Torchwood - Children of Earth - Teaser and Promo Video

Why do films and television shows featuring large groups of weird children freak us out even more than large groups of weird adults?

There something about creepy kids, in my recollection going back to Billy Mumy as the kid in the "It's A Good Life" episode from the classic science fiction series, Twilight Zone.

In the 1961-made episode, the kid, who was about age 6, had a very short fuse and with his mind would either turn people into objects (jack-in-the-box) or send them to the cornfield from which they would never return. Just thinking of him makes me get a chill. The kids in this uber-short promo for Torchwood evoke that kind of feeling.

After months of speculation, the third series of the Doctor Who spin-off show, Torchwood, is to be broadcast on BBC1 in June.

The British Film Institute are hosting a preview of the first episode on Friday, 12th June at the National Film Theatre in London. This would suggest that Torchwood: Children of Earth will start broadcasting on 15th June. As previously announced by the BBC, the five-part series will be aired over five consecutive nights though it would appear that this format will not be observed when it is screened on BBC America.

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...

Source: Den of Geek
via @ProgGrrl (Twitter)

In one epic story told over five nights the new series, to be broadcast for the first time on BBC One in June, promises to be Torchwood's greatest adrenalin-fuelled, high octane adventure yet.

Torchwood: Children of Earth re-joins Captain Jack (John Barrowman), Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) and Ianto Jones (Gareth David-Lloyd) who are still coming to terms with the death of two of their closest friends. Despite their pain, they have a job to do.

This time they are faced with their fiercest threat to date - one which throws the future of Torchwood and the entire human race spiralling into danger. They battle against the odds but do they stand a chance of saving mankind?

Thanks to planetwhonews!

Comments

[Cyn]

@Melissa
I think it bothers me more now that I've had children! ;)

[Melissa]

The spookiest demons in Supernatural are similarly the ones in children's bodies. And John Wyndham went with the disturbing children quite some time ago. But you are right, weird children are very hard.