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Torchwood

January 11, 2024

This article is about the science-fiction television programme. For other uses, see Torchwood (disambiguation).

Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. A spin-off of the 2005 revival of Doctor Who, it aired from 2006 to 2011. The show shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growing audience, moving from BBC Three to BBC Two to BBC One, and acquiring American financing in its fourth series when it became a co-production of BBC One and Starz. Torchwood is aimed at adults and older teenagers, in contrast to Doctor Who's target audience of both adults and children. As well as science fiction, the show explores a number of themes, including existentialism, LGBTQ+ sexuality, and human corruptibility.

Torchwood
Genre
Created byRussell T Davies
Starring
Theme music composerMurray Gold
ComposersBen Foster
Murray Gold
Blair Mowat
Country of origin
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
Original languageEnglish
No. of series4
No. of episodes41 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producers
Running time45–60 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkBBC Three
Release22 October 2006 (2006-10-22) –
1 January 2007 (2007-01-01)
NetworkBBC Two
Release16 January (2008-01-16) –
4 April 2008 (2008-04-04)
NetworkBBC One
Release6 July 2009 (2009-07-06) –
9 October 2011 (2011-10-09)
NetworkStarz
Release8 July (2011-07-08) –
9 October 2011 (2011-10-09)
Related
Torchwood Declassified
Doctor Who
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Class

Torchwood follows the exploits of a small team of alien-hunters who make up the Cardiff-based, fictional Torchwood Institute, which deals mainly with incidents involving extraterrestrials. Its central character is Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), an immortal con-man from the distant future; Jack originally appeared in the 2005 series of Doctor Who. The initial main cast of the series consisted of Gareth David-Lloyd, Burn Gorman, Naoko Mori, and Eve Myles. Their characters are specialists for the Torchwood team, often tracking down aliens and defending the planet from alien and human threats. In its first two series, the show uses a time rift in Cardiff as its primary plot generator, accounting for the unusual preponderance of alien beings in Cardiff. In the third and fourth series, Torchwood operate as fugitives. Gorman and Mori's characters were written out of the story at the end of the second series. Recurring actor Kai Owen was promoted to the main cast in series three, in which David-Lloyd was written out. Subsequently, American actors Mekhi Phifer, Alexa Havins and Bill Pullman joined the cast of the show for its fourth series.

The first series premiered on BBC Three and on BBC HD in 2006 to mixed reviews, but viewing figures broke records for the digital channel. It returned in 2008 where it aired first on BBC Two, receiving a higher budget; its uneven tone, a criticism of the first series, was largely smoothed out, and the show attracted higher ratings and better reviews. The third series' episodes worked with a higher budget, and it was transferred to the network's flagship channel, BBC One, as a five-episode serial titled Torchwood: Children of Earth. Although Children of Earth was broadcast over a period of five consecutive summer weeknights, the show received high ratings in the United Kingdom and overseas. A fourth series, co-produced by BBC Wales, BBC Worldwide and US premium entertainment network Starz aired in 2011 under the title Torchwood: Miracle Day. Set both in Wales and the United States, Miracle Day fared less well with critics than Children of Earth, although it was applauded by some for its ambition. In October 2012, Davies announced that for personal reasons the show would enter indefinite hiatus.[3][4]

All four televised series have been broadcast in Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and North America. Owing to the early popularity of Torchwood, various tie-in media were produced,[5] including audio dramas, novels and comic strips. From its inception, the BBC invested in a heavy online presence for the series, with an alternate reality game running alongside the show's first two series, and an animated Web series running alongside its fourth. The BBC continued to approve and commission licensed spin-offs after the show's conclusion, including an audio series from Big Finish Productions.

On 21 February 2020, all 41 televised episodes returned to the BBC's online streaming service, BBC iPlayer. In the United States, the entire series was made available on HBO's new streaming service, HBO Max, upon its launch in May 2020.

Production edit

Early development edit

Before the revival of Doctor Who, Russell T Davies began to develop an idea for a science-fiction/crime drama in the style of American dramas, in particular those created by Joss Whedon like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.[6][7] This idea, originally titled Excalibur, was abandoned until 2005, when BBC Three Controller Stuart Murphy invited Davies to develop an after-watershed science fiction series for the channel.[7] During the production of the 2005 series of Doctor Who, the word "Torchwood", an anagram of "Doctor Who", had been used as a title ruse for the series while filming its first few episodes to ensure they were not intercepted.[8] Davies connected the word "Torchwood" to his earlier Excalibur idea and decided to make the series a Doctor Who spin-off.[7] Subsequently, the word "Torchwood" was seeded in Doctor Who episodes and other media that aired in 2005 and 2006.

Because Torchwood is shown after the watershed – that is, after 9 pm – it has more mature content than Doctor Who. Davies told SFX:

We can be a bit more visceral, more violent, and more sexual, if we want to. Though bear in mind that it's very teenage to indulge yourself in blood and gore, and Torchwood is going to be smarter than that. But it's the essential difference between BBC One at 7 pm, and BBC Three at, say, 9 pm. That says it all – instinctively, every viewer can see the huge difference there.[9][10]

According to Barrowman: "I don't do any nude scenes in series one; they're saving that for the next series! I don't have a problem with getting my kit off, as long as they pay me the right money."[11] Davies also joked to a BBC Radio Wales interviewer that he was "not allowed" to refer to the programme as "Doctor Who for grown-ups".[12] The first series includes content rarely seen or heard in the Doctor Who franchise, including sex scenes and use of profanity in several episodes.[13][14]

Although Torchwood was originally intended to be sci-fi aimed at adults, the character Captain Jack Harkness, who had previously been introduced in Doctor Who, proved popular with young audiences. Davies decided to edit the second series to be "child-friendly", removing overt sexuality and swearing. These edits to the shows enabled it to be broadcast at 7 pm (pre-watershed).[15][16]

The first three series of Torchwood were produced in-house by BBC Wales. The Head of Drama at the time of the first series, Julie Gardner, served as executive producer alongside Davies. The first two episodes of series 1 of Torchwood premiered on 22 October 2006 on BBC Three and BBC HD. Series 2 premiered on BBC Two and BBC HD on 16 January 2008.[17] The third series, a five-part mini-series titled Torchwood: Children of Earth, aired on BBC One and BBC HD between 6 and 10 July 2009.[18][19][20]

Later development edit

BBC Three described Torchwood as the centrepiece of its autumn 2006 schedule,[21] and the successful first series led to a second series on BBC Two and a third on BBC One in 2009.[22] However, Davies expressed concern that the third series was aired in a summer evening graveyard slot.[23] Lead actor John Barrowman felt that the show had been mistreated by BBC executives, despite what he felt was the programme's proven popularity and success.[22] The third series, Children of Earth, began shooting on 18 August 2008 and comprised a five-episode mini-series that aired over five consecutive days at 9 pm on BBC One from 6 July 2009,[24] and 9 pm on BBC America HD and BBC America from 20 July 2009.[25] Davies and Gardner stayed on as executive producers and Peter Bennett produced the series.[26][27]

In August 2009, Davies stated that the fourth series was "ready to go",[28] and that he had the next series planned out, stating, "I know exactly how to pick it up. I've got a shape in mind, and I've got stories. I know where you'd find Gwen and Rhys, and their baby, and Jack, and I know how you'd go forward with a new form of Torchwood." At the time, he stated he would prefer for series four to be another mini-series, though he had no qualms about doing another thirteen-episode run.[29] A November 2009 article posted on Eve Myles's website stated that shooting for the fourth series was to begin in January 2011.[30]

Subsequently, Davies looked to US networks to finance future series of the programme. He was turned down by one of the United States' major television networks, Fox;[31] some had speculated the Fox project could have been a spin-off or a reboot.[32] Later, Davies succeeded in striking a deal with US premium cable network Starz.[33] The production of the fourth series was not officially announced until June 2010:[34][35] a ten-episode mini-series co-produced between BBC Wales, Starz and BBC Worldwide,[34] airing summer 2011.[36]

As with the third, the fourth series was given its own title: Torchwood: Miracle Day.[37] Shortly after the broadcast of Miracle Day in March 2012, the chief executive officer of Starz, Chris Albrecht, announced that he was remaining in touch with the BBC regarding a further series of Torchwood, though it would depend on Davies being free from his other commitments.[38] As of June 2018, no plans for fifth series have been announced; however, in early 2015 Barrowman confirmed that Torchwood was returning in the form of several BBC radio plays that could lead to the possibility of a future return to television.[39]

Writing edit

In the first series, the main writer alongside Russell T Davies was Chris Chibnall, creator of the BBC light drama show Born and Bred and future Doctor Who showrunner. Other writers include P.J. Hammond, Toby Whithouse, Doctor Who script editor Helen Raynor, Catherine Tregenna and Doctor Who cast member Noel Clarke. Of the first two series, Russell T Davies wrote only the première episode.[10][40] Helen Raynor and Brian Minchin were the programme's script editors.[41]

Series one of Torchwood was filmed from May 2006 until November 2006. For the second series,[17] lead writer Chris Chibnall wrote the opening episode and the three final episodes.[42][citation needed] Both Catherine Tregenna and Helen Raynor wrote two episodes for the second series.[43] The other episodes were written by James Moran, Matt Jones, J. C. Wilsher, Joseph Lidster, P.J. Hammond and Phil Ford. Russell T Davies was initially announced as writing two episodes, but due to commitments to Doctor Who, he no longer anticipated writing any Torchwood episodes.[44] For series three, Davies returned and wrote the first and last episodes, co-wrote episode three with James Moran and plotted the overall story arc himself.[27] John Fay wrote episodes two and four.[45]

For the fourth series, Miracle Day, Davies secured several popular US television writers, including Buffy the Vampire Slayer writer Jane Espenson; The X-Files, Star Trek: Enterprise and Supernatural writer John Shiban; and House writer Doris Egan. Additionally, both Davies and John Fay returned to write episodes.[37] In continuing the series Davies chose to keep Torchwood more focused on the human condition than its science fiction backdrop. He drew inspiration from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, noting that "the best metaphors in Buffy came down to, 'What's it like to be in high school, as a kid?'" He felt the fourth series of Torchwood to be "about us and our decisions and our lives, and how we live with each other and how we die with each other".[46] The depiction of human nature in the fourth series led to a sequence which many felt to be evocative of the Holocaust. Jane Espenson noted that as a series Torchwood "is willing to go to horrible places". She stated that in storylining Miracle Day, the writers "didn't want to flinch away from what mankind can do."[47]

Directing edit

The first block of series two, consisting of episodes by Raynor and Tregenna, was directed by Andy Goddard. Colin Teague directed the second block, which consists of episode two by Moran and episode four by Tregenna, with Ashley Way directing the third block, consisting of the series two premiere by Chibnall and the sixth episode of the series, by JC Wilsher.[42] Euros Lyn directed all five episodes of the third series, Children of Earth.[27]

In June 2010, a BBC News report confirmed that the fourth series would have 10 episodes.[48] Filming began in January 2011. Unlike the previous series, this series' directors did not direct in blocks but in specific episodes.[49] The series four directors included Bharat Nalluri,[50] Billy Gierhart,[50] Guy Ferland[50] and Horder-Payton.[50]

Crew edit

Richard Stokes produced series 1 and 2 of Torchwood; Originally, James Hawes (a Doctor Who director) was lined up as the producer, but he later withdrew from this project.[41][51] Series 3 was produced by Peter Bennett.[52] Series 4 was produced by Kelly A Manners,[53] with UK filming produced by Brian Minchin, producer of Series 4 and 5 of The Sarah Jane Adventures.[54][55] The series also shares Doctor Who's production designer, Edward Thomas.[56][57] Music for the series was composed by Ben Foster[58] and Doctor Who's composer Murray Gold,[59] with composer Stu Kennedy assisting on Series 4.[60]

Opening sequence edit

 
Title card for the Torchwood miniseries, Children of Earth (series 3)

In lieu of a full-length title sequence, the opening sequence of the show's first two series is composed of a voice-over monologue by Barrowman as Harkness, establishing the show's premise.[61] The show's theme tune plays over this monologue and the additional intertitle.[62] The theme was written by Doctor Who composer Murray Gold.[59]

The opening sequence was re-done specifically for series 2, episode 5 "Adam", adding the titular character to the existing scenes. This reflected the in-universe story of Adam psychically inserting himself into the team members' memories as a long-standing member of the team.[63]

For Children of Earth, a recap of the last episode was played at the beginning of each episode, followed by a title card. The theme was not featured in this, instead only featuring over the end credits.

A new theme arrangement and opening credit sequence was introduced with Series 4 (though a musical motif, or "sting", from the original theme is still audible in numerous scenes). Although each episode of Miracle Day has a published individual title, Torchwood: Miracle Day is the only on-screen title used.

