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In mid-[[2009]], Torchwood Three was called upon by former [[Prime Minister]] [[Harriet Jones]] via [[subwave network]] along with [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and Martha Jones in an effort to contact the Tenth Doctor after Earth was transported into the [[Medusa Cascade]] by [[Davros]], during the [[21st century Dalek invasion|Dalek invasion of 2009]]. Jack, Gwen and Ianto used the [[Rift Manipulator]] in conjunction with Sarah Jane's supercomputer [[Mr Smith]] to amplify the signal of Martha's [[superphone]] to break the signal barrier and reach the Doctor. Jack left the team behind to assist the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') Gwen and Ianto were saved from Dalek extermination by the [[time-lock]] invented by Tosh before she died along with the [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor]] blowing up the Dalek fleet's [[dalekanium]] casings on the [[Crucible]]. The two were later called upon by the Doctor himself to help assist his [[TARDIS]] via Rift Manipulator in its effort to carry the Earth back to its regular orbit. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') | In mid-[[2009]], Torchwood Three was called upon by former [[Prime Minister]] [[Harriet Jones]] via [[subwave network]] along with [[Sarah Jane Smith]] and Martha Jones in an effort to contact the Tenth Doctor after Earth was transported into the [[Medusa Cascade]] by [[Davros]], during the [[21st century Dalek invasion|Dalek invasion of 2009]]. Jack, Gwen and Ianto used the [[Rift Manipulator]] in conjunction with Sarah Jane's supercomputer [[Mr Smith]] to amplify the signal of Martha's [[superphone]] to break the signal barrier and reach the Doctor. Jack left the team behind to assist the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') Gwen and Ianto were saved from Dalek extermination by the [[time-lock]] invented by Tosh before she died along with the [[Meta-Crisis Tenth Doctor]] blowing up the Dalek fleet's [[dalekanium]] casings on the [[Crucible]]. The two were later called upon by the Doctor himself to help assist his [[TARDIS]] via Rift Manipulator in its effort to carry the Earth back to its regular orbit. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') | ||
Together the trio helped a half-alien [[Freda|asylum seeker]] sent back in time by Torchwood from [[2069]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Asylum (audio story)|Asylum]]'') and investigated an alien energy field, which they traced to [[Delhi]]. There they discovered that [[Torchwood India]] was still active, led by [[Eleanor (Golden Age)|the Duchess]], having been in a time store since Jack shut them down in [[1926]]. They foiled their plan to turn Earth back to 1926, freezing Torchwood India in time. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Golden Age (audio story)|Golden Age]]'') They investigated a series of phone calls putting those who answered in comas. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dead Line (audio story)|The Dead Line]]'') | |||
Torchwood Three responded to the scene of a spaceship crash at the same time as UNIT and found a dead body that UNIT had missed. Gwen took to a UNIT [[victim-retrieval station]] in [[Hereford]] for Martha to autopsy, whilst Jack and Ianto found chamelon technology at the crash site. Gwen and Martha discovered the corpse was actually a live [[Chameleon (Dissected)|chameleon]] and destroyed the base to stop it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dissected (audio story)|Dissected]]'') | |||
Torchwood Three investigated [[Joanna Carew]]‘s remarkable recovery and discovered she had been helped by an alien entity, [[Fitzroy (The Devil and Miss Carew)|Fitzroy]]. They stopped her disabling human technology with a virus to allow Fitzroy to arrive on Earth. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Devil and Miss Carew (audio story)|The Devil and Miss Carew]]'') Torchwood pursued an alien with a [[plasma cannon]] on the [[Severn Bridge]]. Jack shorting him caused a massive hole into both the alien and the bridge, causing the [[Torchwood SUV|SUV]] to fall underwater where Torchwood heard a [[Parasite (Submission)|parasite]]’s call. They traced the call to the [[Mariana Trench]] and collaborated with UNIT to investigate, being supplied with the ''[[USS Calvin]]'' and ''[[Octopus Rock]]'' and accompanied by [[Carlie Roberts]]. They discovered the source was an alien parasite seeking a new host and killed it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Submission (audio story)|Submission]]'') | |||
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The ruins of the Hub and the technology within were choice pickings for various agencies. British billionaire [[Joshua Naismith]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') Italian-American billionaire [[Angelo Colasanto]], ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'') and the [[British government]] all successfully pilfered its ruins for alien artefacts. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Long Time Dead (novel)|Long Time Dead]]'') Due to the recession, the British government also sold many at high prices internationally. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Men Who Sold the World (novel)|The Men Who Sold the World]]'') | The ruins of the Hub and the technology within were choice pickings for various agencies. British billionaire [[Joshua Naismith]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') Italian-American billionaire [[Angelo Colasanto]], ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'') and the [[British government]] all successfully pilfered its ruins for alien artefacts. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Long Time Dead (novel)|Long Time Dead]]'') Due to the recession, the British government also sold many at high prices internationally. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Men Who Sold the World (novel)|The Men Who Sold the World]]'') | ||
