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Ide Cyan: Torchwood (TV series) moved to Torchwood: much simpler; the name Torchwood Institute is different enough that this doesn't require disambiguation

2008-03-08T06:18:33Z

Torchwood (TV series) moved to Torchwood: much simpler; the name Torchwood Institute is different enough that this doesn't require disambiguation

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Ide Cyan: Undo revision 25583 by 220.194.47.69 (Talk) it's the return of the vandals...

2007-07-01T00:18:16Z

Undo revision 25583 by 220.194.47.69 (Talk) it's the return of the vandals...

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 # "They Keep Killing Suzie" (3 December 2006)
 # '''"Random Shoes" (10 December 2006)''', written by [[Jacquetta May]]
-# '''"Out of Time" (17 December 2006)''', written by [[Catherine Tregenna]]
+# '''"Out of Time" (17 December 2006)''', written by [[Catherine Tregenna]] & directed by [[Alice Troughton]]

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 # "They Keep Killing Suzie" (3 December 2006)
 # '''"Random Shoes" (10 December 2006)''', written by [[Jacquetta May]]
-# '''"Out of Time" (17 December 2006)''', written by [[Catherine Tregenna]] & directed by [[Alice Troughton]]
+# '''"Out of Time" (17 December 2006)''', written by [[Catherine Tregenna]]

Ide Cyan: /* Season 1 */ dates, names and links

2007-04-19T18:12:43Z

Season 1: dates, names and links

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	;Episodes in bold were written and/or directed by women.		;Episodes in bold were written and/or directed by women.
	=== Season 1 ===		=== Season 1 ===
	# Everything Changes		# "Everything Changes" (22 October 2006)
	# Day One		# "Day One" (22 October 2006)
	# '''Ghost Machine'''		# '''"Ghost Machine" (29 October 2006)''', written by [[Helen Raynor]]
	# Cyberwoman		# "Cyberwoman" (5 November 2006)
	# '''Small Worlds'''		# '''"Small Worlds" (12 November 2006)''' directed by [[Alice Troughton]]
	# Countrycide		# "Countrycide" (19 November 2006)
	# Greeks Bearing Gifts		# "Greeks Bearing Gifts" (26 November 2006)
	# They Keep Killing Suzie		# "They Keep Killing Suzie" (3 December 2006)
	# '''Random Shoes'''		# '''"Random Shoes" (10 December 2006)''', written by [[Jacquetta May]]
	# '''Out of Time'''		# '''"Out of Time" (17 December 2006)''', written by [[Catherine Tregenna]] & directed by [[Alice Troughton]]
	# Combat		# "Combat" (24 December 2006)
	# '''Captain Jack Harkness'''		# '''"Captain Jack Harkness" (1 January 2007)''', written by [[Catherine Tregenna]]
	# End of Days		# "End of Days" (1 January 2007)

	== External Links ==		== External Links ==

Ide Cyan: /* Episodes */ bolded those by women

2007-04-19T17:19:17Z

Episodes: bolded those by women

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	== Episodes ==		== Episodes ==
			;Episodes in bold were written and/or directed by women.
	=== Season 1 ===		=== Season 1 ===
	# Everything Changes		# Everything Changes
	# Day One		# Day One
	# Ghost Machine		# '''Ghost Machine'''
	# Cyberwoman		# Cyberwoman
	# Small Worlds		# '''Small Worlds'''
	# Countrycide		# Countrycide
	# Greeks Bearing Gifts		# Greeks Bearing Gifts
	# They Keep Killing Suzie		# They Keep Killing Suzie
	# Random Shoes		# '''Random Shoes'''
	# Out of Time		# '''Out of Time'''
	# Combat		# Combat
	# Captain Jack Harkness		# '''Captain Jack Harkness'''
	# End of Days		# End of Days


	== External Links ==		== External Links ==

Ide Cyan: /* Characters */ added image of the women of Torchwood

2007-02-21T21:16:19Z

Characters: added image of the women of Torchwood

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	== Characters ==		== Characters ==
			[[Image:Women_of_Torchwood.jpg\|right\|thumb\|[[Toshiko Sato]], [[Suzie Costello]] and [[Gwen Cooper]] in "[[Everything Changes (Torchwood episode)\|Everything Changes]]".]]
	* [[Captain Jack Harkness]], played by John Barrowman		* [[Captain Jack Harkness]], played by John Barrowman
	* Gwen Cooper, played by Eve Myles		* [[Gwen Cooper]], played by Eve Myles
	* Owen Harper, played by Burn Gorman		* Owen Harper, played by Burn Gorman
	* [[Toshiko Sato]], played by Naoko Mori		* [[Toshiko Sato]], played by Naoko Mori
	* Ianto Jones, played by Gareth David-Lloyd		* Ianto Jones, played by Gareth David-Lloyd
	* Suzie Costello, played by Indira Varma		* [[Suzie Costello]], played by Indira Varma