Overview edit

The series is set in Cardiff, Wales, and follows a rogue covert agency called Torchwood which investigates extraterrestrial incidents on Earth and scavenges alien technology for its own use. This Torchwood, led by Captain Jack Harkness, is a small, independent organisation, but began as the Cardiff branch of the larger Torchwood Institute, then-defunct, which began in the Victorian era. (Its origins were outlined in the Doctor Who episode "Tooth and Claw", and Harkness's long connection to it is covered in flashback scenes in a Torchwood series 2 episode.) As the opening monologue explains, the organisation is separate from the government, outside the police, and beyond the United Nations. Their public perception is as merely a 'special ops' group. The events of the first series take place sometime after the Doctor Who series two finale, in which the Torchwood Institute's London headquarters was destroyed. This format was maintained for the first two series.

Series three, a miniseries, saw the Cardiff headquarters destroyed and the team temporarily operating as fugitives in England's capital city of London, its membership declining and the organisation thoroughly broken over the course of the serial. Series four starts with Torchwood fully disbanded. Jack has left Earth after the events of series three, and a pregnant Gwen has retired to be with her family. The group is then unofficially reformed, this time operating primarily in the United States, joined by two fugitive CIA agents who have been framed for treason, during Miracle Day.

Cast edit

Main article: List of Torchwood characters
 
Series two cast, including special guest star Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones
Actor Character Series
1 2 3 4
John Barrowman Jack Harkness Main
Eve Myles Gwen Cooper Main
Burn Gorman Owen Harper Main Does not appear
Naoko Mori Toshiko Sato Main Does not appear
Indira Varma Suzie Costello Featured[a] Does not appear
Gareth David-Lloyd Ianto Jones Main Does not appear
Freema Agyeman Martha Jones Does not appear Featured[b] Does not appear
Kai Owen Rhys Williams Recurring Main
Mekhi Phifer Rex Matheson Does not appear Main
Alexa Havins Esther Drummond Does not appear Main
Bill Pullman Oswald Danes Does not appear Main

Unlike its parent programme, Torchwood centres on a team instead of a single character with companions. The show initially depicts a small team of alien-hunters known as Torchwood Three, based in Cardiff. The team is made up of five operatives led by Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), formerly a time-traveling "Time Agent" and con man from the distant future who has lived on Earth as an immortal since the 19th century. Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles), the female lead, joins the team in the first episode; she is originally an audience surrogate, but later grows into a more morally complicated character. The original cast is filled out by Torchwood medical officer Owen Harper (Burn Gorman), computer specialist Toshiko Sato (Naoko Mori), and general factotum-cum-administrator Ianto Jones (Gareth David-Lloyd). Toshiko and Owen are killed off in the second series finale, as is Ianto in the show's third series. Recurring characters are Rhys Williams (Kai Owen), Gwen's live-in boyfriend and later husband; and Andy Davidson (Tom Price), Gwen's former police partner. Kai Owen becomes a main cast member in the programme beginning with the third series; his character is initially unaware of Gwen's activities with Torchwood, but later becomes her close confidant and the team's ally. Price appears in all four series.

Prior to the programme's debut, publicity materials featured Indira Varma as Suzie Costello among the regular cast members, giving the impression that she would appear throughout the series. However, Suzie was killed off at the end of the first episode with Gwen taking her place on the team,[64] Suzie reappearing only once more as an antagonist. In the first two series, Paul Kasey regularly appears under heavy prosthetics, portraying, as in Doctor Who, a number of aliens on the series, such as humanoid Weevils and Blowfishes. Other recurring characters include Doctor Who's Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman)—like Jack, a former time-traveller, and now medical officer for the militaristic alien-investigating organisation UNIT—who crosses over into Torchwood for three episodes in series two.[65] Additionally, James Marsters portrays Captain John Hart, Jack's villainous former lover and Time Agent partner.[66][67] Others in the second series, recurring in a minor capacity, include a mysteriously age-immune little girl (Skye Bennett) and Victorian-era Torchwood member Alice Guppy (Amy Manson). The second series also introduces Gwen's parents, Geraint (William Thomas) and Mary Cooper (Sharon Morgan), who later reappear in the show's fourth series.

Children of Earth featured a largely new supporting cast for the duration of the five-episode serial, such as Permanent Secretary John Frobisher (Peter Capaldi), Clem McDonald (Paul Copley), Frobisher's personal assistant Bridget Spears (Susan Brown), Prime Minister Brian Green (Nicholas Farrell), ruthless operative Agent Johnson (Liz May Brice), Jack's middle-aged daughter Alice (Lucy Cohu), her son Steven (Bear McCausland) and Ianto's sister Rhiannon (Katy Wix). Cush Jumbo was cast as Frobisher's personal assistant Lois Habiba; Habiba was written into the story after Agyeman was unavailable to return to portray Martha.[68]

The fourth series, Miracle Day, features an expanded cast of eight.[69] Barrowman, Myles and Owen all return to the series. New to the Torchwood team are CIA agents Rex Matheson (Mekhi Phifer),[70][71] and Esther Drummond (Alexa Havins),[72] and surgeon Vera Juarez (Arlene Tur).[73] American film star Bill Pullman joins as Oswald Danes, a highly intelligent child murderer,[74][75][76] and Lauren Ambrose plays Jilly Kitzinger, a ruthless PR woman who takes on Danes as a client.[77] Tur's character is killed off in the fifth episode, whilst Pullman and Havins last until episode ten. Recurring characters include CIA directors Brian Friedkin (Wayne Knight) and Allen Shapiro (John de Lancie), San Pedro camp manager Colin Maloney (Marc Vann), Esther's sister Sarah Drummond (Candace Brown), and CIA watch analysts Charlotte Willis (Marina Benedict) and Noah Vickers (Paul James). Nana Visitor plays Olivia Colasanto, who directs the team toward their real enemies; Frances Fisher and Teddy Sears portray recurring villains.

Episodes edit

Main article: List of Torchwood episodes
SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast airedNetwork
11322 October 2006 (2006-10-22)1 January 2007 (2007-01-01)BBC Three
21316 January 2008 (2008-01-16)4 April 2008 (2008-04-04)BBC Two
3: Children of Earth56 July 2009 (2009-07-06)10 July 2009 (2009-07-10)BBC One
4: Miracle Day108 July 2011 (2011-07-08)[c]9 September 2011 (2011-09-09)[c]Starz / BBC One

The premiere episode "Everything Changes" was written by Russell T Davies and introduces the main characters and roles within the series, using newcomer Gwen as the audience surrogate in a similar style to the introduction of the companion characters in Doctor Who. The second episode, titled "Day One", aired immediately after the first. It continues Gwen's neophyte role and includes a "sex monster" science fiction storyline.[78] The first 13-episode series ended with a two-parter on 1 January 2007. The first part, entitled "Captain Jack Harkness", is a love story set in wartime Britain, with a subplot which pushes the setting toward an apocalypse for the finale "End of Days". It deals with the ramifications of diseases and persons from throughout history falling through time and across the universe to arrive in present day Cardiff. The episode also sets up Jack's return in the Doctor Who episode "Utopia".

2008's second 13-episode series of Torchwood begins with Jack's return from the previous Doctor Who episode, "Last of the Time Lords" with the series premiere, "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang". The series introduces Jack's ex-partner Captain John Hart in its premiere, reveals flashbacks to Jack's childhood in "Adam" and shows how each member joined Torchwood in the penultimate episode "Fragments". A three-episode arc ("Reset", "Dead Man Walking" and "A Day in the Death") in the middle of the series guest stars Doctor Who actress Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones, temporarily drafted into Torchwood. The arc focuses on the death and partial resurrection of main character Owen Harper, and how he copes as a dead man. The second series finale, "Exit Wounds", features the departures of main characters Owen and Tosh, whose deaths at the hands of Jack's long-lost brother Gray reduced the cast to Barrowman, Myles and David-Lloyd in its closing scenes. The Torchwood Three team made a crossover appearance in the series four finale of Doctor Who, "The Stolen Earth"/"Journey's End", which featured Jack Harkness leaving the Doctor at the close of the story, accompanied by Martha Jones and Mickey Smith (Noel Clarke).

Series three is only five episodes long, and was broadcast over consecutive nights as a single story, Children of Earth (2009). The series focuses on the consequences of appeasement policy; having been given 12 children as a tribute in 1965, aliens called the 4-5-6 arrive in the present demanding a greater share of the Earth's child population. For the first time in the series, the majority of the action takes place outside Wales; Torchwood's base of operations is destroyed in the premiere and the remainder of the Torchwood team have relocated to London. Kai Owen is promoted to a regular cast member, while a new cast of political figures are introduced alongside family members of main characters Jack and Ianto. Nicholas Farrell plays Prime Minister Brian Green whose intent is to give in rather than fight the 4–5–6, leaving Torchwood to stand against the government and the aliens. David-Lloyd departs the cast when Ianto is killed by the aliens in episode four, leaving Jack distraught. In the series closing scenes, with Gwen pregnant and Jack abandoning Earth, Torchwood effectively disbands.

Series four, Torchwood: Miracle Day (2011), comprising ten episodes, sees Torchwood having been reduced to the status of legend following Children of Earth. The narrative follows two CIA agents (Mekhi Phifer and Alexa Havins) who discover Torchwood on the same day death ceases to occur, due to an event known as Miracle Day. The agents join Gwen and Jack as they seek to restore death to the world. While primarily a conspiracy thriller, the series also examines the depths humanity can sink to under pressure. Actress Arlene Tur portrays a surgeon who challenges the failing medical system and shifting government legislation. The characters of Oswald Danes (Bill Pullman) and Jilly Kitzinger (Lauren Ambrose) are used to highlight the precariousness of fame and the amorality of the media. The late-2000s global recession is implicated as another element of the Miracle Day conspiracy. Though largely set in the US, Wales remains a key setting. The origins of the Miracle Day conspiracy are revealed in a 1920s flashback in "Immortal Sins", as the worldwide scale of the story takes the protagonists to Shanghai and Buenos Aires in the finale "The Blood Line". In the epilogue, Gwen questions Jack whether he will stay to reform Torchwood; he does not provide an answer.

Setting edit

"With Doctor Who we often had to pretend that bits of Cardiff were London, or Utah, or the planet Zog. Whereas this series is going to be honest-to-God Cardiff. We will happily walk past the Millennium Centre and say, 'Look, there's the Millennium Centre'."

Russell T Davies[79]

The first two series of Torchwood were both filmed and set in Cardiff. The makers of Torchwood deliberately portray Cardiff as a modern urban centre, contrasting with past stereotypical portrayals of Wales. "There's not a male voice choir ... or a miner in sight." said BBC Wales Controller Menna Richards.[80] Conservative MP Michael Gove described the debut of Torchwood as the moment confirming "Wales' move from overlooked celtic cousin to underwired erotic coquette".[81][82] Filming has also taken place outside of Cardiff, including in Merthyr Tydfil.[83]

 
"The Hub" connects Roald Dahl Plass and is underneath the Mermaid Quay shopping complex.

The team's headquarters during the first two series, referred to as the Hub, was beneath Roald Dahl Plass in Cardiff Bay – formerly known as the Oval Basin. This is where the TARDIS landed in the Doctor Who episodes "Boom Town" and "Utopia" to refuel, and is the location of the spacetime rift first seen in "The Unquiet Dead". The Hub itself was around three storeys high, with a large column running through the middle that was an extension of the fountain above; at its base lay the rift machine. The Hub had two means of access: a lift that rose to the plass next to the fountain (camouflaged by a perception filter), and a more mundane entrance hidden in a tourism office. Production crew were keen to use everything Wales had to offer in filming the series; for example, the military base scenes in "Sleeper" and the booby-trapped abandoned warehouse scenes in "Fragments" were filmed at RAF Caerwent, near Chepstow.[84]

The third series opened in the traditional setting, but in the first episode the Hub was destroyed; the show adapted to a conventional London setting, with many scenes filmed and set at real-life British intelligence agency headquarters Thames House. For the show's fourth series, the programme was largely filmed and set in the United States, but parts were filmed in Wales and other locations.[34]

Themes edit

Torchwood explores various themes in its narrative, including issues around existentialism, the nature of human life and the absence of a traditional afterlife, and the corrupting nature of power.[11] The program is also notable in its portrayal of LGBT characters and the degree to which its various characters are sexually fluid; through those characters, the series examines homosexual and bisexual relationships.[85]

Spin-offs edit

Companion programme edit

Torchwood Declassified is a "making-of" programme similar to Doctor Who Confidential. Each Declassified episode runs under ten minutes, in contrast to Confidential's 45 (formerly 30).[86] Torchwood Declassified aired on BBC Three (series 1) and BBC Two (series 2), and was also available online through the BBC's iPlayer and dedicated Torchwood site. Installments were produced for each episode of the first two series, with a single installment produced for the Children of Earth DVD release.

