Torchwood

(Torchwood)

 Season 1

13 Episodes

Episodes from the first season

1 - EVERYTHING CHANGES

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Original title : Everything Changes
First Aired : 22.10.2006 (UK) - 13.01.2009 (FRANCE)
Director : Brian Kelly
Writing credits : Russell T. Davies
Cast : Gwyn Vaughan-Jones (DI Jacobs), Jason May (Scenes of Crime Officer), Guy Lewis (Young Cop), Rhys Swinburn ("John Tucker" Body), Olwen Medi (Yvonne), Dion Davis (Officer), Jams Thomas (Hospital Porter), Mark Heal (Security Guard), Gary Shepheard (Pizza Lad), Gwilym Havard Davies (Man), Cathryn Davies (Woman)


The Story : 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.

2 - DAY ONE

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Original title : Day One
First Aired : 22.10.2006 (UK) - 13.01.2009 (FRANCE)
Director : Brian Kelly
Writing credits : Chris Chibnall
Cast : Rob Storr (Gavin), Donald Longdon (Mr. Weston), Naomi Martell (Receptionist), Mark Heal (Security Guard), Brendan Charleson (Ivan Fletcher), Justin McDonald (Matt), Felicity Rhys (Bethan), Alex Parry (Eddie Gwynne), Adrian Christopher (Private Moriarty), Ross O'Hennessy (Sgt. Johnson), Ceri Mears (Banksy), Sara Lloyd-Gregory (Carys Fletcher)


The Story : is 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 any more deaths from the violent form of sex.

3 - GHOST MACHINE

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Original title : Ghost Machine
First Aired : 29.10.2006 (UK) - 13.01.2009 (FRANCE)
Director : Colin Teague
Writing credits : Helen Raynor
Cast : Daniel Llinos (Eleri), Gareth Thomas (Ed Morgan), Ben McKay (Bernie), Kathryn Howard (Woman in Shop), Ryan Conway (Kid in Arcade), Ian Kay (Snooker Player), Julie Gibbs (Bernie's Mum), Christopher Greene (Young Tom Flanagan), Christopher Elson (Young Ed Morgan), Emily Evans (Lizzie Lewis), John Normington (Tom Flanagan)


The Story : 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.

4 - CYBERWOMAN

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Original title : Cyberwoman
First Aired : 0511.2006 (UK) - 20.01.2009 (FRANCE)
Director : James Strong
Writing credits : Chris Chibnall
Cast : Caroline Chikezie (Cyberwoman), Togo Igawa (Dr. Tanizaki), Bethan Walker (Annie)


The Story : 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 - SMALL WORLDS

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Original title : Small Worlds
First Aired : 12.11.2006 (UK) - 20.01.2009 (FRANCE)
Director : Alice Troughton
Writing credits : P. J. Hammond
Cast : Lara Phillipart (Jasmine), Eve Pearce (Estelle), Adrienne O'Sullivan (Lynn), William Travis (Roy), Sophie Davies (Bully 1), Roger Barcley (Goodson), Victoria Gourley (Bully 2), Heledd Baskerville (Kate), Nathan Sussex (Custody Sergeant), Ffion Wilkins (WPC)


The Story : 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 - COUNTRYCIDE

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Original title : Countrycide
First Aired : 19.11.2006 (UK) - 20.01.2009 (FRANCE)
Director : Andy Goddard
Writing credits : Chris Chibnall
Cast : Owen Teale (Evan Sherman), Maxine Evans (Helen Sherman), Calum Callaghan (Kieran), Rhys ap Trefor (Huw), Emily Bowker (Ellie), Robert Barton (Martin)


The Story : 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.

7 - GREEKS BEARING GIFTS

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Original title : Greeks Bearing Gifts
First Aired : 26.11.2006 (UK) - 27.01.2009 (FRANCE)
Director : Colin Teague
Writing credits : Toby Whithouse
Cast : Shaheen Jafargholi (Danny), Daniela Denby-Ashe (Mary), Tom Robertson (Soldier), Ravin J. Ganatra (Neil), Eiry Thomas (Carol)


The Story : 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. However, Tosh finds this terrible curse, that contains her friends darkest secrets, must be broken. So she asks for help from Mary, the only person who knows, but first, Tosh has to get her into Torchwood.

