TV Show

Torchwood

The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.

TV Show Stats +8%

4 seasons

41 episodes total

Status

Ended

First Aired

2006

Rating

TV Show

7.3/10

533 votes • HD

Season 1

13 episodes
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Everything Changes
Episode 1

Everything Changes

Episode 1 • Oct 22, 2006

WPC Gwen Cooper is at the scene of a brutal murder, when the "special ops," known only as Torchwood, arrive. After witnessing the group bring the dead man back to life, Gwen goes in pursuit of this mysterious organisation, only to see weirder things than she could ever imagine existed. Soon after, she begins to regret giving in to her curiosity, when she meets Captain Jack Harkness.

7.5
52m
Day One
Episode 2

Day One

Episode 2 • Oct 22, 2006

It's Gwen's first day on the job, and it's not going very well. After accidentally releasing a mysterious gas from a comet that landed, a new type of alien is let loose on the streets - an alien that's addicted to sex. Torchwood must find the inhabited body, and prevent anymore deaths from the violent form of sex.

6.2
48m
Ghost Machine
Episode 3

Ghost Machine

Episode 3 • Oct 29, 2006

Whilst chasing a man, Gwen retrieves an unusual machine that allows the user to see back into the past. It is considered dangerous, and no members of Torchwood are permitted to use it. But Owen has other plans, and witnesses a violent murder that took place over forty years ago. Using the information he gathered, Owen starts to track down the still-living murderer.

7.3
49m
Cyberwoman
Episode 4

Cyberwoman

Episode 4 • Nov 05, 2006

A Ianto themed episode Ianto Jones hides a very big secret at Torchwood - his half-converted girlfriend from the Canary Wharf Battle - down in the basement. He is quick to hire a Japanese doctor who believes he can "cure" her. But things soon go wrong, and the Cyberwoman's destructive powers are released to the whole of Torchwood. Upgrading is compulsary.

5.9
50m
Small Worlds
Episode 5

Small Worlds

Episode 5 • Nov 12, 2006

Jack catches up with a very old friend of his, who is investigating fairy sightings in the local wood. After having visited her, Torchwood are informed of a man's mysterious death in a prison cell. Then, Tosh uncovers a series of localised, extreme weather patterns. Nobody at the organisation is sure of these events, or how they may be connected. Except Jack, who has witnessed the creatures causing this, almost a century ago.

6.6
47m
Countrycide
Episode 6

Countrycide

Episode 6 • Nov 19, 2006

Whilst investigating a group of unexplainable deaths in a village, the Torchwood team are separated. Discovering further, Jack, Gwen and Owen find a scared man, hiding from the thing responsible for the murders. But Tosh and Ianto go that one step extra, and locate the killer, who wants them as their next victims.

6.9
47m
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Season 2

13 episodes
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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
Episode 1

Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

Episode 1 • Jan 16, 2008

Captain Jack returns, as the Torchwood team reunite to fight a rogue Time Agent. The mysterious Captain John Hart is determined to wreak havoc, and needs to find something hidden on Earth. But with Gwen's life in danger, and cluster bombs scattered across the city, whose side is Jack on?

7.0
50m
Sleeper
Episode 2

Sleeper

Episode 2 • Jan 23, 2008

When a burglary turns into a slaughter, Torchwood suspect alien involvement. Who is Beth, and can she be as innocent as she seems? But when the investigation escalates into a city-wide assault, Jack realises that the whole planet is in danger.

6.8
50m
To the Last Man
Episode 3

To the Last Man

Episode 3 • Jan 30, 2008

Toshiko falls for a handsome soldier, trapped out of his time, who unwittingly holds the key to saving the world. With an old hospital haunted by ghosts from 1918, a crisis foreseen by Torchwood 90 years ago is about to reach its climax. Time zones are colliding and with life and death decisions to be made, will Torchwood be able to stop an explosive end for Cardiff?

