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Torchwood

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Torchwood (2006-2011) is a spinoff of the iconic Doctor Who that was intended to be (and is) sexier, more adult, and literally down to Earth. It's about an elite, secret task force that investigates alien activity, led by the rather amazing omnisexual Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman). Torchwood is the reason I finally started watching Doctor Who. That's the cart before the horse in a great big way, isn't it? That also means that I didn't have years of Doctor Who behind me to add history and context to my Torchwood reviews. But I wrote them, anyway.

Torchwood ran for two seasons and two miniseries, Children of Earth (outstanding) and Miracle Day (sort of sucked, unfortunately).

Season One

1.1 Everything Changes
1.2 Day One
1.3 Ghost Machine
1.4 Cyberwoman
1.5 Small Worlds
1.6 Countrycide
1.7 Greeks Bearing Gifts
1.8 They Keep Killing Suzie
1.9 Random Shoes
1.10 Out of Time
1.11 Combat
1.12 Captain Jack Harkness
1.13 End of Days

Season Two

2.1 Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
2.2 Sleeper
2.3 To the Last Man
2.4 Meat
2.5 Adam
2.6 Reset
2.7 Dead Man Walking
2.8 A Day in the Death
2.9 Something Borrowed
2.10 From Out of the Rain
2.11 Adrift
2.12 Fragments
2.13 Exit Wounds

Torchwood: Children of Earth

Reviews by Billie Doux
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Day Four
Day Five

Reviews by Paul Kelly
Day One
Day Two
Day Three
Day Four
Day Five

Torchwood: Miracle Day

4.1 The New World
4.2 Rendition
4.3 Dead of Night
4.4 Escape to LA
4.5 The Categories of Life
4.6 The Middle Men
4.7 Immortal Sins
4.8 End of the Road
4.9 The Gathering
4.10 The Blood Line

Related Links

Doctor Who/Torchwood/Sarah Jane Adventures Crossover Guide
Doctor Who reviews (2005-present)
Doctor Who reviews (1963-1989)
Arrow reviews

Cast

John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness)
Eve Myles (Gwen Cooper)
Kai Owen (Rhys Williams)
Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto Jones)
Burn Gorman (Owen Harper)
Naoko Mori (Toshiko Sato)