The British Film Institute, who will be screening an exclusive preview of Torchwood series three's first episode on the twelfth of June, have recently released a summary about Torchwood's upcoming third series. Children of Earth will be the title of the mini series and it will see Jack, Gwen and Ianto face their biggest threat yet. You can view the British Film Institute's preview paragraph about the series below;

1965: Twelve children are gathered on a deserted moor, before being surrounded by a harsh, bright light .... and then they are gone! Today: all over Earth, children stop moving. Stop playing, stop laughing. Then, as one, they begin to speak with the same voice, announcing the imminent arrival of a new alien threat. "We are coming...". As the British government closes ranks, it issues a death warrant against Captain Jack and Torchwood...

Torchwood's third series, Children of Earth, will consist of five episodes which will each have an approximate running time of sixty minutes. The series will air over five consecutive nights this Summer on BBC One and you can view two trailers for the season here and here in previous posts. More information about Torchwood's upcoming third series will be posted here on this site as soon as it becomes available. What do you think of this synopsis?