUTSIDE A BOOK SHOP ON A COLD RAINY NIGHT FOUR PEOPLE GET OUT OF A CAR AND RUN INTO THE SHOP

INT. BOOK SHOP

THE FOUR PEOPLE ARE PETER THOMPSON, GRACE CANE, DANNY BROOKE AND VICKY LE SMITH

BEHIND THE COUNTER IS BARRY MCKENZIE

BARRY

SORRY WE'RE CLOSED

PETER

WE'RE NOT HERE FOR BOOKS

BARRY

THEN HOW CAN I HELP YOU

PETER

MAYBE WE SHOULD TALK ABOUT THIS DOWNSTAIRS

BARRY

... WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING DOWNSTAIRS

GRACE

RELAX WE'RE TORCHWOOD

BARRY TYPES A PASSWORD ON A LAPTOP NEXT TO THE COUNTER

A PART OF THE WALL BEHIND BARRY OPENS UP TO REVEAL A LIFT

EVERYONE STEPS INSIDE AND BARRY HITS THE BUTTON TO GO DOWN

TORCHWOOD: GLASGOW BASE

THE LIFT OPENS AND EVERYONE STEPS OUT INTO THE BASE

THE UNDERGROUND COMPLEX IS FILLED WITH ALIEN TECHNOLOGY, GADGETS AND COMPUTER TERMINALS

PETER SITS DOWN AT A COMPUTER TERMINAL AND STARTS TYPING

BARRY

WHAT ARE YOU DOING

PETER

ACTIVATING THE TORCHWOOD PROTOCOLS

PETER STOPS TYPING AND LOOKS AT BARRY

PETER

OK TORCHWOOD TWO IS OFFICIALLY UP AND RUNNING AGAIN

BARRY

I THINK IT'S TIME YOU TOLD ME WHAT'S GOING ON

PETER

ALL RIGHT... YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH TORCHWOOD THREE RIGHT

BARRY

OF COURSE

PETER

ORIGINALLY WE ALL WORKED FOR TORCHWOOD LONDON... AFTER THE BATTLE JACK USED US TO TEST SOME OF THE ALIEN TEC HIS TEAM FOUND IN CARDIFF AFTER THE 456 INCIDENT JACK CAME TO OUR LAB IN MANCHESTER AND ASKED US TO TAKE OVER THE LEGACY OF TORCHWOOD

BARRY

AND YOU PICKED GLASGOW

DANNY

THIS IS THE MOST UP TO DATE, STATE OF THE ART BASE TORCHWOOD HAS RIGHT NOW

BARRY

JACK WAS PLANING ON BRINGING TORCHWOOD TWO BACK MONTHS AGO AFTER ARCHIE DIED

VICKY

WHO WAS ARCHIE

PETER

HE USED TO RUN TORCHWOOD TWO FROM A BANK

BARRY

BUT HE WAS EXTERMINATED BY A DALEK

PETER

INTRODUCTIONS ARE IN ORDER, I'M PETER THOMPSON, THE MOUTHY GIT IS DANNY BROOKE... AND THOSE TWO

PETER POINTS AT GRACE AND VICKY

PETER

ARE GRACE CANE AND VICKY LE SMITH

BARRY

I'M BARRY MCKENZIE

PETER

WE KNOW

DANNY

WHAT FIRST BOSS

PETER

I ACTIVATED THE TORCHWOOD PROTOCOLS... I NEED YOU GUYS TO RESTART EVERYTHING ELSE

EVERYONE EXCEPT PETER AND BARRY SCRAMBLE OFF TO A COMPUTER TERMINAL

BARRY

DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE GOVERNMENT'S LATEST PROJECT

PETER

THE DEPARTMENT... A BAD RIPOFF OF TORCHWOOD... THEY HAVEN'T EVEN GOT OUR SOFTWARE ANYMORE

DANNY

I'VE REBOOTED THE DATABASE

GRACE

WE HAVE THE MI5 DATABASE, THE UNIT DATABASE, THE GOVERNMENT RECORDS AND THAT STUFF TORCHWOOD STOLE FROM THE AMERICANS BACK ONLINE

VICKY

SCANNING EARTH FOR EXTRA... OH

PETER

WHAT'S WRONG

VICKY

SINCE TORCHWOOD STOPPED... THE ENTIRE PLANET'S SWARMING WITH ALIEN LIFE

DANNY

SHE'S RIGHT... MAIN POINTS OF INTEREST BEING LONDON, CARDIFF, SCOTLAND, IRELAND AND... SAN FRANSISCO... WEIRD

BARRY

NOT ALL ALIEN LIFE WANTS TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD

PETER

MAYBE NOT... BUT AS TORCHWOOD WE HAVE TO POLICE THEM

GRACE

FROM GLASGOW

PETER

... WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO EXPAND THE INSTITUTE