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''[[Torchwood]]'' is a [[British television science fiction|British science fiction television]] programme created by [[Russell T Davies]] for the [[British Broadcasting Corporation]] (BBC).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-russell-t-davies-torchwood-sarah-jane-newsupdate/|title=Doctor Who Boss Reveals Reason for Torchwood and Sarah Jane Spin-Offs|last=Hibbs|first=James|date=30 January 2023|access-date=1 January 2025|work=[[Radio Times]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121030159/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-russell-t-davies-torchwood-sarah-jane-newsupdate/|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> Initially developed as a stand-alone show, it was reworked into a [[spin-off (media)|spin-off]] of the long-running television production ''[[Doctor Who]]''.<ref name="walker">{{Cite book|last=Walker |first=Stephen James |author-link=Stephen James Walker |title=Inside the Hub: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Torchwood Series One |year=2007 |publisher=Telos Publishing Ltd |isbn=978-1-84583-013-7 |page=50 }}</ref> Originally targeted towards adult audiences, compared to the family-centric nature of its parent series, the first series of ''Torchwood'' was broadcast after-[[watershed (broadcasting)|watershed]].<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/10_october/17/torch.shtml|title=Captain Jack to Get His Own Series in New Russell T Davies Drama for BBC Three|date=17 October 2005|access-date=1 January 2025|work=[[BBC]] Press Office|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121040151/https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/10_october/17/torch.shtml|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> It premiered on [[BBC Three]] on 22 October 2006 and aired 13 episodes before concluding on 1 January 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/battle-of-the-doctor-who-spin-offs-torchwood-v-class/|title=Battle of the Doctor Who Spin-Offs: Torchwood V Class|last=Fullerton|first=Huw|date=22 October 2016|access-date=1 January 2025|work=[[Radio Times]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121040104/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/battle-of-the-doctor-who-spin-offs-torchwood-v-class/|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/torchwood-season-1-streaming-watch-204746960.html|title=Torchwood Season 1 Streaming: Watch & Stream Online via HBO Max|last=Kundu|first=Tamal|date=21 December 2023|access-date=1 January 2025|work=[[Yahoo! Entertainment]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121040130/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/torchwood-season-1-streaming-watch-204746960.html|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> A second series was commissioned thereafter with the programme moving to [[BBC Two]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/dec/12/broadcasting.bbc|title=Torchwood Switched to BBC2|last=Holmwood|first=Leigh|date=12 December 2006|access-date=1 January 2025|work=[[The Guardian]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121040112/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/dec/12/broadcasting.bbc|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> When [[Captain Jack Harkness]], a central character in the show, became popular with younger audiences, alternative cuts of the second series were made which removed adult content allowing a broader audience to view the episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7120000/newsid_7125100/7125182.stm|title=Young Fans to See Dr Who Spin-Off|date=3 December 2007|access-date=1 January 2025|work=[[BBC News]]|archive-date=6 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206112301/http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_7120000/newsid_7125100/7125182.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> BBC Two broadcast the second series, also consisting of 13 episodes, between 16 January and 4 April 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008s14v|title=BBC Three – Torchwood, Series 2, Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[BBC Three]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121040121/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008s14v|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009pj1z|title=BBC Three – Torchwood, Series 2, Exit Wounds|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[BBC Three]]|archive-date=12 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812163351/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009pj1z|url-status=live}}</ref> although BBC Three aired seven first-run episodes from 13 February to 21 March.<ref>Attributed to multiple references: 
* {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008z1rn|title=BBC Three – Torchwood, Series 2, Reset|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[BBC Three]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121040121/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b008z1rn|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0090xm1|title=BBC Three – Torchwood, Series 2, Dead Man Walking|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[BBC Three]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225113235/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0090xm1|archive-date=25 February 2021|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0091xcz|title=BBC Three – Torchwood, Series 2, A Day in the Death|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[BBC Three]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121040145/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0091xcz|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00936hq|title=BBC Three – Torchwood, Series 2, Something Borrowed|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[BBC Three]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121040137/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00936hq|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00950q2|title=BBC Three – Torchwood, Series 2, From Out of the Rain|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[BBC Three]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121040145/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00950q2|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009hmmf|title=BBC Three – Torchwood, Series 2, Adrift|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[BBC Three]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121040150/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009hmmf|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009kqfq|title=BBC Three – Torchwood, Series 2, Fragments|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[BBC Three]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121040108/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009kqfq|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

