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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]]. 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 severed ties with the rest of the organisation and is now largely autonomous, with little outside interference.
'''Torchwood 3''' was the base of [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] in [[Cardiff]], [[Wales]]. It was created mainly to monitor the [[Cardiff Rift]]. Over more than a hundred years, Captain [[Jack Harkness]] had a close association with Torchwood 3 and eventually took over as leader. Torchwood 3 was significantly smaller than the [[London]] branch, with only a handful of employees. Following the destruction of [[Torchwood 1]] in the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]], Torchwood 3 severed ties with the rest of the organisation and was then largely autonomous, with little outside interference. Captain Jack had by that time vowed to continue Torchwood 1 as the kind of organisation which would make have made [[the Doctor]] proud.  


:''Torchwood 3 is the main setting of the [[Torchwood]] series.''
==History==
===[[19th century]]===
Torchwood operated in Cardiff from [[1885]] onwards. ([[TW]]: ''[[Slow Decay]]'') Following the death of a male operative ([[Torchwood website|torchwood.org.uk]]), [[Emily Holroyd]] recruited [[Alice Guppy]] in [[1897]]. The Torchwood HQ in Cardiff at that right consisted of little more than a few rooms and a holding cell. They had a policy of executing hostile aliens immediately, as they had no way of returning them home. Over a period of more than a year pair monitored Jack Harkness, who couldn't die who made mention of '[[the Doctor]]'. As the Torchwood Institute had gotten founded largely to combat the Doctor, the two women captured Jack, evaluated his ability to return from the dead and then recruited him. Not soon after, Torchwood would begin to physically expand into the underground and to build the Hub. ([[TW]]: ''[[Fragments]]'')


==The Hub==
===[[20th century]]===
'''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]].
In [[1918]] Torchwood 3 was under the command of [[Gerald Carter]], and already had access to [[cryogenic]] suspension technology. Gerald Carter and another operative, [[Harriet Derbyshire]] investigated supposed hauntings (in fact [[time shift]]s from the future) at [[St Teilo's Military Hospital]]. Derbyshire shortly afterwards died in action in an un-related case. ([[TW]]: ''[[To the Last Man]]'')
 
:''For unknown reasons, Jack Harkness did post for the group portrait take of the team at this time.''
 
On [[New Year's Eve]], [[1999]], Torchwood operative (and possibly the team leader) [[Alex Hopkins]] shot to death his entire team, bar the immortal Jack Harkness, was killed by one of their own members to "protect" them from the 21st century. Alex made the grim joke that he had given Jack command and then committed suicide. Jack Harkness was left with the job of recruiting a new team and leading it. ([[TW]]: ''[[Fragments]]'').
 
===[[21st century]]===
Shortly thereafter, Harkness discovered two humans whom the rift had returned and locked away in the Hub's cells, since Torchwood had deemed them unable to reintegrate into society. He founded a facility on the [[island]] of [[Flat Holm]] to care for them and others who were later returned, but chose not to inform certain members of his staff. ([[TW]]: ''[[Adrift]]'') In the [[2000s]] he recruited civilians [[Toshiko Sato]] and then [[Owen Harper]] in an attempt to reform Torchwood into a more humane organisation. He also employed [[Suzie Costello]]. He also, with much persuasion at first, took in [[Ianto Jones]], a survivor of the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]] who had worked for Torchwood 1. ([[TW]]: ''[[Fragments]]'')
 
2008 was an eventful year for Torchwood 3. It emerged that Suzie Costello had committed a series of murders with an [[alien artefact]], the [[Life Knife]], in order to test out a [[Resurrection Gauntlet]]. She committed suicide. Jack took in [[Gwen Cooper]], a Cardiff [[police constable]] who had helped him to solve the case. ([[TW}]: ''[[Everything Changs]]'') Torchwood 3 subsequently braved an attack by [[Lisa Hallett], a partially [[cyber-conversion|converted]] [[Cybus Cybermen|Cyberman]] who had survived their defeat at Torchwood 1, and last but not least a full scale opening of the Rift, resulting in massive worldwide temporal shifts and the release of the ancient [[demon]] [[Abaddon]], who briefly caused havoc in central Cardiff before Jack defeated him. ([[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]'')
 
Jack vanished, having chased [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], off-world. ([[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]'', [[DW]]: ''[[End of Days]]'') The whole team then got sent on a wild goose chase off to the [[Himalayas]] to find him. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'') Jack returned, though, Gwen, in the meantime having taken over as team leader. ([[TW]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'')
 
Roughly at the same time, though it is unsure if a connection existed, the Rift started returning more and more humans who had previously been taken away in negative rift spikes. In the words of Jack Harkness, "it is almost as if the rift is trying to correct it's mistakes". Victims continued to be transferred to the Flat Holm facility. ([[TW]]: ''[[Adrift]]'') Another trend in recent years is an increase in [[Weevil]] activity.


