Episode guide
Torchwood: Series 1
13 episodes · premiered Oct 22, 2006
Separate from the government, outside the police, beyond the United Nations, Torchwood sets its own rules. Led by the enigmatic, ever watchful Captain Jack Harkness, the Torchwood team delves into the unknown and fights the impossible. Everyone who works for Torchwood is young. Some say that’s because it’s a new science. Others say it’s because they die young.
- Episode 1: Everything Changes Oct 22, 2006 · 52m 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…
- Episode 2: Day One Oct 22, 2006 · 48m 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…
- Episode 3: Ghost Machine Oct 29, 2006 · 49m 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…
- Episode 4: Cyberwoman Nov 5, 2006 · 50m 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…
- Episode 5: Small Worlds Nov 12, 2006 · 47m 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…
- Episode 6: Countrycide Nov 19, 2006 · 47m 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…
- Episode 7: Greeks Bearing Gifts Nov 26, 2006 · 50m A Toshiko themed episode Tosh meets an unusual woman, Mary, at a bar, who gives her a strange pendant. She is upset, yet amazed by what she now has - the ability to read people's minds…
- Episode 8: They Keep Killing Suzie Dec 3, 2006 · 53m A Suzie themed episode Using the Resurrection Gauntlet that former Torchwood member Suzie Costello originally had, the team are able to bring a number of murder victims back to life…
- Episode 9: Random Shoes Dec 10, 2006 · 50m Eugene Jones wakes up, finding himself lying on the middle of a road. He then discovers that he has been the victim of a hit-and-run incident, and is, now, not only dead, but invisible…
- Episode 10: Out of Time Dec 17, 2006 · 50m Three passengers from 1953 arrive in modern day Cardiff, when their plane flies through the Rift. With no means of travelling back, each person must adapt to their new life, starting…
- Episode 11: Combat Dec 24, 2006 · 48m An Owen themed episode Weevils are appearing all over the streets of Cardiff, and then disappearing again - but not by alien forces. People are abducting them, and using the Weevils for…
- Episode 12: Captain Jack Harkness Jan 1, 2007 · 49m A Jack themed episode Whilst investigating an old, derelict dance hall, Jack and Tosh are transported back to the 1940s, during the Blitz. Owen, Ianto, and Gwen realise, in modern day…
- Episode 13: End of Days Jan 1, 2007 · 47m With the Rift having been opened, people and objects throughout time are falling through it, and being spread across the world. "The thing in the darkness" has finally come, and Jack…