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Torchwood was involved in the clean-up following [[WOTAN]]'s [[C-Day|attempted attack]] with [[War Machine]]s in [[1966]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Law Machines (audio story)|The Law Machines]]'') | Torchwood was involved in the clean-up following [[WOTAN]]'s [[C-Day|attempted attack]] with [[War Machine]]s in [[1966]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Law Machines (audio story)|The Law Machines]]'') | ||
In the [[1970s]] Torchwood employed former [[MI5]] agent [[Roberta Craven]]. In [[1973]] she investigated [[NesOil]], a front for the [[Nestene Consciousness]], during which she was replaced by an [[Auton]] duplicate who was unaware of the duplication and continued working for Torchwood in the original's place. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Double (audio story)|Double]]'') Mr [[Beamish]] setup a [[Torchwood Los Angeles|branch]] in [[Los Angeles]], wanting to monitor alien phenomena in a former colony, with a trio of agents, [[Marlow Sweet]], [[Gabriella Martinez]], and [[Charlotte Du Bujeau]], being recruited and given instructions from Britain. After Charley died thwarting [[Don Donohue|an agent]] selling actresses to aliens as dolls, [[Valerie Fox]] joined the trio and they stopped taking their orders from Beamish. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dollhouse (audio story)|The Dollhouse]]'') | In the [[1970s]] Torchwood employed former [[MI5]] agent [[Roberta Craven]]. In [[1973]] she investigated [[NesOil]], a front for the [[Nestene Consciousness]], during which she was replaced by an [[Auton]] duplicate who was unaware of the duplication and continued working for Torchwood in the original's place. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Double (audio story)|Double]]'') Mr [[Beamish]] setup a [[Torchwood Los Angeles|branch]] in [[Los Angeles]], wanting to monitor alien phenomena in a former colony, with a trio of agents, [[Marlow Sweet]], [[Gabriella Martinez]], and [[Charlotte Du Bujeau]], being recruited and given instructions from Britain. After Charley died thwarting [[Don Donohue|an agent]] selling actresses to aliens as dolls, [[Valerie Fox]] joined the trio and they stopped taking their orders from Beamish. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dollhouse (audio story)|The Dollhouse]]'') | ||
Torchwood Three struggled to cope with the Weevils during the 1970s, leading to Torchwood One lending assistance and taking some Weevils back to London for study. The Weevils breached containment however and spread into the [[London Underground]], requiring Torchwood One to monitor them and cover-up the occasional missing commuter they’d attacked. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tube Strike (audio story)|Tube Strike]]'') | |||
Circa [[1984]], Torchwood bought the London-based security firm [[H.C. Clements]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') | Circa [[1984]], Torchwood bought the London-based security firm [[H.C. Clements]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') | ||