Companion magazine edit

In 2007, Titan Magazines launched Torchwood Magazine,[87] which was released on 24 January 2008 in the United Kingdom. The United States version was launched in February 2008. The Australia/New Zealand version was launched in April 2008. The magazine emulated Doctor Who Magazine in combining behind-the-scenes features with original story content in the form of a serialised comic strip and short stories; as the magazine's run progressed, the original fiction became more predominant. The magazine was discontinued in early 2011, after two-dozen issues.[88]

Titan published six issues of a monthly Torchwood comic book in 2009 for North American markets; the comic consisted of reprints of the magazine's comic strips and short stories, and was cancelled in the wake of the parent publication folding.[89] Following the cancellation of Torchwood Magazine, Doctor Who Magazine and its US counterpart, Doctor Who Insider, ran articles on the series.[90]

Electronic literature, webcasts, web series edit

Torchwood has "a heavy online presence".[91] At the Edinburgh International Television Festival, BBC Director of Television Jana Bennett originally promised that the series' online tie-ins were to include the ability to explore the Hub, an imaginary desktop, weekly 10-minute behind-the-scenes vodcasts."You can join the corporation of Torchwood and be one of its employees," said Bennett.[92] The Adobe Flash-based interactive website, including the Hub Tour, debuted on 12 October 2006.[93] Due to digital media rights restrictions most video content on the BBC Three websites is only accessible to users within the UK.

Torchwood's many tie-in websites amount to an alternate reality game; the show's online presence was an example of electronic literature. On the first website (for series 1), the alternate reality game was mostly composed of weekly updates to the site in the form of fictional intercepted blogs, newspaper cutouts and confidential letters and IM conversations between members of the Torchwood Three crew. Convergence: the International Journal of Research into New Media commented on Doctor Who and Torchwood's foray into "convergence culture" as an achievement "on an unprecedented scale, with the BBC currently using the series to trial a plethora of new technologies, including: mini-episodes on mobile phones, podcast commentaries, interactive red-button adventures, video blogs, companion programming, and 'fake' metatextual websites."[94] For the second series in 2008, a second interactive Torchwood online game was devised, scripted by series writer Phil Ford;[95] this more heavily featured the actors of the series, particularly Gareth David-Lloyd, and Siwan Morris was cast as a pirate radio jockey investigating Torchwood.

During the fourth series of the revival of Doctor Who, a crossover webcast production called Captain Jack's Monster Files was launched, featuring Barrowman, in character as Jack, hosting a series of shorts profiling various monsters and aliens featured on Doctor Who. These segments, posted to the BBC's official Doctor Who website, included specially shot footage of Jack in the Hub. After Series 4, the segments were produced less frequently, with the last featuring Jack, released in December 2009, taking the form of Jack narrating a mini-episode featuring the Weeping Angels entitled "A Ghost Story for Christmas". Subsequent Monster Files webcasts released since 2010 have been hosted by Doctor Who co-star Alex Kingston as her character, River Song. As with most other online video content from the BBC, Captain Jack's Monster Files are not viewable outside the UK and to date (2011) have never been included on a DVD or Blu-ray release of either Doctor Who or Torchwood.[96] The Torchwood Archives by Gary Russell collects much of this online literature for the first two series in hardback form, including the Captain's Blog section of the BBC America Torchwood website.[97]

To promote its rebroadcasts of Torchwood, the UK digital channel Watch has twice commissioned the creative team of the Torchwood Magazine comic strip to produce brief online-exclusive comic strip stories for the Watch website. The first of these, The Return of the Vostok, was uploaded in February 2009, with a follow-up, Ma and Par, appearing in February 2010.[98]

Tying in with the launch of Torchwood: Miracle Day, Starz produced a 2011 Torchwood webseries entitled Torchwood: Web of Lies, which starred American actress Eliza Dushku.[99]

Radio plays edit

Set between the end of Series Two and the beginning of Series Three, the BBC aired four Torchwood radio dramas featuring the cast of the series. As a tie in with Radio 4's CERN-themed day on 10 September 2008, a CERN-themed radio episode of Torchwood written by Joseph Lidster, entitled "Lost Souls", aired as the day's Afternoon Play.[100] This was the first Torchwood drama not to feature Burn Gorman and Naoko Mori.[101] Three further episodes were broadcast on 1–3 July 2009: "Asylum",[102] "Golden Age"[103] and "The Dead Line".[104][105][106]

In May 2011, the BBC Radio Drama newsletter announced that a further three Torchwood radio plays had entered production.[107] The new plays, titled "Torchwood: The Lost Files", Part 1: "The Devil and Miss Carew", Part 2: "Submission" & Part 3: "The House of the Dead" were broadcast on 11, 12 & 13 July 2011 in the Afternoon Play slot at 14.15 BST and were available to listen to in the iPlayer for one week after the broadcast. (By 2019 the BBC made radio dramas available on demand for one month to one year; about 25 radio plays were usually available, including 29 Nov. 2019 these three Torchwood episodes.[108]) While "The Devil and Miss Carew" & "Submission" were set before "Children of Earth" with Gareth David-Lloyd reprising the role of Ianto, "The House of the Dead" on the other hand was set an unspecified time after "Children of Earth" and saw the return of Ianto this time as a ghost.[109]

In January 2015, Barrowman announced that Torchwood would return, for the first time since Miracle Day, in the form of several BBC radio plays, One will feature the original Torchwood team from Series 1–2, including Barrowman; the others will be character-based.[39]

Novels and audiobooks edit

Main article: List of Torchwood novels and audio books

Accompanying the main series of Torchwood are a series of novels. The books are published in paperback-sized hardcover format, the same format BBC Books uses for its New Series Adventures line for Doctor Who.[110][111] The first three novels were later released, abridged, as audiobooks, along with other audiobook that have not been novels. To date all of the core cast members from the first two series have narrated at least one abridged or audio-exclusive reading.[112][113][114][115][116][117]

Big Finish edit

Main article: Torchwood (Big Finish series)

On 3 May 2015, it was announced that Big Finish Productions would produce a series of six Torchwood audio adventures starring John Barrowman as Jack. The new series of audio dramas will each focus on different members of the Torchwood team, exploring the impact that a mysterious event has on them, taking place at various times in and around the TV episodes. Starting off the range was John Barrowman, who stars in The Conspiracy by David Llewellyn, which was released September 2015.[118]

Big Finish later released shows billed as a continuation of Torchwood, or "series five",[119] featuring a regular cast of nine. Barrowman, Myles, Owen, and Price returned to voice their characters. New to the series were civil servant St John Colchester (Paul Clayton), Ng (Alexandria Riley), news reporter Tyler Steele (Jonny Green), shapeshifting alien Orr (Samantha Béart), and a parallel universe version of Yvonne Hartman (Tracy Ann Oberman).

Original soundtrack edit

Main article: Torchwood: Original Television Soundtrack
See also: Torchwood: Children of Earth (soundtrack)

On 22 September 2008, Silva Screen Records released a compilation of music featured in the show's first and second series. The disc features 32 tracks composed by Ben Foster and Murray Gold.[120] A second compilation disc was released on 17 July 2009, featuring 40 tracks from the show's third series, Children of Earth.[121]

Programme information edit

Critical reception edit

As a spin-off of long-running British cultural artefact Doctor Who, Torchwood's launch into British popular culture has received many positive and negative reviews, commentary and parody following the hype of its inception, especially regarding its status as an "adult" Doctor Who spin-off as well as its characterisation and portrayal of sex. Reviews for the first series were largely negative, with sites such as Behind the Sofa giving many more negative reviews than positive ones. Reviews of the second series were more positive. The third series, which took the form of a five-part story arc with the blanket title of Children of Earth, received a number of positive reviews. Critics described it separately as a "powerful human drama";[122] "Best. Torchwood. Ever.";[123] and "... against all expectations, a work of Proper Drama".[124] Conversely, The Daily Mirror gave the mini-series a negative review, describing it as "the modern-day Blake's 7: ludicrous plot, hammy acting, an adolescent penchant for 'Issues'".[125] Metacritic, an American review aggregator website, gives Torchwood series one a rating of 73 out of 100, indicating "generally favourable reviews".[126] The show's second series rates above the first, scoring an aggregated 80 out of 100.[127] The third series rated higher, at 81, indicating "universal acclaim". Its highest scores were a 100 from TV Guide and a 91 from TIME; the lowest was a 60 from The New York Times.[128] The fourth series had an average rating of 70, based on 24 critics.[129]

The death of character Ianto Jones in Children of Earth triggered protests from fans of the show, among them the "Save Ianto Jones" campaign which collected more than £10,000 for the British Children in Need annual charity event.[130] Other fans resorted to abuse and threats, causing writer James Moran to fire off an angry missive in a blog post.[131] Showrunner Russell T Davies made no apologies for the decision to kill off the character, saying, "I'm just delighted that the fans are so wrapped in the character to have that reaction."[132] The plot point attracted more controversy from some commentators, additionally, because it depicted the death of a main character involved in a same-sex relationship. This led several writers to analyse the death in view of the character's earlier refusal to admit to his relationship with a man, and claimed that the death was a sign that the LGBT community was leaving behind its image of victimhood.[133]

Positive and negative attention has been given to the portrayal of same-sex relationships in Torchwood. Maria Boyd of the University of Texas at Austin published her paper at a conference, "Gay Sex and Aliens! How the Press frames Russell T Davies' Torchwood." She argues through "a discourse analysis of 109 reviews of the Series 1 and Series 2 premiere episodes" how "TV critics are more concerned with the depictions of bisexuality among the principal characters on Torchwood." Furthermore, she argues that the show's reviews "highlight the same-sex interactions depicted on the show utilising sensationalist, assimilationist, or condemnatory language" and that the "hegemonic, heterosexist language used by TV critics covering Torchwood has framed the program in such a way that it limits audience's ability to make meaning of the text themselves."[134]

In other works edit

Although fewer in number than Doctor Who spoofs, there have been a number of parodies of Torchwood in various media. Verity Stob, a technology columnist for online newspaper The Register, wrote a parody of Torchwood called Under Torch Wood. The piece is in the style of Under Milk Wood, a Dylan Thomas radio play. The piece comments on the level of swearing present in Torchwood and the role of Rhys Williams, whom the piece describes as "Barry Backstory".[135] In its third series, the Doctor Who parody Nebulous also began to parody Torchwood, with references to "baby dinosaurs falling through a hole in time" and "the sheer amount of paranormal activity in the Cardiff area alone ... starting to threaten the Earth's plausibility shield".[136]

Satirical impressionist television series Dead Ringers also parodied Torchwood, with Jon Culshaw playing Captain Jack and Jan Ravens as Gwen Cooper. The sketches parodied the level of sex in Torchwood, claiming "we never deal with an alien unless at least one [of the team] has shagged it", and describing the lack of motivations of the characters. It also parodies the bisexuality of the characters and the melodramatic personality of Jack, who in the sketch walks extremely dramatically, swinging his coat about himself.[137][138] Barrowman is described as a "pound shop Tom Cruise", and reference is made to the perceived low-budget of the show, with Owen describing the Torchwood equipment as "an Apple Mac with stickers on the case".[139] Later spoofs in the final episode of the 2007 series of Dead Ringers featured Jack Harkness in a threesome with two Attack of the Cybermen-era Cybermen, and an elderly version called Driftwood, which claims to be "separate from the Post Office, beyond the bingo hall and outside the Oxfam", a parody of Torchwood's opening narration. It also featured Albert Steptoe of Steptoe and Son as the leader of the team, claiming "a terrible event in my past means that I can't die. It's called UK Gold", and parodied its use of amnesia pills (unnecessary for this team due to the onset of senile amnesia).[citation needed]

Ratings edit

The first episodes of Torchwood on BBC Three gave the channel its highest-ever ratings and the highest ratings of any digital-only non-sports channel at the time with 2.519 million viewers (though this has since been surpassed by Bionic Woman on ITV2, which gained 2.553 million in March 2008[140]). The audience share was 12.7%, increasing to 13.8% for the second episode (shown immediately after the first episode on the same day), despite viewership dropping to 2.498 million.[141]

Ratings for later episodes dropped to around 1.1 to 1.2 million viewers during the first showing on BBC Three (the lowest being 0.8 million for week ending 24 December 2006), but nevertheless, the show remained the most-viewed programme on BBC Three by a wide margin.[142] Viewing figures for the repeat screenings on BBC Two later the same week were around 2.2 to 2.3 million (dropping to under 1.1 and 1.8 respectively for the weeks ending 03/12/06 and 10/12/06).

