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* AgonizingStomachWound: [[spoiler:Gray shoots Tosh in the gut after locking Ianto and Gwen away, occupying Owen with a radiation meltdown, and burying Jack alive;]] because of the measures he took to ensure that the rest of the team was indisposed, no one was able to provide her with medical attention until it was too late. She spends the last moments of her life agonizingly dragging herself across headquarters and down a set of stairs to try and help Owen, injecting herself with an anesthetic to keep herself conscious and functional despite the fact that she is bleeding to death.

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* LastMomentTogether: [[Recap/TorchwoodS3E4DayFour Day Four]]" sees the 456 inflict a virus on the couple Jack and Ianto which proves lethal within minutes. Whilst Jack can [[ResurrectiveImmortality revive from the virus]], Ianto can't, and their final moments are spent with Ianto [[DyingDeclarationOfLove finally telling Jack that he loves him]] (although Jack [[CantSpitItOut doesn't say it back]]), assuring him that their time together was good while it lasted and asking Jack to not forget him. Despite this, "[[Radio/TorchwoodTheLostFiles House of the Dead]]" has Jack be able to see Ianto one more time in the form of a ghostly recreation created by [[EldritchAbomination Syriath]]. Ianto calls him out for seemingly dragging him back to say goodbye, but nonetheless choses to commit a HeroicSacrifice to both save Jack from flinging himself into the void between worlds and prevent Syriath from making it into Cardiff. This time, Jack finally tells Ianto that he loves him, which Ianto reciprocates before dying for good.
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* LastMomentTogether: [[Recap/TorchwoodS3E4DayFour Day Four]]" sees the 456 inflict a virus on the couple Jack and Ianto which proves lethal within minutes. Whilst Jack can [[ResurrectiveImmortality revive from the virus]], Ianto can't, and their final moments are spent with Ianto [[DyingDeclarationOfLove finally telling Jack that he loves him]] (although Jack [[CantSpitItOut doesn't say it back]]), assuring him that their time together was good while it lasted and asking Jack to not forget him. Despite this, "[[Radio/TorchwoodTheLostFiles House of the Dead]]" has Jack be able to see Ianto one more time in the form of a ghostly recreation created by [[EldritchAbomination Syriath]]. Ianto calls him out for seemingly dragging him back to say goodbye, but nonetheless choses to commit a HeroicSacrifice to both save Jack from flinging himself into the void between worlds and prevent Syriath from making it into Cardiff. This time, Jack finally tells Ianto that he loves him, which Ianto reciprocates before dying for good.
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''Torchwood'' is a SpinOff of the long-running British science fiction TV series ''Series/DoctorWho'', and set in the main canon Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}. It's DarkerAndEdgier, HotterAndSexier, and BloodierAndGorier -- In many ways the antithesis of ''Doctor Who'', apart from the {{camp}}.

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''Torchwood'' ''Torchwood''[[labelnote:note]]Not to be confused with the plant of the same name in the Plants Vs. Zombies franchise[[/labelnote]] is a SpinOff of the long-running British science fiction TV series ''Series/DoctorWho'', and set in the main canon Franchise/{{Whoniverse}}. It's DarkerAndEdgier, HotterAndSexier, and BloodierAndGorier -- In many ways the antithesis of ''Doctor Who'', apart from the {{camp}}.

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%%* AliensAreBastards* AliensAreBastards: The aliens in the show tend to be a lot nastier than on ''Series/DoctorWho'', but special mention goes to the 456, who gas Thames House with a lethal virus and forces humanity into a SadisticChoice so that they can take 10% of the children of Earth and get high off them.



