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[[File:Torchwood House.jpg|left|thumb|[[Torchwood House]]; The site of Queen [[Victoria]] | [[File:Torchwood House.jpg|left|thumb|[[Torchwood House]]; The site of Queen [[Victoria]]'s encounter with a [[werewolf]] and after which her Institute was named. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'')]] | ||
Torchwood's origins dated back to an incident involving the [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Rose Tyler]] and [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]] in the mid-19th century. At [[Torchwood House]] in [[Scotland]], a monastic group called the [[Brethren]] stored a [[Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform|werewolf]], which menaced the countryside and the Queen. With the monarch's assistance, the Doctor and Rose killed the werewolf. Victoria knighted them for their service, then banished them from the kingdom, declaring the Doctor in particular a potential threat to the Empire. Now aware of the reality of alien and supernatural life forms, Victoria ordered an organisation be created to protect the British Empire from the Doctor and threats such as the werewolf. She named the organisation the Torchwood Institute, after the location of the werewolf encounter. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') She issued a royal decree establishing the Institute on [[31 December]] [[1879]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'') | Torchwood's origins dated back to an incident involving the [[Tenth Doctor]], [[Rose Tyler]] and [[Victoria|Queen Victoria]] in the mid-19th century. At [[Torchwood House]] in [[Scotland]], a monastic group called the [[Brethren]] stored a [[Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform|werewolf]], which menaced the countryside and the Queen. With the monarch's assistance, the Doctor and Rose killed the werewolf. Victoria knighted them for their service, then banished them from the kingdom, declaring the Doctor in particular a potential threat to the Empire. Now aware of the reality of alien and supernatural life forms, Victoria ordered an organisation be created to protect the British Empire from the Doctor and threats such as the werewolf. She named the organisation the Torchwood Institute, after the location of the werewolf encounter. ([[TV]]: ''[[Tooth and Claw (TV story)|Tooth and Claw]]'') She issued a royal decree establishing the Institute on [[31 December]] [[1879]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'') | ||
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During [[World War II]], artefacts belonging to the [[Torchwood Archive]] were relocated to a Welsh coal mine to protect them from bombings. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Curios (audio story)|Curios]]'') In the early [[1940s]], Torchwood operative [[LeDuc]] travelled to occupied [[Paris]] with his lover [[Gabriel (The Dying Room)|Gabriel]] seeking information on the location of Torchwood's [[Germany|German]] counterpart, by then renamed [[Project Hermod]], whilst using Gabriel's abilities to unleash a mutagenic plague on Nazi soldiers. In Paris they stayed at a hotel which was secretly a front for Torchwood. [[Hans Grau|Oppenführer Hans Grau]] took over the hotel and interrogated LeDuc, who manipulated the situation in order to get the information on Project Hermod before Grau fell victim to Gabriel's abilities. LeDuc subsequently invited [[Berber]], who he'd used as a cover, to join Torchwood, which she agreed to. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dying Room (audio story)|The Dying Room]]'') | During [[World War II]], artefacts belonging to the [[Torchwood Archive]] were relocated to a Welsh coal mine to protect them from bombings. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Curios (audio story)|Curios]]'') In the early [[1940s]], Torchwood operative [[LeDuc]] travelled to occupied [[Paris]] with his lover [[Gabriel (The Dying Room)|Gabriel]] seeking information on the location of Torchwood's [[Germany|German]] counterpart, by then renamed [[Project Hermod]], whilst using Gabriel's abilities to unleash a mutagenic plague on Nazi soldiers. In Paris they stayed at a hotel which was secretly a front for Torchwood. [[Hans Grau|Oppenführer Hans Grau]] took over the hotel and interrogated LeDuc, who manipulated the situation in order to get the information on Project Hermod before Grau fell victim to Gabriel's abilities. LeDuc subsequently invited [[Berber]], who he'd used as a cover, to join Torchwood, which she agreed to. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dying Room (audio story)|The Dying Room]]'') | ||
In [[1941]], Torchwood Three was led by [[Tilda Brennan]], who was manipulated by [[Bilis Manger]] into vivisecting "[[A. Neil]]", an alien child Jack had brought in to the Hub, overpowering the rest of the team when they objected. Jack confronted her in the Vaults and she held a gun to the head of teammate [[Greg Bishop]], who was | In [[1941]], Torchwood Three was led by [[Tilda Brennan]], who was manipulated by [[Bilis Manger]] into vivisecting "[[A. Neil]]", an alien child Jack had brought in to the Hub, overpowering the rest of the team when they objected. Jack confronted her in the Vaults and she held a gun to the head of teammate [[Greg Bishop]], who was Jack's lover. [[The Light (The Twilight Streets)|The Light]] briefly possessed her, enabling Jack to shoot her. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Twilight Streets (novel)|The Twilight Streets]]'') | ||
According to [[Norton Folgate]], in the [[1950s]] Torchwood had to deal with a large amount of black market trading in alien artefacts as a result of the number of spacecraft shot down during [[World War II]]. However, they were mostly called out to the sites of unexploded bombs. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ghost Mission (audio story)|Ghost Mission]]'') Torchwood helped the development of the [[Good Thinking]] virus, however it began to spread out of control after being tested on death row inmates in the United States. Norton and Jack sought to remove all trace of the virus and devised contingencies should it resurface. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Outbreak (audio story)|Outbreak]]'') | According to [[Norton Folgate]], in the [[1950s]] Torchwood had to deal with a large amount of black market trading in alien artefacts as a result of the number of spacecraft shot down during [[World War II]]. However, they were mostly called out to the sites of unexploded bombs. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ghost Mission (audio story)|Ghost Mission]]'') Torchwood helped the development of the [[Good Thinking]] virus, however it began to spread out of control after being tested on death row inmates in the United States. Norton and Jack sought to remove all trace of the virus and devised contingencies should it resurface. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Outbreak (audio story)|Outbreak]]'') | ||
By [[1953]], the London branch was influential enough that London [[police]] feared its involvement when investigating the strange occurrences provoked by the activities of an alien entity known as [[the Wire]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'') Torchwood One agent [[Lizbeth Hayhoe]] had ordered for the | By [[1953]], the London branch was influential enough that London [[police]] feared its involvement when investigating the strange occurrences provoked by the activities of an alien entity known as [[the Wire]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Idiot's Lantern (TV story)|The Idiot's Lantern]]'') Torchwood One agent [[Lizbeth Hayhoe]] had ordered for the Wire's victims to be kept in cages. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Parasite (audio story)|Parasite]]'') | ||
