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15 unusual facts about torchwood


Andrew Cartmel

He developed a script for the third series of Torchwood entitled 'The Jinx', but it was dropped when the show's format was reworked.

Billy Gierhart

His other credits as a television director include, Lone Star, Terriers, The Chicago Code, Sons of Anarchy, Torchwood, Breakout Kings,The Walking Dead and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..

Cult of Skaro

The Doctor ultimately manages to use the vortex manipulator at the Torchwood Institute to suck what he believes to be all the Daleks back into the Void.

Group captain

Captain Jack Harkness, fictional character in Doctor Who and its spin-off Torchwood carries the rank of group captain on his great-coat, however he is always mistakenly referred to as just "captain".

Guy Adams

He has also written a BBC Books Torchwood novel, The House That Jack Built.

John Shiban

In August 2010, Shiban was confirmed as a writer for Torchwood's fourth series Torchwood: Miracle Day.

Lauren Ward

She has appeared in an episode of Torchwood and Law and Order SVU.

Lee Binding

Lee Binding (born 1975) is a graphic designer, most notably working on Doctor Who, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Rhossili

Scenes from Torchwood: Miracle Day were filmed at the National Trust's Old Rectory cottage in Rhossili Bay.

Skip Schoolnik

Schoolnik most recently worked as post production producer on K-Ville, which aired on Fox, as associate producer on The Walking Dead, which airs on AMC, and as associate producer on the BBC/Starz show Torchwood in the fourth series, Miracle Day.

Spitting Games

The track was also featured in "Everything Changes", the first episode of the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood, and later in the episode "Greeks Bearing Gifts", in 2006.

The Very Things

The Shend formed a new band, Grimetime, and has since gone on to an acting career, appearing in television series including EastEnders, Red Dwarf, The Bill, and Torchwood.

Torchwood: Original Television Soundtrack

Torchwood: Original Television Soundtrack is a soundtrack album which was released on 22 September 2008, containing incidental music composed by Ben Foster and Murray Gold and used in the first and second series of the British science fiction television programme Torchwood.

Torchwood: Original Television Soundtrack - Children of Earth

Torchwood: Children of Earth: Original Television Soundtrack is a soundtrack album which was released on 7 July 2009, containing incidental music composed by Ben Foster used in the third series ("Children of Earth") of the British science fiction television programme Torchwood, which aired July 2009.

Upper Boat

It is currently known in media circles for being home to BBC Wales's Upper Boat Studios, where the hit revised version of Doctor Who, as well as spin-offs Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures, is produced.


Alice Troughton

Her work on Doctor Who makes her only the second person (after Colin Teague) to direct episodes of each of Doctor Who, Torchwood, and The Sarah Jane Adventures.

Cardiff Rift

In Under Torch Wood, a one-off Torchwood parody for The Register (a dialogue in the style of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas' radio play Under Milk Wood), columnist Verity Stob derides the device as lazy writing on the part of Davies and his writing team, and comments on its large indebtedness to the Hellmouth from Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Caroline Chikezie

She appeared as Lisa Hallett, a member of the secret organisation of Torchwood who had been transformed into a half-human half-Cyberman in "Cyberwoman", an episode of Torchwood, and as Tamara, a fellow demon hunter, in the 3rd season premiere of Supernatural.

David Lloyd

Gareth David-Lloyd (born 1981), actor who plays Ianto in the television series Torchwood

Escape to L.A.

"Escape to L.A." is the fourth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Torchwood, and was broadcast in the United States on Starz on 29 July 2011, in Australia on UKTV on 30 July 2011, in Canada on Space on 30 July 2011, and in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 4 August 2011.

Ian Gelder

He has appeared in television programmes such as Torchwood: Children of Earth in 2009, and Game of Thrones, 2011 as Mr Dekker and Kevan Lannister respectively.

Kitzinger

Jilly Kitzinger, a fictional character in the science fiction series Torchwood

Little Torch Key

Like all of the keys in the Torch Keys, this key was probably named for the native torchwood tree, Amyris elemifera L. The north end of the key is the site of a former settlement which was abandoned in 1938 when the highway was relocated.

Media of Wales

BBC Wales produces the most-watched Welsh news programme BBC Wales Today, current affairs programme Week In Week Out, sports coverage in Scrum V and Sport Wales, science-fiction programmes including Doctor Who and Torchwood, and factual programmes such as X-Ray.

Owen Harper

For example, Verity Stob's parody of the 2006 series of Torchwood, entitled Under Torch Wood (in the style of Dylan Thomas' Under Milk Wood), comments on Owen's unlikeable personality and behaviour over the course of series one.

Pack Animals

Gwen witnesses a Weevil attack at a shopping centre, Ianto is injured by alien tech at the zoo and aliens are invading on Halloween.

Something in the Water

Something in the Water is a BBC Books original novel written by Trevor Baxendale and based on the British science fiction television, Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood.

Sôvä nad Sŕním

It is told that Torchwood 4 disappeared and reappeared on 3 places Praha, Brno and Sôvä nad Sŕním.

Tardisode

Mickey is at a computer, looking at a website of UFO sightings, but is then blocked by a notice referring to Torchwood.

The Hungry Earth

It was written by Chris Chibnall, who had previously written for Doctor Who and its spin-off series, Torchwood.

The Undertaker's Gift

The Undertaker's Gift is a BBC Books original novel written by Trevor Baxendale and based on the British science fiction television, Doctor Who spin-off series Torchwood and is set after the conclusion of the second series.