TM 25
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This was the 25th and final issue of The Official Torchwood Magazine.
Contents
Articles and Features
- ‘Top 25 Torchwood Moments’ as nominated by readers
- ‘Say What?’ Memorable magazine quotes about Children of Earth.
- ‘Strip!’ A complete guide to Torchwood comics by David G Parker.
- ‘Beyond the Hub: Weird & Wonderful’ Kate Lloyd explores other Torchwood themed strangeness not covered in this series.
Interviews / Profiles
- ‘Return of the Jack’ John Barrowman
- ‘Gwen Will I See You Again?’ Eve Myles
Comic Strips
- Overture: A Captain Jack Adventure by Gary Russell (11 coloured pages)
Fiction
- Unplugged by James Moran with illustrations by Adrian Salmon
- Requiem by Trevor Baxendale with illustrations by Ben Willsher
- We All Go Through by Steve Tribe & James Goss with illustrations by Mike Dowling
Story Archive
- 2.8 The Torchwood Files: A Day in the Death (Development and Day-by-day production analysis and comment by Andrew Pixley)
Posters
- A4 Hub Pin-Up 12: ‘Jack and Gwen: In the Beginning’
Also Featuring
- The Hub (News) including
- T-mail (Readers Letters)
- Little Reasons Why We Love Torchwood 11: Torchwood Magazine
Credits
- Editor: Simon Hugo
- Designers: Philip White
- Deputy Editor: Neil Edwards
- Comics Editors: Martin Eden
- Assistant Editor: Mark McKenzie-Ray
- Present: Murray Hewitt
Facts included
- In A Day in the Death, Henry Parker’s collection is said to include a Dogon eye as seen in Random Shoes.
- James Herbert’s 1975 tale The Fog also featured as an Arcateenian translation. The Arcateenians themselves were mentioned in Cyberwoman and featured in Greeks Bearing Gifts.
- The two Voyager missions in 1977 sent into space phonographic records of gold and music and images recognising human cultural and scientific achievements.
Further Information
- This was the final issue of Torchwood: The Official Magazine from Titan Magazines, a bimonthly title with each issue featuring 100 pages and costing £4.99 (UK).
- This issue featured a reversible cover with Jack and Ianto on one side and Gwen and Rhys on the other.
- Aimed at mature fans of the series, the magazines did not shy away from discussions involving sex and violence, topics integral to the success of this ‘adult’ spin-off series from the BBC’s more family friendly ‘Doctor Who’.
External Links
The official online site for Titan Magazines, publishers of Torchwood Magazine.