* AngelicAliens: [[http://images1.fanpop.com/images/quiz/3887_1212603979224_500_286.jpg The Mary]] are a telepathic {{Energy Being}} with the ability to take human form. She turns out to be hostile, killing humans in order to maintain her disguise, making her a malicious example of a Space Angel.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove:
** Owen to Tosh while they're brainwashed, and Tosh to Owen as [[spoiler:Owen is briefly revived after dying]]. Which quickly turns embarrassing for everyone involved when [[spoiler:their new revival method has unexpected side effects, and Owen can't go back to being dead]].
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* AngelicAliens: [[http://images1.fanpop.com/images/quiz/3887_1212603979224_500_286.jpg The Mary]] are is a telepathic {{Energy Being}} with the ability to take human form. She turns out to be hostile, killing humans in order to maintain her disguise, making her a malicious example of a Space Angel.
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AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Owen to Tosh while they're brainwashed, and Tosh to Owen as [[spoiler:Owen is briefly revived after dying]]. Which quickly turns embarrassing for everyone involved when [[spoiler:their new revival method has unexpected side effects, and Owen can't go back to being dead]].
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* AnyoneCanDie: Early on, it's mentioned that, except for Jack, everyone at Torchwood is relatively young; due to the extremely dangerous nature of their work, few Torchwood employees live to see 35. Although many shows about troubleshooting elite teams make this sort of "everyone on our team dies young" claim, ''Torchwood'' is notable for [[spoiler:actually making good on it]].
** By the end of season 2, [[spoiler:Tosh and Owen have died]]. By the end of "Children of Earth" [[spoiler:Ianto's dead too.]]
** Lampshaded in ''Children of Earth'' when Agent Johnson comments that for Alice Carter's mother, a former operative, to have died of old age was rare for Torchwood.

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* AnyoneCanDie: Early on, it's mentioned that, except for Jack, everyone at Torchwood is relatively young; due to the extremely dangerous nature of their work, few Torchwood employees live to see 35. Although many shows about troubleshooting elite teams make this sort of "everyone on our team dies young" claim, ''Torchwood'' is notable for [[spoiler:actually making good on it]].
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it]]. By the end of season 2, [[spoiler:Tosh and Owen have died]]. By the end of "Children of Earth" [[spoiler:Ianto's dead too.]]
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]] Lampshaded in ''Children of Earth'' when Agent Johnson comments that for Alice Carter's mother, a former operative, to have died of old age was rare for Torchwood.



* AsianAndNerdy: Toshiko.

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* AsianAndNerdy: Toshiko.Toshiko, who is of Japanese ethnicity and is very good with computers.



* BackFromTheDead: Jack Harkness. It's a law of the universe. It happens to others as well, with mixed results.

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* BackFromTheDead: BackFromTheDead:
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Jack Harkness. It's a law of the universe. It happens to others as well, with mixed results.



* TheBadGuyWins: "Small Worlds".

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* TheBadGuyWins: In "Small Worlds".Worlds", the Faeries are successful in their goal of taking Jasmine to become one of them and get away with the murder of several people.



* BigDamnHeroes: Jack saves the day in "Countrycide".
* BlackComedyRape: Owen's EstablishingCharacterMoment in episode one includes him drugging a girl and her boyfriend for sex purposes.
** Almost resulted in a BrokenBase before the series had even started. Apparently audiences respond poorly if a character's establishing shot is him double-date-raping innocent people. A subsequent episode immediately proceeded to let Owen telepathically experience what being raped feels like, entirely PlayedForDrama and triggering his first bout of CharacterDevelopment (of ''many'').

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* BigDamnHeroes: just as the team were about to be eaten by cannibals in "Countrycide", Jack comes in with a tractor and saves the day in "Countrycide".
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* BlackComedyRape: * Owen's EstablishingCharacterMoment in episode one includes him drugging a girl and her boyfriend for sex purposes.
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purposes. Almost resulted in a BrokenBase before the series had even started. Apparently audiences respond poorly if a character's establishing shot is him double-date-raping innocent people. A subsequent episode immediately proceeded to let Owen telepathically experience what being raped feels like, entirely PlayedForDrama and triggering his first bout of CharacterDevelopment (of ''many'').



* ChekhovsGun: Myfanwy, who appeared in the background several times, fights off the Cyberwoman. The Risen Mitten's lost other half becomes this after [[spoiler:Owen dies]]. The camera eye contacts eventually become this.

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* ChekhovsGun: Myfanwy, who appeared in the background several times, fights off the Cyberwoman. The Risen Mitten's lost other half becomes this after [[spoiler:Owen dies]]. The camera eye contacts eventually used in "Reset" also become this.important as part of Torchwood's plan to combat the 456 in "Children of Earth".



* CrapsackWorld:
** The series in general, gets much worse in the follow-ups, especially Children of Earth.

