Torchwood

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Torchwood
Premiere October 22, 2006
Finale
Airs on hiatus
Creator Russell T. Davies
Network BBC Three (season 1)
BBC Two (season 2–)
Style 50-minute sci-fi crime drama
Company BBC Wales
Episodes 26 (through season 2)
Seasons 2
Status Renewed through season 3 (2009)
Origin UK

"Torchwood. Outside the government, beyond the police. Tracking down alien life on Earth and arming the human race against the future. The 21st century is when everything changes—and you've got to be ready."

Torchwood is a British sci-fi crime thriller for adult audiences that follows the adventures of a team of investigators from the secretive Torchwood organisation, led by the enigmatic Captain Jack Harkness, played by John Barrowman. The Torchwood team's job is to neutralise alien threats while scavenging advanced technology in order to prepare humanity for the twenty-first century, "when everything changes". With the addition of WPC Gwen Cooper to the team, Torchwood also solve crime, both alien and human.

The show is a spin-off of long-running British science fiction series Doctor Who, which introduced the character of 'Captain Jack' during the latter half of its 2005 relaunch. The show's name is an anagram of Doctor Who, and actually originated during the early production of Doctor Who when preview tapes were being sent to London. According to executive producer Russell T. Davies, someone in the production office suggested that the tapes be labeled as Torchwood instead of Doctor Who to make them less likely to be stolen in transit by 'television pirates', and he liked the name so much that he kept it for the new show.

On November 19, 2007, BBC America announced that they will begin airing the second season of Torchwood beginning January 26, 2008. This means that the US will get new episode only days after the UK airing.

Contents

[edit] Cast

Actor Character Duration
Billed Cast
John Barrowman Captain Jack Harkness 1 2 3
Eve Myles Gwen Cooper 1 2 3
Burn Gorman Dr. Owen Harper 1 2
Naoko Mori Toshiko Sato 1 2
Gareth David-Lloyd Ianto Jones 1 2 3
Supporting/Recurring Cast
Kai Owen Rhys Williams 1 2 3

[edit] Seasons

Season Premiere Finale #
BBC3
Season One October 22, 2006 January 1, 2007 13
BBC2
Season Two January 16, 2008 April 1, 2008 13
Season Three
Children of Earth
2009 5

[edit] In Depth

[edit] DVD and Blu-ray Releases

[edit] DVD

Title Release Date #
Season Sets: Region 1
The Complete First Season January 22, 2008 7 purchase
The Complete Second Season September 16, 2008 5 purchase

[edit] Blu-ray

Title Release Date #
Season Sets: Region 1
The Complete First Season September 16, 2008 6 purchase

[edit] External Sites

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