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*[[Jack Harkness]]'s office.
*[[Jack Harkness]]'s office.
*Workstations
*Workstations
*Cryo-chambers. boddies of deceased Torchwood employees as well as aliens & anomalous humans can be stored here.
*Cryo-chambers. Bodies of deceased Torchwood employees as well as aliens & anomalous humans can be stored here.
*Conference room
*Conference room
*Safe containing various [[alien artefact]]s
*Safe containing various [[alien artefact]]s

Revision as of 01:53, 1 September 2007

The Torchwood 3 Hub.

Torchwood 3 is the base of 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 main setting of the Torchwood series. Judging by some of the architecture, the main structure of it was built or renovated some time between 1900 and 1950.

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.

It contained the desks of the people who work there, and was presumably connected to the rest of the Torchwood Institute via organic computer.

Incomplete list of features

  • Invisible lift. This lift leads directly from the hub to Roald Dahl Plass above. Torchwood personel 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

History

Little is known about Torchwood 3 before the Battle of Canary Wharf, though the architecture of the Hub suggests that at least this base existed for quite some time. At least some of the current personel worked in London previously, including Ianto Jones and Toshiko Sato.

2008 was an eventfull 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.