In its final two series, ''Torchwood'' utilised [[Serial (radio and television)|serial storytelling]] rather than the [[Villain of the week|monster of the week]] format that was present in the first two.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/may/06/doctor-how-why-torchwoods-slow-death-was-a-sweet-relief-for-fans|title=Doctor How? Why Torchwood's Slow Death Was a Sweet Relief for Fans|last=Gazur|first=Ben|date=6 May 2019|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[The Guardian]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121040137/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/may/06/doctor-how-why-torchwoods-slow-death-was-a-sweet-relief-for-fans|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> The programme moved channels once more when a five-episode [[mini-series]] subtitled ''[[Torchwood: Children of Earth|Children of Earth]]'' was broadcast on [[BBC One]] from 6 to 10 July in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8138514.stm|title=Torchwood Move Sees Ratings Boost|date=7 July 2009|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[BBC News]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121040142/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8138514.stm|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> The fourth and final series became an American [[Co-production (media)|co-production]] with the U.S. [[Cable television in the United States#Premium cable|premium cable]] network [[Starz (TV channel)|Starz]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2010/06/starz-to-co-produce-run-torchwood-45553/|title=Starz to Co-Produce & Run 'Torchwood'|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=7 June 2010|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121040144/https://deadline.com/2010/06/starz-to-co-produce-run-torchwood-45553/|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> Subtitled ''[[Torchwood: Miracle Day|Miracle Day]]'', the 10-episode fourth series aired on Starz from 8 July until 9 September 2011, with each episode being broadcast on BBC One six days later.<ref>Attributed to multiple references:
* {{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/torchwood-miracle-day-starz-primer/|title='Torchwood' for Dummies: 7 Things You Need to Know About Starz's 'Miracle Day'|last=Sellers|first=John|date=8 July 2011|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[The Wrap]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121050108/https://www.thewrap.com/torchwood-miracle-day-starz-primer/|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/the-last-ever-episode-of-torchwood-aired-five-years-ago-today/|title=The Last Ever Episode of Torchwood Aired Five Years Ago Today|last=Ling|first=Thomas|date=9 September 2016|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[Radio Times]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121050115/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/the-last-ever-episode-of-torchwood-aired-five-years-ago-today/|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}
* {{cite press release|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/07_july/07/torchwood.shtml|title=Torchwood – Miracle Day: Introduction|date=7 July 2011|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[BBC]] Press Office|archive-date=13 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213124420/https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2011/07_july/07/torchwood.shtml|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6n/2011/09/15|title=BBC One HD – Schedules, Thursday 15 September 2011|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[BBC One HD]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121050116/https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6n/2011/09/15|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Torchwood'' is an anagram of ''Doctor Who'' which was used as a title ruse during early production of the latter's 2005 revival process.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/4349120.stm|title=Doctor Who Spin-Off Made in Wales|date=17 October 2005|access-date=1 January 2025|work=[[BBC News]]|archive-date=13 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813025353/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/4349120.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The term was later seeded in that programme's [[Doctor Who series 2|second series]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/doctor-who-army-of-ghosts-doomsday-1798179689|title=Doctor Who: "Army of Ghosts"/"Doomsday"|last=Wilkins|first=Alasdair|date=2 March 2014|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[The A.V. Club]]|archive-date=31 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331193547/https://www.avclub.com/doctor-who-army-of-ghosts-doomsday-1798179689|url-status=live}}</ref> The show centres around the [[Title character#"Titular"|titular]] organisation called [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]]. The institute employs several elite teams of [[black ops|black operatives]] that investigate [[extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial]] incidents on Earth. ''Torchwood'' specifically centres around one of these groups, [[Cardiff]]'s Torchwood Three, which is led by Captain Jack Harkness, who was first introduced in [[Doctor Who series 1|''Doctor Who''{{'}}s first series]] as a [[Companion (Doctor Who)|companion]] of the [[Ninth Doctor]]. He is assisted by support officer [[Ianto Jones]], Dr. [[Owen Harper]], technical expert [[Toshiko Sato]], and [[Gwen Cooper]], a [[police constable]] recruited to assist the team. They are further aided by former [[Tenth Doctor]] companion [[Martha Jones]] in the second series and Gwen's husband [[Rhys Williams (Torchwood)|Rhys Williams]], who becomes a main character beginning with series three. ''Miracle Day'' sees a partial overhaul in the cast with only Harkness, Cooper, and Williams remaining. The three are joined by special agent [[Rex Matheson]] and analyst [[Esther Drummond]] from the [[Central Intelligence Agency]], as well as [[death row]] inmate [[Oswald Danes]]. Across all four series, ''Torchwood'' had a small number of [[fictional crossover|crossovers]] with ''Doctor Who'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/torchwood-doctor-who-ref/|title=Torchwood's Best References to Doctor Who|date=12 February 2015|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[Radio Times]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121050141/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/torchwood-doctor-who-ref/|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> making up two of the television series in the [[Whoniverse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-whoniverse-in-order/|title=How to Watch Doctor Who in Order – Including Official TV Spin-Offs|last=Griffin|first=Louise|date=24 January 2024|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[Radio Times]]|archive-date=23 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241223172742/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/doctor-who-whoniverse-in-order/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2012 