7.5
50m
Meat
Episode 4

Meat

Episode 4 • Feb 06, 2008

When Rhys discovers the truth about Torchwood, he helps the gang to find the source of an unusual alien meat supply.

7.3
50m
Adam
Episode 5

Adam

Episode 5 • Feb 13, 2008

A memory thief gets in to the minds of the Torchwood team, and uncovers long forgotten secrets.

7.2
50m
Reset
Episode 6

Reset

Episode 6 • Feb 13, 2008

Jack calls in an old friend for a favour, none other than Martha Jones, as they attempt to stop a pharmaceutical facility that uses aliens in the hope of discovering a cure for all diseases.

7.0
50m
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Season 3

5 episodes
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Day One
Episode 1

Day One

Episode 1 • Jul 06, 2009

At 8.45am, every child in the world suddenly stops, chanting the words "we are coming" again and again. Whilst investigating, the remaining Torchwood team face greater personal and professional challenges than ever before, having to work with their numbers depleted.

8.4
58m
Day Two
Episode 2

Day Two

Episode 2 • Jul 07, 2009

Torchwood are forced underground, as the government takes swift and brutal action. With members of the team being hunted down, only Lois holds the key to Torchwood's salvation - but she is helpless as her superiors make plans for the mysterious Floor 13.

7.9
58m
Day Three
Episode 3

Day Three

Episode 3 • Jul 08, 2009

The eyes of the world turn to Britain, as the 456 announce, 'We are here'. As a pillar of fire descends upon London, the members of Torchwood must battle to protect their own families, as the fight gets personal. But will Clem's memories destroy everything?

8.4
58m
Day Four
Episode 4

Day Four

Episode 4 • Jul 09, 2009

Torchwood finally learns the truth about the events of 1965. But Britain is in danger of becoming a rogue state, and everything now pivots around John Frobisher, as the Ambassador of the 456 destroys its old allegiances and reveals its true intent.

8.6
59m
Day Five
Episode 5

Day Five

Episode 5 • Jul 10, 2009

Torchwood is defenceless, and Gwen Cooper stands alone, as the final sanction begins. As violence erupts and the world descends into anarchy, an ordinary council estate becomes a battleground where the future of the human race will be decided.

8.9
58m

Season 4

10 episodes
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The New World
Episode 1

The New World

Episode 1 • Jul 14, 2011

Convicted child killer Oswald Danes is executed for his crimes and when he miraculously survives his fate a series of events is set in place that forces CIA Agent Rex Matheson to investigate a global event. His investigation leads him from America to Wales and an old defunct British Institute - Torchwood.

7.4
54m
Rendition
Episode 2

Rendition

Episode 2 • Jul 21, 2011

As the Torchwood team is reunited, Jack realizes he's the most vulnerable man on Earth. A flight to the United States turns into a desperate battle for survival.

8.4
54m
Dead of Night
Episode 3

Dead of Night

Episode 3 • Jul 28, 2011

Torchwood goes on the run and finds a new enemy, but as they launch a raid on PhiCorp headquarters, Jack must confront the mysterious Oswald Danes.

7.9
56m
Escape to L.A.
Episode 4

Escape to L.A.

Episode 4 • Aug 04, 2011

Torchwood relocates to LA to sneak into PhiCorp's headquarters to find some useful information, unaware that their mission has been compromised. Elsewhere, Oswald and Jilly face a new adversary in Ellis Hartley Monroe, who is using the Miracle Day for her own agenda.

7.9
57m
The Categories of Life
Episode 5

The Categories of Life

Episode 5 • Aug 11, 2011

Torchwood goes undercover and discovers the terrible truth behind the Miracle. The enemy is closing in, and death is about to make a shocking return.

8.0
54m
The Middle Men
Episode 6

The Middle Men

Episode 6 • Aug 18, 2011

With Gwen, Rex and Esther trapped on both sides of the Atlantic, it's a race against time as Jack goes straight to the heart of the conspiracy.

7.4
54m
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