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* CrapsackWorld:
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CrapsackWorld: There is no real afterlife, most aliens are bastards, U.N.I.T is a corrupt organisation willing to throw people in general, prison without appeal for a long time, and the defenders of Earth are pretty flawed. It gets much worse in "Children of Earth", which depicts Governments as corrupt entities willing to hand over 10% of the follow-ups, especially Children children of Earth.Earth (those in low-performing schools no less) to aliens who plan to put them in an IMustScream situation for use as drugs.



* DrivenToSuicide: Suzie.

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* DrivenToSuicide: Suzie.Suzie, realising that if the team find out that she's been killing people for the Resurrection Gauntlet, she will be fired, decides to put a bullet in her head, figuring that she wouldn't be able to live without Torchwood. "They Keep Killing Suzie" reveals however that she wasn't intending to stay dead.



** Captain Jack is [[spoiler:shot dead]] by Owen. Despite the fact Owen was unaware that Jack would resurrect, Jack easily forgives him.
** In that same episode, the team mutinies against Jack and unintentionally releases a giant monster that steals the life force of anyone its giant shadow falls upon. Jack manages to destroy it by letting it feed of him. However, the effort leaves him dead for three days, which is the longest to date that he's ever stayed dead. He still forgives the team minutes after reviving. Might be subverted, given that he ran off to find the Doctor a few scenes later. Possibly {{justified|Trope}} when we consider [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E9TheEmptyChild that time that Jack unintentionally endangered the entire planet in rather a similar fashion]] and was forgiven after he nearly sacrificed his life trying to make it right. Considering the way he models himself off of the Doctor, to do otherwise in somewhat similar circumstances might seem a tad hypocritical.

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** Captain Jack is [[spoiler:shot dead]] by Owen. Despite the fact Owen was unaware that Jack would resurrect, Jack easily forgives him.
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him. In that same episode, the team mutinies against Jack and unintentionally releases a giant monster that steals the life force of anyone its giant shadow falls upon. Jack manages to destroy it by letting it feed of him. However, the effort leaves him dead for three days, which is the longest to date that he's ever stayed dead. He still forgives the team minutes after reviving. Might be subverted, given that he ran off to find the Doctor a few scenes later. Possibly {{justified|Trope}} when we consider [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E9TheEmptyChild that time that Jack unintentionally endangered the entire planet in rather a similar fashion]] and was forgiven after he nearly sacrificed his life trying to make it right. Considering the way he models himself off of the Doctor, to do otherwise in somewhat similar circumstances might seem a tad hypocritical.



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** As Jack had been previously shown in the parent series to not have ResurrectiveImmortality, it therefore comes as a surprise to viewers in the first episode when, after being shot in the head by Suzie, he gets up with the fatal wound fully healed.

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** As Jack had been previously shown in the parent series to not have ResurrectiveImmortality, it therefore comes as a surprise to viewers in the first episode when, after being shot in the head by Suzie, he gets up with the fatal wound fully healed. The twist goes on to be a vital part of Jack's character in both Torchwood and his later appearances in ''Series/DoctorWho''.

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* FakeMemories: "Adam" and the Creator/DanAbnett novel "Border Princes".

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"Adam" and the Creator/DanAbnett novel "Border Princes".



* FirstEpisodeTwist: Suzie's turn to the dark side and ensuing death also counts, since the promo material (very deliberately) made it look like she was to be a sixth main Torchwood member.
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* FirstEpisodeTwist: FirstEpisodeTwist:
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Suzie's turn to the dark side and ensuing death also counts, since the promo material (very deliberately) made it look like she was to be a sixth main Torchwood member.
%%** Jack's immortality.** As Jack had been previously shown in the parent series to not have ResurrectiveImmortality, it therefore comes as a surprise to viewers in the first episode when, after being shot in the head by Suzie, he gets up with the fatal wound fully healed.



* {{Mundanger}}: A CannibalClan in "Countrycide".

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* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Post-Series 2, the whole format of the show has changed. The "monster of the week"-style storytelling has been abandoned in favor of single-story serials. Cardiff is no longer the fixed setting, and only two of the original cast of five remains.

