It's been three weeks since the Mayor of Cardiff was killed by a shop dummy and the fight is on to see who will replace him.
Yvonne Hartman is visiting the city to retrieve an invaluable alien device. She's in charge of Torchwood One, she's saving the British Empire and she doesn't care about local politics. But she is going to find herself caught up in that fight. There’s a bloodthirsty alien stalking the streets and there’s a special offer on at the all-you-can-eat Chinese buffet.
It’s the 26th of March 2005 and it’s the day that everything changes.
Tropes
- Continuity Nod: The Mayor of Cardiff was supposedly killed on the night of the recent Auton invasion of Earth. He was in fact murdered by Barry Jackson, who used the invasion as a cover.
- Yvonne seeks a Drahvin scanner to unlock the secrets of the Sphere back at Torchwood One.
- Yvonne talks to Ianto Jones on the phone and tells him to ask Lisa Hallett out.
- Yvonne recalls the suicide of former Torchwood Three leader Alex Hopkins on New Year's Eve 1999.
- Day in the Limelight: For Yvonne Hartman, director of Torchwood One, who was originally featured in the Doctor Who Series 2 finale two-parter, Army of Ghosts and Doomsday.