At one point on the 1950s, Norton came under suspicion by Torchwood | At one point on the 1950s, Norton came under suspicion by Torchwood One's leader, [[the Vicar]], for dealings with gangsters and was allowed to summon an assessor to clear his name, choosing to bring [[Andy Davidson]] back in time. Norton manipulated events to trick gangster [[Fat Kim]] into taking control of an [[Martian tripod|alien war machine]] whilst the Vicar led Torchwood against her. In the ensuing confrontation Andy killed Kim by passing on the key to the machine to her mind and the Vicar was killed when the disabled war machine fell on him. This eliminated the only two people aware of Norton's criminal dealings and left a vacancy at the head of Torchwood One. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Goodbye Piccadilly (audio story)|Goodbye Piccadilly]]'') [[Reginald Rigsby]] became the new director of Torchwood One. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Parasite (audio story)|Parasite]]'') | ||
During the 1950s, [[Adam Smith]] took over Torchwood One using his memory manipulation abilities and rallied the organisation for war against the approaching [[Kernaz]] fleet, which was actually seeking him. Norton, who had been tricked into allowing Adam into Torchwood in the first place, and Lizbeth eventually worked out what had happened, despite numerous setbacks as Adam kept altering their memories. They disabled | During the 1950s, [[Adam Smith]] took over Torchwood One using his memory manipulation abilities and rallied the organisation for war against the approaching [[Kernaz]] fleet, which was actually seeking him. Norton, who had been tricked into allowing Adam into Torchwood in the first place, and Lizbeth eventually worked out what had happened, despite numerous setbacks as Adam kept altering their memories. They disabled Torchwood's weapons on the day the Kernaz arrived, preventing war and allowing the Kernaz to send Adam into [[the Void]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Madam, I'm (audio story)|Madam, I'm]]'') | ||
In the 1950s, Norton arranged for [[Lynne Sharman]] and [[Freddie Talbot]] to launch on a rocket, the ''Viola'', to investigate the "Black Knight" object that Lynne speculated was causing the destruction of British rockets, accompanying them via hard light projection. They found her theories were correct, discovering a dead alien aboard an automated craft with Freddie dying trying to steal technology from. Reluctantly following his orders from Torchwood, Norton subsequently sabotaged the ''Viola'' so Lynne would die of radiation poisoning, ensuring the object remained secret. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Black Knight (audio story)|The Black Knight]]'') | In the 1950s, Norton arranged for [[Lynne Sharman]] and [[Freddie Talbot]] to launch on a rocket, the ''Viola'', to investigate the "Black Knight" object that Lynne speculated was causing the destruction of British rockets, accompanying them via hard light projection. They found her theories were correct, discovering a dead alien aboard an automated craft with Freddie dying trying to steal technology from. Reluctantly following his orders from Torchwood, Norton subsequently sabotaged the ''Viola'' so Lynne would die of radiation poisoning, ensuring the object remained secret. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Black Knight (audio story)|The Black Knight]]'') | ||
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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 | 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]]'') | ||
In [[1987]], Torchwood sent Doctor [[James Greco]] to investigate [[Gabriel Tyler]] and his psychic powers, hoping to find a breakthrough in understanding the human mind. His experiments were discovered by the [[Seventh Doctor]], who claimed | In [[1987]], Torchwood sent Doctor [[James Greco]] to investigate [[Gabriel Tyler]] and his psychic powers, hoping to find a breakthrough in understanding the human mind. His experiments were discovered by the [[Seventh Doctor]], who claimed he'd never heard of Torchwood when Greco revealed his employers' name. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Damaged Goods (audio story)|Damaged Goods]]'') By another account Greco was associated with the [[Brotherhood of the Immanent Flesh|Brotherhood]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Damaged Goods (novel)|Damaged Goods]]'') | ||
[[File:Canary Wharf.jpg|thumb|[[Torchwood Tower]], publicly known as Canary Wharf. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'')|alt=]] | [[File:Canary Wharf.jpg|thumb|[[Torchwood Tower]], publicly known as Canary Wharf. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'')|alt=]] | ||
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[[File:Torchwood Leader, Alex Hopkins.jpg|left|thumb|[[Alex Hopkins]], leader of [[Torchwood Three]] who massacred his [[Alex Hopkins' team|team]] after seeing the future. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'')]] | [[File:Torchwood Leader, Alex Hopkins.jpg|left|thumb|[[Alex Hopkins]], leader of [[Torchwood Three]] who massacred his [[Alex Hopkins' team|team]] after seeing the future. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'')]] | ||
On New | On New Year's Eve [[1999]], Jack became the leader of Torchwood Three when its current leader, [[Alex Hopkins]], killed the rest of the team and himself after being driven insane by [[Object 1|an alien artefact]] that revealed the events of the coming years. During his rampage, he phoned Torchwood One, with [[Yvonne Hartman]] answering. Yvonne listened to his murders and rambling about Torchwood not being ready, and the experience inspired her to rise through the ranks to make Torchwood ready. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]], ''[[AUDIO]]:'' [[One Rule (audio story)|One Rule]], [[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'') | ||
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Over the next few years, Jack rebuilt the Torchwood Three team; he headhunted [[Suzie Costello]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Moving Target (audio story)|Moving Target]]'') recruited [[Toshiko Sato]] from [[UNIT]] custody, ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'') accepted the appointment of [[Sebastian Vaughan]] due to the influence of [[Sebastian Vaughan's father|his father]], a [[Cabinet]] minister, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Vigil (audio story)|The Vigil]]'') and recruited [[Owen Harper]] as the team's medical officer after he witnessed the death of his fiance due to an alien parasite. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'') | Over the next few years, Jack rebuilt the Torchwood Three team; he headhunted [[Suzie Costello]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Moving Target (audio story)|Moving Target]]'') recruited [[Toshiko Sato]] from [[UNIT]] custody, ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'') accepted the appointment of [[Sebastian Vaughan]] due to the influence of [[Sebastian Vaughan's father|his father]], a [[Cabinet]] minister, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Vigil (audio story)|The Vigil]]'') and recruited [[Owen Harper]] as the team's medical officer after he witnessed the death of his fiance due to an alien parasite. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'') | ||
==== Yvonne | ==== Yvonne Hartman's leadership ==== | ||
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[[File:Yvonne hartman main.jpg|thumb|[[Yvonne Hartman]], Director of [[Torchwood One]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'')]] | [[File:Yvonne hartman main.jpg|thumb|[[Yvonne Hartman]], Director of [[Torchwood One]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'')]] | ||
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Investigations of the anomaly and sphere continued under Doctor [[Rajesh Singh|Singh]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'') In [[March]] 2005, Yvonne personally travelling to Torchwood Three to obtain a [[Drahvin]] scanner for use on the sphere. It was lost when [[Barry Jackson]] burnt down her hotel to embroil her in his scheme to kill his rivals for Cardiff mayor on behalf of the Committee. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[One Rule (audio story)|One Rule]]'') | Investigations of the anomaly and sphere continued under Doctor [[Rajesh Singh|Singh]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'') In [[March]] 2005, Yvonne personally travelling to Torchwood Three to obtain a [[Drahvin]] scanner for use on the sphere. It was lost when [[Barry Jackson]] burnt down her hotel to embroil her in his scheme to kill his rivals for Cardiff mayor on behalf of the Committee. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[One Rule (audio story)|One Rule]]'') | ||
