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[[Image:The Hub.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Torchwood 3 Hub.]]
[[Image:The Hub.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The Torchwood 3 Hub.]]


'''Torchwood 3''' is the base of [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] in [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]]. It was chosen to build a base there because of the presence of the [[Cardiff Rift]]. It was significantly smaller than the [[London]] branch, with only a handfull of employees. At least after the destruction of [[Torchwood 1]] in the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]], it was largely autonomous, with little outside interference.
'''Torchwood 3''' is the base of [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] in [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]]. The location was chosen because of the presence of the [[Cardiff Rift]]. Torchwood 3 is significantly smaller than the [[London]] branch, with only a handful of employees. Since the destruction of [[Torchwood 1]] in the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]], Torchwood 3 is largely autonomous, with little outside interference.


:''Torchwood 3 is the main setting of the [[Torchwood]] series.''
:''Torchwood 3 is the main setting of the [[Torchwood]] series.''


==The Hub==
==The Hub==
'''The Hub''' was the main base of affairs for Torchwood 3, as opposed to [[Torchwood 1]]'s [[Torchwood Tower]] and [[Torchwood 2]]'s office in [[Glasgow]]. The Hub is located directly under [[Roald Dahl Plass]] in central [[Cardiff]], also the location of the [[temporal rift]].
'''The Hub''' is the main base of affairs for Torchwood 3, as opposed to [[Torchwood 1]]'s [[Torchwood Tower]] and [[Torchwood 2]]'s office in [[Glasgow]]. The Hub is located directly under [[Roald Dahl Plass]] in central [[Cardiff]], also the location of the [[temporal rift]].


It contained the desks of the people who work there, and was presumably connected to the rest of the [[Torchwood Institute]] via [[Torchwood organic computer|organic computer]].
The Hub is connected to the rest of the [[Torchwood Institute]] via [[Torchwood organic computer|organic computer]].


Judging by some of the architecture, the main structure of it was built or renovated some time between [[1900]] and [[1950]].
Judging by some of the architecture, the main structure of the Hub was built or renovated some time between [[1900]] and [[1950]].


===Incomplete list of features===
===Incomplete list of features===
*Invisible lift. This lift leads directly from the hub to Roald Dahl Plaza above. Torchwood personnel can enter or leave without arousing suspicion, since the exit is still suffering the effects of the [[chameleon circuit]] of a [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] that once stood above it.
*Invisible lift. This lift leads directly from the hub to Roald Dahl Plass above. Torchwood personnel can enter or leave without arousing suspicion, since the exit is still suffering the effects of the [[chameleon circuit]] of a [[The Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] that once stood above it.
*An exit disguised as a tourist office.
*An exit disguised as a tourist office.
*[[Jack Harkness]]'s office.
*[[Jack Harkness]]'s office.

Revision as of 18:08, 12 February 2008

The Torchwood 3 Hub.

Torchwood 3 is the base of Torchwood in Cardiff, Wales. The location was chosen because of the presence of the Cardiff Rift. Torchwood 3 is significantly smaller than the London branch, with only a handful of employees. Since the destruction of Torchwood 1 in the Battle of Canary Wharf, Torchwood 3 is largely autonomous, with little outside interference.

Torchwood 3 is the main setting of the Torchwood series.

The Hub

The Hub is the main base of affairs for Torchwood 3, as opposed to Torchwood 1's Torchwood Tower and Torchwood 2's office in Glasgow. The Hub is located directly under Roald Dahl Plass in central Cardiff, also the location of the temporal rift.

The Hub is connected to the rest of the Torchwood Institute via organic computer.

Judging by some of the architecture, the main structure of the Hub was built or renovated some time between 1900 and 1950.

Incomplete list of features

  • Invisible lift. This lift leads directly from the hub to Roald Dahl Plass above. Torchwood personnel can enter or leave without arousing suspicion, since the exit is still suffering the effects of the chameleon circuit of a TARDIS that once stood above it.
  • An exit disguised as a tourist office.
  • Jack Harkness's office.
  • Workstations
  • Cryo-chambers. Bodies of deceased Torchwood employees as well as aliens & anomalous humans can be stored here.
  • Conference room
  • Safe containing various alien artefacts
  • Autopsy room
  • Interrogation room
  • Holding cells. Mainly used to hold captured Weevils.
  • Firing range

Crew

Current

Former

  • Suzie Costello (deceased, former weapon specialist)
  • Gerald Carter (Former Leader 1918)

History

Little is known about Torchwood 3 before the Battle of Canary Wharf, though the Hub has existed since 1918. (TW:To the Last Man).

At least some of the current personel worked in London previously, including Ianto Jones and Toshiko Sato.

2008 was an eventful year for Torchwood 3, with the defection and death of Suzie Costello, an attack by a cyberwoman that survived their defeat at Torchwood 1, and last but not least a full scale opening of the Rift, resulting in massive worldwide temporal distortions and the release of the ancient demon Abaddon, who briefly caused havoc in central Cardiff before being defeated.

Another trend in recent years is an increase in Weevil activity.

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