Series 2 ( BFTW ) The second series in the " Torchwood " range of audios was released by Big Finish Productions in 2016 . It followed after Series 1 without a break and continued both its format with each story concentrating on a particular Torchwood personality and the loose arc revolving around the Committee . In addition to the characters already featured in Season 1 , this season saw the return of Naoko Mori and Indira Varma to their characters of Toshiko Sato and Suzie Costello respectively . Andy Davidson , though strictly speaking not a member of Torchwood , was given his own story , which also debuted the mysterious character of Norton Folgate played by Samuel Barnett . Queen Victoria played a major role in the opening story of the season , though voiced by Rowena Cooper rather than Pauline Collins , who founded the Torchwood Institute onscreen . Overview . Following the success of the first series , the same loose formula was applied here . The Committee arc continued , but without obligating individual stories to be part of it : sometimes the Committee was hinted at as an enabler behind the villain - of - the - month and sometimes it was not mentioned at all . Only " Zone 10 " and " Ghost Mission " ( stories 2 and 3 respectively ) truly contributed to the development of the arc . Not surprisingly , they were also the stories to introduce and reintroduce elements of " Torchwood " universe that continued beyond the season . " Zone 10 " saw the first appearance of Toshiko Sato played by Naoko Mori at Big Finish and brought back the bad penny , first seen in the 2nd - season television story " Fragments " . In addition , David Llewellyn , the writer of " Zone 10 " , brought with him the KVI , the Russia n equivalent of Torchwood Institute from his earlier stories " Trace Memory " and " Fallout " published elsewhere . " Ghost Mission " made an unusual decision to feature none of the known Torchwood members . Instead , its main protagonist was Andy Davidson , implausibly paired with a never before seen Torchwood member from 1950s by the name of Norton Folgate played by Samuel Barnett . Norton , the KVI and the bad penny all later played a role in the special 10th anniversary story " The Torchwood Archive " , with Norton ' s back story and relationship with Jack further elaborated in " Outbreak " , the first - announced but second - released special from the interregnum between the second and third series . Further structural similarities included the opening Jack Harkness story , the Gwen Cooper season finale and the directorial prevalence of Scott Handcock . Many writers continued receiving small cameos , though not necessarily in their own stories . Taking advantage of the absence of a straight narrative line , the remaining four stories were set in the past , future or present of Torchwood ' s main television timeline . " The Victorian Age " ( story 1 ) gave a rare glimpse into the early days of Torchwood , pairing Jack Harkness with the institute ' s founder her royal self . The story also introduced another Torchwood personality , Archie , who was only mentioned earlier in the novel " The Twilight Streets " . " Moving Target " ( story 4 ) served as a stand - alone story for Suzie Costello played by Indira Varma . It was very loosely tied to the Committee arc and set before the events of television series 1 . " Made You Look " ( story 6 ) was another Gwen - rebuilding - Torchwood - all - on - her - own story at the end of the season . But " Broken " ( story 5 ) has broken still new narrative ground . Not only was it chronologically set inside the first television series , but it was fully integrated in it . On the TV screen , Ianto ' s hate for Jack on account of him killing Lisa Hallett in " Cyberwoman " turned into an affection and steamy affair without any explanation . In " Broken " , Joseph Lidster took aim at this apparent psychological gap . The story ' s events are intertwined with the three television stories following " Cyberwoman " , with both " Countrycide " and " Greeks Bearing Gifts " playing significant narrative role in " Broken " . No more was the audio continuity contemporaneous but largely independent from the television one . Nor was the connection merely by way of fleshing out a throwaway onscreen line , like , say , " Quinnis " expounding on an adventure hinted at in " The Edge of Destruction " . This story has identified and explained a serious character - development transition in the original TV show . Indeed , Lidster wrote " Broken " as the TV show ' s " Episode 7A " , even masking some information only revealed in " later " television episodes . Music for the series was composed by Blair Mowat . The stories were released monthly from March till August 2016 . Production . On 11 September 2015 , hot on the heels of the first release of Series 1 the day before , Series 2 comprising further six stories was announced to start in March 2016 to continue an unbroken run from Series 1 . At this point , the first draft of the script for the first story was already completed . On 3 December 2015 , it became known that , like the first season , the second one would begin with a Jack Harkness story . The return of Naoko Mori as Toshiko Sato in the second story of the season , " Zone 10 " was announced on 16 January 2016 at " Big Finish Day 8 " . In addition , it was revealed that the first story would be called " The Victorian Age " , be set in the Victorian era and feature Queen Victoria herself , played by Rowena Cooper . Finally , it was hinted that Andy Davidson will return for a full scale adventure . More details of " The Victorian Age " were announced on 2 February , including the participation of Louise Jameson , better known as the Fourth Doctor companion Leela . On 14 February , the return of Suzie Costello played by Indira Varma was announced at Gallifrey One 27 . She would star in the fourth story of the season , " Moving Target " . It was also revealed that the third story , " Ghost Mission " , would focus on Andy Davidson , who would be pared with an enigmatic new character of Norton Folgate played by Samuel Barnett . The idea of this duo was borne out of their collaboration on the novel adaptation " Nightshade " . The title of the penultimate story of the series was unveiled on 9 April . " Broken " would star both John Barrowman and Gareth David - Lloyd as Jack Harkness and Ianto Jones and explore how their relationship evolved during the first series of the televised " Torchwood " . The idea to expand on their relationship originated from the story ' s writer Joseph Lidster . 25 May saw the first announcement of a special release , " Outbreak " , in the " Torchwood " range . The side effect of this big production was that Series 2 was not immediately followed by the next season . Finally , on 4 June , the title of the last story of Series 2 , " Made You Look " focusing on Gwen Cooper was announced . The story was recorded on 6 May 2016 . Unlike the first series , Series 2 was tightly directed by just one man , Scott Handcock . June 2016 marks one of the first instances when the designations " Series 1 " and " Series 2 " began being phased out in favour of more descriptive terms such as " second run " . In particular , when the next 6 - story batch was finally announced on 7 September , more than a month after the release of the last story of Series 2 , it was " not " referred to as " Series 3 " . The first story of this new batch was scheduled for March 2017 release , marking a 6 - month hiatus in the regular " Torchwood " releases . The resulting " Torchwood " void was filled with three special releases . Cover gallery . Covers for the series were designed by Lee Binding . External links . " to be added