the show was placed on an indefinite [[Hiatus (television)|hiatus]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/torchwood-season-5-delay/|title='Torchwood' Season 5 Won't Air for 'a While'|last=Stoute|first=Scott|date=10 April 2012|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[ScreenRant]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250121051641/https://screenrant.com/torchwood-season-5-delay/|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> although Harkness continued to appear in ''Doctor Who'' with appearances in both 2020 and 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/video/john-barrown-doctor-who-christmas-special-trailer/|title=John Barrowman Returns to 'Doctor Who' in Festive Special as Filming on Season 13 Kicks Off – Watch the Promo|last=White|first=Peter|date=23 November 2020|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|archive-date=30 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130045144/https://deadline.com/video/john-barrown-doctor-who-christmas-special-trailer/|url-status=live}}</ref> The first two series of ''Torchwood'' were led by [[Chris Chibnall]] as [[head writer]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/torchwood_week_chris_chibnall_interviewed/|title=Torchwood Week: Chris Chibnall Interviewed|date=9 January 2008|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[GamesRadar+]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121050104/https://www.gamesradar.com/torchwood_week_chris_chibnall_interviewed/|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> while Davies returned as [[showrunner]] for the final two.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/torchwood-return-phil-ford-exclusive-newsupdate/|title=Torchwood Writer: 'There's Every Chance Doctor Who Spin-Off Could Return'|last=Griffin|first=Louise|date=25 February 2023|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[Radio Times]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121050133/https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/torchwood-return-phil-ford-exclusive-newsupdate/|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> Over its run, the show explored a number of themes; prominent among these were [[existentialism]], [[homosexuality|homosexual]] and [[bisexual]] relationships, and explorations of human corruptibility.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/every-doctor-who-tv-spinoff-ranked/|title=Every Doctor Who TV Spinoff, Ranked|last=Grauso|first=Alisha|date=25 December 2024|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[ScreenRant]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250121051758/https://screenrant.com/every-doctor-who-tv-spinoff-ranked/|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> The programme also has a large amount of [[tie-in]] media leading to an [[expanded universe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/the-adventures-of-torchwood-continue-in-a-brand-new-com-1770695105|title=The Adventures of Torchwood Continue in a Brand New Comic Series|last=Whitbrook|first=James|date=13 April 2016|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[Gizmodo]]|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129214718/https://gizmodo.com/the-adventures-of-torchwood-continue-in-a-brand-new-com-1770695105|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/series/TORCHWD/torchwood|title=Torchwood|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[Penguin Random House]]|archive-date=13 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240913061033/https://www.penguin.co.uk/series/TORCHWD/torchwood|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/hubs/v/torchwood|title=Torchwood|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[Big Finish Productions]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121050134/https://www.bigfinish.com/hubs/v/torchwood|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> It was also broadcast in several other countries<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/06_june/07/torchwood.shtml|title=International Partnership Secures New Series of Torchwood|date=7 June 2010|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[BBC]] Press Office|archive-date=13 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241213124419/https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2010/06_june/07/torchwood.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> gaining a [[cult following]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2010/voices/opinion/starz-scores-coup-by-nabbing-torchwood-4507/|title=Starz Scores Coup by Nabbing 'Torchwood'|last=Lowry|first=Brian|date=7 June 2010|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121050156/https://variety.com/2010/voices/opinion/starz-scores-coup-by-nabbing-torchwood-4507/|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> as well as strong viewing figures and international critical acclaim.<ref>Attributed to multiple sources:
* {{cite web|url=https://gizmodo.com/torchwood-better-than-ever-30983613|title=Torchwood: Better Than Ever?|last=McMillan|first=Graeme|date=12 July 2009|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[Gizmodo]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121050101/https://gizmodo.com/torchwood-better-than-ever-30983613|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2011-jul-08-la-et-torchwood-20110708-story.html|title=Television Review: 'Torchwood: Miracle Day'|last=McNamara|first=Mary|author-link=Mary McNamara|date=8 July 2011|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121050108/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-xpm-2011-jul-08-la-et-torchwood-20110708-story.html|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/wikis/doctor-who/Torchwood_(2006-2011)|title=Torchwood (2006-2011)|date=1 September 2013|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[IGN]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121050107/https://www.ign.com/wikis/doctor-who/Torchwood_(2006-2011)|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/best-sci-fi-tv-shows-needed-another-season/|title=10 Best Sci-Fi TV Shows That Needed Another Season|last=Singer|first=Emma|date=26 April 2024|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[Comic Book Resources]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20250121052045/https://www.cbr.com/best-sci-fi-tv-shows-needed-another-season/|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref> {{Aired episodes|2006|10|22|showpage=Torchwood|finished=all|seasons=4|uk=y|2011|9|9}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m8ln/episodes/guide|title=BBC Three – Torchwood – Episode Guide|access-date=2 January 2025|work=[[BBC Three]]|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20250121050117/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006m8ln/episodes/guide|archive-date=21 January 2025|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Series overview ==
<onlyinclude>{{Series overview
| caption    = {{sro|Series overview of ''Torchwood''.}}
| infoA      = Average viewers<br />(millions)
| country    = UK