For its second series, which began in January 2008, Torchwood was moved to the more established channel BBC Two. Again, initial ratings were respectable, and the first episode garnered 4.22 million viewers. However, the series again began to decline and had lost a million viewers by its fourth episode. It dropped to a low of 2.52 million viewers towards the end of its run,[140] even after the BBC had moved it from its usual Wednesday-night slot (where it was being consistently beaten by ITV's programming and Channel 4's number-one series, Grand Designs) to Friday nights. The second series had an overall average rating of 3.26 million viewers on BBC Two.

Torchwood's five-part third series, entitled Children of Earth, premiered on BBC One in July 2009, with an estimated 5.9 million viewers, according to overnight figures.[143] Ratings for the second episode dropped to 5.58m,[144] but rose to a high of 6.24m for the fourth episode.[145] According to the overnight figures, the mini-series garnered an average rating of 5.88 million viewers.[146] According to official figures, published by Broadcasters' Audience Research Board (BARB), all five episodes of the mini-series garnered more than 6 million viewers, with the fourth episode gaining the largest audience.[146]

The first episode of series four, Miracle Day, attracted a consolidated audience of 6.59 million, which was slightly higher than the figure for the opening episode of the previous series, as well as an AI rating of 85 out of 100, considered "excellent".[147] However, viewing figures steadily declined as the series continued, dropping to a low of 4.48 for the seventh episode, though figures picked up slightly with 4.85 million viewers for the final episode.[148]

Awards edit

Award nominations for Torchwood
Award Year Category Nominee(s) Episode Result Ref.
Airlock Alpha Portal Awards 2010 Best Actress – Television Eve Myles Won [149]
Best Actor – Television John Barrowman Nominated
Best Series – Television Torchwood Nominated
Best Episode – Television Torchwood: Children of Earth Nominated
ASTRA Awards 2012 Favourite Program – International Drama Torchwood: Miracle Day Nominated [150]
BAFTA Cymru Awards 2007 Best Drama Series/Serial Richard Stokes "Everything Changes" Won [151]
Best Actress Eve Myles Won
Best Director of Photography – Drama Mark Waters Won
Best Design Edward Thomas Won
Best Actor John Barrowman Nominated
Best Sound Team Torchwood Nominated
Best Make Up Marie Doris "They Keep Killing Suzie" Nominated
Best Original Music Soundtrack Murray Gold "Out of Time" Nominated
2008 Best Costume Ray Holman "Captain Jack Harkness" Won [152]
Best Drama Series/Serial Richard Stokes "End of Days" Nominated
Best Actress Eve Myles Nominated
Best Original Music Soundtrack Ben Foster Nominated
2009 Best Costume Ray Holman "From Out of the Rain" Nominated [153]
Best Design Edward Thomas "Adrift" Nominated
2010 Best Drama Series/Serial Peter Bennett "Children of Earth: Day One" Won [154]
Best Editor Will Oswald Won
Best Actress Eve Myles Nominated
Best Screenwriter Russell T Davies Nominated
Best Original Music Soundtrack Ben Foster Nominated
Best Sound Howard Eaves, Julian Howarth, Tim Ricketts, Doug Sinclair Nominated
Best Costume Ray Holman Nominated
Celtic Media Festival Awards 2010 Best Drama Series Torchwood: Children of Earth Won [155]
Constellation Awards 2008 Outstanding Canadian Contribution to Science Fiction Film or Television in 2007 Torchwood Nominated [156]
Best Female Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode Naoko Mori "Greeks Bearing Gifts" Nominated
2010 Best Male Performance in a 2009 Science Fiction Television Episode Gareth David-Lloyd "Children of Earth: Day Four" Nominated
GLAAD Media Awards 2009 Outstanding Drama Series Torchwood Nominated [157]
2010 Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series Torchwood: Children of Earth Nominated [158]
2012 Outstanding Drama Series Torchwood: Miracle Day Nominated [159]
Hugo Awards 2008 Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form Catherine Tregenna "Captain Jack Harkness" Nominated [160]
National Television Awards 2012 Outstanding Drama Performance (Male) John Barrowman Nominated [161]
Outstanding Drama Performance (Female) Eve Myles Nominated
Most Popular Drama Torchwood Longlisted
NewNowNext Awards 2008 Best Kiss Jack (John Barrowman) and Ianto (Gareth David-Lloyd) Won [162]
Satellite Awards 2011 Best Television Series – Genre Torchwood Nominated [163]
Best Actress in a Series – Drama Eve Myles Nominated
Saturn Awards 2008 Best International Series Torchwood Nominated [164]
2009 Best Television DVD Release Torchwood: Series 2 Nominated
2010 Best Television Presentation Torchwood: Children of Earth Won [165]
Best Television DVD Release Nominated
2012 Best Television Presentation Torchwood: Miracle Day Nominated [166]
Best Actress on Television Eve Myles Nominated
Best Supporting Actor on Television Bill Pullman Nominated
Best Supporting Actress on Television Lauren Ambrose Nominated
SFX Awards 2007 Best TV Actress Eve Myles Nominated
2008 Best TV Show Torchwood Nominated
Best TV Actor John Barrowman Nominated
Best TV Actress Eve Myles Nominated
2010 Won [167]
Cult Hero Gareth David-Lloyd Won
Best Death Scene Ianto is killed by the 456 Won
Best Plot Twist Captain Jack sacrifices his grandson Won
Best TV Actor Peter Capaldi Nominated
Best TV Show Torchwood Nominated
Best TV Episode "Children of Earth: Day Five" Nominated
2012 Best TV Actress Eve Myles Nominated [168]
Biggest Disappointment Jack's arse being censored in UK Torchwood Nominated
TCA Awards 2010 Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials Torchwood: Children of Earth Nominated [169]

Home media edit

The complete first series has been released on Region 2 DVD in the UK.[170] A North American Region 1 release occurred 22 January 2008,[171] following the broadcast of Series 1 on BBC America in the United States and the CBC in Canada. Series One Part One,[172] Two[173] and Three[174] have been released in Australia Region 4, The complete series 1 sets released in the UK and US also include the episodes of the behind-the-scenes series Torchwood Declassified.[170][175] The Complete Second Series was released on 30 June 2008 (Region 2),[176] along with the Complete First series on Blu-ray[177] and HD DVD.[178] Series One,[179] Two,[180] Three[181] and Four[182] episodes are currently available for download through iTunes, Amazon, and Netflix.

DVD edit

DVD release name UK release date

(region 2)

North American release date

(region 1)

Australian release date

(region 4)

New Zealand release date

(region 4)

Series One Part One (episodes 1–5):

26 December 2006[183]

 Complete (episodes 1–13):

22 January 2008[170]

 Part One (episodes 1–5):

31 July 2007[172]

 Complete (episodes 1–13):

11 September 2008[184]

Part Two (episodes 6–9):

26 February 2007[185]

 Part Two (episodes 6–9):

6 September 2007[173]

Part Three (episodes 10–13):

26 March 2007[170]

 Part Three (Episodes 10–13):

2 October 2007[174]

Complete (episodes 1–13):

19 November 2007[175]

 Complete (episodes 1–13):

6 February 2008[186]

Series Two Complete (episodes 1–13):

30 June 2008[176]

 Complete (episodes 1–13):

16 September 2008[187]

 Complete (episodes 1–13):

2 October 2008[188]

 Complete (Episodes 1–13):

15 January 2009[189]

Complete Series One & Two Complete (episodes 1–26):

10 November 2008[190]

 N/A N/A N/A
Children of Earth
(series 3) 		Complete (episodes 1–5):

13 July 2009[191]

 Complete (episodes 1–5):

28 July 2009[192]

 Complete (episodes 1–5):

1 October 2009[193]

 Complete (episodes 1–5):

17 March 2010[194]

The Complete Series (1–3) Complete Series (episodes 1–31):

26 October 2009[195]

 Complete Series (episodes 1–31):

19 July 2011[196]

 Complete Series (episodes 1–31):

5 August 2010[197]

 Complete Series (episodes 1–31):

1 September 2010[198]

Torchwood — Miracle Day
(series 4) 		Complete (episodes 1–10):

14 November 2011[199]

 Complete (episodes 1–10):

3 April 2012[200]

 Complete (episodes 1–10):

1 December 2011[201]

 Complete (episodes 1–10):

7 December 2011[202]

The Complete Series (1–4) Complete Series (episodes 1–41):

14 November 2011[203]

 N/A N/A N/A

HD DVD edit

HD DVD release name UK release date

(region free)

The Complete First Series 30 June 2008[178]

Blu-ray edit

Blu-ray release name UK release date

(region B)

North American release date

(region A)

Australian release Date

(region B)

New Zealand release Date

(region B)

The Complete First Series 30 June 2008[204]
Region-free 		16 September 2008[205] 1 October 2009[206] 1 October 2009[207]
The Complete Second Series 22 June 2009[208]
Region-free 		7 July 2009[209] 1 October 2009[210] 17 March 2010[211]
Children of Earth 13 July 2009[212]
Region-free 		28 July 2009[213] 1 October 2009[214] 17 March 2010[215]
The Complete Series (1–3) 26 October 2009[216]
Region-free 		19 July 2011[217] 4 November 2010[218]
Miracle Day 14 November 2011[219]
Region-free 		3 April 2012[220] 1 December 2011[221] 7 December 2011[222]
The Complete Series (1–4) 14 November 2011[223]
Region-free

Broadcast edit

Australia edit

In Australia, after the ABC[224] and SBS passed on the series, Network Ten acquired the rights to air it.[225] After its première on 18 June 2007, a reviewer for The Sydney Morning Herald's The Guide said, "The appeal of Torchwood is not so much that it's gloriously implausible sci-fi pulp, but that it knows it's gloriously implausible, sci-fi pulp."[226] Ten's press release cites rival programming in their decision to move the show to a Wednesday 12 am timeslot halfway through the series.[227] Torchwood now airs on UKTV in Australia.[228] Series 1 was played on Imparja, but as of 3 February 2008 the station is no longer affiliated with Ten and will not screen more.[229] Series 2 of Torchwood aired on Ten HD from 1 September 2008. On 19 June 2009, ABC2 began broadcasting series 1, 2 and 3 on Fridays at 8:30 pm. When series 2 started broadcasting on 18 September 2009, ABC2 started broadcasting Torchwood Declassified after each episode. ABC2 began airing Children of Earth on 8 January 2010 weekly and it was earlier fasttracked by UKTV. Miracle Day was fast tracked by UKTV for July 2011 following the global premiere on Starz.[230]

New Zealand edit

The first series began screening on TV2[231] in New Zealand on Wednesday, 9 July 2008, starting with series 1 and running straight through to the fourth episode ("Meat") in the second series. Series 2 continued airing on 11 February 2009 and series 3 premiered on 10 February 2010. Repeat screenings of the first two series began on 16 March 2010 after the conclusion of Children of Earth during the previous week. On 13 August 2010, Children of Earth began repeated transmission after the conclusion of the second series on 6 August 2010. Repeats also aired on BBC UKTV.[citation needed]

Europe edit

In France, the first series began airing on 12 October 2007 on NRJ 12,[232] and since 13 January 2009 on Syfy.[233] The second series began on 5 September 2008 on NRJ 12[234] and the third series began on 17 November 2009 also on NRJ 12.[235] In Germany, RTL 2 broadcast series 1 to 4.[236][237][238][239] The first series started airing on 28 June 2010 on Icelandic network Stöð 2.[240] In Italy, the first series started airing on 3 September 2007 on Jimmy,[241][242] in 2011–12, Rai4 started to broadcast the whole show around 07.00 pm, starting with series 1, and then broadcasting Series 4 on primetime.[243][244]

Portuguese network SIC Radical started transmitting the first series in January 2009.[245] Subsequently, the complete series was picked up by AXN Black[246] and the Portuguese Syfy channel.[247] The first series premiered on 24 June 2007 and the second series 6 July 2007 on Swedish network TV4+.[248] Serbia aired the first and second series on the network RTS from 19 August 2009,[249] RTS began showing the third series from 25 March 2010.[242] Bulgaria aired first, second and third series on the AXN Sci-fi channel.[250] In Poland, BBC Entertainment broadcast series 1; premiere: 16 September 2008, 2, 3 and 4 (premiere: 28 October 2012) in censored version.[251][252][253]

North America edit

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation helped to finance the first two series, as they had the revived production of Doctor Who in 2005. On 2 April 2007, BBC America had acquired the rights to broadcast the series in the United States.[254] The series started on 8 September 2007;[255] the initial broadcast of the series was tied into a "radical makeover" of the channel that was to occur later in 2007.[254] The second series started on BBC America 26 January 2008,[256] and the third on 20 July 2009.[25] Torchwood has become one of the higher rated programmes for BBC America with its first series première in September 2007 attracting an audience of almost half a million viewers.[257] HDNet acquired the US high definition rights for the first 26 episodes (series 1 and 2) and began airing series 1 episodes on Monday evenings, starting 17 September 2007.[258] On 11 February 2008, HDNet began showing series 2 episodes.[259]

The Canadian network CBC was a co-producer of series 1,[260] and premiered in October 2007.[261][262] The show airs for French-speaking Canadian audiences on Ztélé.[263]

Series 2 began airing on Space on 8 August 2008[264][265] and series 3 was aired on Space over five consecutive nights in 20–24 July 2009.[266] Miracle Day premiered on 9 July 2011 on Space.[267] on 2 January 2012 Space aired a Torchwood marathon of Children of Earth and Miracle Day.[268] Miracle Day was repeated on Starz in Black in a marathon format on Labour Day Weekend 2012.[269]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Indira Varma was billed as a main character in the first episode before being killed off by its conclusion. She appears once more in "They Keep Killing Suzie" and receives guest star billing.
  2. ^ Freema Agyeman was billed as a main character in the Series 2 episodes "Reset", "Dead Man Walking" and "A Day in the Death".
  3. ^ a b All episodes aired in the UK six days after the premiere of the episode in the U.S.