Under | Under Yvonne's directorship, Torchwood One investigated [[Blind Summit]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Blind Summit (audio story)|Blind Summit]]'') continued operations to contain Weevils on the Underground, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Tube Strike (audio story)|Tube Strike]]'') was briefly taken over by [[Rachel Allan]] who wanted a war against [[Planet XXX|Planet XXX,]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[New Girl (audio story)|New Girl]], [[Through the Ruins (audio story)|Through the Ruins]], [[Uprising (audio story)|Uprising]]'') created the [[Law Machine]]s for the Mayor of London, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Law Machines (audio story)|The Law Machines]]'') and shutdown [[Temporary Solutions]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[9 to 5 (Torchwood One audio story)|9 to 5]]'') | ||
In [[March]] [[2006]], Tosh was sent to London to investigate the alien lifeform recovered from a crashed spacecraft. Unknown to her, she met the [[Ninth Doctor]] during this time. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') Later in 2006, Torchwood Three responded to the crash of an Elyrian spaceship, unaware that Suzie had actually caused it, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sync (audio story)|Sync]]'') and Suzie was caught up in an alien hunt enabled by [[the Committee]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Moving Target (audio story)|Moving Target]]'') | In [[March]] [[2006]], Tosh was sent to London to investigate the alien lifeform recovered from a crashed spacecraft. Unknown to her, she met the [[Ninth Doctor]] during this time. ([[TV]]: ''[[Aliens of London (TV story)|Aliens of London]]'') Later in 2006, Torchwood Three responded to the crash of an Elyrian spaceship, unaware that Suzie had actually caused it, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sync (audio story)|Sync]]'') and Suzie was caught up in an alien hunt enabled by [[the Committee]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Moving Target (audio story)|Moving Target]]'') | ||
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The [[Tenth Doctor]] investigated the ghost shifts and traced them to Torchwood. He explained to the then-administrator [[Yvonne Hartman|Yvonne]] that their experiments were weakening the barrier between dimensions, which would eventually lead to drastic problems in their own world, perhaps resulting in the collapse of their dimension. His warnings were too late however, as the experiments had already allowed an advance guard of [[Cybusman|Cybermen]] from [[Pete's World|a parallel world]] through, who had infiltrated Torchwood. They opened the breach fully, allowing a massive invasion force from another dimension to come through the "hole" and materialise around the world. | The [[Tenth Doctor]] investigated the ghost shifts and traced them to Torchwood. He explained to the then-administrator [[Yvonne Hartman|Yvonne]] that their experiments were weakening the barrier between dimensions, which would eventually lead to drastic problems in their own world, perhaps resulting in the collapse of their dimension. His warnings were too late however, as the experiments had already allowed an advance guard of [[Cybusman|Cybermen]] from [[Pete's World|a parallel world]] through, who had infiltrated Torchwood. They opened the breach fully, allowing a massive invasion force from another dimension to come through the "hole" and materialise around the world. | ||
[[File:Dvc.jpg|left|thumb|[[Dalek]]s and Cybermen fight at the heart of Torchwood. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'')]] | [[File:Dvc.jpg|left|thumb|[[Dalek]]s and Cybermen fight at the heart of Torchwood. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'')]] | ||
At the same time, the Void Ship opened, revealing a hidden [[Cult of Skaro|cadre]] of four [[Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'') who sought to restore the Dalek race with a stolen piece of [[Time Lord]] technology called the [[Genesis Ark]]. They promptly killed a Torchwood technician while stealing his knowledge of current events. They saw the Cybermen as an impediment to their own return and began hostilities against them, despite an offer from the [[Cyber-Leader One|Cyber-Leader]] to form an alliance. This began the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]], with Torchwood militia caught in the middle. This turned Torchwood Tower into a battleground. Many of Torchwood | At the same time, the Void Ship opened, revealing a hidden [[Cult of Skaro|cadre]] of four [[Dalek]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'') who sought to restore the Dalek race with a stolen piece of [[Time Lord]] technology called the [[Genesis Ark]]. They promptly killed a Torchwood technician while stealing his knowledge of current events. They saw the Cybermen as an impediment to their own return and began hostilities against them, despite an offer from the [[Cyber-Leader One|Cyber-Leader]] to form an alliance. This began the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]], with Torchwood militia caught in the middle. This turned Torchwood Tower into a battleground. Many of Torchwood One's staff were either killed or cyber-converted, including Yvonne herself. | ||
The "hole" in space time created by the Void Ship also allowed a resistance army from the | The "hole" in space time created by the Void Ship also allowed a resistance army from the Cybermen's dimension to cross over, initially with the intention of stopping the Cybermen, who joined forces with the Doctor to stop both invaders and close the breach. The fighting did not end until the Doctor found a way to reverse Torchwood's power machinery and open the breach to pull the Daleks and Cybermen into [[the Void]]. The reversal sealed the breach between [[N-Space]] and the parallel world. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') | ||
Torchwood One was considered fallen after the Battle. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'') Known survivors included [[Ianto Jones]], [[Lisa Hallett]] (though partially-[[Cyber-conversion|Cyber-converted]]), ([[TV]]: ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]'') and [[Stephen Hines]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Torchwood cascade CDRIP.tor (audio story)|Torchwood cascade CDRIP.tor]]'') Torchwood One's other facilities were abandoned, with one beneath the [[Thames Flood Barrier]] being taken over by the [[Empress of the Racnoss (The Runaway Bride)|Empress of the Racnoss]] for her efforts to excavate her children dormant at the Earth's core. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') Another facility, [[the Antebellum (War Chest)|the Antebellum]] remained guarded by contractors who had never known what they were guarding. It was raided by the [[Dow Cohort]] who brought Tosh Sato from Torchwood Three as a hostage. Tosh stopped them and exposed an undercover [[UNIT Black Ops]] attempting to exploit the raid, leaving the facility secure under the contractors' guard. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[War Chest (audio story)|War Chest]]'') | Torchwood One was considered fallen after the Battle. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'') Known survivors included [[Ianto Jones]], [[Lisa Hallett]] (though partially-[[Cyber-conversion|Cyber-converted]]), ([[TV]]: ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]'') and [[Stephen Hines]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Torchwood cascade CDRIP.tor (audio story)|Torchwood cascade CDRIP.tor]]'') Torchwood One's other facilities were abandoned, with one beneath the [[Thames Flood Barrier]] being taken over by the [[Empress of the Racnoss (The Runaway Bride)|Empress of the Racnoss]] for her efforts to excavate her children dormant at the Earth's core. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') Another facility, [[the Antebellum (War Chest)|the Antebellum]] remained guarded by contractors who had never known what they were guarding. It was raided by the [[Dow Cohort]] who brought Tosh Sato from Torchwood Three as a hostage. Tosh stopped them and exposed an undercover [[UNIT Black Ops]] attempting to exploit the raid, leaving the facility secure under the contractors' guard. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[War Chest (audio story)|War Chest]]'') | ||