In the interregnum period following the 456 incident, a time in which Torchwood was described as fallen, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') Time Agent [[John Hart (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang)|John Hart]] teamed up with Gwen's husband [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]] to travel back in time roughly a year, in lieu of Jack and Gwen. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Shrouded (comic story)|Shrouded]]'') | In the interregnum period following the 456 incident, a time in which Torchwood was described as fallen, ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') Time Agent [[John Hart (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang)|John Hart]] teamed up with Gwen's husband [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]] to travel back in time roughly a year, in lieu of Jack and Gwen. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Shrouded (comic story)|Shrouded]]'') Six months after the fall of Torchwood Three, Jack returned to Cardiff and attempted to seal the Rift by destroying the [[The House of the Dead]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The House of the Dead (audio story)|The House of the Dead]]'') He met up with Gwen who gave him his salvaged vortex manipulator, enabling him to leave Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'') | ||
==== Return ==== | ==== Return ==== | ||
Between [[2011]] and [[2017]], former members of Torchwood Three – [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Gwen Cooper]] – continued to operate as [[Torchwood (team)|an informal team]] still using the name "Torchwood", most notably working to stop the event known as [[Miracle Day|the Miracle]], when people all over the world stopped dying. Other members of this unofficial team included CIA agents [[Rex Matheson]] and [[Esther Drummond]], doctor [[Vera Juarez]] and Gwen's husband [[Rhys Williams]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[ | Between [[2011]] and [[2017]], former members of Torchwood Three – [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Gwen Cooper]] – continued to operate as [[Torchwood (team)|an informal team]] still using the name "Torchwood", most notably working to stop the event known as [[Miracle Day|the Miracle]], when people all over the world stopped dying. Other members of this unofficial team included CIA agents [[Rex Matheson]] and [[Esther Drummond]], doctor [[Vera Juarez]] and Gwen's husband [[Rhys Williams]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Miracle Day]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Fallout (audio story)|Fallout]]'') In [[2015]], after stopping the [[The Evolved|Evolved]] experiment at [[Bryn Offa Nursing Home]], Gwen and Rhys decided to officially restart Torchwood. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Forgotten Lives (audio story)|Forgotten Lives]]'') | ||
By [[2017]], Torchwood officially returned to deal with temporary holes in [[space]] [[time]] which brought through new [[alien]] phenomena in Cardiff despite the apparent closing of the Rift years prior, which they weren't sure was a sign of the Rift reopening or simply the position in Cardiff being vulnerable. At this point, Gwen, who dealt with most of these incursions with assistance from PC [[Andy Davidson]] while Rhys looked after their daughter [[Anwen Williams|Anwen]], approached [[Roger Pugh]], Planning Officer for [[Cardiff City Council]], in order to establish a new Torchwood Cardiff facility which would replace the long-gone Hub. After Gwen had shown Roger a day of her work first hand, he gave her his support. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[More Than This (audio story)|More Than This]]'') Gwen became the acting head of Torchwood Cardiff. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[World Without End (comic story)|World Without End]]'') | By [[2017]], Torchwood had officially returned to deal with temporary holes in [[space]] [[time]] which brought through new [[alien]] phenomena in Cardiff despite the apparent closing of the Rift years prior, which they weren't sure was a sign of the Rift reopening or simply the position in Cardiff being vulnerable. At this point, Gwen, who dealt with most of these incursions with assistance from PC [[Andy Davidson]] while Rhys looked after their daughter [[Anwen Williams|Anwen]], approached [[Roger Pugh]], Planning Officer for [[Cardiff City Council]], in order to establish a new Torchwood Cardiff facility which would replace the long-gone Hub. After Gwen had shown Roger a day of her work first hand, he gave her his support. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[More Than This (audio story)|More Than This]]'') Gwen became the acting head of Torchwood Cardiff. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[World Without End (comic story)|World Without End]]'') At some point Jack Harkness returned to his old role as leader and a civil servant, [[St John Colchester]] was assigned to the team to assist with Torchwood's reestablishment. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Changes Everything (audio story)|Changes Everything]]'') | ||