| color1     = #0D0709
| link1      = <includeonly>List of Torchwood episodes</includeonly>#Series 1 (2006–07)
| episodes1  = 13
| start1     = {{Start date|2006|10|22|df=y}}
| end1       = {{End date|2007|1|1|df=y}}
| network1   = [[BBC Three]]
| infoA1     = {{Avg|round=2|2.52|2.50|1.77|1.39|1.26|1.22|1.31|1.12|1.08|1.03|0.83|1.23|1.23}}

| color2     = #B11010
| link2      = <includeonly>List of Torchwood episodes</includeonly>#Series 2 (2008)
| episodes2  = 13
| start2     = {{Start date|2008|1|16|df=y}}
| end2       = {{End date|2008|4|4|df=y}}
| network2   = [[BBC Two]]{{efn|name="Series 2"|Episodes 6–12 were first broadcast on BBC Three one week earlier than the date listen in the table, with the exception of episode 11, which first aired on BBC Three two days prior.}}
| infoA2     = {{Avg|round=2|4.22|3.78|3.51|3.28|3.79|3.22|3.31|3.08|2.76|2.90|2.52|2.98|3.13}}

| color3     = #5C5743
| link3      = <includeonly>List of Torchwood episodes</includeonly>#Series 3: Children of Earth (2009)
| linkT3     = 3: ''Children of Earth''
| episodes3  = 5
| start3     = {{Start date|2009|7|6|df=y}}
| end3       = {{End date|2009|7|10|df=y}}
| network3   = [[BBC One]]
| infoA3     = {{Avg|round=2|6.47|6.14|6.40|6.76|6.58}}

| color4     = #BFA747
| link4      = <includeonly>List of Torchwood episodes</includeonly>#Series 4: Miracle Day (2011)
| linkT4     = 4: ''Miracle Day''
| episodes4  = 10
| start4     = {{Start date|2011|7|14|df=y}}{{efn|name="Miracle Day"|The Starz broadcast of this series began and concluded six days before the UK dates listed.}}
| end4       = {{End date|2011|9|15|df=y}}{{efn|name="Miracle Day"}}
| network4   = [[Starz]] / BBC One
| infoA4     = {{Avg|round=2|6.59|5.75|5.49|5.19|5.17|4.60|4.48|4.64|4.63|5.13}}
}}</onlyinclude>