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With the old regime gone, Jack decided to rebuild Torchwood better in the | With the old regime gone, Jack decided to rebuild Torchwood better in the Doctor's honour. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') He later recruited Canary Wharf survivor [[Ianto Jones]] after Ianto kept seeking his attention and proved himself by helping capture a [[pterodactyl]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'') Some time later, Sebastian was killed by a [[cortex leech|cortex leech.]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Vigil (audio story)|The Vigil]]'') At some point in the the 2000s,{{note|Episodes 1-10 of the [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|first series]] of ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' are set anywhere from [[2006]]-[[2009]] as a result of [[Aliens of London dating controversy|conflicting evidence]] shown in the episodes ''[[Ghost Machine (TV story)|Ghost Machine]]'', ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'', ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]'', ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'', ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'', ''[[Adrift (TV story)|Adrift]]'', ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'', ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'', and ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]''. As episode 10, ''[[Out of Time (TV story)|Out of Time]]'', is set at the end of [[December]], this means that episodes 11-13 are almost certainly set the year after episodes 1-10.}} Suzie shot herself after being exposed as a serial killer, after which Jack hired [[Gwen Cooper]]. By the time of Gwen's recruitment, [[Torchwood Four]] had disappeared. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'') | ||
[[File:Countrycide main.jpg|thumb|The Torchwood Three team. ([[TV]]: ''[[Countrycide (TV story)|Countrycide]]'')]] | [[File:Countrycide main.jpg|thumb|The Torchwood Three team. ([[TV]]: ''[[Countrycide (TV story)|Countrycide]]'')]] | ||
In | In Gwen's first months at Torchwood Three they encountered a [[Sex Gas|sex gas]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Day One (TV story)|Day One]]'') [[The Fairies|Fairies]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Small Worlds (TV story)|Small Worlds]]'') [[Scorchies]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Broken (audio story)|Broken]]'') Major [[Kreg]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Great Sontaran War (audio story)|The Great Sontaran War]]'') cannibals, ([[TV]]: ''[[Countrycide (TV story)|Countrycide]]'') an [[Mary (Greeks Bearing Gifts)|Arcateenian criminal]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'') and [[the Saviour]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Broken (audio story)|Broken]]'') They also investigated [[the Committee]], uncovering their plots involving [[George Wilson (The Conspiracy)|George Wilson]], [[Ephraim Salt]] and [[Neil Redmond]]'s [[NJ|duplicate]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Conspiracy (audio story)|The Conspiracy]], [[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]], [[Fall to Earth (audio story)|Fall to Earth]], [[Uncanny Valley (audio story)|Uncanny Valley]]'') Later in the year they were tricked into briefly resurrecting Suzie, ([[TV]]: ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]'') investigated murders arranged by the immortal [[Thomas Vaughan (Hidden)|Thomas Vaughan]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hidden (audio story)|Hidden]]'') found an [[Pat (The Last Beacon)|alien refugee]] living in [[Hengoed]] and let her be after she turned off her distress signal, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Last Beacon (audio story)|The Last Beacon]]'') retrieved a [[Dogon]] sixth eye from deceased alien enthusiast [[Eugene Jones]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]'') tried to helped three temporally-displaced people adjust to the 21st century, ([[TV]]: ''[[Out of Time (audio story)|Out of Time]]'') and shutdown a [[Weevil]] fighting club. ([[TV]]: ''[[Combat (TV story)|Combat]]'') | ||
Torchwood Three was manipulated by [[Bilis Manger]] to open the [[Cardiff rift]], resulting in massive temporal displacements and the release of the demon [[Abaddon]]. Jack stopped the demon by overloading him with his infinite lifespan. ([[TV]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]],'' ''[[End of Days (TV story)|End of Days]]'') Shortly after, team leader Captain Jack Harkness mysteriously disappeared. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') Subsequently, Prime Minister Harold Saxon sent Torchwood Three on a "wild goose chase" mission away from [[Great Britain]] to the [[Himalayas]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') | Torchwood Three was manipulated by [[Bilis Manger]] to open the [[Cardiff rift]], resulting in massive temporal displacements and the release of the demon [[Abaddon]]. Jack stopped the demon by overloading him with his infinite lifespan. ([[TV]]: ''[[Captain Jack Harkness (TV story)|Captain Jack Harkness]],'' ''[[End of Days (TV story)|End of Days]]'') Shortly after, team leader Captain Jack Harkness mysteriously disappeared. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'') Subsequently, Prime Minister Harold Saxon sent Torchwood Three on a "wild goose chase" mission away from [[Great Britain]] to the [[Himalayas]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') | ||
After a few months had passed for Torchwood Three (and about a year for Jack, who had lived through [[the Year That Never Was]]) Jack returned to Torchwood Three. Although Gwen had taken charge during his absence, Jack resumed command. Perhaps due to their influence during [[alien invasion]], by this point the late 2000s,{{note|The [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|second series]] of ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' is set anywhere from [[2007]]-[[2010]] as a result of [[Aliens of London dating controversy|conflicting evidence]] shown in the episodes ''[[Ghost Machine (TV story)|Ghost Machine]]'', ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'', ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]'', ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'', ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'', ''[[Adrift (TV story)|Adrift]]'', ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'', ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'', and ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'', as well as ''[[Meat (TV story)|Meat]]'' placing the series about a year after the start of [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|series 1]].}} Torchwood was beginning to be known by the public in Cardiff at large, although more by name and reputation than by actual purpose. An old Time Agent colleague of | After a few months had passed for Torchwood Three (and about a year for Jack, who had lived through [[the Year That Never Was]]) Jack returned to Torchwood Three. Although Gwen had taken charge during his absence, Jack resumed command. Perhaps due to their influence during [[alien invasion]], by this point the late 2000s,{{note|The [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|second series]] of ''[[Torchwood (series)|Torchwood]]'' is set anywhere from [[2007]]-[[2010]] as a result of [[Aliens of London dating controversy|conflicting evidence]] shown in the episodes ''[[Ghost Machine (TV story)|Ghost Machine]]'', ''[[Greeks Bearing Gifts (TV story)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]'', ''[[Random Shoes (TV story)|Random Shoes]]'', ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To the Last Man]]'', ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'', ''[[Adrift (TV story)|Adrift]]'', ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'', ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'', and ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'', as well as ''[[Meat (TV story)|Meat]]'' placing the series about a year after the start of [[Series 1 (Torchwood)|series 1]].