The Hub is connected to the rest of the [[Torchwood Institute]] via [[Torchwood organic computer|organic computer]].
[[Tenth Doctor|The Doctor]]'s former companion (and current [[UNIT]] medical doctor) [[Martha Jones]] came in briefly in order to provide support. ([[TW]]: ''[[Reset (Torchwood story)|Reset]]'') Directly following this, Owen died ([[TW]]: ''[[Reset (Torchwood)|Reset]]'') and came back to partial life via another Resurrection Gauntlet. ([[TW]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking]]'') Team member Gwen Cooper married her fiancée, [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]], taking the new name Gwen Williams. ([[TW]]: ''[[Something Borrowed]]]'')


Judging by some of the architecture, the main structure of the Hub was built or renovated some time between [[1900]] and [[1950]].
 
==The Hub==
'''The Hub''' is the main base of affairs for Torchwood 3 analogous 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 Cardiff rift. The Hub was connected to the rest of the [[Torchwood Institute]] via [[Torchwood organic computer|organic computer]].


===Incomplete list of features===
===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 [[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.
*Workstations
*Workstations.
*Cryo-chambers. Bodies 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
*Autopsy room
*[[Autopsy]] room.
*Interrogation room
*Interrogation room
*Holding cells. Mainly used to hold captured [[Weevil|Weevils]].
*Holding cells. )Mainly used to hold captured [[Weevil|Weevils]].)
*Firing range
*A firing range.


==Crew==
==Crew==
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*[[Jack Harkness]], (Joined [[1897]]; current leader)
*[[Jack Harkness]], (Joined [[1897]]; current leader)
*[[Toshiko Sato]], (Computer specialist, reverse engineering of [[alien artifact]]s)
*[[Toshiko Sato]], (Computer specialist, reverse engineering of [[alien artifact]]s)
*[[Owen Harper]] (Doctor, deceased but still an operative)
*[[Owen Harper]] (Doctor; deceased but still an operative)
*[[Ianto Jones]], (General support)  
*[[Ianto Jones]], (General support)  
*[[Gwen Williams]], (Field operative; temporary leader)
*[[Gwen Williams]], (Field operative; temporary leader)
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*[[Alex Hopkins]] (Committed suicide on [[New Year's Eve]] [[1999]])
*[[Alex Hopkins]] (Committed suicide on [[New Year's Eve]] [[1999]])
*[[Suzie Costello]] (Committed suicide)
*[[Suzie Costello]] (Committed suicide)
==History==
The Cardiff branch of torchwood existed as early as [[1897]], when it's apparently just two members were joined by Jack Garkness. They had a self-described mission to combat [[the Doctor]] and other [[phantasmagoria]], for the good of the empire. According to Jack Harkness at this time torchwood already had access to technology that was ahead of their time. It was unknown to Torchwood at the time that the rift could also take things, and they had a policy of executing hostile aliens immediately, as they had no way of returning them home. ([[TW]]: ''[[Fragments]]'')
In [[1918]] Torchwood 3 was under the command of Gerald Carter, and had access to cryogenic technology. ([[TW]]:''[[To the Last Man]]'').
[[2000]] was a traumatic year for Torchwood 3, as on 31st December 1999 the entire team, bar Jack Harkness, was killed by one of their own members (to protect them from the 21st century) who later commited suicide. Jack Harkness was left with the job of recruiting a new team and leading it. ([[TW]]: ''[[Fragments]]''). Shortly thereafter, Harkness discovered two humans whom the rift had returned and locked away in the hub's cells, since Torchwood had deemed them unable to reintegrate into society. He founded a facility on the [[island]] of [[Flat Holm]] to care for them and others who were later returned, but chose not to inform his staff of this. In the 2000s he recruited civilians [[Toshiko Sato]] and [[Owen Harper]] in an attempt to reform Torchwood into a more humane organisation.
After the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]], Torchwood 3 had severed ties with the [[Torchwood institute]], but still recruited [[Ianto Jones]], a former employee of the [[Torchwood 1|London branch]] now out of a job.
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.
Roughly at the same time, though it is unsure if a connection exists, the rift started returning more and more humans who had previously been taken away in negative rift spikes. In the words of Jack Harkness, "it is almost as if the rift is trying to correct it's mistakes". Victims continued to be transferred to the [[Flat Holm]] facility. Another trend in recent years is an increase in Weevil activity.