== Episodes ==

=== Series 1 (2006–07) ===
Series 1 focuses on Gwen Cooper, her first meeting with Jack Harkness, and her introduction to Torchwood; as well as introducing the characters of Owen Harper, Ianto Jones, Suzie Costello, and Toshiko Sato. There is also a loose plot arc centring around the rift; Owen's love of Diane, a woman lost in time; and Owen and Gwen's affair, as well as her relationship to her boyfriend Rhys.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 1
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 1
 |Title           = [[Everything Changes (Torchwood)|Everything Changes]]
 |DirectedBy      = [[Brian Kelly (director)|Brian Kelly]]
 |WrittenBy       = [[Russell T Davies]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|10|22|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 1.1
 |Viewers         = 2.52
 |LineColor       = 0D0709
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 2
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 2
 |Title           = [[Day One (Torchwood)|Day One]]
 |DirectedBy      = Brian Kelly
 |WrittenBy       = [[Chris Chibnall]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|10|22|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 1.2
 |Viewers         = 2.50
 |LineColor       = 0D0709
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 3
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 3
 |Title           = [[Ghost Machine (Torchwood)|Ghost Machine]]
 |DirectedBy      = [[Colin Teague]]
 |WrittenBy       = [[Helen Raynor]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|10|29|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 1.3
 |Viewers         = 1.77
 |LineColor       = 0D0709
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 4
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 4
 |Title           = [[Cyberwoman]]
 |DirectedBy      = [[James Strong (director)|James Strong]]
 |WrittenBy       = Chris Chibnall
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|11|5|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 1.4
 |Viewers         = 1.39
 |LineColor       = 0D0709
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 5
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 5
 |Title           = [[Small Worlds (Torchwood)|Small Worlds]]
 |DirectedBy      = [[Alice Troughton]]
 |WrittenBy       = [[Peter J. Hammond]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|11|12|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 1.5
 |Viewers         = 1.26
 |LineColor       = 0D0709
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 6
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 6
 |Title           = [[Countrycide]]
 |DirectedBy      = [[Andy Goddard]]
 |WrittenBy       = Chris Chibnall
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|11|19|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 1.6
 |Viewers         = 1.22
 |LineColor       = 0D0709
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 7
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 7
 |Title           = [[Greeks Bearing Gifts (Torchwood)|Greeks Bearing Gifts]]
 |DirectedBy      = Colin Teague
 |WrittenBy       = [[Toby Whithouse]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|11|26|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 1.7
 |Viewers         = 1.31
 |LineColor       = 0D0709
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 8
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 8
 |Title           = They Keep Killing Suzie
 |DirectedBy      = James Strong
 |WrittenBy       = [[Paul Tomalin]] & [[Dan McCulloch]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|12|3|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 1.8
 |Viewers         = 1.12
 |LineColor       = 0D0709
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 9
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 9
 |Title           = [[Random Shoes]]
 |DirectedBy      = James Erskine
 |WrittenBy       = [[Jacquetta May]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|12|10|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 1.9
 |Viewers         = 1.08
 |LineColor       = 0D0709
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 10
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 10
 |Title           = [[Out of Time (Torchwood)|Out of Time]]
 |DirectedBy      = Alice Troughton
 |WrittenBy       = [[Catherine Tregenna]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|12|17|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 1.10
 |Viewers         = 1.03
 |LineColor       = 0D0709
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 11
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 11
 |Title           = Combat
 |DirectedBy      = Andy Goddard
 |WrittenBy       = [[Noel Clarke]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2006|12|24|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 1.11
 |Viewers         = 0.83
 |LineColor       = 0D0709
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 12
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 12
 |Title           = [[Captain Jack Harkness (Torchwood episode)|Captain Jack Harkness]]
 |DirectedBy      = Ashley Way
 |WrittenBy       = Catherine Tregenna
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|1|1|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 1.12
 |Viewers         = 1.23
 |LineColor       = 0D0709
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 13
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 13
 |Title           = [[End of Days (Torchwood)|End of Days]]
 |DirectedBy      = Ashley Way
 |WrittenBy       = Chris Chibnall
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2007|1|1|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 1.13
 |Viewers         = 1.23
 |LineColor       = 0D0709
}}
}}