}} Torchwood was beginning to be known by the public in Cardiff at large, although more by name and reputation than by actual purpose. An old Time Agent colleague of Jack's, Captain [[John Hart (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang)|John Hart]], came to Cardiff at the same time and embroiled Torchwood in a scheme. ([[TV]]: ''[[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TV story)|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]'') Under Jack's renewed leadership, Torchwood Three encountered an [[Cell 114|alien sleeper cell]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Sleeper (TV story)|Sleeper]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Serenity (audio story)|Serenity]]'') helped [[Tommy Brockless]] fulfil his purpose and travel back in time to 1918, ([[TV]]: ''[[To the Last Man (TV story)|To The Last Man]]'') shutdown [[Harries & Harries]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Meat (TV story)|Meat]]'') resolved a telesensual field being broadcast by a crashed alien spacecraft, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Everyone Says Hello (audio story)|Everyone Says Hello]]'') were briefly infiltrated by [[Adam Smith|Adam]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Adam (TV story)|Adam]]'') and investigated the [[The Pharm|Pharm]] with the aid of UNIT medical officer [[Martha Jones]]. After they shut down the Pharm, it's director [[Aaron Copley]] shot Owen dead ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'') however he was resurrected using the second [[Resurrection gauntlet|Resurrection Gauntlet]]. After battling a manifestation of [[Death (Dead Man Walking)|Death]], Owen became permanently undead ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'') and returned to duty at Torchwood. ([[TV]]: ''[[A Day in the Death (TV story)|A Day in the Death]]'') During his undeath, Torchwood killed a pair of [[Nostrovite]]s, ([[TV]]: ''[[Something Borrowed]]'') investigated the [[Church of the Outsiders]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Believe (audio story)|Believe]]'') and stopped the [[Night Travellers|Night Travellers']] rampage. ([[TV]]: ''[[From Out of the Rain (TV story)|From Out of the Rain]]'') After they collaborated on [[Corpse Day]], Owen worked with PC [[Andy Davidson]] on a series of investigations ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Corpse Day (audio story)|Corpse Day]]'', ''[[The Hope (audio story)|The Hope]]'', ''[[The Three Monkeys (audio story)|The Three Monkeys]]'') until they fell out when Owen used Torchwood's resources to cover up a death accidentally caused by him and the alien [[Caite (Gooseberry)|Caite]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Gooseberry (audio story)|Gooseberry]]'') | ||
[[File:Gwen and Ianto 2.jpg|left|thumb|Torchwood Three fight against the Daleks invading the Hub. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)| | [[File:Gwen and Ianto 2.jpg|left|thumb|Torchwood Three fight against the Daleks invading the Hub. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')]] | ||
Torchwood Three was depleted by the final death of Owen and Tosh who were killed during [[Gray (Adam)| | Torchwood Three was depleted by the final death of Owen and Tosh who were killed during [[Gray (Adam)|Jack's brother's]] vengeful scheme in Cardiff. The three survivors resolved to keep Torchwood going. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'', ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'') Not long after Owen and Tosh's deaths, Jack served as surrogate parent for the next [[Ruler of the Yalnix]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Expectant (audio story)|Expectant]]'') and the trio were invited to [[CERN]] by Martha, who suspected at conspiracy at work there and couldn't trust UNIT personnel at the site. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lost Souls (audio story)|Lost Souls]]'') During the [[21st century Dalek invasion|Dalek invasion of Earth]], Torchwood Three were contacted by [[Harriet Jones]] through the [[Sub-Wave Network]] and helped send a signal to the Doctor, with Jack rushing to his side to help fight the Daleks whilst Gwen and Ianto defended the Hub. After the Daleks' defeat, Torchwood helped the Doctor restore the Earth to its original location. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'', ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') | ||
In the following months, the trio helped [[Freda]], a half alien asylum seeker sent back in time from [[2069]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Asylum (audio story)|Asylum]]'') discovered the continued existence of Torchwood India in Delhi and foiled their plan to reset the world to 1926 using their time store ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Golden Age (audio story)|Golden Age]]'') and investigated a series of phone calls leaving people in comas. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dead Line (audio story)|The Dead Line]]'') After helping a [[Keranium]] repair its spaceship, they faced the outbreak of the [[Good Thinking]] virus in Cardiff and stopped [[Heights Pharmaceuticals]] inoculating people with [[Provictus]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Outbreak (audio story)|Outbreak]]'') Torchwood Three responded to a spaceship crash at the same time as UNIT and found a body that UNIT had missed. Gwen brought it to Martha at a UNIT [[victim-retrieval station]] and they discovered it was actually a [[Chameleon (Dissected)|chameleon]], and destroyed the base to kill it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dissected (audio story)|Dissected]]'') The trio investigated [[Joanna Carew]] | In the following months, the trio helped [[Freda]], a half alien asylum seeker sent back in time from [[2069]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Asylum (audio story)|Asylum]]'') discovered the continued existence of Torchwood India in Delhi and foiled their plan to reset the world to 1926 using their time store ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Golden Age (audio story)|Golden Age]]'') and investigated a series of phone calls leaving people in comas. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Dead Line (audio story)|The Dead Line]]'') After helping a [[Keranium]] repair its spaceship, they faced the outbreak of the [[Good Thinking]] virus in Cardiff and stopped [[Heights Pharmaceuticals]] inoculating people with [[Provictus]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Outbreak (audio story)|Outbreak]]'') Torchwood Three responded to a spaceship crash at the same time as UNIT and found a body that UNIT had missed. Gwen brought it to Martha at a UNIT [[victim-retrieval station]] and they discovered it was actually a [[Chameleon (Dissected)|chameleon]], and destroyed the base to kill it. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dissected (audio story)|Dissected]]'') The trio investigated [[Joanna Carew]]'s miraculous recovery and discovered she was working with an alien entity, [[Fitzroy (The Devil and Miss Carew)|Fitzroy]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Devil and Miss Carew (audio story)|The Devil and Miss Carew]]'') and worked with UNIT to investigate an underwater call originating from the [[Mariana Trench]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Submission (audio story)|Submission]]'') | ||
==== Fall of Torchwood Three ==== | ==== Fall of Torchwood Three ==== | ||
[[File:1j.jpg|thumb|The ruins of the Torchwood Three Hub. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Two (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Two]]'')|alt=]] | [[File:1j.jpg|thumb|The ruins of the Torchwood Three Hub. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Two (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Two]]'')|alt=]] | ||
