Torchwood

Torchwood
Torchwood title card
Format	Science fiction drama
Created by	Russell T Davies
Starring	John Barrowman Eve Myles Burn Gorman Naoko Mori Gareth David-Lloyd
Theme music composer	Murray Gold
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of episodes	26
Production
Running time	about 50 min.
Broadcast
Original channel	BBC Three, BBC HD (Series 1) BBC Two (Series 2)
Original run	October 22 2006 – present
Chronology
Related shows	Doctor Who K-9 and Company The Sarah Jane Adventures
Other websites
Official website

Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme. It is shown on BBC 2 - a TV channel in Britain. The show is a spin off of the series Doctor Who. Torchwood is about a secret organisation which manages Earth's contact with aliens.

It stars John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness. He played the same character in series one, series three and series 4 of the current Doctor Who (2005). It also stars Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper a policewoman who becomes involved with the group and Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones a person who helps out in other ways.

The series is set in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales. Series 1 takes place after Doctor Who series two. This means it started in 2007 and takes place in early 2008 ahead of when it is actually shown. Series 2 took place in between Doctor Who series 3 and series 4. It follows the Wales section of a secret group called the Torchwood Institute. The Torchwood Institute examines things that aliens cause to happen on Earth. They also collect alien equipment to use.

Because the show is set in and around Cardiff, many of the local attractions, for example, the Millennium Center and Cardiff Bay are shown in the series. Country settings around Glamorgan are also used many times in the series.

The programme is aimed at adults and older teenagers.

The third series is a five part long story named Children of Earth.

List of episodes

Series 1 episodes (2006-2007)

#	Episode name	Date shown
1	Everything Changes	22 October 2006
2	Day One	22 October 2006
3	Ghost Machine	29 October 2006
4	Cyberwoman	5 November 2006
5	Small Worlds	12 November 2006
6	Countrycide	19 November 2006
7	Greeks Bearing Gifts	26 November 2006
8	They Keep Killing Suzie	3 December 2006
9	Random Shoes	10 December 2006
10	Out Of Time	17 December 2006
11	Combat	24 December 2006
12	Captain Jack Harkness	1 January 2007
13	End of Days	1 January 2007

Series 2 episodes (2008)

#	Episode name	Date shown
14	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang	16 January 2008
15	Sleeper	23 January 2008
16	To the Last Man	30 January 2008
17	Meat	6 February 2008
18	Adam	13 February 2008
19	Reset	13 February 2008
20	Dead Man Walking	20 February 2008
21	A Day in the Death	27 February 2008
22	Something Borrowed	5 March 2008
23	From Out of the Rain	12 March 2008
24	Adrift	19 March 2008
25	Fragments	21 March 2008
26	Exit Wounds	4 April 2008

Children Of Earth episodes (2009)

#	Episode name	Date shown
27	Day One	6 July 2009
28	Day Two	7 July 2009
29	Day three	8 July 2009
30	Day Four	9 July 2009
31	Day Five	10 July 2009

Miracle Day Episodes (2011)

#	Episode name	Date shown
32	The New World	8 July 2011 (US) 14 July 2011 (UK)
33	Rendition	15 July 2011 (US) 21 July 2011 (UK)
34	Dead of Night	22 July 2011 (US) 28 July 2011 (UK)
35	Escape to L.A.	29 July 2011 (US) 4 August 2011 (UK)
36	The Categories of Life	5 August 2011 (US) 11 August 2011 (UK)
37	The Middle Men	12 August 2011 (US) 18 August 2011 (UK)
38	Immortal Sins	19 August 2011 (US) 25 August 2011 (UK)
39	End of the Road	26 August 2011 (US) 1 September 2011 (UK)
40	The Gathering	2 September 2011 (US) 8 September 2011 (UK)
41	The Blood Line	9 September 2011 (US) 15 September 2011 (UK)

Other websites

• BBC - Torchwood
• BBC - Torchwood on Twitter
• BBC - Torchwood on Facebook
• BBC - Torchwood on YouTube