Torchwood SUV

Torchwood SUV
Type:	Car/Land Rover
Place of origin:	Torchwood
Appearances:	see list section

The Torchwood S.U.V was the main mode of transport that Torchwood Three used to travel during missions.

Profile

Modifications The Torchwood vehicle was a converted large, black Range Rover with tinted windows and blue lights running along the A pillars. This vehicle was converted by Specialist Models, a Cardiff based model and prop maker. The vehicle had a white-on-black non-standard typeface for the registration plate, usually found only on military vehicles and vehicles from before 1973 on British car number plates, and its registration number, CF06 FDU (indicating the vehicle was registered in Cardiff between March and September 2006), does not appear in the DVLA vehicle register (TW: Everything Changes). The boot was large enough to fit a full sized body such as the Weevil or an alien blowfish.

History

How and when Torchwood first got the S.U.V is not known, but it was most likely after Jack Harkness took over control of Torchwood. The S.U.V was (presumably) used by the Torchwood team when they would go for a drink or something to eat (TW: Cyberwoman). On another mission, the Torchwood team was in the country when the car was broken into and driven off, with most of their gear still inside. It was found parked 20 miles away. Torchwood also contacted Kathy Swanson, a member of the Cardiff Police force, who helped Torchwood track down Suzie when she took Gwen hostage. The S.U.V was at the scene of Eugene Jones' death and unknown to them, Eugene was one of the only members of the public to see inside the S.U.V. When Tosh and Jack went to investigate an abandoned dance hall, they were taken through the rift, and the S.U.V was left behind, which Gwen later discovered.

When a blowfish stole a sports car, Torchwood gave chase in the S.U.V. Owen opened the window and leaned out, firing a gun at the wheels of the sports car. It was later used by the team to meet with John Hart, when he returned. Torchwood Three later used it to investigate a crashed lorry, with alien meat inside. Later on, when Torchwood walked into a booby-trapped building, the S.U.V was stolen by John Hart, who later returned it after the deaths of Owen Harper and Toshiko Sato.

The S.U.V was stolen again by local teenagers when Ianto Jones went to visit his sister.

It is unknown what happened to the S.U.V after the fall of Torchwood Three

Appearances

• Everything Changes
• Day One
• Ghost Machine
• Small Worlds
• Countrycide
• Greeks Bearing Gifts
• They Keep Killing Suzie
• Random Shoes
• Out of Time
• Combat
• Captain Jack Harkness
• End of Days
• Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
• Sleeper
• Meat
• Adam
• Reset
• Dead Man Walking
• Something Borrowed
• From Out of the Rain
• Adrift
• Fragments
• Children of Earth: Day One

Known Features

• The S.U.V was known to contain computers that can connect to the Torchwood Hub and to various databases, such as police and civilians personal files. (TW: Day One)
• The S.U.V has a triple deadlock, according to Ianto Jones (TW: Children of Earth: Day One); however, it was broken into on multiple occasions. (TW: Countrycide, Exit Wounds, Children of Earth: Day One)
• The Torchwood S.U.V could also change the traffic lights so that they were green before the vehicle reached them. (TWN: Slow Decay)
• Even with its bulky and heavy size the vehicle still managed a high speed, capable of catching up with a sports car. (TW: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang).
• Underneath the boot of the S.U.V, there was a hidden, disassembled, gun. (TW: Something Borrowed)
• Other features included on the S.U.V include rocket boosters, and the ability to transform itself into a boat, although the latter feature had not been tested before Ianto Jones and Jack Harkness used it during a mission; the S.U.V promptly began to sink. (TWA: The Sin Eaters)

Behind the Scenes

• In a commentary for Series 1 Russell T Davies stated that he hated the yellow lettering of the Torchwood wording on the roof of the car and that there was only one shot of the words and it would never be shot again.
• Considering Torchwood 3's attempts (early on, anyway) at being a secret organization (note, for example, Jack's attitude towards Jubilee Pizza knowing the Hub's address in TW: Everything Changes), it is odd that the word "Torchwood" would be emblazoned across the S.U.V.