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Revision as of 17:40, 31 March 2008

The Torchwood 3 Hub.

Torchwood 3 was the base of Torchwood in Cardiff, Wales. It was created mainly to monitor the Cardiff Rift. Over more than a hundred years, Captain Jack Harkness had a close association with Torchwood 3 and eventually took over as leader. Torchwood 3 was significantly smaller than the London branch, with only a handful of employees. Following the destruction of Torchwood 1 in the Battle of Canary Wharf, Torchwood 3 severed ties with the rest of the organisation and was then largely autonomous, with little outside interference. Captain Jack had by that time vowed to continue Torchwood 1 as the kind of organisation which would make have made the Doctor proud.

History

19th century

Torchwood operated in Cardiff from 1885 onwards. (TW: Slow Decay) Following the death of a male operative (torchwood.org.uk), Emily Holroyd recruited Alice Guppy in 1897. The Torchwood HQ in Cardiff at that right consisted of little more than a few rooms and a holding cell. They had a policy of executing hostile aliens immediately, as they had no way of returning them home. Over a period of more than a year pair monitored Jack Harkness, who couldn't die who made mention of 'the Doctor'. As the Torchwood Institute had gotten founded largely to combat the Doctor, the two women captured Jack, evaluated his ability to return from the dead and then recruited him. Not soon after, Torchwood would begin to physically expand into the underground and to build the Hub. (TW: Fragments)

20th century

In 1918 Torchwood 3 was under the command of Gerald Carter, and already had access to cryogenic suspension technology. Gerald Carter and another operative, Harriet Derbyshire investigated supposed hauntings (in fact time shifts from the future) at St Teilo's Military Hospital. Derbyshire shortly afterwards died in action in an un-related case. (TW: To the Last Man)

For unknown reasons, Jack Harkness did post for the group portrait take of the team at this time.

On New Year's Eve, 1999, Torchwood operative (and possibly the team leader) Alex Hopkins shot to death his entire team, bar the immortal Jack Harkness, was killed by one of their own members to "protect" them from the 21st century. Alex made the grim joke that he had given Jack command and then committed suicide. Jack Harkness was left with the job of recruiting a new team and leading it. (TW: Fragments).

21st century

Shortly thereafter, Harkness discovered two humans whom the rift had returned and locked away in the Hub's cells, since Torchwood had deemed them unable to reintegrate into society. He founded a facility on the island of Flat Holm to care for them and others who were later returned, but chose not to inform certain members of his staff. (TW: Adrift) In the 2000s he recruited civilians Toshiko Sato and then Owen Harper in an attempt to reform Torchwood into a more humane organisation. He also employed Suzie Costello. He also, with much persuasion at first, took in Ianto Jones, a survivor of the Battle of Canary Wharf who had worked for Torchwood 1. (TW: Fragments)

2008 was an eventful year for Torchwood 3. It emerged that Suzie Costello had committed a series of murders with an alien artefact, the Life Knife, in order to test out a Resurrection Gauntlet. She committed suicide. Jack took in Gwen Cooper, a Cardiff police constable who had helped him to solve the case. ([[TW}]: Everything Changs) Torchwood 3 subsequently braved an attack by [[Lisa Hallett], a partially converted Cyberman who had survived their defeat at Torchwood 1, and last but not least a full scale opening of the Rift, resulting in massive worldwide temporal shifts and the release of the ancient demon Abaddon, who briefly caused havoc in central Cardiff before Jack defeated him. (TW: End of Days)

Jack vanished, having chased the Doctor's TARDIS, off-world. (TW: End of Days, DW: End of Days) The whole team then got sent on a wild goose chase off to the Himalayas to find him. (DW: The Sound of Drums) Jack returned, though, Gwen, in the meantime having taken over as team leader. (TW: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang)

Roughly at the same time, though it is unsure if a connection existed, the Rift started returning more and more humans who had previously been taken away in negative rift spikes. In the words of Jack Harkness, "it is almost as if the rift is trying to correct it's mistakes". Victims continued to be transferred to the Flat Holm facility. (TW: Adrift) Another trend in recent years is an increase in Weevil activity.

The Doctor's former companion (and current UNIT medical doctor) Martha Jones came in briefly in order to provide support. (TW: Reset) Directly following this, Owen died (TW: Reset) and came back to partial life via another Resurrection Gauntlet. (TW: Dead Man Walking) Team member Gwen Cooper married her fiancée, Rhys, taking the new name Gwen Williams. (TW: Something Borrowed])


The Hub

The Hub is the main base of affairs for Torchwood 3 analogous 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 Cardiff rift. The Hub was 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 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.)
  • A firing range.

Crew

Current

Former

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