During the 456 Incident in 2009, the Institute was left in disarray due to an intentional effort by the British Prime Minister [[Brian Green]] to destroy Torchwood to prevent the revelation of previous dealings between the UK and [[the 456]] in 1965, which Jack had been involved, after the 456 returned to Earth. [[The Hub|The Cardiff Hub]] was destroyed by a paramilitary unit headed by Agent [[Johnson (Children of Earth: Day One)|Johnson]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'') Files held by the British government indicated that by this point, Torchwood Two had been disbanded. After the destruction of the Hub, | During the 456 Incident in 2009, the Institute was left in disarray due to an intentional effort by the British Prime Minister [[Brian Green]] to destroy Torchwood to prevent the revelation of previous dealings between the UK and [[the 456]] in 1965, which Jack had been involved, after the 456 returned to Earth. [[The Hub|The Cardiff Hub]] was destroyed by a paramilitary unit headed by Agent [[Johnson (Children of Earth: Day One)|Johnson]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'') Files held by the British government indicated that by this point, Torchwood Two had been disbanded. After the destruction of the Hub, Johnson's team pursued Gwen and Ianto and attempted to imprison Jack by entombing him in concrete. Ianto and Gwen rescued him and the team made their way to London. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Two (TV story)|Day Two]]'') With the aid of [[Lois Habiba]], the trio used their few resources to infiltrate the British government's discussions on how to respond to the 456's demands for 10% of each country's children and blackmailed them into allowing them to confront the 456 ambassador in Thames House. The ambassador rejected Torchwood's threats and unleashed a deadly virus, killing everyone in the building including Ianto. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)|Day Three]]'', ''[[Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)|Day Four]]'') When Jack revived he surrendered to the government and let them take Gwen back to Cardiff, telling her to protect Ianto's family. Johnson rescued him and worked with him to defeat the 456 to prevent the Earth's governments complying with their demands, at the cost of Jack's [[Steven Carter|grandson]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'') | ||
==== Fallen Institute ==== | ==== Fallen Institute ==== | ||
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[[File: Gwen goes to Talmouth.jpg|thumb|left|[[Gwen Cooper]], leader of the revived Torchwood, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[World Without End (comic story)|World Without End]]'') investigating [[Talmouth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Made You Look (audio story)|Made You Look]]'')]] | [[File: Gwen goes to Talmouth.jpg|thumb|left|[[Gwen Cooper]], leader of the revived Torchwood, ([[COMIC]]: ''[[World Without End (comic story)|World Without End]]'') investigating [[Talmouth]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Made You Look (audio story)|Made You Look]]'')]] | ||
Gwen's new Torchwood had 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 Williams|Rhys]] looked after their daughter [[Anwen Williams|Anwen]], approached [[Roger Pugh]], Planning Officer for [[Cardiff City Council]], in order to establish a new Torchwood facility in Cardiff which would replace the [[the Hub|long-gone Hub]]. After Gwen showed Roger a day of her work first hand, he gave her his support. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[More Than This (audio story)|More Than This]]'') Gwen later investigated the [[Darkness (Made You Look)|Darkness]] in [[Talmouth]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Made You Look (audio story)|Made You Look]]'') encountered an [[Entity (We Always Get Out Alive)|entity]] with Rhys, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[We Always Get Out Alive (audio story)|We Always Get Out Alive]]'') and battled the [[Fendahl]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Night of the Fendahl (audio story)|Night of the Fendahl]]'') At Gwen's suggestion, Rhys had his mother [[Brenda Williams]] go undercover on Torchwood's behalf at a nursing home to monitor the [[Sonny (Sonny)|Sonny]] robots being tested there. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sonny (audio story)|Sonny]]'') | |||
During the [[2010]]s, Torchwood recruited [[Tania Bell]], a tenant in [[107 Baker Street]], to keep an eye out for the Doctor as he was known to visit that address. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Must-See TV (audio story)|Must-See TV]]'') | During the [[2010]]s, Torchwood recruited [[Tania Bell]], a tenant in [[107 Baker Street]], to keep an eye out for the Doctor as he was known to visit that address. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Must-See TV (audio story)|Must-See TV]]'') | ||
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Ng and Colchester continued Torchwood's work despite the DRC sealing off the Hub, investigating [[ScrapeJane]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[ScrapeJane (audio story)|ScrapeJane]]'') When Cardiff ran out of drinking water, Torchwood tried to defuse the situation after Orr resurfaced producing clean water. Their efforts failed with Orr disappearing and Yvonne being arrested whilst Jack was shot. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day Zero (audio story)|Day Zero]]'') As God's energies began to destroy the world due to so many conflicting prayers, Tyler helped Yvonne escape and reach the Hub whilst Jack met God, who revealed she'd given her powers to Orr. Orr was found by Colchester and Ng and brought to the Hub by Andy. In the Hub they discovered the Committee had setup a new Rift Manipulator to transport their final form along a [[dimension bridge]] to Earth from [[Erebus]]. Yvonne and Orr used the Lens to redirect God's energies through the bridge, destroying Erebus and the Committee in Earth's place and causing the Hub to collapse again. | Ng and Colchester continued Torchwood's work despite the DRC sealing off the Hub, investigating [[ScrapeJane]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[ScrapeJane (audio story)|ScrapeJane]]'') When Cardiff ran out of drinking water, Torchwood tried to defuse the situation after Orr resurfaced producing clean water. Their efforts failed with Orr disappearing and Yvonne being arrested whilst Jack was shot. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Day Zero (audio story)|Day Zero]]'') As God's energies began to destroy the world due to so many conflicting prayers, Tyler helped Yvonne escape and reach the Hub whilst Jack met God, who revealed she'd given her powers to Orr. Orr was found by Colchester and Ng and brought to the Hub by Andy. In the Hub they discovered the Committee had setup a new Rift Manipulator to transport their final form along a [[dimension bridge]] to Earth from [[Erebus]]. Yvonne and Orr used the Lens to redirect God's energies through the bridge, destroying Erebus and the Committee in Earth's place and causing the Hub to collapse again. | ||
Andy informed the team that the government were blaming Torchwood for the recent disasters and surviving Committee members on Earth were seeking revenge. Jack, Ng, Orr, Tyler and Colchester fled Cardiff however Yvonne stayed behind, forcing Andy to arrest her. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thoughts and Prayers (audio story)|Thoughts and Prayers]]'') Torchwood was subsequently shut down again, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dead Time (audio story)|Dead Time]]'') with Yvonne being tried in secret and imprisoned in [[HMP Whitcastle]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[At Her Majesty's Pleasure (audio story)|At Her | Andy informed the team that the government were blaming Torchwood for the recent disasters and surviving Committee members on Earth were seeking revenge. Jack, Ng, Orr, Tyler and Colchester fled Cardiff however Yvonne stayed behind, forcing Andy to arrest her. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Thoughts and Prayers (audio story)|Thoughts and Prayers]]'') Torchwood was subsequently shut down again, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dead Time (audio story)|Dead Time]]'') with Yvonne being tried in secret and imprisoned in [[HMP Whitcastle]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[At Her Majesty's Pleasure (audio story)|At Her Majesty's Pleasure]]'') The [[Thirteenth Doctor]] was aware that by [[2020]] Torchwood was “gone”. ([[TV]]: ''[[Spyfall (TV story)|Spyfall]]'') | ||