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This article is about the science fiction television programme For other uses see Torchwood disambiguation Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies A spin off of the 2005 revival of Doctor Who it aired from 2006 to 2011 The show shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growing audience moving from BBC Three to BBC Two to BBC One and acquiring American financing in its fourth series when it became a co production of BBC One and Starz Torchwood is aimed at adults and older teenagers in contrast to Doctor Who s target audience of both adults and children As well as science fiction the show explores a number of themes including existentialism LGBTQ sexuality and human corruptibility TorchwoodGenreScience fictionHorrorDrama 1 2 Created byRussell T DaviesStarringJohn BarrowmanEve MylesBurn GormanNaoko MoriIndira VarmaGareth David LloydFreema AgyemanKai OwenMekhi PhiferAlexa HavinsBill PullmanTheme music composerMurray GoldComposersBen FosterMurray GoldBlair MowatCountry of originUnited KingdomUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of series4No of episodes41 list of episodes ProductionExecutive producersRussell T DaviesJulie GardnerJane TranterNicholas BriggsJason Haigh ElleryRunning time45 60 minutesProduction companiesBBC WalesCanadian Broadcasting CorporationBBC WorldwideStarz EntertainmentOriginal releaseNetworkBBC ThreeRelease22 October 2006 2006 10 22 1 January 2007 2007 01 01 NetworkBBC TwoRelease16 January 2008 01 16 4 April 2008 2008 04 04 NetworkBBC OneRelease6 July 2009 2009 07 06 9 October 2011 2011 10 09 NetworkStarzRelease8 July 2011 07 08 9 October 2011 2011 10 09 RelatedTorchwood DeclassifiedDoctor WhoThe Sarah Jane AdventuresClassTorchwood follows the exploits of a small team of alien hunters who make up the Cardiff based fictional Torchwood Institute which deals mainly with incidents involving extraterrestrials Its central character is Captain Jack Harkness John Barrowman an immortal con man from the distant future Jack originally appeared in the 2005 series of Doctor Who The initial main cast of the series consisted of Gareth David Lloyd Burn Gorman Naoko Mori and Eve Myles Their characters are specialists for the Torchwood team often tracking down aliens and defending the planet from alien and human threats In its first two series the show uses a time rift in Cardiff as its primary plot generator accounting for the unusual preponderance of alien beings in Cardiff In the third and fourth series Torchwood operate as fugitives Gorman and Mori s characters were written out of the story at the end of the second series Recurring actor Kai Owen was promoted to the main cast in series three in which David Lloyd was written out Subsequently American actors Mekhi Phifer Alexa Havins and Bill Pullman joined the cast of the show for its fourth series The first series premiered on BBC Three and on BBC HD in 2006 to mixed reviews but viewing figures broke records for the digital channel It returned in 2008 where it aired first on BBC Two receiving a higher budget its uneven tone a criticism of the first series was largely smoothed out and the show attracted higher ratings and better reviews The third series episodes worked with a higher budget and it was transferred to the network s flagship channel BBC One as a five episode serial titled Torchwood Children of Earth Although Children of Earth was broadcast over a period of five consecutive summer weeknights the show received high ratings in the United Kingdom and overseas A fourth series co produced by BBC Wales BBC Worldwide and US premium entertainment network Starz aired in 2011 under the title Torchwood Miracle Day Set both in Wales and the United States Miracle Day fared less well with critics than Children of Earth although it was applauded by some for its ambition In October 2012 Davies announced that for personal reasons the show would enter indefinite hiatus 3 4 All four televised series have been broadcast in Asia Australia New Zealand Europe and North America Owing to the early popularity of Torchwood various tie in media were produced 5 including audio dramas novels and comic strips From its inception the BBC invested in a heavy online presence for the series with an alternate reality game running alongside the show s first two series and an animated Web series running alongside its fourth The BBC continued to approve and commission licensed spin offs after the show s conclusion including an audio series from Big Finish Productions On 21 February 2020 all 41 televised episodes returned to the BBC s online streaming service BBC iPlayer In the United States the entire series was made available on HBO s new streaming service HBO Max upon its launch in May 2020 Contents 1 Production 1 1 Early development 1 2 Later development 1 3 Writing 1 4 Directing 1 5 Crew 1 6 Opening sequence 2 Overview 3 Cast 4 Episodes 5 Setting 6 Themes 7 Spin offs 7 1 Companion programme 7 2 Companion magazine 7 3 Electronic literature webcasts web series 7 4 Radio plays 7 5 Novels and audiobooks 7 6 Big Finish 7 7 Original soundtrack 8 Programme information 8 1 Critical reception 8 2 In other works 8 3 Ratings 8 4 Awards 9 Home media 9 1 DVD 9 2 HD DVD 9 3 Blu ray 10 Broadcast 10 1 Australia 10 2 New Zealand 10 3 Europe 10 4 North America 11 See also 12 Notes 13 References 14 External links 14 1 Past official BBC websitesProduction editEarly development edit Before the revival of Doctor Who Russell T Davies began to develop an idea for a science fiction crime drama in the style of American dramas in particular those created by Joss Whedon like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel 6 7 This idea originally titled Excalibur was abandoned until 2005 when BBC Three Controller Stuart Murphy invited Davies to develop an after watershed science fiction series for the channel 7 During the production of the 2005 series of Doctor Who the word Torchwood an anagram of Doctor Who had been used as a title ruse for the series while filming its first few episodes to ensure they were not intercepted 8 Davies connected the word Torchwood to his earlier Excalibur idea and decided to make the series a Doctor Who spin off 7 Subsequently the word Torchwood was seeded in Doctor Who episodes and other media that aired in 2005 and 2006 Because Torchwood is shown after the watershed that is after 9 pm it has more mature content than Doctor Who Davies told SFX We can be a bit more visceral more violent and more sexual if we want to Though bear in mind that it s very teenage to indulge yourself in blood and gore and Torchwood is going to be smarter than that But it s the essential difference between BBC One at 7 pm and BBC Three at say 9 pm That says it all instinctively every viewer can see the huge difference there 9 10 According to Barrowman I don t do any nude scenes in series one they re saving that for the next series I don t have a problem with getting my kit off as long as they pay me the right money 11 Davies also joked to a BBC Radio Wales interviewer that he was not allowed to refer to the programme as Doctor Who for grown ups 12 The first series includes content rarely seen or heard in the Doctor Who franchise including sex scenes and use of profanity in several episodes 13 14 Although Torchwood was originally intended to be sci fi aimed at adults the character Captain Jack Harkness who had previously been introduced in Doctor Who proved popular with young audiences Davies decided to edit the second series to be child friendly removing overt sexuality and swearing These edits to the shows enabled it to be broadcast at 7 pm pre watershed 15 16 The first three series of Torchwood were produced in house by BBC Wales The Head of Drama at the time of the first series Julie Gardner served as executive producer alongside Davies The first two episodes of series 1 of Torchwood premiered on 22 October 2006 on BBC Three and BBC HD Series 2 premiered on BBC Two and BBC HD on 16 January 2008 17 The third series a five part mini series titled Torchwood Children of Earth aired on BBC One and BBC HD between 6 and 10 July 2009 18 19 20 Later development edit BBC Three described Torchwood as the centrepiece of its autumn 2006 schedule 21 and the successful first series led to a second series on BBC Two and a third on BBC One in 2009 22 However Davies expressed concern that the third series was aired in a summer evening graveyard slot 23 Lead actor John Barrowman felt that the show had been mistreated by BBC executives despite what he felt was the programme s proven popularity and success 22 The third series Children of Earth began shooting on 18 August 2008 and comprised a five episode mini series that aired over five consecutive days at 9 pm on BBC One from 6 July 2009 24 and 9 pm on BBC America HD and BBC America from 20 July 2009 25 Davies and Gardner stayed on as executive producers and Peter Bennett produced the series 26 27 In August 2009 Davies stated that the fourth series was ready to go 28 and that he had the next series planned out stating I know exactly how to pick it up I ve got a shape in mind and I ve got stories I know where you d find Gwen and Rhys and their baby and Jack and I know how you d go forward with a new form of Torchwood At the time he stated he would prefer for series four to be another mini series though he had no qualms about doing another thirteen episode run 29 A November 2009 article posted on Eve Myles s website stated that shooting for the fourth series was to begin in January 2011 30 Subsequently Davies looked to US networks to finance future series of the programme He was turned down by one of the United States major television networks Fox 31 some had speculated the Fox project could have been a spin off or a reboot 32 Later Davies succeeded in striking a deal with US premium cable network Starz 33 The production of the fourth series was not officially announced until June 2010 34 35 a ten episode mini series co produced between BBC Wales Starz and BBC Worldwide 34 airing summer 2011 36 As with the third the fourth series was given its own title Torchwood Miracle Day 37 Shortly after the broadcast of Miracle Day in March 2012 the chief executive officer of Starz Chris Albrecht announced that he was remaining in touch with the BBC regarding a further series of Torchwood though it would depend on Davies being free from his other commitments 38 As of June 2018 update no plans for fifth series have been announced however in early 2015 Barrowman confirmed that Torchwood was returning in the form of several BBC radio plays that could lead to the possibility of a future return to television 39 Writing edit In the first series the main writer alongside Russell T Davies was Chris Chibnall creator of the BBC light drama show Born and Bred and future Doctor Who showrunner Other writers include P J Hammond Toby Whithouse Doctor Who script editor Helen Raynor Catherine Tregenna and Doctor Who cast member Noel Clarke Of the first two series Russell T Davies wrote only the premiere episode 10 40 Helen Raynor and Brian Minchin were the programme s script editors 41 Series one of Torchwood was filmed from May 2006 until November 2006 For the second series 17 lead writer Chris Chibnall wrote the opening episode and the three final episodes 42 citation needed Both Catherine Tregenna and Helen Raynor wrote two episodes for the second series 43 The other episodes were written by James Moran Matt Jones J C Wilsher Joseph Lidster P J Hammond and Phil Ford Russell T Davies was initially announced as writing two episodes but due to commitments to Doctor Who he no longer anticipated writing any Torchwood episodes 44 For series three Davies returned and wrote the first and last episodes co wrote episode three with James Moran and plotted the overall story arc himself 27 John Fay wrote episodes two and four 45 For the fourth series Miracle Day Davies secured several popular US television writers including Buffy the Vampire Slayer writer Jane Espenson The X Files Star Trek Enterprise and Supernatural writer John Shiban and House writer Doris Egan Additionally both Davies and John Fay returned to write episodes 37 In continuing the series Davies chose to keep Torchwood more focused on the human condition than its science fiction backdrop He drew inspiration from Buffy the Vampire Slayer noting that the best metaphors in Buffy came down to What s it like to be in high school as a kid He felt the fourth series of Torchwood to be about us and our decisions and our lives and how we live with each other and how we die with each other 46 The depiction of human nature in the fourth series led to a sequence which many felt to be evocative of the Holocaust Jane Espenson noted that as a series Torchwood is willing to go to horrible places She stated that in storylining Miracle Day the writers didn t want to flinch away from what mankind can do 47 Directing edit The first block of series two consisting of episodes by Raynor and Tregenna was directed by Andy Goddard Colin Teague directed the second block which consists of episode two by Moran and episode four by Tregenna with Ashley Way directing the third block consisting of the series two premiere by Chibnall and the sixth episode of the series by JC Wilsher 42 Euros Lyn directed all five episodes of the third series Children of Earth 27 In June 2010 a BBC News report confirmed that the fourth series would have 10 episodes 48 Filming began in January 2011 Unlike the previous series this series directors did not direct in blocks but in specific episodes 49 The series four directors included Bharat Nalluri 50 Billy Gierhart 50 Guy Ferland 50 and Horder Payton 50 Crew edit Richard Stokes produced series 1 and 2 of Torchwood Originally James Hawes a Doctor Who director was lined up as the producer but he later withdrew from this project 41 51 Series 3 was produced by Peter Bennett 52 Series 4 was produced by Kelly A Manners 53 with UK filming produced by Brian Minchin producer of Series 4 and 5 of The Sarah Jane Adventures 54 55 The series also shares Doctor Who s production designer Edward Thomas 56 57 Music for the series was