Jack, Gwen and Owen wait on a runway as a plane called the Sky Gypsy touches down. Its pilot, Diane, and passengers John and Emma emerge to learn that they have travelled through a rift in time, and more than fifty years have passed since they took off. With no way to return the trio to their proper place in history, Torchwood is left with the task of helping them acclimate to life in the present day. But challenges abound: John is desperate to find the son he left in 1953, Emma struggles to relate to people her own age, and Diane is torn between her love of the skies and her emerging relationship with Owen.