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* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: Post-Series 2, Post-Children of Earth, the whole format of the show has changed. The "monster of the week"-style storytelling has been abandoned in favor of single-story serials. serials, Cardiff is no longer the fixed setting, and only two of the original cast of five remains.



* SlidingScaleOfUndeadRegeneration

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* SlidingScaleOfUndeadRegenerationSlidingScaleOfUndeadRegeneration: Owen is a 2 in his undead state - he doesn't degenerate, but he doesn't heal either, as shown when he cuts open his hand by accident and is forced to stitch it up on a constant basis.



* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: Lampshaded/Justified when Gwen wonders if [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]] is looking down on Earth in shame as the events of ''Children of Earth'' unfold.

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* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: SupermanStaysOutOfGotham:
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Lampshaded/Justified when Gwen wonders if [[Series/DoctorWho the Doctor]] is looking down on Earth in shame as the events of ''Children of Earth'' unfold.



** The entire group mutinies against Jack which results in him getting shot dead and an unholy demon being released to feast on the citizens of Cardiff.
* UndeathAlwaysEnds: [[spoiler:Owen]].

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** The entire group mutinies against Jack, with Owen shooting Jack which results in him getting shot dead before learning about his ResurrectiveImmortality and end up releasing an unholy demon being released to feast on the citizens of Cardiff.
Cardiff. Despite this, Jack forgives them and they get to keep their jobs.
* UndeathAlwaysEnds: [[spoiler:Owen]].Owen is turned into a kind of undead in the middle of Series 2 and remains that way for several episodes. [[CruelAndUnusualDeath At the end of Series 2, he "dies" when he is trapped in a nuclear reactor and his body literally melts into goo, with him remaining conscious until the very end.]]



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%% ZCE * WhamEpisode: "Exit Wounds".Wounds" ends with the permanent deaths of Owen and Tosh, cutting down the Torchwood team to three members.



%%* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Jack.
* WriterOnBoard: The show tends to come off as aggressively atheist. Jack refers to religion as "superstition" and rants about how primitive cultures cling to anything that denies the randomness of existence. It's repeatedly stated that there is no afterlife, and anyone with a belief in some form of deity is shot down as either naïve or just plain wrong.
** Part of this, however, is likely the product of Jack's immortality-induced bitterness hidden under his StepfordSmiler façade and his frustration with the generally-primitive nature of the 21st century, compared to the times and civilizations that he's used to.

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%%* * WhoWantsToLiveForever: Jack.
Jack has ResurrectiveImmortality and is not pleased about it, as it means that he gets to outlive those he loves. Part of the reason he's waiting for the Doctor in Series 1 is because he hopes that the Doctor can reverse it (which as ''Series/DoctorWho'' reveals, [[ThereIsNoCure he unfortunately can't]]).
* WriterOnBoard: The show tends to come off as aggressively atheist. Jack refers to religion as "superstition" and rants about how primitive cultures cling to anything that denies the randomness of existence. It's repeatedly stated that there is no afterlife, and anyone with a belief in some form of deity is shot down as either naïve or just plain wrong.
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wrong. Part of this, however, is likely the product of Jack's immortality-induced bitterness hidden under his StepfordSmiler façade and his frustration with the generally-primitive nature of the 21st century, compared to the times and civilizations civilisations that he's used to.
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* PerfectionIsStatic: The novel "Almost Perfect" features an alien device stolen from a duo of aliens called the Perfection, SufficientlyAdvancedAliens who use the device to turn various worlds perfect. When Jack hears about one of their projects, Hallam's World, he is reminded of how, even though the people there were decent, it was also one of the most boring times of his life, "like a warm Sunday afternoon just after lunch and before the television got good". The Device itself came to that conclusion, telling Ianto that it's been influencing its creators to go to different worlds because it got bored of maintaining perfection on the various planets. This is all to say nothing of the fact that the Perfection are willing to tear apart boats, kill, and power the device by taking people to turn them into a MeatMoss-based "belief system" in their bid to find the Device and keep it powered.
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->''The 21st century is when everything changes, and you gotta be ready.''

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->''The ->''"The 21st century is when everything changes, and you gotta be ready.''"''
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Has a [[Recap/{{Torchwood}} recap page]]. HoYay goes on ''Doctor Who'''s [[HoYay/DoctorWho page]].
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* WhamEpisode: "Exit Wounds".