composed by Ben Foster 58 and Doctor Who s composer Murray Gold 59 with composer Stu Kennedy assisting on Series 4 60 Opening sequence edit nbsp Title card for the Torchwood miniseries Children of Earth series 3 In lieu of a full length title sequence the opening sequence of the show s first two series is composed of a voice over monologue by Barrowman as Harkness establishing the show s premise 61 The show s theme tune plays over this monologue and the additional intertitle 62 The theme was written by Doctor Who composer Murray Gold 59 The opening sequence was re done specifically for series 2 episode 5 Adam adding the titular character to the existing scenes This reflected the in universe story of Adam psychically inserting himself into the team members memories as a long standing member of the team 63 For Children of Earth a recap of the last episode was played at the beginning of each episode followed by a title card The theme was not featured in this instead only featuring over the end credits A new theme arrangement and opening credit sequence was introduced with Series 4 though a musical motif or sting from the original theme is still audible in numerous scenes Although each episode of Miracle Day has a published individual title Torchwood Miracle Day is the only on screen title used Overview editThe series is set in Cardiff Wales and follows a rogue covert agency called Torchwood which investigates extraterrestrial incidents on Earth and scavenges alien technology for its own use This Torchwood led by Captain Jack Harkness is a small independent organisation but began as the Cardiff branch of the larger Torchwood Institute then defunct which began in the Victorian era Its origins were outlined in the Doctor Who episode Tooth and Claw and Harkness s long connection to it is covered in flashback scenes in a Torchwood series 2 episode As the opening monologue explains the organisation is separate from the government outside the police and beyond the United Nations Their public perception is as merely a special ops group The events of the first series take place sometime after the Doctor Who series two finale in which the Torchwood Institute s London headquarters was destroyed This format was maintained for the first two series Series three a miniseries saw the Cardiff headquarters destroyed and the team temporarily operating as fugitives in England s capital city of London its membership declining and the organisation thoroughly broken over the course of the serial Series four starts with Torchwood fully disbanded Jack has left Earth after the events of series three and a pregnant Gwen has retired to be with her family The group is then unofficially reformed this time operating primarily in the United States joined by two fugitive CIA agents who have been framed for treason during Miracle Day Cast editMain article List of Torchwood characters nbsp Series two cast including special guest star Freema Agyeman as Martha JonesActor Character Series1 2 3 4John Barrowman Jack Harkness MainEve Myles Gwen Cooper MainBurn Gorman Owen Harper Main Does not appearNaoko Mori Toshiko Sato Main Does not appearIndira Varma Suzie Costello Featured a Does not appearGareth David Lloyd Ianto Jones Main Does not appearFreema Agyeman Martha Jones Does not appear Featured b Does not appearKai Owen Rhys Williams Recurring MainMekhi Phifer Rex Matheson Does not appear MainAlexa Havins Esther Drummond Does not appear MainBill Pullman Oswald Danes Does not appear MainUnlike its parent programme Torchwood centres on a team instead of a single character with companions The show initially depicts a small team of alien hunters known as Torchwood Three based in Cardiff The team is made up of five operatives led by Captain Jack Harkness John Barrowman formerly a time traveling Time Agent and con man from the distant future who has lived on Earth as an immortal since the 19th century Gwen Cooper Eve Myles the female lead joins the team in the first episode she is originally an audience surrogate but later grows into a more morally complicated character The original cast is filled out by Torchwood medical officer Owen Harper Burn Gorman computer specialist Toshiko Sato Naoko Mori and general factotum cum administrator Ianto Jones Gareth David Lloyd Toshiko and Owen are killed off in the second series finale as is Ianto in the show s third series Recurring characters are Rhys Williams Kai Owen Gwen s live in boyfriend and later husband and Andy Davidson Tom Price Gwen s former police partner Kai Owen becomes a main cast member in the programme beginning with the third series his character is initially unaware of Gwen s activities with Torchwood but later becomes her close confidant and the team s ally Price appears in all four series Prior to the programme s debut publicity materials featured Indira Varma as Suzie Costello among the regular cast members giving the impression that she would appear throughout the series However Suzie was killed off at the end of the first episode with Gwen taking her place on the team 64 Suzie reappearing only once more as an antagonist In the first two series Paul Kasey regularly appears under heavy prosthetics portraying as in Doctor Who a number of aliens on the series such as humanoid Weevils and Blowfishes Other recurring characters include Doctor Who s Martha Jones Freema Agyeman like Jack a former time traveller and now medical officer for the militaristic alien investigating organisation UNIT who crosses over into Torchwood for three episodes in series two 65 Additionally James Marsters portrays Captain John Hart Jack s villainous former lover and Time Agent partner 66 67 Others in the second series recurring in a minor capacity include a mysteriously age immune little girl Skye Bennett and Victorian era Torchwood member Alice Guppy Amy Manson The second series also introduces Gwen s parents Geraint William Thomas and Mary Cooper Sharon Morgan who later reappear in the show s fourth series Children of Earth featured a largely new supporting cast for the duration of the five episode serial such as Permanent Secretary John Frobisher Peter Capaldi Clem McDonald Paul Copley Frobisher s personal assistant Bridget Spears Susan Brown Prime Minister Brian Green Nicholas Farrell ruthless operative Agent Johnson Liz May Brice Jack s middle aged daughter Alice Lucy Cohu her son Steven Bear McCausland and Ianto s sister Rhiannon Katy Wix Cush Jumbo was cast as Frobisher s personal assistant Lois Habiba Habiba was written into the story after Agyeman was unavailable to return to portray Martha 68 The fourth series Miracle Day features an expanded cast of eight 69 Barrowman Myles and Owen all return to the series New to the Torchwood team are CIA agents Rex Matheson Mekhi Phifer 70 71 and Esther Drummond Alexa Havins 72 and surgeon Vera Juarez Arlene Tur 73 American film star Bill Pullman joins as Oswald Danes a highly intelligent child murderer 74 75 76 and Lauren Ambrose plays Jilly Kitzinger a ruthless PR woman who takes on Danes as a client 77 Tur s character is killed off in the fifth episode whilst Pullman and Havins last until episode ten Recurring characters include CIA directors Brian Friedkin Wayne Knight and Allen Shapiro John de Lancie San Pedro camp manager Colin Maloney Marc Vann Esther s sister Sarah Drummond Candace Brown and CIA watch analysts Charlotte Willis Marina Benedict and Noah Vickers Paul James Nana Visitor plays Olivia Colasanto who directs the team toward their real enemies Frances Fisher and Teddy Sears portray recurring villains Episodes editMain article List of Torchwood episodes SeriesEpisodesOriginally airedFirst airedLast airedNetwork11322 October 2006 2006 10 22 1 January 2007 2007 01 01 BBC Three21316 January 2008 2008 01 16 4 April 2008 2008 04 04 BBC Two3 Children of Earth56 July 2009 2009 07 06 10 July 2009 2009 07 10 BBC One4 Miracle Day108 July 2011 2011 07 08 c 9 September 2011 2011 09 09 c Starz BBC One The premiere episode Everything Changes was written by Russell T Davies and introduces the main characters and roles within the series using newcomer Gwen as the audience surrogate in a similar style to the introduction of the companion characters in Doctor Who The second episode titled Day One aired immediately after the first It continues Gwen s neophyte role and includes a sex monster science fiction storyline 78 The first 13 episode series ended with a two parter on 1 January 2007 The first part entitled Captain Jack Harkness is a love story set in wartime Britain with a subplot which pushes the setting toward an apocalypse for the finale End of Days It deals with the ramifications of diseases and persons from throughout history falling through time and across the universe to arrive in present day Cardiff The episode also sets up Jack s return in the Doctor Who episode Utopia 2008 s second 13 episode series of Torchwood begins with Jack s return from the previous Doctor Who episode Last of the Time Lords with the series premiere Kiss Kiss Bang Bang The series introduces Jack s ex partner Captain John Hart in its premiere reveals flashbacks to Jack s childhood in Adam and shows how each member joined Torchwood in the penultimate episode Fragments A three episode arc Reset Dead Man Walking and A Day in the Death in the middle of the series guest stars Doctor Who actress Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones temporarily drafted into Torchwood The arc focuses on the death and partial resurrection of main character Owen Harper and how he copes as a dead man The second series finale Exit Wounds features the departures of main characters Owen and Tosh whose deaths at the hands of Jack s long lost brother Gray reduced the cast to Barrowman Myles and David Lloyd in its closing scenes The Torchwood Three team made a crossover appearance in the series four finale of Doctor Who The Stolen Earth Journey s End which featured Jack Harkness leaving the Doctor at the close of the story accompanied by Martha Jones and Mickey Smith Noel Clarke Series three is only five episodes long and was broadcast over consecutive nights as a single story Children of Earth 2009 The series focuses on the consequences of appeasement policy having been given 12 children as a tribute in 1965 aliens called the 4 5 6 arrive in the present demanding a greater share of the Earth s child population For the first time in the series the majority of the action takes place outside Wales Torchwood s base of operations is destroyed in the premiere and the remainder of the Torchwood team have relocated to London Kai Owen is promoted to a regular cast member while a new cast of political figures are introduced alongside family members of main characters Jack and Ianto Nicholas Farrell plays Prime Minister Brian Green whose intent is to give in rather than fight the 4 5 6 leaving Torchwood to stand against the government and the aliens David Lloyd departs the cast when Ianto is killed by the aliens in episode four leaving Jack distraught In the series closing scenes with Gwen pregnant and Jack abandoning Earth Torchwood effectively disbands Series four Torchwood Miracle Day 2011 comprising ten episodes sees Torchwood having been reduced to the status of legend following Children of Earth The narrative follows two CIA agents Mekhi Phifer and Alexa Havins who discover Torchwood on the same day death ceases to occur due to an event known as Miracle Day The agents join Gwen and Jack as they seek to restore death to the world While primarily a conspiracy thriller the series also examines the depths humanity can sink to under pressure Actress Arlene Tur portrays a surgeon who challenges the failing medical system and shifting government legislation The characters of Oswald Danes Bill Pullman and Jilly Kitzinger Lauren Ambrose are used to highlight the precariousness of fame and the amorality of the media The late 2000s global recession is implicated as another element of the Miracle Day conspiracy Though largely set in the US Wales remains a key setting The origins of the Miracle Day conspiracy are revealed in a 1920s flashback in Immortal Sins as the worldwide scale of the story takes the protagonists to Shanghai and Buenos Aires in the finale The Blood Line In the epilogue Gwen questions Jack whether he will stay to reform Torchwood he does not provide an answer Setting edit With Doctor Who we often had to pretend that bits of Cardiff were London or Utah or the planet Zog Whereas this series is going to be honest to God Cardiff We will happily walk past the Millennium Centre and say Look there s the Millennium Centre Russell T Davies 79 The first two series of Torchwood were both filmed and set in Cardiff The makers of Torchwood deliberately portray Cardiff as a modern urban centre contrasting with past stereotypical portrayals of Wales There s not a male voice choir or a miner in sight said BBC Wales Controller Menna Richards 80 Conservative MP Michael Gove described the debut of Torchwood as the moment confirming Wales move from overlooked celtic cousin to underwired erotic coquette 81 82 Filming has also taken place outside of Cardiff including in Merthyr Tydfil 83 nbsp The Hub connects Roald Dahl Plass and is underneath the Mermaid Quay shopping complex The team s headquarters during the first two series referred to as the Hub was beneath Roald Dahl Plass in Cardiff Bay formerly known as the Oval Basin This is where the TARDIS landed in the Doctor Who episodes Boom Town and Utopia to refuel and is the location of the spacetime rift first seen in The Unquiet Dead The Hub itself was around three storeys high with a large column running through the middle that was an extension of the fountain above at its base lay the rift machine The Hub had two means of access a lift that rose to the plass next to the fountain camouflaged by a perception filter and a more mundane entrance hidden in a tourism office Production crew were keen to use everything Wales had to offer in filming the series for example the military base scenes in Sleeper and the booby trapped abandoned warehouse scenes in Fragments were filmed at RAF Caerwent near Chepstow 84 The third series opened in the traditional setting