Torchwood: Children of Earth
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Torchwood: Children of Earth is a critically acclaimed five-part miniseries in the British science fiction franchise Torchwood, depicting a dark government conspiracy involving alien contact and the world's children.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Torchwood: Children of Earth canonical | 3 |
| Torchwood series 3 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4677365 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Torchwood: Children of Earth Context triple: [Gareth David-Lloyd, appearedIn, Torchwood: Children of Earth]
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A.
Torchwood
Torchwood is a British science fiction television series that follows a secret organization investigating extraterrestrial and supernatural phenomena in the same universe as Doctor Who.
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B.
Torchwood episode "Exit Wounds"
"Exit Wounds" is the climactic second-series finale of the British sci-fi drama Torchwood, notable for its dark tone, major character deaths, and the return of Captain Jack Harkness’s brother Gray as the central antagonist.
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C.
Doctor Who: Hell Bent
Doctor Who: Hell Bent is a 2015 episode of the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who, serving as the Series 9 finale and featuring the Twelfth Doctor’s dramatic return to Gallifrey.
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D.
Doctor Who: The Parting of the Ways
"Doctor Who: The Parting of the Ways" is the climactic 2005 series finale of the British science fiction show Doctor Who, featuring the Ninth Doctor’s regeneration and a large-scale Dalek invasion.
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E.
Doctor Who: Flux
Doctor Who: Flux is the thirteenth series of the long-running British science fiction television show Doctor Who, presented as a single serialized story arc featuring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Torchwood: Children of Earth Target entity description: Torchwood: Children of Earth is a critically acclaimed five-part miniseries in the British science fiction franchise Torchwood, depicting a dark government conspiracy involving alien contact and the world's children.
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A.
Torchwood
Torchwood is a British science fiction television series that follows a secret organization investigating extraterrestrial and supernatural phenomena in the same universe as Doctor Who.
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B.
Torchwood episode "Exit Wounds"
"Exit Wounds" is the climactic second-series finale of the British sci-fi drama Torchwood, notable for its dark tone, major character deaths, and the return of Captain Jack Harkness’s brother Gray as the central antagonist.
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C.
Doctor Who: Hell Bent
Doctor Who: Hell Bent is a 2015 episode of the long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who, serving as the Series 9 finale and featuring the Twelfth Doctor’s dramatic return to Gallifrey.
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D.
Doctor Who: The Parting of the Ways
"Doctor Who: The Parting of the Ways" is the climactic 2005 series finale of the British science fiction show Doctor Who, featuring the Ninth Doctor’s regeneration and a large-scale Dalek invasion.
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E.
Doctor Who: Flux
Doctor Who: Flux is the thirteenth series of the long-running British science fiction television show Doctor Who, presented as a single serialized story arc featuring Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Torchwood series
ⓘ
science fiction television series ⓘ television miniseries ⓘ |
| basedOn | Torchwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Russell T Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| featuresAntagonist | the 456 ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Captain Jack Harkness
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gwen Cooper NERFINISHED ⓘ Ianto Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Lois Habiba NERFINISHED ⓘ Prime Minister Brian Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Rhys Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization |
Torchwood Institute
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
UK government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstBroadcastOnChannel | BBC One NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Torchwood series 2 ⓘ |
| format | five-part serial ⓘ |
| franchise | Doctor Who universe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ thriller ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
alien contact
ⓘ
exploitation of children ⓘ government conspiracy ⓘ |
| medium | television ⓘ |
| notableFor |
darker tone than previous Torchwood series
ⓘ
depiction of political moral dilemmas ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 5 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyAiredAs | consecutive nightly episodes ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | BBC One ⓘ |
| partOf | Torchwood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Torchwood series 3 ⓘ |
| precedes | Torchwood: Miracle Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer |
BBC Drama Productions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
BBC Wales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Cardiff
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| showrunner | Russell T Davies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spinOffFrom | Doctor Who NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Eve Myles
NERFINISHED
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Gareth David-Lloyd NERFINISHED ⓘ John Barrowman NERFINISHED ⓘ Kai Owen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult viewers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Torchwood: Children of Earth Description of subject: Torchwood: Children of Earth is a critically acclaimed five-part miniseries in the British science fiction franchise Torchwood, depicting a dark government conspiracy involving alien contact and the world's children.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Captain Jack Harkness
this entity surface form:
Torchwood series 3