Torchwood (TV show)

Torchwood is a doctor who spinn - off .It appears on the British television channels ; BBC, BBC TWO , BBC THREE and Watch. It also appears on the American TV channel Starz. Torchwood is aimed at an older age group than Doctor Who.

Creation
Television writer Russell T Davies planned to make a sceince fiction television show in the style of Buffy The Vampire Slayer. The show would be titled Excalibur and it would be aimed at teenagers. However in 2005 Russel T Davies had another idea. He decided to create a new seris of Doctor Who. (Doctor Who had been cancelled in 1996 ). Russel was too busy with Doctor Who to continue with his Excalibur idea.

However, in the 2006 seris of Doctor Who a group of alien hunters called Torchwood (Torchwood is an anagram of Doctor Who) make some minor appearences. Russell decided to continue with his Excalibur idea, but make it about Torchwood''. ''

Torchwood is shown after 9pm so it contains many ideas never shown on Doctor Who such as ; same sex kissing, extreme violence , drug references and sex scences. However, the second seris of Torchwood is aimed at children as well as adults. (Torchwood facts)

Development
The first seris of Torchwood was shown on BBC THREE. The secon seris was shown on BBC TWO and the third was shown on BBC. Torchwood had been shown on every BBC channel so the third seris was planned to be the last. However, in 2010 the American TV channel Starz brought Torchwood and wrote a fourth seris called ''Torchwood : Miracle Day (interview with Russle.T.Davies). A fifth seris will be made soon .(screenrant.com )''

Charachters
Captain Jack Harkness

Captain Jack Harkness is kind, funny and homosexual. He is the leader of Torchwood. As well as appear ing in Torchwood he appears in the Doctor Who episodes ; The Lonley Child, The Doctor Dances , Boom Town , Bad Wolf , The Parting of the ways , Utopia , The sound of the drums , Last of the time lords, The Stolen Earth and Journeys End. Jack is immortal, he is played by John Barrowman and he appears in every episode of Torchwood.

Gwen Cooper

Gwen is rude, mortal and hetrosexual. Even though she is the exact oppisite of Jack she is his closest friend. She appears in the Doctor Who episodes :The stolen Earth and Journeys End. She is played by Eve Myles and appears in every episode of Torchwood.

Owen Harper

Owen is ; sarcastic and cruel but really, he just wan'ts someone to love him. He was designed to be completely unlikable. He is Gwen's ex-boyfriend. He is second in command in Torchwood. He never appears in Doctor Who but he is mentioned in the episode The Stolen Earth''. He is killed by radioactive waste in the seris two finale Exit Wounds. He is played by Burn Gordman and appears in every episode of seris one and seris two. ''

Toshiko Sato

Toshiko is kind and mysterious. She is Owen's girlfriend. She is the only aisian member of Torchwood (she is Japanese ). She appears in the Doctor Who episode Aliens Of London and she is mentioned in the episode The Stolen Earth. She is shot to death by Gray (Jack's evil brother) in the seris two finale Exit Wounds. She is played by Naoko Mori. She appears in every episode of seris one and two of Torchwood

Ianto Jones

Ianto is funny and kind. He is a member of Torchwood but doesn't get along with Owen. He even shot Owen in the episode Captain Jack Harkness. He is Jack's boyfriend. Ianto is killed by alien air in the fourth episode of Torchwood seris three Children of Earth ; Day Five. Ianto appears in the Doctor Who episodes The Army of ghosts, The stolen Earth and Journeys End. Ianto is played by Gareth David-Lloyd. Ianto appears in every episode of Torchwood seris one and two and the first four episodes of seris three.

Rex Matheson

Rex is the only black male member of Torchwood. He is cruel and very serious, but he just want's the other members of Torchwood to appreciate him. He is played by Mehki Phifer. He appears in every episode of Torchwood seris four.

Esther Drummond

Esther is in trouble with most goverments for hacking into secret CSI files. She is played by Alexia Havins. She appears in every episode of Torchwood seris four.

Rhys Williams

Rhys is Gwens boyfriend (seris one) and later husband (seris two to four) .(Torchwood website) In seris one, Gwen must keep Torchwood a secret from Rhys. Rhys joins Torchwood in seris two. He quits his job in Torchwood when Jack leaves in the lastepisode of seris three, Children Of Earth : Day Five. When Jack and Gwen create a new torchwood team with Rex and Esther Rhys is not intrested in joining. Rhys spends most of seris four at his home doing nothing exiting. Rhys is played by Khai Owen.

Captain John Hart

John is a time traveller from the fifty first centurary. He is married to Jack. He first appears in the seris two opener ' Kiss,Kiss Bang,Bang. In the seris two finale, Exit Wounds, Gray straps a stick of dynomite to Johns arm , and it will explode if he doesn't work for Gray. When Gray takes the dynomite off John's arm, John joins Torchwood. He leaves at the end of the episode because he is so sad that Owen and Toshiko are dead. John was inspired by the charachters Spike and Angel from Buffy The Vampire Slayer. John is played by James Marsters