but in the first episode the Hub was destroyed the show adapted to a conventional London setting with many scenes filmed and set at real life British intelligence agency headquarters Thames House For the show s fourth series the programme was largely filmed and set in the United States but parts were filmed in Wales and other locations 34 Themes editTorchwood explores various themes in its narrative including issues around existentialism the nature of human life and the absence of a traditional afterlife and the corrupting nature of power 11 The program is also notable in its portrayal of LGBT characters and the degree to which its various characters are sexually fluid through those characters the series examines homosexual and bisexual relationships 85 Spin offs editCompanion programme edit Torchwood Declassified is a making of programme similar to Doctor Who Confidential Each Declassified episode runs under ten minutes in contrast to Confidential s 45 formerly 30 86 Torchwood Declassified aired on BBC Three series 1 and BBC Two series 2 and was also available online through the BBC s iPlayer and dedicated Torchwood site Installments were produced for each episode of the first two series with a single installment produced for the Children of Earth DVD release Companion magazine edit In 2007 Titan Magazines launched Torchwood Magazine 87 which was released on 24 January 2008 in the United Kingdom The United States version was launched in February 2008 The Australia New Zealand version was launched in April 2008 The magazine emulated Doctor Who Magazine in combining behind the scenes features with original story content in the form of a serialised comic strip and short stories as the magazine s run progressed the original fiction became more predominant The magazine was discontinued in early 2011 after two dozen issues 88 Titan published six issues of a monthly Torchwood comic book in 2009 for North American markets the comic consisted of reprints of the magazine s comic strips and short stories and was cancelled in the wake of the parent publication folding 89 Following the cancellation of Torchwood Magazine Doctor Who Magazine and its US counterpart Doctor Who Insider ran articles on the series 90 Electronic literature webcasts web series edit Torchwood has a heavy online presence 91 At the Edinburgh International Television Festival BBC Director of Television Jana Bennett originally promised that the series online tie ins were to include the ability to explore the Hub an imaginary desktop weekly 10 minute behind the scenes vodcasts You can join the corporation of Torchwood and be one of its employees said Bennett 92 The Adobe Flash based interactive website including the Hub Tour debuted on 12 October 2006 93 Due to digital media rights restrictions most video content on the BBC Three websites is only accessible to users within the UK Torchwood s many tie in websites amount to an alternate reality game the show s online presence was an example of electronic literature On the first website for series 1 the alternate reality game was mostly composed of weekly updates to the site in the form of fictional intercepted blogs newspaper cutouts and confidential letters and IM conversations between members of the Torchwood Three crew Convergence the International Journal of Research into New Media commented on Doctor Who and Torchwood s foray into convergence culture as an achievement on an unprecedented scale with the BBC currently using the series to trial a plethora of new technologies including mini episodes on mobile phones podcast commentaries interactive red button adventures video blogs companion programming and fake metatextual websites 94 For the second series in 2008 a second interactive Torchwood online game was devised scripted by series writer Phil Ford 95 this more heavily featured the actors of the series particularly Gareth David Lloyd and Siwan Morris was cast as a pirate radio jockey investigating Torchwood During the fourth series of the revival of Doctor Who a crossover webcast production called Captain Jack s Monster Files was launched featuring Barrowman in character as Jack hosting a series of shorts profiling various monsters and aliens featured on Doctor Who These segments posted to the BBC s official Doctor Who website included specially shot footage of Jack in the Hub After Series 4 the segments were produced less frequently with the last featuring Jack released in December 2009 taking the form of Jack narrating a mini episode featuring the Weeping Angels entitled A Ghost Story for Christmas Subsequent Monster Files webcasts released since 2010 have been hosted by Doctor Who co star Alex Kingston as her character River Song As with most other online video content from the BBC Captain Jack s Monster Files are not viewable outside the UK and to date 2011 have never been included on a DVD or Blu ray release of either Doctor Who or Torchwood 96 The Torchwood Archives by Gary Russell collects much of this online literature for the first two series in hardback form including the Captain s Blog section of the BBC America Torchwood website 97 To promote its rebroadcasts of Torchwood the UK digital channel Watch has twice commissioned the creative team of the Torchwood Magazine comic strip to produce brief online exclusive comic strip stories for the Watch website The first of these The Return of the Vostok was uploaded in February 2009 with a follow up Ma and Par appearing in February 2010 98 Tying in with the launch of Torchwood Miracle Day Starz produced a 2011 Torchwood webseries entitled Torchwood Web of Lies which starred American actress Eliza Dushku 99 Radio plays edit Set between the end of Series Two and the beginning of Series Three the BBC aired four Torchwood radio dramas featuring the cast of the series As a tie in with Radio 4 s CERN themed day on 10 September 2008 a CERN themed radio episode of Torchwood written by Joseph Lidster entitled Lost Souls aired as the day s Afternoon Play 100 This was the first Torchwood drama not to feature Burn Gorman and Naoko Mori 101 Three further episodes were broadcast on 1 3 July 2009 Asylum 102 Golden Age 103 and The Dead Line 104 105 106 In May 2011 the BBC Radio Drama newsletter announced that a further three Torchwood radio plays had entered production 107 The new plays titled Torchwood The Lost Files Part 1 The Devil and Miss Carew Part 2 Submission amp Part 3 The House of the Dead were broadcast on 11 12 amp 13 July 2011 in the Afternoon Play slot at 14 15 BST and were available to listen to in the iPlayer for one week after the broadcast By 2019 the BBC made radio dramas available on demand for one month to one year about 25 radio plays were usually available including 29 Nov 2019 these three Torchwood episodes 108 While The Devil and Miss Carew amp Submission were set before Children of Earth with Gareth David Lloyd reprising the role of Ianto The House of the Dead on the other hand was set an unspecified time after Children of Earth and saw the return of Ianto this time as a ghost 109 In January 2015 Barrowman announced that Torchwood would return for the first time since Miracle Day in the form of several BBC radio plays One will feature the original Torchwood team from Series 1 2 including Barrowman the others will be character based 39 Novels and audiobooks edit Main article List of Torchwood novels and audio books Accompanying the main series of Torchwood are a series of novels The books are published in paperback sized hardcover format the same format BBC Books uses for its New Series Adventures line for Doctor Who 110 111 The first three novels were later released abridged as audiobooks along with other audiobook that have not been novels To date all of the core cast members from the first two series have narrated at least one abridged or audio exclusive reading 112 113 114 115 116 117 Big Finish edit Main article Torchwood Big Finish series On 3 May 2015 it was announced that Big Finish Productions would produce a series of six Torchwood audio adventures starring John Barrowman as Jack The new series of audio dramas will each focus on different members of the Torchwood team exploring the impact that a mysterious event has on them taking place at various times in and around the TV episodes Starting off the range was John Barrowman who stars in The Conspiracy by David Llewellyn which was released September 2015 118 Big Finish later released shows billed as a continuation of Torchwood or series five 119 featuring a regular cast of nine Barrowman Myles Owen and Price returned to voice their characters New to the series were civil servant St John Colchester Paul Clayton Ng Alexandria Riley news reporter Tyler Steele Jonny Green shapeshifting alien Orr Samantha Beart and a parallel universe version of Yvonne Hartman Tracy Ann Oberman Original soundtrack edit Main article Torchwood Original Television Soundtrack See also Torchwood Children of Earth soundtrack On 22 September 2008 Silva Screen Records released a compilation of music featured in the show s first and second series The disc features 32 tracks composed by Ben Foster and Murray Gold 120 A second compilation disc was released on 17 July 2009 featuring 40 tracks from the show s third series Children of Earth 121 Programme information editCritical reception edit As a spin off of long running British cultural artefact Doctor Who Torchwood s launch into British popular culture has received many positive and negative reviews commentary and parody following the hype of its inception especially regarding its status as an adult Doctor Who spin off as well as its characterisation and portrayal of sex Reviews for the first series were largely negative with sites such as Behind the Sofa giving many more negative reviews than positive ones Reviews of the second series were more positive The third series which took the form of a five part story arc with the blanket title of Children of Earth received a number of positive reviews Critics described it separately as a powerful human drama 122 Best Torchwood Ever 123 and against all expectations a work of Proper Drama 124 Conversely The Daily Mirror gave the mini series a negative review describing it as the modern day Blake s 7 ludicrous plot hammy acting an adolescent penchant for Issues 125 Metacritic an American review aggregator website gives Torchwood series one a rating of 73 out of 100 indicating generally favourable reviews 126 The show s second series rates above the first scoring an aggregated 80 out of 100 127 The third series rated higher at 81 indicating universal acclaim Its highest scores were a 100 from TV Guide and a 91 from TIME the lowest was a 60 from The New York Times 128 The fourth series had an average rating of 70 based on 24 critics 129 The death of character Ianto Jones in Children of Earth triggered protests from fans of the show among them the Save Ianto Jones campaign which collected more than 10 000 for the British Children in Need annual charity event 130 Other fans resorted to abuse and threats causing writer James Moran to fire off an angry missive in a blog post 131 Showrunner Russell T Davies made no apologies for the decision to kill off the character saying I m just delighted that the fans are so wrapped in the character to have that reaction 132 The plot point attracted more controversy from some commentators additionally because it depicted the death of a main character involved in a same sex relationship This led several writers to analyse the death in view of the character s earlier refusal to admit to his relationship with a man and claimed that the death was a sign that the LGBT community was leaving behind its image of victimhood 133 Positive and negative attention has been given to the portrayal of same sex relationships in Torchwood Maria Boyd of the University of Texas at Austin published her paper at a conference Gay Sex and Aliens How the Press frames Russell T Davies Torchwood She argues through a discourse analysis of 109 reviews of the Series 1 and Series 2 premiere episodes how TV critics are more concerned with the depictions of bisexuality among the principal characters on Torchwood Furthermore she argues that the show s reviews highlight the same sex interactions depicted on the show utilising sensationalist assimilationist or condemnatory language and that the hegemonic heterosexist language used by TV critics covering Torchwood has framed the program in such a way that it limits audience s ability to make meaning of the text themselves 134 In other works edit Although fewer in number than Doctor Who spoofs there have been a number of parodies of Torchwood in various media Verity Stob a technology columnist for online newspaper The Register wrote a parody of Torchwood called Under Torch Wood The piece is in the style of Under Milk Wood a Dylan Thomas radio play The piece comments on the level of swearing present in Torchwood and the role of Rhys Williams whom the piece describes as Barry Backstory 135 In its third series the Doctor Who parody Nebulous also began to parody Torchwood with references to baby dinosaurs falling through a hole in time and the sheer amount of paranormal activity in the Cardiff area alone starting to threaten the Earth s plausibility shield 136 Satirical impressionist television series Dead Ringers also parodied Torchwood with Jon Culshaw playing Captain Jack and Jan Ravens as Gwen Cooper The sketches parodied the level of sex in Torchwood claiming we never deal with an alien unless at least one of the team has shagged it and describing the lack of motivations of the characters It also parodies the bisexuality of the characters and the melodramatic personality of Jack who in the sketch walks extremely dramatically swinging his coat about himself 137 138 Barrowman is described as a pound shop Tom Cruise and reference is made to the perceived low budget of the show with Owen describing the Torchwood equipment as an Apple Mac with stickers on the case 139 Later spoofs in the final episode of the 2007 series of Dead Ringers featured Jack Harkness in a threesome with two Attack of the Cybermen era Cybermen and an elderly version called Driftwood