==== 2020s ==== | ==== 2020s ==== | ||
===== Split up ===== | ===== Split up ===== | ||
The team split up, with Jack disappearing entirely. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Aliens Next Door (audio story)|Aliens Next Door]]'') From her imprisonment Yvonne continued to discreetly direct the team via a temp agency. At her instigation, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Pariahs (audio story)|Pariahs]]'') Ng took Orr on a mission to investigate a [[cul-de-sac]] which appeared to be part of an experiment, in part also to determine how | The team split up, with Jack disappearing entirely. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Aliens Next Door (audio story)|Aliens Next Door]]'') From her imprisonment Yvonne continued to discreetly direct the team via a temp agency. At her instigation, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Pariahs (audio story)|Pariahs]]'') Ng took Orr on a mission to investigate a [[cul-de-sac]] which appeared to be part of an experiment, in part also to determine how God's abilities had affected Orr. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Aliens Next Door (audio story)|Aliens Next Door]]'') Mr Colchester continued missions in secret, including meeting arms dealers in [[Australia]], and eventually returned to Cardiff to rescue his husband from a mysterious organisation interrogating Colin on his whereabouts. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Colin Alone (audio story)|Colin Alone]]'') He also foiled a [[Savash]] invasion in [[Newport]] by convincing their leader Earth wasn't worth invading. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[A Postcard from Mr Colchester (audio story)|A Postcard from Mr Colchester]]'') Hoping to bring the team back together, Ng travelled to [[Iceland]] to meet Gwen and ask if she could contact Jack. After helping Ng confront the cosmic force she'd once made a deal with that was now seeking her, and seeing how much Ng had changed, Gwen did supply money to an emergency Torchwood bank account. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Misty Eyes (audio story)|Misty Eyes]]'') | ||
In the altered [[2020]] created by the crashlanding of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Crossed Lines (audio story)|Crossed Lines]]'') [[Tania Bell]] was unaware of the shutdown of Torchwood, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dead Time (audio story)|Dead Time]]'') and continued reporting to them when the [[Eighth Doctor]] began living at [[107 Baker Street]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lost Property (audio story)|Lost Property]]'') [[Andy Davidson]] later went to visit her, claiming Torchwood had become concerned about her lack of reports and became embroiled in events at Baker Street. He and Tania concealed | In the altered [[2020]] created by the crashlanding of [[the Doctor's TARDIS]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Crossed Lines (audio story)|Crossed Lines]]'') [[Tania Bell]] was unaware of the shutdown of Torchwood, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dead Time (audio story)|Dead Time]]'') and continued reporting to them when the [[Eighth Doctor]] began living at [[107 Baker Street]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lost Property (audio story)|Lost Property]]'') [[Andy Davidson]] later went to visit her, claiming Torchwood had become concerned about her lack of reports and became embroiled in events at Baker Street. He and Tania concealed Torchwood's true name from the Doctor, aware this was too early for him to know about the organisation. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Must-See TV (audio story)|Must-See TV]]'', ''[[Divine Intervention (audio story)|Divine Intervention]]'') After he and Tania accompanied the Doctor, [[Liv Chenka]] and [[Helen Sinclair]] on a test flight to the future, Andy finally confessed to Tania that Torchwood had been shutdown months ago after the incident in the bay. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Dead Time (audio story)|Dead Time]]'') Tania and Andy continued travelling with the Eighth Doctor on and off as he repaired his TARDIS and investigated alterations to the timeline, which had resulted in the future of humanity being a dictatorship ruled by [[Divine Intervention]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[UNIT Dating (audio story)|UNIT Dating]]'', ''[[Baker Street Irregulars (audio story)|Baker Street Irregulars]]'', ''[[The Long Way Round (audio story)|The Long Way Round]]'', ''[[Patience (audio story)|Patience]]'', ''[[Twisted Folklore (audio story)|Twisted Folklore]]'', ''[[Snow (audio story)|Snow]]'', ''[[What Just Happened? (audio story)|What Just Happened?]]'', ''[[Crossed Lines (audio story)|Crossed Lines]]'', ''[[Get Andy (audio story)|Get Andy]]'') With the guidance of [[the Curator]], Andy and Tania helped restore the proper timeline, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Keys of Baker Street (audio story)|The Keys of Baker Street]]'') and retained memories of the alternative 2020 whilst helping the TARDIS team live through the correct timeline of the [[COVID-19]] pandemic. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Best Year Ever (audio story)|Best Year Ever]]'') | ||
Sometime after the virus, Tyler worked with Mr Colchester on an assignment to monitor threats targeting [[Petra Malik]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Moderation (audio story)|Moderation]]'') Mr Colchester was lured into a trap by [[the Unity]] under pretence of a foreign government seeking | Sometime after the virus, Tyler worked with Mr Colchester on an assignment to monitor threats targeting [[Petra Malik]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Moderation (audio story)|Moderation]]'') Mr Colchester was lured into a trap by [[the Unity]] under pretence of a foreign government seeking Torchwood's aid which he escaped with the aid of [[A Charitable Earth]]'s CEO [[Dorothy McShane]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Red List (audio story)|The Red List]]'') Orr investigated [[Voloshnik]] where a new weapon had been used to wipe out the population bar one man, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Propaganda (audio story)|Propaganda]]'') and Tania's "contacts" alerted her to disappearances centring on [[Flatpack]]. She took Liv there to investigate where they encountered the [[Ninth Doctor]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Flatpack (audio story)|Flatpack]]'') Yvonne was freed with the aid of Tyler by carrying out [[emergency plan 22]], involving manipulating Andy on a visit to the prison and exploiting [[Block Transfer Computation]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[At Her Majesty's Pleasure (audio story)|At Her Majesty's Pleasure]]'') | ||
In the | In the team's absence, [[Bilis Manger]] infiltrated the ruined Hub and destroyed several items vital for future Torchwood successes by flooding the building with [[Rift scar energy]], aiming to rebalance the timeline after Torchwood had deviated it so much in recent years. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Cuckoo (audio story)|Cuckoo]]'') | ||
===== Combating Friend ===== | ===== Combating Friend ===== | ||
Yvonne came to suspect another force was acting in the same shadows as Torchwood and arranged for the team to work together ensure the inquiry into [[Phlobos]] | Yvonne came to suspect another force was acting in the same shadows as Torchwood and arranged for the team to work together ensure the inquiry into [[Phlobos]]' collection of DNA went as planned by getting two witnesses safely there, successfully exposing that a DNA weapon had been created. However one of the witnesses had been infected with the weapon ahead of time, which killed everyone present except Torchwood. As the team realised they'd been setup, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Pariahs (audio story)|Pariahs]]'') the sentient algorithm [[Friend]] psychically broadcast to them, revealing its recent manipulation of the world and intent to destroy humanity using the DNA weapon. Yvonne helped the team escape the authorities in a tank and took them back to Cardiff, setting up a new base at her temp agency. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[How I Conquered the World (audio story)|How I Conquered the World]]'') | ||
