Torchwood Episode 36:
The Categories Of Life

Plot

As the ill are moved into camps all across the world, the United Nations announces that life has been redefined into three categories: Category 1 (the unrecoverable), Category 2 (those who will heal) and Category 3 (the healthy). In California, Rex and Esther are joined by Dr Juarez as they infiltrate a camp run by the volatile Colin Maloney, in an effort to discover the fate of the Category 1 patients. In Wales, Gwen and Rhys go undercover to rescue her ailing father. And as Oswald prepares to speak at a massive “Miracle Rally”, Jack gives him one last opportunity for redemption.

Original Transmission (UK)
Date 11th Aug 2011
Time 9.03pm
Duration 54'02"
Viewers (more) 5.2m (31st)
· BBC1 5.2m
Appreciation 85%


Original Transmission (USA)
Date 5th Aug 2011
Time (ET) 10.00pm
Duration 53'00"
Viewers (more) 582k
· Starz 582k


Cast
Captain Jack
John Barrowman (bio)
Gwen Cooper
Eve Myles (bio)
Rhys Williams
Kai Owen (bio)
(more)
Rex Matheson
Mekhi Phifer (bio)
Esther Drummond
Alexa Havins (bio)
Oswald Danes
Bill Pullman
Jilly Kitzinger
Lauren Ambrose
Dr Vera Juarez
Arlene Tur
Geraint Cooper
William Thomas
Mary Cooper
Sharon Morgan
Sgt Andy Davidson
Tom Price (bio)
Ralph
Fred Koehler
Blue Eyed Man
Teddy Sears
Colin Maloney
Marc Vann
Guard
Daniel Adegboyega
Nurse Chris
Brad Bell
News Reporter
Charles Carpenter
Man
Jim Conway
Handsome Man
Jonathan Dane
Spanish Newscaster
Teresa Garza
Pidgeon
Brendan Hughes
Excited Teenager
Joelle Elizabeth Jacoby
Rachel
Liz Jenkins
Pushy Woman
Ria Jones
Japanese Newscaster
Masami Kosaka
Maria Candido
Eve Mauro
Stressed Woman
Francine Morgan
Thomason
Stuart Nurse
Pale Woman
Tracy Pfau
Paramedic
Caroline Whitney Smith
Angry Man
Vito Viscuso
Candice
Randa Walker


Crew
Written by
Jane Espenson (bio)
Directed by
Guy Ferland (bio)
(more)

Produced by
Kelly A Manners
Created by
Russell T Davies (bio)
Executive Producers
Russell T Davies (bio)
Julie Gardner
Jane Tranter
Co-executive Producers
Jane Espenson (bio)
Vlad Wolynetz
Associate Producer
Skip Schoolnik
Casting by
John Frank Levey, CSA and
Melanie Burgess
Director of Photography
Christopher Faloona
Production Designer
Gregory Melton
Edited by
Padraic McKinley
Sara Mineo
Unit Production Manager
Robert D Nellans
First Assistant Director
W Scott Wolf
Second Assistant Director
Carla Bowen
Score by
Murray Gold
Assistant Composer
Stu Kennedy
Costume Designer
Shawna Trpcic
Camera Operator
Jeff Greeley
Chief Lighting Technician
Don Mosley
Key Grip
Isaac Chee
Set Designer
Arthur Chadwick
Set Decorator
Natali Pope
Location Manager
Brad Bemis
Transportation Coordinator
Heath Culp
Construction Coordinator
Chris Forster
Key Make-up Artist
Todd McIntosh
Key Hair Stylist
Susan Boyd
Science Advisor
John Sotos, MD

UK Unit
Producer
Brian Minchin (UK Unit)
Line Producer
Debbi Slater
Production Executive
Julie Scott
Director of Photography
Nathaniel Goodman
Sound Recordist
Gareth Meirion Thomas
Unit Manager
Paul Davies
1st Assistant Director
George Walker
Production Designer
Edward Thomas
Make-up Designer
Claire Pritchard-Jones
Associate Costume Designer
Lindsay Bonaccorsi
Production Accountant
Sarah Hulls
Location Manager
Gareth Skelding
Production Coordinator
Sam Baker
Original Series and UK Casting
Andy Pryor CDG
Special Effects
Real SFX
Aerial Unit
Flying Pictures
Stunt Coordinator
Lee Sheward
Grips
John Robinson
Clive Baldwin

Property Master
Eric Bates
Production Accountant
Vince Robinette
Script Supervisor
Anne Melville
Production Sound Mixer
Julian Howarth
Assistant Editor
Yoshie Ishiguro
Production Executive
Shelley Stevens
Supervising Sound Editor
Walt Newman
Co-supervisor
Ken Young
Music Editor
Tom Trafalski
Re-recording Mixers
Dan Hiland
Gary Rogers
Post Production Supervisor
Kenneth Requa
Special Make-up FX by
Greg Nicotero &
Howard Berger
Computer Graphics by
Twisted Media
Visual Effects by
Lion Visual Effects, Inc
Visual Effects Supervisor
Michael D Leone
High Definition Post Production by
Modern Videofilm, Inc
Post Production Sound by
Warner Bros

Updated 5th June 2023