which claims to be separate from the Post Office beyond the bingo hall and outside the Oxfam a parody of Torchwood s opening narration It also featured Albert Steptoe of Steptoe and Son as the leader of the team claiming a terrible event in my past means that I can t die It s called UK Gold and parodied its use of amnesia pills unnecessary for this team due to the onset of senile amnesia citation needed Ratings edit The first episodes of Torchwood on BBC Three gave the channel its highest ever ratings and the highest ratings of any digital only non sports channel at the time with 2 519 million viewers though this has since been surpassed by Bionic Woman on ITV2 which gained 2 553 million in March 2008 140 The audience share was 12 7 increasing to 13 8 for the second episode shown immediately after the first episode on the same day despite viewership dropping to 2 498 million 141 Ratings for later episodes dropped to around 1 1 to 1 2 million viewers during the first showing on BBC Three the lowest being 0 8 million for week ending 24 December 2006 but nevertheless the show remained the most viewed programme on BBC Three by a wide margin 142 Viewing figures for the repeat screenings on BBC Two later the same week were around 2 2 to 2 3 million dropping to under 1 1 and 1 8 respectively for the weeks ending 03 12 06 and 10 12 06 For its second series which began in January 2008 Torchwood was moved to the more established channel BBC Two Again initial ratings were respectable and the first episode garnered 4 22 million viewers However the series again began to decline and had lost a million viewers by its fourth episode It dropped to a low of 2 52 million viewers towards the end of its run 140 even after the BBC had moved it from its usual Wednesday night slot where it was being consistently beaten by ITV s programming and Channel 4 s number one series Grand Designs to Friday nights The second series had an overall average rating of 3 26 million viewers on BBC Two Torchwood s five part third series entitled Children of Earth premiered on BBC One in July 2009 with an estimated 5 9 million viewers according to overnight figures 143 Ratings for the second episode dropped to 5 58m 144 but rose to a high of 6 24m for the fourth episode 145 According to the overnight figures the mini series garnered an average rating of 5 88 million viewers 146 According to official figures published by Broadcasters Audience Research Board BARB all five episodes of the mini series garnered more than 6 million viewers with the fourth episode gaining the largest audience 146 The first episode of series four Miracle Day attracted a consolidated audience of 6 59 million which was slightly higher than the figure for the opening episode of the previous series as well as an AI rating of 85 out of 100 considered excellent 147 However viewing figures steadily declined as the series continued dropping to a low of 4 48 for the seventh episode though figures picked up slightly with 4 85 million viewers for the final episode 148 Awards edit Award nominations for Torchwood Award Year Category Nominee s Episode Result Ref Airlock Alpha Portal Awards 2010 Best Actress Television Eve Myles Won 149 Best Actor Television John Barrowman NominatedBest Series Television Torchwood NominatedBest Episode Television Torchwood Children of Earth NominatedASTRA Awards 2012 Favourite Program International Drama Torchwood Miracle Day Nominated 150 BAFTA Cymru Awards 2007 Best Drama Series Serial Richard Stokes Everything Changes Won 151 Best Actress Eve Myles WonBest Director of Photography Drama Mark Waters WonBest Design Edward Thomas WonBest Actor John Barrowman NominatedBest Sound Team Torchwood NominatedBest Make Up Marie Doris They Keep Killing Suzie NominatedBest Original Music Soundtrack Murray Gold Out of Time Nominated2008 Best Costume Ray Holman Captain Jack Harkness Won 152 Best Drama Series Serial Richard Stokes End of Days NominatedBest Actress Eve Myles NominatedBest Original Music Soundtrack Ben Foster Nominated2009 Best Costume Ray Holman From Out of the Rain Nominated 153 Best Design Edward Thomas Adrift Nominated2010 Best Drama Series Serial Peter Bennett Children of Earth Day One Won 154 Best Editor Will Oswald WonBest Actress Eve Myles NominatedBest Screenwriter Russell T Davies NominatedBest Original Music Soundtrack Ben Foster NominatedBest Sound Howard Eaves Julian Howarth Tim Ricketts Doug Sinclair NominatedBest Costume Ray Holman NominatedCeltic Media Festival Awards 2010 Best Drama Series Torchwood Children of Earth Won 155 Constellation Awards 2008 Outstanding Canadian Contribution to Science Fiction Film or Television in 2007 Torchwood Nominated 156 Best Female Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television Episode Naoko Mori Greeks Bearing Gifts Nominated2010 Best Male Performance in a 2009 Science Fiction Television Episode Gareth David Lloyd Children of Earth Day Four NominatedGLAAD Media Awards 2009 Outstanding Drama Series Torchwood Nominated 157 2010 Outstanding TV Movie or Limited Series Torchwood Children of Earth Nominated 158 2012 Outstanding Drama Series Torchwood Miracle Day Nominated 159 Hugo Awards 2008 Best Dramatic Presentation Short Form Catherine Tregenna Captain Jack Harkness Nominated 160 National Television Awards 2012 Outstanding Drama Performance Male John Barrowman Nominated 161 Outstanding Drama Performance Female Eve Myles NominatedMost Popular Drama Torchwood LonglistedNewNowNext Awards 2008 Best Kiss Jack John Barrowman and Ianto Gareth David Lloyd Won 162 Satellite Awards 2011 Best Television Series Genre Torchwood Nominated 163 Best Actress in a Series Drama Eve Myles NominatedSaturn Awards 2008 Best International Series Torchwood Nominated 164 2009 Best Television DVD Release Torchwood Series 2 Nominated2010 Best Television Presentation Torchwood Children of Earth Won 165 Best Television DVD Release Nominated2012 Best Television Presentation Torchwood Miracle Day Nominated 166 Best Actress on Television Eve Myles NominatedBest Supporting Actor on Television Bill Pullman NominatedBest Supporting Actress on Television Lauren Ambrose NominatedSFX Awards 2007 Best TV Actress Eve Myles Nominated2008 Best TV Show Torchwood NominatedBest TV Actor John Barrowman NominatedBest TV Actress Eve Myles Nominated2010 Won 167 Cult Hero Gareth David Lloyd WonBest Death Scene Ianto is killed by the 456 WonBest Plot Twist Captain Jack sacrifices his grandson WonBest TV Actor Peter Capaldi NominatedBest TV Show Torchwood NominatedBest TV Episode Children of Earth Day Five Nominated2012 Best TV Actress Eve Myles Nominated 168 Biggest Disappointment Jack s arse being censored in UK Torchwood NominatedTCA Awards 2010 Outstanding Achievement in Movies Miniseries and Specials Torchwood Children of Earth Nominated 169 Home media editThe complete first series has been released on Region 2 DVD in the UK 170 A North American Region 1 release occurred 22 January 2008 171 following the broadcast of Series 1 on BBC America in the United States and the CBC in Canada Series One Part One 172 Two 173 and Three 174 have been released in Australia Region 4 The complete series 1 sets released in the UK and US also include the episodes of the behind the scenes series Torchwood Declassified 170 175 The Complete Second Series was released on 30 June 2008 Region 2 176 along with the Complete First series on Blu ray 177 and HD DVD 178 Series One 179 Two 180 Three 181 and Four 182 episodes are currently available for download through iTunes Amazon and Netflix DVD edit DVD release name UK release date region 2 North American release date region 1 Australian release date region 4 New Zealand release date region 4 Series One Part One episodes 1 5 26 December 2006 183 Complete episodes 1 13 22 January 2008 170 Part One episodes 1 5 31 July 2007 172 Complete episodes 1 13 11 September 2008 184 Part Two episodes 6 9 26 February 2007 185 Part Two episodes 6 9 6 September 2007 173 Part Three episodes 10 13 26 March 2007 170 Part Three Episodes 10 13 2 October 2007 174 Complete episodes 1 13 19 November 2007 175 Complete episodes 1 13 6 February 2008 186 Series Two Complete episodes 1 13 30 June 2008 176 Complete episodes 1 13 16 September 2008 187 Complete episodes 1 13 2 October 2008 188 Complete Episodes 1 13 15 January 2009 189 Complete Series One amp Two Complete episodes 1 26 10 November 2008 190 N A N A N AChildren of Earth series 3 Complete episodes 1 5 13 July 2009 191 Complete episodes 1 5 28 July 2009 192 Complete episodes 1 5 1 October 2009 193 Complete episodes 1 5 17 March 2010 194 The Complete Series 1 3 Complete Series episodes 1 31 26 October 2009 195 Complete Series episodes 1 31 19 July 2011 196 Complete Series episodes 1 31 5 August 2010 197 Complete Series episodes 1 31 1 September 2010 198 Torchwood Miracle Day series 4 Complete episodes 1 10 14 November 2011 199 Complete episodes 1 10 3 April 2012 200 Complete episodes 1 10 1 December 2011 201 Complete episodes 1 10 7 December 2011 202 The Complete Series 1 4 Complete Series episodes 1 41 14 November 2011 203 N A N A N AHD DVD edit HD DVD release name UK release date region free The Complete First Series 30 June 2008 178 Blu ray edit Blu ray release name UK release date region B North American release date region A Australian release Date region B New Zealand release Date region B The Complete First Series 30 June 2008 204 Region free 16 September 2008 205 1 October 2009 206 1 October 2009 207 The Complete Second Series 22 June 2009 208 Region free 7 July 2009 209 1 October 2009 210 17 March 2010 211 Children of Earth 13 July 2009 212 Region free 28 July 2009 213 1 October 2009 214 17 March 2010 215 The Complete Series 1 3 26 October 2009 216 Region free 19 July 2011 217 4 November 2010 218 Miracle Day 14 November 2011 219 Region free 3 April 2012 220 1 December 2011 221 7 December 2011 222 The Complete Series 1 4 14 November 2011 223 Region freeBroadcast editAustralia edit In Australia after the ABC 224 and SBS passed on the series Network Ten acquired the rights to air it 225 After its premiere on 18 June 2007 a reviewer for The Sydney Morning Herald s The Guide said The appeal of Torchwood is not so much that it s gloriously implausible sci fi pulp but that it knows it s gloriously implausible sci fi pulp 226 Ten s press release cites rival programming in their decision to move the show to a Wednesday 12 am timeslot halfway through the series 227 Torchwood now airs on UKTV in Australia 228 Series 1 was played on Imparja but as of 3 February 2008 the station is no longer affiliated with Ten and will not screen more 229 Series 2 of Torchwood aired on Ten HD from 1 September 2008 On 19 June 2009 ABC2 began broadcasting series 1 2 and 3 on Fridays at 8 30 pm When series 2 started broadcasting on 18 September 2009 ABC2 started broadcasting Torchwood Declassified after each episode ABC2 began airing Children of Earth on 8 January 2010 weekly and it was earlier fasttracked by UKTV Miracle Day was fast tracked by UKTV for July 2011 following the global premiere on Starz 230 New Zealand edit The first series began screening on TV2 231 in New Zealand on Wednesday 9 July 2008 starting with series 1 and running straight through to the fourth episode Meat in the second series Series 2 continued airing on 11 February 2009 and series 3 premiered on 10 February 2010 Repeat screenings of the first two series began on 16 March 2010 after the conclusion of Children of Earth during the previous week On 13 August 2010 Children of Earth began repeated transmission after the conclusion of the second series on 6 August 2010 Repeats also aired on BBC UKTV citation needed Europe edit In France the first series began airing on 12 October 2007 on NRJ 12 232 and since 13 January 2009 on Syfy 233 The second series began on 5 September 2008 on NRJ 12 234 and the third series began on 17 November 2009 also on NRJ 12 235 In Germany RTL 2 broadcast series 1 to 4 236 237 238 239 The first series started airing on 28 June 2010 on Icelandic network Stod 2 240 In Italy the first series started airing on 3 September 2007 on Jimmy 241 242 in 2011 12 Rai4 started to broadcast the whole show around 07 00 pm starting with series 1 and then broadcasting Series 4 on primetime 243 244 Portuguese network SIC Radical started transmitting the first series in January 2009 245 Subsequently the complete series was picked up by AXN Black 246 and the Portuguese Syfy channel 247 The first series premiered on 24 June 2007 and the second series 6 July 2007 on Swedish network TV4 248 Serbia aired the first and second series on the network RTS from 19 August 2009 249 RTS began showing the third series from 25 March 2010 242 Bulgaria aired first second and third series on the AXN Sci fi channel 250 In Poland BBC Entertainment broadcast series 1 premiere 16 September 2008 2 3 and 4 premiere 28 October 2012 in censored version 251 252 253 North America edit The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation helped to finance the first two series as they had the revived production of Doctor Who in 2005 On 2 April 2007 BBC America had acquired the rights to broadcast the series in the United States 254 The series started on 8 September 2007 255 the initial broadcast of the series was tied into a radical makeover of the channel that was to occur later in 2007 254 The second series started on BBC America 26 January 2008 256 and the third on 20 July 2009 25 Torchwood has become one of the higher rated programmes for BBC America with its first series premiere in September 2007 attracting an audience of almost half a million viewers 257 HDNet acquired the US high definition rights for the first 26 episodes series 1 and 2 and began airing series 1 episodes on Monday evenings starting 17 September 2007 258 On 11 February 2008 HDNet began showing series 2 episodes 259 The Canadian network CBC was a co producer of series 1 260 and premiered in October 2007 261 262 The show airs for French speaking Canadian audiences on Ztele 263 Series 2 began airing on Space on 8 August 2008 264 265 and series 3 was aired on Space over five consecutive nights in 20 24 July 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