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* TimeTravelersDinosaur: The titular organisation has an ElaborateUndergroundBase that houses Myfanwy, a pterodactyl brought to modern-day Cardiff through a [[CosmicFlaw space-time rift]]. "Fragments" features a {{Flashback}} to her rescue.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Let's see. We have Gwen, who does love Rhys, but not in the same way she loves Jack. Jack loves her, but stays away because she's taken, and he's also infatuated with the Doctor. He starts sleeping with, then seriously dating, Ianto, who is in love with him, but Jack has a tendency to avoid the subject of love [[spoiler:until ''Radio/TorchwoodTheLostFiles'']]. Tosh is in love with Owen, who won't give her the time of day [[spoiler:(because he's been traumatized from the inhuman death of his fiancee, later exacerbated by his scornful mother and dying, then coming back only halfway alive).]] (There is an episode when [[BizarroEpisode he does but then she has no interest]], due to [[JustifiedTrope mind-altering aliens]].) Tosh also falls for a frozen soldier from 1918 named Tommy who has to return to his time to stop the Rift from tearing open. Owen and Gwen had a fling for most of season 1, and one episode gives us glimpses that show they might actually really like each other. This gets screwed up when Owen falls in love with Diane, a pilot from 1953 who fell through the Rift and moved in with him before deciding to head back home. Finally, to top it all off, Andy used to date Gwen and would like her to stop being so happy with Rhys.

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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Let's see. We have Gwen, who does love Rhys, but not in the same way she loves Jack. Jack loves her, but stays away because she's taken, and he's also infatuated with the Doctor. He starts sleeping with, then seriously dating, Ianto, who is in love with him, but Jack has a tendency to avoid the subject of love [[spoiler:until ''Radio/TorchwoodTheLostFiles'']]. Tosh is in love with Owen, who won't give her the time of day [[spoiler:(because he's been traumatized from the inhuman death of his fiancee, later exacerbated by his scornful mother and dying, then coming back only halfway alive).]] (There is an episode when [[BizarroEpisode where he does but then she has no interest]], interest, due to [[JustifiedTrope a mind-altering aliens]].alien]].) Tosh also falls for a frozen soldier from 1918 named Tommy who has to return to his time to stop the Rift from tearing open. Owen and Gwen had a fling for most of season 1, and one episode gives us glimpses that show they might actually really like each other. This gets screwed up when Owen falls in love with Diane, a pilot from 1953 who fell through the Rift and moved in with him before deciding to head back home. Finally, to top it all off, Andy used to date Gwen and would like her to stop being so happy with Rhys.
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On May 6th, 2017, Creator/BigFinish announced a SequelInAnotherMedium, an audio drama series entitled ''Torchwood: Aliens Among Us'' (having already had success with stories set during the TV series for which all the regular cast had reprised their roles); the 12-episode drama, set to be released in three parts between 2017 and 2018, features Creator/RussellTDavies' "enthusiastic back-seat driving" (according to producer James Goss) and is considered the official Series 5 after ''Miracle Day''. In June 2018, an official Series 6, "God Among Us", was announced, to follow a similar release schedule beginning in October 2018. Series 7, titled simply ''Among Us'', ran in 2023.

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On May 6th, 2017, Creator/BigFinish announced a SequelInAnotherMedium, an audio drama series entitled ''Torchwood: Aliens Among Us'' (having already had success with stories set during the TV series for which all the regular cast had reprised their roles); the 12-episode drama, set to be released in three parts between 2017 and 2018, features Creator/RussellTDavies' "enthusiastic back-seat driving" (according to producer James Goss) and is considered the official Series 5 after ''Miracle Day''. In June 2018, an official Series 6, "God ''Torchwood: God Among Us", Us'', was announced, to follow a similar release schedule beginning in October 2018. Series 7, titled simply ''Among ''Torchwood: Among Us'', ran in from May 2023.
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On May 6th, 2017, Creator/BigFinish announced a SequelInAnotherMedium, an audio drama series entitled ''Torchwood: Aliens Among Us'' (having already had success with stories set during the TV series for which all the regular cast had reprised their roles); the 12-episode drama, set to be released in three parts between 2017 and 2018, features Creator/RussellTDavies' "enthusiastic back-seat driving" (according to producer James Goss) and is considered the official Series 5 after ''Miracle Day''. In June 2018, an official Series 6, "God Among Us", was announced, to follow a similar release schedule beginning in October 2018.

