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.
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.
Judging by some of the architecture, the main structure of it 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 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
- Jack Harkness (leader)
- Owen Harper (doctor)
- Toshiko Sato, (computer specialist, reverse engeneering of alien artifacts)
- Ianto Jones, (general support)
- Gwen Cooper, (police liaison)
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 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.