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Torchwood

Sun, Oct 22, 2006
  • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
  • Action & Adventure
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Synopsis

The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.

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Cast

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  • John Barrowman
    John Barrowman
    as Jack Harkness
  • Eve Myles
    Eve Myles
    as Gwen Cooper
  • Alexa Havins
    Alexa Havins
    as Esther Drummond
  • Mekhi Phifer
    Mekhi Phifer
    as Rex Matheson
  • Bill Pullman
    Bill Pullman
    as Oswald Danes
  • Kai Owen
    Kai Owen
    as Rhys Williams
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Episodes

4 seasons · 41 episodes

Ended · 41 aired
Season 1
13 episodes · 13 aired
▾
  • E1
    Everything Changes
    Aired · Sun, Oct 22, 2006 · 50m

    PC Gwen Cooper is at the scene of a brutal murder, when the "special ops," known only as Torchwood, arrive. After witnessing the group bring the dead man back to life, Gwen goes in pursuit of this mysterious organization, only to see weirder things than she could ever imagine existed. Soon after, she begins to regret giving in to her curiosity, when she meets Captain Jack Harkness.

  • E2
    Day One
    Aired · Sun, Oct 22, 2006 · 50m

    It's Gwen's first day on the job, and it's not going very well. After accidentally releasing a mysterious gas from a comet that landed, a new type of alien is let loose on the streets - an alien that's addicted to sex. Torchwood must find the inhabited body, and prevent any more deaths from this violent form of sex.

  • E3
    Ghost Machine
    Aired · Sun, Oct 29, 2006 · 50m

    While chasing a man, Gwen retrieves an unusual machine that allows the user to see back into the past. When she inadvertently uses the machine, she is haunted by a vision of a lonely young boy during World War II Britain. Considering the machine dangerous, no members of Torchwood are permitted to use it. But Owen has other plans, and witnesses a violent murder that took place over forty years ago. Using the information he gathered, Owen starts to track down the still-living murderer.

  • E4
    Cyberwoman
    Aired · Sun, Nov 5, 2006 · 50m

    Ianto Jones has been hiding a very big secret at Torchwood - his half-converted girlfriend from the Canary Wharf Battle - down in the basement. He is quick to hire a Japanese doctor who believes he can "cure" her. But things soon go wrong, and the Cyberwoman's destructive powers are released to the whole of Torchwood. Upgrading is compulsory.

  • E5
    Small Worlds
    Aired · Sun, Nov 12, 2006 · 45m

    A withdrawn child has her suppressed anger taken advantage of by fairies at the bottom of her garden. Jack catches up with a very old friend who is investigating fairy sightings in the local wood. After having visited her, Torchwood is informed of a man's mysterious death in a prison cell, and Tosh uncovers a series of localized, extreme weather patterns. Nobody at the organization is sure of these events, or how they may be connected. Except for Jack, who has witnessed the creatures causing this, almost a century ago.

  • E6
    Countrycide
    Aired · Sun, Nov 19, 2006 · 50m

    Concerned that the Rift is spreading, the Torchwood team investigates a series of gruesome deaths located in a small isolated village in the Brecon Beacons. What sort of creature could cause such shocking injuries? Stranded without communications or equipment, and separated from one another, the team confronts a terrifying enemy.

  • E7
    Greeks Bearing Gifts
    Aired · Sun, Nov 26, 2006 · 50m

    After meeting an usual woman named Mary at a bar, Toshiko is given a strange alien pendant. She is upset, yet amazed by what she now has - the ability to read people's thoughts. As the rest of the team puzzle over a centuries-old skeleton, Tosh discovers that her newfound ability is as much of a curse as it is it a blessing, and begins to question her commitment to Torchwood.

  • E8
    They Keep Killing Suzie
    Aired · Sun, Dec 3, 2006 · 55m

    Torchwood is linked to a series of brutal murders around the city. As Jack and the team investigate, it becomes clear somebody wants their attention. What is Pilgrim — and how is it connected to a figure from Torchwood's past? The resurrection days are far from over. They have no choice but to bring back Suzie.

  • E9
    Random Shoes
    Aired · Sun, Dec 10, 2006 · 50m

    Known to the team as being obsessed with alien life, Eugene Jones wakes up in the middle of a road and discovers that he has been the victim of a fatal hit-and-run incident. As Gwen investigates the suspicious circumstances around his fatality, Eugene recalls events leading up to his death, involving a mysterious alien eye.

  • E10
    Out of Time
    Aired · Sun, Dec 17, 2006 · 50m

    Three passengers from 1953 arrive in modern day Cardiff when their plane unintentionally flies through the Rift. With no means of traveling back, each person must adapt to their new life in the present. However, there are painful consequences for all concerned when the displaced passengers start personal relationships with members of the Torchwood team.