=== Series 2 (2008) ===
Series 2 focuses on the disappearance of Jack and his subsequent return, as well as his past; and also introduces the mysterious yet dangerous character named John Hart.
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 14
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 1
 |Title           = [[Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (Torchwood)|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang]]
 |DirectedBy      = Ashley Way
 |WrittenBy       = [[Chris Chibnall]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|1|16|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 2.1
 |Viewers         = 4.22
 |LineColor       = B11010
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 15
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 2
 |Title           = [[Sleeper (Torchwood)|Sleeper]]
 |DirectedBy      = Colin Teague
 |WrittenBy       = [[James Moran (writer)|James Moran]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|1|23|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 2.2
 |Viewers         = 3.78
 |LineColor       = B11010
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 16
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 3
 |Title           = [[To the Last Man (Torchwood)|To the Last Man]]
 |DirectedBy      = Andy Goddard
 |WrittenBy       = [[Helen Raynor]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|1|30|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 2.3
 |Viewers         = 3.51
 |LineColor       = B11010
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 17
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 4
 |Title           = [[Meat (Torchwood)|Meat]]
 |DirectedBy      = Colin Teague
 |WrittenBy       = [[Catherine Tregenna]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|6|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 2.4
 |Viewers         = 3.28
 |LineColor       = B11010
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 18
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 5
 |Title           = [[Adam (Torchwood)|Adam]]
 |DirectedBy      = Andy Goddard
 |WrittenBy       = Catherine Tregenna
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|13|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 2.5
 |Viewers         = 3.79
 |LineColor       = B11010
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 19
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 6
 |Title           = [[Reset (Torchwood)|Reset]]
 |DirectedBy      = Ashley Way
 |WrittenBy       = [[J. C. Wilsher]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|20|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 2.6
 |Viewers         = 3.22{{efn|This episode received 849,000 viewers in its initial broadcast on BBC Three.<ref name="BARB-1" />}}
 |LineColor       = B11010
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 20
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 7
 |Title           = [[Dead Man Walking (Torchwood)|Dead Man Walking]]
 |DirectedBy      = Andy Goddard
 |WrittenBy       = [[Matt Jones (writer)|Matt Jones]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|2|27|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 2.7
 |Viewers         = 3.31{{efn|This episode received 1.01 million viewers in its initial broadcast on BBC Three.<ref name="BARB-1" />}}
 |LineColor       = B11010
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 21
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 8
 |Title           = [[A Day in the Death]]
 |DirectedBy      = Andy Goddard
 |WrittenBy       = [[Joseph Lidster]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|3|5|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 2.8
 |Viewers         = 3.08{{efn|This episode received 1.18 million viewers in its initial broadcast on BBC Three.<ref name="BARB-1" />}}
 |LineColor       = B11010
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 22
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 9
 |Title           = [[Something Borrowed (Torchwood)|Something Borrowed]]
 |DirectedBy      = Ashley Way
 |WrittenBy       = [[Phil Ford (writer)|Phil Ford]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|3|12|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 2.9
 |Viewers         = 2.76{{efn|This episode received 980,000 viewers in its initial broadcast on BBC Three.<ref name="BARB-1" />}}
 |LineColor       = B11010
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 23
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 10
 |Title           = [[From Out of the Rain]]
 |DirectedBy      = Jonathan Fox Bassett
 |WrittenBy       = [[Peter J. Hammond]]
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|3|19|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 2.10
 |Viewers         = 2.90{{efn|This episode received 951,000 viewers in its initial broadcast on BBC Three.<ref name="BARB-1" />}}
 |LineColor       = B11010
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 24
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 11
 |Title           = [[Adrift (Torchwood)|Adrift]]
 |DirectedBy      = Mark Everest
 |WrittenBy       = Chris Chibnall
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|3|21|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 2.11
 |Viewers         = 2.52{{efn|This episode received 972,000 viewers in its initial broadcast on BBC Three.<ref name="BARB-1" />}}
 |LineColor       = B11010
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 25
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 12
 |Title           = [[Fragments (Torchwood)|Fragments]]
 |DirectedBy      = Jonathan Fox Bassett
 |WrittenBy       = Chris Chibnall
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|3|28|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 2.12
 |Viewers         = 2.98{{efn|This episode received 717,000 viewers in its initial broadcast on BBC Three.<ref name="BARB-1" />}}
 |LineColor       = B11010
}}
{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 26
 |EpisodeNumber2  = 13
 |Title           = [[Exit Wounds (Torchwood)|Exit Wounds]]
 |DirectedBy      = Ashley Way
 |WrittenBy       = Chris Chibnall
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2008|4|4|df=y}}
 |ProdCode        = 2.13
 |Viewers         = 3.13
 |LineColor       = B11010
}}
}}