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On May 6th, 2017, Creator/BigFinish announced a SequelInAnotherMedium, an audio drama series entitled ''Torchwood: Aliens Among Us'' (having already had success with stories set during the TV series for which all the regular cast had reprised their roles); the 12-episode drama, set to be released in three parts between 2017 and 2018, features Creator/RussellTDavies' "enthusiastic back-seat driving" (according to producer James Goss) and is considered the official Series 5 after ''Miracle Day''. In June 2018, an official Series 6, "God Among Us", was announced, to follow a similar release schedule beginning in October 2018.
2018. Series 7, titled simply ''Among Us'', ran in 2023.
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* Season 4: ''Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay'' (ten TV episodes, 2011), an InternationalCoproduction between the BBC and Starz Entertainment of America

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* Season 4: ''Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay'' (ten TV episodes, 2011), an InternationalCoproduction between the BBC and Starz Entertainment of America
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* OfficerAndAGentleman: Jack, despite being very ''[[AnythingThatMoves very]]'' sexually active.

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* OfficerAndAGentleman: Jack, despite being very ''[[AnythingThatMoves very]]'' ''very'' sexually active.
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** The series in general, gets much worse in the follow-ups.

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The group's leader is the ExtremeOmnisexual Captain Jack Harkness, a former con man from the 51st century. In ''Doctor Who'', he CameBackWrong in the year 200100, unable to age (much), sleep or die. He subsequently traveled to the 19th century and, due to a broken time machine, got stuck on TheSlowPath. Jack hopes to be [[WhoWantsToLiveForever cured of his immortality]] by the Doctor, and patiently waits for him to turn up in Cardiff. Meanwhile, the series follows NaiveNewcomer PC Gwen Cooper as she meets Jack, joins Torchwood, and learns to live with the idea of AliensInCardiff.

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The group's leader is the ExtremeOmnisexual Captain Jack Harkness, a former con man from the 51st century. In ''Doctor Who'', he CameBackWrong in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays the year 200100, 200100]], unable to age (much), sleep or die. He subsequently traveled to the 19th century and, due to a broken time machine, got stuck on TheSlowPath. Jack hopes to be [[WhoWantsToLiveForever cured of his immortality]] by the Doctor, and patiently waits for him to turn up in Cardiff. Meanwhile, the series follows NaiveNewcomer PC Gwen Cooper as she meets Jack, joins Torchwood, and learns to live with the idea of AliensInCardiff.

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* GuardingThePortal: The Cardiff Rift, that is.

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* HellholePrison: Run by UNIT.

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* HurtingHero: Jack.
* ImAHumanitarian: "Countrycide".

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* HurtingHero: Jack.
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* InterrogatingTheDead: Done in "Everything Changes".
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Owen.

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* KissOfLife: Used twice by Jack. And once by Gwen.

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* %%* KissOfLife: Used twice by Jack. And once by Gwen.
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** The episode "Everything Changes" used this, after Gwen bluffs her way into the Torchwood base, with the subversion that all the other characters ''did'' notice her, they were just pretending to not see her until they couldn't keep it up anymore and burst out laughing.
** The episode "Random Shoes" does it again with Eugene, although this time they honestly ''don't'' notice him because he's a ghost.

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** The episode [[Recap/TorchwoodS1E1EverythingChanges "Everything Changes" used this, after Changes"]]: {{Subverted}} when Gwen bluffs her way into the Torchwood base, with the subversion that all base. All the other characters ''did'' did notice her, they were just pretending to not see her until they couldn't keep it up anymore and burst out laughing.
** The episode [[Recap/TorchwoodS1E9RandomShoes "Random Shoes" does it again with Eugene, although this time they honestly ''don't'' Shoes"]]: {{Justified|Trope}} when Eugene stumbles into the Torchwood lab. They can't notice him because he's a ghost.

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