  • E11
    Combat
    Aired · Sun, Dec 24, 2006 · 50m

    Weevils are being kidnapped from the streets of Cardiff, and Torchwood want to know why. Still struggling with the end of his relationship with Diane Holmes, Owen is sent undercover to find out who's behind the kidnappings and soon befriends the charismatic Mark Lynch. Beneath the veneer of city life, Owen discovers a shocking subculture: can he avoid being sucked in?

  • E12
    Captain Jack Harkness
    Aired · Mon, Jan 1, 2007 · 50m

    Investigating reports of ghostly music, Jack and Toshiko find themselves stranded in a packed dance hall — in 1941. As Gwen, Owen, and Ianto work to rescue their colleagues, Jack and Toshiko meet a handsome young American squadron leader by the name of Captain Jack Harkness.

  • E13
    End of Days
    Aired · Fri, Jan 5, 2007 · 50m

    The increasingly fractured Torchwood team are faced with fragments of their pasts and visions of their futures when the Rift begins splintering time all over the world. When the team's tensions reach boiling point, can Jack save the planet from certain disaster without the support of his team?

Season 2
13 episodes · 13 aired
▾
  • E1
    Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
    Aired · Wed, Jan 16, 2008 · 50m

    The team are conflicted when Jack Harkness returns after his unexpected departure, but won't reveal where he's been. So, when an old acquaintance of Jack's arrives in the city and starts wreaking havoc in his quest to find something hidden on Earth, the team struggle to work out whose side Jack is really on.

  • E2
    Sleeper
    Aired · Wed, Jan 23, 2008 · 50m

    When a burglary turns into a slaughter and only one woman is left unharmed, Torchwood begin to suspect alien involvement. However, when the investigation escalates into a city-wide assault, Jack realises the whole planet is in danger.

  • E3
    To the Last Man
    Aired · Wed, Jan 30, 2008 · 50m

    Toshiko falls for a handsome soldier, trapped out of his time, who unwittingly holds the key to saving the world. With an old hospital haunted by ghosts from 1918, a crisis foreseen by Torchwood 90 years ago is about to reach its climax. Time zones are colliding and with life and death decisions to be made, will Torchwood be able to stop an explosive end for Cardiff?

  • E4
    Meat
    Aired · Wed, Feb 6, 2008 · 50m

    When team investigates a mysterious alien meat supply that traces back to Rhys' haulage company, Gwen is forced to reveal the true nature of her work at Torchwood to a stunned and suspicious Rhys.

  • E5
    Adam
    Aired · Wed, Feb 13, 2008 · 50m

    When Adam, an alien with the power to change memories infiltrates the team, the entire dynamic of The Hub shifts. With Captain Jack caught up in memories of his lost family, Gwen struggling to remember Rhys, and Ianto convinced that he's a murderer... it costs the entire team dearly to rid themselves of Adam's influence.

  • E6
    Reset
    Aired · Wed, Feb 13, 2008 · 45m

    Captain Jack calls in Martha Jones, now working for UNIT, to assist the team in investigating a string of mysterious deaths. However, when the trail leads to a medical testing centre, The Pharm, Martha puts her life on the line to go undercover in the increasingly sinister pharmaceutical facility.

  • E7
    Dead Man Walking
    Aired · Wed, Feb 20, 2008 · 50m

    Deep in shock, the Torchwood team face their darkest hour. Attempting to put things right, Captain Jack unleashes a primal force that uses Torchwood as a conduit to wreak havoc across Earth.

  • E8
    A Day in the Death
    Aired · Wed, Feb 27, 2008 · 50m

    Benched from the team and feeling increasingly victim to his newfound circumstances, Dr. Owen Harper struggles to find his place in the world. Will the lonely girl on the rooftop help him, or will it be a mission to retrieve an alien device that is proving more lethal by the second?

  • E9
    Something Borrowed
    Aired · Wed, Mar 5, 2008 · 45m

    An alien shapeshifter leaves Gwen carrying more than she bargained for the night before her wedding.

  • E10
    From Out of the Rain
    Aired · Wed, Mar 12, 2008 · 45m

    When an old cinema re-opens, past horrors emerge to stalk the streets of Cardiff. As bodies are found caught between life and death, Torchwood must act fast. Who are the Night Travellers and how can Torchwood capture these mysterious killers?

  • E11
    Adrift
    Aired · Wed, Mar 19, 2008 · 50m

    When a local teenager disappears Gwen is drawn into an investigation that reveals a darker side of Torchwood. Hundreds of people have disappeared without trace, but why is Jack obstructing attempts to find them? The answer seems to lie in the rift, and as Gwen follows the trail she makes a shocking discovery.