=== Series 3: ''Children of Earth'' (2009) ===
{{Main|Torchwood: Children of Earth}}

Series 3 centres around the 456, a mysterious alien race who make contact to Earth via the world's children, and presents how the world's governments react to solve the problem. It also focuses on Jack and Ianto's relationship, as well as that of Gwen and Rhys.

{{:Torchwood: Children of Earth}}

=== Series 4: ''Miracle Day'' (2011) ===
{{Main|Torchwood: Miracle Day}}

Series 4 centres on an event called Miracle Day, when everyone in the world stops dying and subsequently becomes immortal. It also focuses on Jack's past and his immortality, as well as Gwen and Rhys's relationship. It also introduces new characters such as Rex Matheson, Esther Drummond, and Oswald Danes.

{{:Torchwood: Miracle Day}}

==Ratings==
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<!-- S01E01 -->| 2.52
<!-- S01E02 -->| 2.50
<!-- S01E03 -->| 1.77
<!-- S01E04 -->| 1.39
<!-- S01E05 -->| 1.26
<!-- S01E06 -->| 1.22
<!-- S01E07 -->| 1.31
<!-- S01E08 -->| 1.12
<!-- S01E09 -->| 1.08
<!-- S01E10 -->| 1.03
<!-- S01E11 -->| 0.83
<!-- S01E12 -->| 1.23
<!-- S01E13 -->| 1.23
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<!-- S02E01 -->| 4.22
<!-- S02E02 -->| 3.78
<!-- S02E03 -->| 3.51
<!-- S02E04 -->| 3.28
<!-- S02E05 -->| 3.79
<!-- S02E06 -->| 3.22
<!-- S02E07 -->| 3.31
<!-- S02E08 -->| 3.08
<!-- S02E09 -->| 2.76
<!-- S02E10 -->| 2.90
<!-- S02E11 -->| 2.52
<!-- S02E12 -->| 2.98
<!-- S02E13 -->| 3.13
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| -
<!-- S03E01 -->| 6.47
<!-- S03E02 -->| 6.14
<!-- S03E03 -->| 6.40
<!-- S03E04 -->| 6.76
<!-- S03E05 -->| 6.58
<!-- S03AVG -->| {{Avg|round=2|6.47|6.14|6.40|6.76|6.58}}
| -
<!-- S04E01 -->| 6.59
<!-- S04E02 -->| 5.75
<!-- S04E03 -->| 5.49
<!-- S04E04 -->| 5.19
<!-- S04E05 -->| 5.17
<!-- S04E06 -->| 4.60
<!-- S04E07 -->| 4.48 
<!-- S04E08 -->| 4.64
<!-- S04E09 -->| 4.63 
<!-- S04E10 -->| 5.13
<!-- S04AVG -->| {{Avg|round=2|6.59|5.75|5.49|5.19|5.17|4.60|4.48|4.64|4.63|5.13}}
}}

== See also ==
{{Portal|Doctor Who|BBC}}
* [[List of Doctor Who episodes (2005–present)|List of ''Doctor Who'' episodes (2005–present)]]
* [[List of Torchwood comics|List of ''Torchwood'' comics]]
* [[List of Torchwood novels and audio books|List of ''Torchwood'' novels and audio books]]
* [[Torchwood (audio drama series)|''Torchwood'' (audio drama series)]]
* ''[[Torchwood Declassified]]''

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/ Official website] at [[BBC]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110703131401/http://www.starz.com/originals/Torchwood Official website] at [[Starz (TV channel)|Starz]]

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