Torchwood

Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme. It is about a secret organisation protecting the Earth from aliens. It has been shown on TV channels in Britain including BBC One, BBC Two, and BBC Three. It can be viewed on Netflix and is sometimes shown on American TV channels including Starz . The show is a spin off of the British television series Doctor Who. It follows the Cardiff, 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.

The series is set in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales. Series 1 takes place after Doctor Who Series 2. Series 2 takes place in between Doctor Who Series 3 and Series 4. Because the shows are science fiction and some characters live forever, it is hard to track down the exact times in which Doctor Who and Torchwood overlap.

Torchwood stars John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, the leader of the Cardiff Torchwood Institute. Barrowman also played Harkness in Series 1, Series 3 and Series 4 of the current Doctor Who (2005). Eve Myles plays Gwen Cooper, a policewoman who joins the group. Gareth David-Lloyd stars as Ianto Jones, a person who helps out and is a love interest of Jack. Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones, and Gwen Cooper are the central cast members. Also, Naoko Mori plays scientist Toshiko Sato. Burn Gorman plays Doctor Owen Harper.

Because the show is set in and around Cardiff, many of the local attractions like the Millennium Centre 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 episode long story named Children of Earth. Children of Earth has returning cast members John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper, and Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones.

The fourth series is a ten episode story named Miracle Day. Miracle Day has returning cast members John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness and Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper.

 List of episodes 
 Series 1 episodes (2006-2007) 
 #  Episode name  Date shown1Everything Changes22 October 20062Day One22 October 20063Ghost Machine29 October 20064Cyberwoman5 November 20065Small Worlds12 November 20066Countrycide19 November 20067Greeks Bearing Gifts26 November 20068They Keep Killing Suzie3 December 20069Random Shoes10 December 200610Out Of Time17 December 200611Combat24 December 200612Captain Jack Harkness1 January 200713End of Days1 January 2007

 Series 2 episodes (2008) 
 #  Episode name  Date shown14Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang16 January 200815Sleeper23 January 200816To the Last Man30 January 200817Meat6 February 200818Adam13 February 200819Reset13 February 200820Dead Man Walking20 February 200821A Day in the Death27 February 200822Something Borrowed5 March 200823From Out of the Rain12 March 200824Adrift19 March 200825Fragments21 March 200826Exit Wounds4 April 2008

 Children Of Earth episodes (2009) 
 #  Episode name  Date shown27Day One6 July 200928Day Two7 July 200929Day Three8 July 200930Day Four9 July 200931Day Five10 July 2009

 Miracle Day Episodes (2011) 
 #  Episode name  Date shown32The New World 8 July 2011 (US)
14 July 2011 (UK)33Rendition15 July 2011 (US)
21 July 2011 (UK)34Dead of Night 22 July 2011 (US)
28 July 2011 (UK)35Escape to L.A.29 July 2011 (US)
4 August 2011 (UK)36The Categories of Life5 August 2011 (US)
11 August 2011 (UK)37The Middle Men12 August 2011 (US)
18 August 2011 (UK)38Immortal Sins19 August 2011 (US)
25 August 2011 (UK)39End of the Road26 August 2011 (US)
1 September 2011 (UK)40The Gathering2 September 2011 (US)
8 September 2011 (UK)41The Blood Line9 September 2011 (US)
15 September 2011 (UK)

References

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 BBC - Torchwood on YouTube

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