  • E12
    Fragments
    Aired · Fri, Mar 21, 2008 · 50m

    A booby trapped building explodes and knocks the team unconscious. As their lives flash before their eyes, we learn how each of them was recruited to Torchwood – Captain Jack's initiation into a shocked Victorian Torchwood in 1899; Toshiko's daring mission to trade alien technology for her mother's life; how Ianto woo'd Jack with coffee and a flair for alien-catching and; the medical revelation that changed how Owen saw the world.

  • E13
    Exit Wounds
    Aired · Fri, Apr 4, 2008 · 50m

    Captain John returns to have his revenge. Taking Captain Jack prisoner, he sends him back in time for a long overdue reunion. Meanwhile, Cardiff is flooded with Weevils. Who is Captain John really working for?

Season 3
5 episodes · 5 aired
▾
  • E1
    Day One
    Aired · Mon, Jul 6, 2009 · 60m

    An ordinary day becomes a world of terror as every single child in the world stops. A message is sent to the governments of Earth: 'We are coming'. As a trap closes around Captain Jack, sins of the past return, as long-forgotten events from 1965 threaten to reveal an awful truth.

  • E2
    Day Two
    Aired · Tue, Jul 7, 2009 · 60m

    Torchwood are forced underground, as the government takes swift and brutal action. With members of the team being hunted down, only Lois holds the key to Torchwood's salvation - but she is helpless as her superiors make plans for the mysterious Floor 13.

  • E3
    Day Three
    Aired · Wed, Jul 8, 2009 · 60m

    The eyes of the world turn to Britain, as the 456 announce, 'We are here'. As a pillar of fire descends upon London, the members of Torchwood must battle to protect their own families, as the fight gets personal. But will Clem's memories destroy everything?

  • E4
    Day Four
    Aired · Thu, Jul 9, 2009 · 60m

    Torchwood finally learns the truth about the events of 1965. Britain is in danger of becoming a rogue state, and everything now pivots around John Frobisher, as the ambassador of the 456 destroys its old allegiances and reveals its true intent.

  • E5
    Day Five
    Aired · Fri, Jul 10, 2009 · 60m

    Torchwood is defenceless and Gwen Cooper stands alone as the final sanction begins. As violence erupts and the world descends into anarchy, an ordinary council estate becomes a battleground where the future of the human race will be decided.

Season 4
10 episodes · 10 aired
▾
  • E1
    The New World
    Aired · Sat, Jul 9, 2011 · 60m

    When death itself comes to a halt, the whole world faces its greatest danger yet. CIA agent Rex Matheson has only one clue: the word 'Torchwood'.

  • E2
    Rendition
    Aired · Sat, Jul 16, 2011 · 60m

    As the Torchwood team is reunited, Jack realises he is the most vulnerable man on Earth - and a flight to the USA turns into a desperate battle for survival.

  • E3
    Dead of Night
    Aired · Sat, Jul 23, 2011 · 60m

    Torchwood goes on the run, and finds a new enemy. But as they launch a raid on PhiCorp headquarters, Jack must confront the mysterious Oswald Danes.

  • E4
    Escape to L.A.
    Aired · Sat, Jul 30, 2011 · 60m

    The fight against PhiCorp takes the Torchwood team to California, where a trap is waiting. Meanwhile, Oswald and Jilly find themselves with an enemy of their own.

  • E5
    The Categories of Life
    Aired · Sat, Aug 6, 2011 · 60m

    Torchwood goes undercover and discovers the terrible truth behind the Miracle. But the enemy is closing in and death is about to make a shocking return.

  • E6
    The Middle Men
    Aired · Sat, Aug 13, 2011 · 60m

    With Gwen, Rex and Esther trapped on both sides of the Atlantic, Jack faces a race against time as he goes straight to the heart of the conspiracy.

  • E7
    Immortal Sins
    Aired · Sat, Aug 20, 2011 · 60m

    Gwen must fight to protect her family, and takes a terrifying journey covering both miles and decades as the long history of the Miracle is revealed.

  • E8
    End of the Road
    Aired · Sat, Aug 27, 2011 · 60m

    Captain Jack faces a showdown with a man he thought long since dead. But while Rex takes extreme action, is it too late to prevent the collapse of society?

  • E9
    The Gathering
    Aired · Sat, Sep 3, 2011 · 60m

    As the Three Families plunge the world into recession, the Torchwood team - defeated, powerless, and hunted - must strike a bargain with the devil himself.

  • E10
    The Blood Line
    Aired · Sat, Sep 10, 2011 · 60m

    The Torchwood team travels across the world on a final, desperate mission - but the Three Families are unstoppable, unless a terrible sacrifice is made...