	[[Captain Jack Harkness]] is the main cross-over character between ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''Torchwood'', although the ''Torchwood'' character [[Toshiko Sato]] may or may not be the same as the Toshiko Sato (played by the same actress) who appeared in a 2005 episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. An [[alien]] species which first appeared on ''Torchwood'' also showed up in the pilot for ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.		[[Captain Jack Harkness]] is the main cross-over character between ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''Torchwood'', although the ''Torchwood'' character [[Toshiko Sato]] may or may not be the same as the Toshiko Sato (played by the same actress) who appeared in a 2005 episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. An [[alien]] species which first appeared on ''Torchwood'' also showed up in the pilot for ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.

Ide Cyan: series outline

2007-02-21T20:35:33Z

series outline

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[[2006]]-ongoing British television series, made in Wales, created by [[Russell T. Davies]].

Spin-off of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', named after the anagram used as ''[[Doctor Who]]'''s fake working title, which became the name of a [[Torchwood Institute|fictional institute]] within the series, and thereafter the subject of the spin-off.

== Characters ==
* [[Captain Jack Harkness]], played by John Barrowman
* Gwen Cooper, played by Eve Myles
* Owen Harper, played by Burn Gorman
* [[Toshiko Sato]], played by Naoko Mori
* Ianto Jones, played by Gareth David-Lloyd
* Suzie Costello, played by Indira Varma

[[Captain Jack Harkness]] is the main cross-over character between ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''Torchwood'', although the ''Torchwood'' character [[Toshiko Sato]] may or may not be the same as the Toshiko Sato (played by the same actress) who appeared in a 2005 episode of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. An [[alien]] species which first appeared on ''Torchwood'' also showed up in the pilot for ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.

== Series Overview ==

''Torchwood'' follows the misadventures of the Cardiff division of the [[Torchwood Institute]], whose nominal job is to protect the [[Earth]] (and the United Kingdom, specifically) from alien influences. However, several episodes focused on problems largely caused by the team's own corruption and/or incompetence, and other threats indigenous to [[Earth]], which rather went against this purpose, and the series as a whole suffered from a very inconsistent tone and approach to genre throughout its first season.

The series is notable for giving every one of its regular characters [[bisexual]] traits or kisses with both male and female characters, although this sexual fluidity often came across as the result of exploitative or poorly thought-out narrative choices, such as the use of a [[non-consensual aphrodisiac]], played off as a joke in the very first episode.

Torchwood has two regular female characters: Gwen Cooper, a former Cardiff police officer, who was recruited into the team in the first episode for no obvious reason, except that she'd discovered their existence, and Toshiko Sato, a computer specialist.

{{spoiler}}The third female member of Torchwood Cardiff was the second in command, named Suzie Costello, but she had killed herself by the time the first episode was over, having been exposed by Gwen Cooper as the serial killer the team had been tracking. She had been murdering random people in an attempt to learn how to resurrect them with a piece of alien technology. The character had been advertised in the media as a regular, and so her death was meant to be a shocker.

She returned in episode 8, "They Keep Killing Suzie", in which it was revealed that she had masterminded a complex plan (involving brainwashing and multiple murders) to bring about her own resurrection with the same alien technology. The mechanism that revived Suzie began draining the life from Gwen Cooper, and to save Gwen's life the rest of the team had to find a way to kill Suzie all over again.

== Episodes ==
=== Season 1 ===
# Everything Changes
# Day One
# Ghost Machine
# Cyberwoman
# Small Worlds
# Countrycide
# Greeks Bearing Gifts
# They Keep Killing Suzie
# Random Shoes
# Out of Time
# Combat
# Captain Jack Harkness
# End of Days

== External Links ==
* [http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0485301/ IMDb info for Torchwood]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood The BBC's official Torchwood webpage]
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/southeast/sites/torchwood/ BBC Wales's Torchwood webpage]
* [http://www.torchwood.org.uk/ Torchwood.org], BBC website for the fictional Torchwood Institute

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