Torchwood: From Out of the Rain

After an old movie theatre re-opens, the old scenes of a black and white film are interrupted by mysterious sequences which show a traveling company in the early 20th Century before the age of cinema. The leader of the company and Pearl, The Mermaid Woman, once captured on film, manage to escape from the movie. They steal the last breath of innocent people, leaving the victims only half alive with a heartbeat, but no breath. Torchwood starts investigating the casualties and begins research on these old traveling companies.