In this episode of Torchwood Season 4 entitled The New World. A day begins where nobody dies on the planet that continues day after day. People keep getting sick and aging, but no one is dying. The rise takes population with limited resources. In a few months, the human race will cease to be still viable. Rex CIA Matheson faces a race against time as he investigates a global conspiracy. He finds himself being drawn into the world of Torchwood and a threat that could change what it means to be human forever.