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Torchwood

Torchwood

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Photo Credit:  BBC
  • Premiered: 
    October 22, 2006
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  • Network: BBC3
  • Category: Series
  • Genre: Drama
  • Type: Live Action
  • Concept: 
    Spinoff of Doctor Who 
  • Subject Matter: Science Fiction
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Plot Synopsis

The series follows Torchwood Three, the Welsh branch of a fictional secret organization called the Torchwood Institute, which investigates extraterrestrial events on Earth and scavenges alien technology. Torchwood Three was created to monitor a space/time rift that has one end at Cardiff Bay with the other end freely floating through spacetime, allowing various extraterrestrial and extratemporal artifacts -- and the occasional life-form -- to wash up in present-day Wales. When the series begins -- some time after the Season 2 finale of "Doctor Who" and the destruction of Torchwood One in London -- Torchwood Three is staffed with five operatives: commander-in-chief Captain Jack Harkness; field agent Gwen Cooper; medical officer Owen Harper; computer specialist Toshiko Sato; and administrator Ianto Jones. Seasons 1 and 2 each had 13 weekly episodes, but Season 3 was presented on consecutive nights as a five-episode miniseries called "Torchwood: Children of Earth." Season 4 is called "Torchwood: The New World" and follows CIA agent Rex Matheson as he investigates a global conspiracy with the answers inside the now-destroyed Torchwood. Rex must find the keys to Torchwood, which are held by the institute's only survivors -- Gwen and Captain Jack. Season 4 is schedule to air Summer 2011 on Starz.

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Other Titles

  • Season 3 title: Torchwood: Children of Earth
  • Season 4 title: Torchwood: The New World

Production & Distribution

  • Produced by BBC Wales

Settings

  • Torchwood Institute - Cardiff, Wales

Births, Deaths & Weddings

  • April 4, 2008: Dr. Owen Harper dies
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  • April 4, 2008: Toshiko Sato dies
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