After the government funding for Torchwood's reestablishment was cut following a report that stated the Rift was no longer a threat, the team moved back into the ruins of the Hub and owned a Smart Car. They were often assisted by disgraced journalist [[Tyler Steele]], a rejected potential recruit. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Changes Everything (audio story)|Changes Everything]]'') An alien, [[Orr (Orr)|Orr]], also joined Torchwood. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Orr (audio story)|Orr]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Superiority Complex (audio story)|Superiority Complex]]'') An [[Yvonne Hartman]] from a parallel universe arrived and took over Torchwood, framing Jack as a terrorist. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Poker Face (audio story)|Poker Face]]'') After being split from [[Ng]], who had been in control of Gwen’s body, Gwen left Torchwood to start a new life. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Herald of the Dawn (audio story)|Herald of the Dawn]]'') | After the government funding for Torchwood's reestablishment was cut following a report that stated the Rift was no longer a threat, the team moved back into the ruins of the Hub and owned a Smart Car. They were often assisted by disgraced journalist [[Tyler Steele]], a rejected potential recruit. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Changes Everything (audio story)|Changes Everything]]'') An alien, [[Orr (Orr)|Orr]], also joined Torchwood. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Orr (audio story)|Orr]]''; [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Superiority Complex (audio story)|Superiority Complex]]'') An [[Yvonne Hartman]] from a parallel universe arrived and took over Torchwood, framing Jack as a terrorist. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Poker Face (audio story)|Poker Face]]'') After being split from [[Ng]], who had been in control of Gwen’s body, Gwen left Torchwood to start a new life. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Herald of the Dawn (audio story)|Herald of the Dawn]]'') | ||
Following the flight of the Sorvix, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Future Pain (audio story)|Future Pain]]'') Torchwood covered up the invasion using [[Brent Hayden]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Man Who Destroyed Torchwood (audio story)|The Man Who Destroyed Torchwood]]'') [[Norton Folgate]] joined the team ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Flight 405 (audio story)|Flight 405]]'') after Yvonne attempted to make a hard-light projection of Ianto. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night Watch (audio story)|Night Watch]]'') The two both worked for the Committee but later attempted to stop their plan, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Eye of the Storm (audio story)|Eye of the Storm]]'') resulting in severe damage to Cardiff. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Mother's Son (audio story)|A Mother's Son]]'') As a result of this, Torchwood was discredited and Jack, Ng, Orr, Tyler and Colchester fled the city whilst Yvonne was arrested. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thoughts and Prayers (audio story)|Thoughts and Prayers]]'') | Following the flight of the Sorvix, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Future Pain (audio story)|Future Pain]]'') Torchwood covered up the invasion using [[Brent Hayden]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Man Who Destroyed Torchwood (audio story)|The Man Who Destroyed Torchwood]]'') [[Norton Folgate]] joined the team ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Flight 405 (audio story)|Flight 405]]'') after Yvonne attempted to make a hard-light projection of Ianto. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night Watch (audio story)|Night Watch]]'') The two both worked for the Committee but later attempted to stop their plan to create a tsunami, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Eye of the Storm (audio story)|Eye of the Storm]]'') resulting in severe damage to Cardiff. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Mother's Son (audio story)|A Mother's Son]]'') As a result of this, Torchwood was discredited and Jack, Ng, Orr, Tyler and Colchester fled the city whilst Yvonne was arrested. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thoughts and Prayers (audio story)|Thoughts and Prayers]]'') | ||
In [[2020]], the [[Thirteenth Doctor]] believed that Torchwood, along with UNIT, were both "gone". ([[TV]]: ''[[Resolution (TV story)|Resolution]]'', ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'') | |||
By the [[2060s]], Torchwood had become more accepting of aliens, attempting to protect them instead of just stop them. They were also able to control [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|the Rift]] to an extent. In [[2069]], when [[Freda]]'s house was destroyed by anti-alien groups, a member of Torchwood was able to save her and sent her back in time to [[2009]], trying to cause the development of Torchwood's alien policy. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Asylum (audio story)|Asylum]]'') | By the [[2060s]], Torchwood had become more accepting of aliens, attempting to protect them instead of just stop them. They were also able to control [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|the Rift]] to an extent. In [[2069]], when [[Freda]]'s house was destroyed by anti-alien groups, a member of Torchwood was able to save her and sent her back in time to [[2009]], trying to cause the development of Torchwood's alien policy. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Asylum (audio story)|Asylum]]'') | ||