8 - THEY KEEP KILLING SUZIE

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Original title : They Keep Killing Suzie
First Aired : 03.12.2006 (UK) - 27.01.2009 (FRANCE)
Director : James Strong
Writing credits : Paul Tomalin, Dan McCulloch
Cast : Shend (Max), Yasmin Bannerman (Swanson), Daniel Llewelyn-Williams (Alex Arwyn), Badi Uzzaman (Suzie's Father), Indira Varma (Suzie Costello), Gary Pillai (Mark Brisco)


The Story : Using the Resurrection Gauntlet that former Torchwood member Suzie Costello originally had, the team is able to bring a number of murder victims back to life. However, these all have a link with the now-deceased Suzie, and the group has no choice but to bring her back. After the process goes wrong, and permanently keeps her alive, Suzie manipulates the naïve Gwen into taking her to see her father.

9 - RANDOM SHOES

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Original title : Random Shoes
First Aired : 12.12.2006 (UK) - 27.01.2009 (FRANCE)
Director : James Eskrine
Writing credits : Jaquetta May
Cast : Steven Meo (Josh), Celyn Jones (Gary), Robyn Isaac (Linda), Gareth Potter (Sean Jones), Joshua Hughes (Terry Jones), Amy Starling (Waitress), Paul Chequer (Eugene Jones), Leroy Libyrd (Café Owner), Ryan Chappell (Pete), Nicola Duffett (Bronwen Jones), Luke Bromley (Young Eugene), Roger Ashton Griffiths (Mr Garrett)


The Story : 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. Eugene recalls events leading up to his death, involving a mysterious alien eye. Simultaneously, Gwen investigates the suspicious circumstances around his fatality.

10 - OUT OF TIME

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Original title : Out Of Time
First Aired : 17.12.2006 (UK) - 03.02.2009 (FRANCE)
Director : Alice Troughton
Writing credits : Catherine Tregenna
Cast : Janine Carrington (Alesha), Sam Beazley (Alan Ellis), Olivia Hallinan (Emma), Mark Lewis Jones (John Ellis), Louise Delamere (Diane), Rhea Bailey (Jade)


The Story : 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 personal relationships with the separate members of Torchwood.

11 - COMBAT

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Original title : Combat
First Aired : 24.12.2006 (UK) - 03.02.2009 (FRANCE)
Director : Andy Goddard
Writing credits : Noel Clarke
Cast : David Gyasi (Hospital Patient), Matthew Raymond (Boyfriend), Alexandra Dunn (Barmaid), Alex Hassell (Mark Lynch)


The Story : 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 their own purposes, so Owen investigates.

12 - CAPTAIN JACK HARKNESS

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Original title : Captain Jack Harkness
First Aired : 01.01.2007 (UK) - 03.02.2009 (FRANCE)
Director : Ashley Way
Writing credits : Catherine Tregenna
Cast : Murray Melvin (Bilis Manger), Gavin Brocker (George)


The Story : 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, that this has happened, and go in search of clues Tosh may have left. Meanwhile, back in the forties, Jack meets a very interesting man. One with the name Captain Jack Harkness...

13 - END OF DAYS

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Original title : End Of Days
First Aired : 01.01.2007 (UK) - 10.02.2009 (FRANCE)
Director : Ashley Way
Writing credits : Chris Chibnall
Cast : Louise Delamere (Diane), Caroline Chikezie (Lisa), Noriko Aida (Toshiko's Mother), Murray Melvin (Bilis Manger), Jamie Belton (Roman Soldier), Matthew Gravelle (Doctor), Rhian Wyn Jones (Religious Woman)


The Story : 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 realises that he is the only one who can save planet Earth from the destruction that "the son of the Beast" will cause.