Torchwood prevented aliens from another dimension taking over [[A Charitable Earth]], with Mr Colchester personally stopping their attempts to assassinate [[Dorothy McShane]] in [[Venice]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death in Venice (audio story)|Death in Venice]]'') | Torchwood prevented aliens from another dimension taking over [[A Charitable Earth]], with Mr Colchester personally stopping their attempts to assassinate [[Dorothy McShane]] in [[Venice]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death in Venice (audio story)|Death in Venice]]'') | ||
The team investigated influencers whose personalities kept advertising after dying, connecting them to an app, [[PeopleFluid]], which Friend revealed it was responsible for. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Doomscroll (audio story)|Doomscroll]]'') Yvonne then foiled | The team investigated influencers whose personalities kept advertising after dying, connecting them to an app, [[PeopleFluid]], which Friend revealed it was responsible for. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Doomscroll (audio story)|Doomscroll]]'') Yvonne then foiled Friend's plan to use an auction for the DNA weapon via the cryto-currency [[Deadcoin]] to cause financial chaos, in part through exploiting Torchwood's [[Icelandic Tourism Information Centre|Icelandic counterpart]]. As she anticipated this provoked Friend into instigating the endgame. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Heistland (audio story)|Heistland]]'') | ||
Torchwood foiled | Torchwood foiled Friend's plan to broadcast a kill signal to activate the weapon on [[Janet's Late Teatime]] by hacking the show the night before and then manipulating [[Janet (The Apocalypse Starts at 6PM)|Janet]] to create panic and anger aimed at phones and internet infrastructure. This resulted in the show's internet broadcast breaking down at the moment of activation and Friend losing its connection to a host body. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Apocalypse Starts at 6 PM (audio story)|The Apocalypse Starts at 6 PM]]'') | ||
With Torchwood in need of money, Mr Colchester took a job as a security consultant for [[Vultura]], whose mining operations in [[India]] he also suspected were drilling into an alien toxic waste dump. With his suspicions confirmed, he helped Dorothy McShane blow up the refinery. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sabotage (audio story)|Sabotage]]'') | With Torchwood in need of money, Mr Colchester took a job as a security consultant for [[Vultura]], whose mining operations in [[India]] he also suspected were drilling into an alien toxic waste dump. With his suspicions confirmed, he helped Dorothy McShane blow up the refinery. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Sabotage (audio story)|Sabotage]]'') | ||
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===== Operational again ===== | ===== Operational again ===== | ||
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In [[2023]], Tyler tipped off [[Rani Chandra]] to investigate [[The Witching Tree]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Witching Tree (audio story)|The Witching Tree]]'') In the same year Torchwood Two, still led by Archie and now based in a sound studio in [[Glasgow]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Apex (audio story)|Apex]]'') was targeted by alien thief [[Apex Costa]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Reboot (audio story)|Reboot]]'') who stole from | In [[2023]], Tyler tipped off [[Rani Chandra]] to investigate [[The Witching Tree]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Witching Tree (audio story)|The Witching Tree]]'') In the same year Torchwood Two, still led by Archie and now based in a sound studio in [[Glasgow]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Apex (audio story)|Apex]]'') was targeted by alien thief [[Apex Costa]], ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Reboot (audio story)|Reboot]]'') who stole from Torchwood's facilities in Glasgow and released an alien creature in doing so. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Underground (audio story)|Underground]]'') The alien attacked Archie, forcing itself into his throat, and he was found unconscious and taken to hospital. At this time two members of ''[[The Blue Box Files]]'', [[Abby McPhail]] and [[Shawna Thompson]], were looking into Torchwood and visited Archie, causing the alien to emerge to attack them. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Apex (audio story)|Apex]]'') Apex supplied the technology he stole from Torchwood to [[Honour Bray]], who used it to make the [[Cobot]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Reboot (audio story)|Reboot]]'') | ||
Later in the [[2020s]] Torchwood appeared to be once again operational, with Andy travelling back in time by [[vortex manipulator]] to the [[1950s]] after the Torchwood computer warned of [[Norton Folgate]]'s timeline unravelling, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Parasite (audio story)|Parasite]]'') and Yvonne leading efforts to respond to a [[photon cloud]] unleashed in Britain by a [[Quarshi]] spaceship that had been shot down by the government, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Five People You Kill in Middlesbrough (audio story)|The Five People You Kill in Middlesbrough]]'') | Later in the [[2020s]] Torchwood appeared to be once again operational, with Andy travelling back in time by [[vortex manipulator]] to the [[1950s]] after the Torchwood computer warned of [[Norton Folgate]]'s timeline unravelling, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Parasite (audio story)|Parasite]]'') and Yvonne leading efforts to respond to a [[photon cloud]] unleashed in Britain by a [[Quarshi]] spaceship that had been shot down by the government, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Five People You Kill in Middlesbrough (audio story)|The Five People You Kill in Middlesbrough]]'') | ||
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==== The Archive ==== | ==== The Archive ==== | ||
Until 2007, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Regrets (audio story)|Regrets]]'') the [[Torchwood Archive]] was housed in the [[Torchwood House]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'') During [[World War II]] the | Until 2007, ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Regrets (audio story)|Regrets]]'') the [[Torchwood Archive]] was housed in the [[Torchwood House]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'') During [[World War II]] the Archive's artefacts were relocated to a Welsh coal mine to protect them from bombing. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Curios (audio story)|Curios]]'') | ||
Centuries in the future the Archive was a space station. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'') | Centuries in the future the Archive was a space station. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'') | ||
=== Parallel universe === | === Parallel universe === | ||
[[Pete's World]], a [[parallel universe]]'s version of Earth, also had [[Torchwood (Pete's World)|a version of Torchwood]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'') Its experiments were used by the Cybermen of that universe to crossover to N-Space. Afterwards the [[People's | [[Pete's World]], a [[parallel universe]]'s version of Earth, also had [[Torchwood (Pete's World)|a version of Torchwood]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Rise of the Cybermen (TV story)|Rise of the Cybermen]]'') Its experiments were used by the Cybermen of that universe to crossover to N-Space. Afterwards the [[People's Republic of Great Britain]] discovered what Torchwood had been doing and took full control of the Institute. ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') President [[Harriet Jones (Pete's World)|Harriet Jones]] eventually merged Torchwood with [[the Preachers]] to create [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce (Pete's World)|UNIT]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Siege of Big Ben (audio story)|The Siege of Big Ben]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
