Download or read book Torchwood First Born written by James Goss and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-07-21 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gwen and Rhys are on the run. Rhys was hoping this meant a windswept cottage on a cliff top, but he's had to settle for a miserable caravan in the isolated village of Rawbone. With the locals taking an unhealthy interest in their daughter, Gwen and Rhys start to realise that something is very wrong. As they uncover the village's terrible past, Gwen discovers that Torchwood will never leave her behind, and now she and Rhys stand alone in defence of the Earth. And the children of Rawbone can only bring her closer to the secret forces that want her out of the way. Based on the hit sci-fi series created by Russell T Davies, First Born is a prequel to Torchwood: Miracle Day, starring John Barrowman and Eve Myles as Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper, with Kai Owen as Rhys Williams.

Download or read book Illuminating Torchwood written by Andrew Ireland and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created in 2006 as a spinoff of Doctor Who, the internationally popular BBC television series Torchwood is a unique blend of science fiction and fantasy, with much more of an adult flavor than its progenitor. The series' "omnisexual" protagonist, maverick 51st-century time agent Captain Jack Harkness, leads a team of operatives from the present-day Torchwood Institute, a secret organization dedicated to battling supernatural and extraterrestrial criminals. With its archetypal characters, adult language, subversive humor and openly homosexual and bisexual storylines, Torchwood provides a wealth of material for scholarly analysis and debate. Using Torchwood as its focal point, this timely collection of essays by a range of experts and enthusiasts provides an interpretive framework for understanding the continually developing forms and genres of contemporary television drama.

Download or read book Torchwood Declassified written by Rebecca Williams and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torchwood started its life on television as a spin-off from Doctor Who, bringing Captain Jack to join new colleagues in a television series that quickly established itself as fresh and watchable television. It's fourth series, subtitled 'Miracle Day', continued its move from the niche channel of BBC3 to metamorphose into an international production between the BBC and the US network Starz. Torchwood has continued to entertain, provoke and attract large audiences and an expanding fandom. This is the first critical celebration of Torchwood across it four series, considering issues of representation, the fandom that surrounds the show and its complex, institutional contexts. Focusing in particular on how the meanings and understandings of cult television have shifted and become subject to technological, industry and marketing changes in recent years, Torchwood Declassified explores topics including the show's aesthetics and branding, its use of tropes from the horror genre, vast tie-in merchandise, status as a spin off, the nature of a celebrity that is both cult and mainstream, as well as the use of sound and music and of cult writers, and Torchwood's connection to place and location. The book will appeal to fans of the series, researchers and scholars, and anyone interested in ongoing questions over what cult television is, what it means, and why it continues to be of importance.

Download or read book Torchwood Into The Silence written by Sarah Pinborough and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-05-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The body in the church hall is very definitely dead. It has been sliced open with surgical precision, its organs exposed, and its vocal cords are gone. It is as if they were never there or they've been dissolved... With the Welsh Amateur Operatic Contest getting under way, music is filling the churches and concert halls of Cardiff. The competition has attracted the finest Welsh talent to the city, but it has also drawn something else - there are stories of a metallic creature hiding in the shadows. Torchwood are on its tail, but it's moving too fast for them to track it down. This new threat requires a new tactic - so Ianto Jones is joining a male voice choir... Featuring Captain Jack Harkness as played by John Barrowman, with Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones as played by Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd, in the hit sci-fi series created by Russell T Davies for BBC Television.

Download or read book The Twilight Streets written by Gary Russell and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-01-05 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's a part of the city that no one much goes to, a collection of rundown old houses and gloomy streets. No one stays there long, and no one can explain why - something's not quite right there. Now the Council is renovating the district, and a new company is overseeing the work. There will be street parties and events to show off the newly gentrified neighbourhood: clowns and face-painters for the kids, magicians for the adults - the street entertainers of Cardiff, out in force. None of this is Torchwood's problem. Until Toshiko recognises the sponsor of the street parties: Bilis Manger. Now there is something for Torchwood to investigate. But Captain Jack Harkness has never been able to get into the area; it makes him physically ill to go near it. Without Jack's help, Torchwood must face the darker side of urban Cardiff alone... Featuring Captain Jack Harkness as played by John Barrowman, with Gwen Cooper, Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato and Ianto Jones as played by Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoki Mori and Gareth David-Lloyd, in the hit series created by Russell T Davies for BBC Television.

Download or read book Torchwood Long Time Dead written by Sarah Pinborough and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cardiff Bay. The government has ordered the excavation of the wreckage of a secret underground base. DCI Tom Cutler is watching from a distance, fascinated by the process. There are people in his dreams. People he feels he should know. The disbanded Torchwood Institute spent a century accumulating non-terrestrial artefacts and catching aliens. Who knows what - or who - might still be intact down there. But by the time they find the first body, Suzie Costello is long gone. Based on the hit science fiction series created by Russell T Davies, Long Time Dead is a prequel to Torchwood: Miracle Day, starring John Barrowman and Eve Myles as Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper. It features Suzie Costello, as played by Indira Varma.

Download or read book Torchwood Slow Decay written by Andy Lane and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-10-31 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The twenty-first century is when it all changes, and you've got to be ready.' Separate from the government; outside the police, beyond the United Nations: Torchwood sets its own rules. A team of investigators, using alien technology to solve crime - both alien and human. This British sci-fi crime thriller, created by Russell T Davies, sees them delve into the unknown. A group of people fighting the impossible. The series stars Captain Jack Harkness played by John Barrowman, last seen in Doctor Who. This novel is a brand-new Torchwood story.

Download or read book Torchwood The House That Jack Built written by Guy Adams and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-05-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jackson Leaves - an Edwardian house in Penylan. Built 1906, semi-detached, three storeys, spacious, beautifully presented. Left in good condition to Rob and Julia by Rob's late aunt. It's an ordinary sort of a house. Except for the way the rooms don't stay in the same places. And the strange man that turns up in the airing cupboard. And the apparitions. And the temporal surges that attract the attentions of Torchwood. And the fact that the first owner of Jackson Leaves in 1906 was a Captain Jack Harkness... Featuring Captain Jack Harkness as played by John Barrowman, with Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones as played by Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd, in the hit series created by Russell T Davies for BBC Television.

Download or read book Torchwood Exodus Code written by Carole E. Barrowman and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It starts with a series of unexplained events. Earth tremors across the globe. Women being driven insane by their scrambled senses. Governments and scientists are bewildered and silent. The world needs Torchwood, but there's not much of Torchwood left. Captain Jack Harkness has tracked the problem to its source: a village in Peru, where he's uncovered evidence of alien involvement. In Cardiff, Gwen Cooper has discovered something alien and somehow connected to Jack. If the world is to be restored, she has to warn him – but she's quickly becoming a victim of the madness, too...

Download or read book The Doctor Who Franchise written by Lynnette Porter and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Doctor Who nears its 50th anniversary, it is very much a part of British popular culture, and the Doctor has become a British icon. Nevertheless, thanks to BBC America and BBC Worldwide's marketing strategy, as well as the Doctor's and his companions' recent in-person visits to the U.S., the venerable series is becoming more susceptible to an "American influence," including the possibility of becoming "Americanized." Doctor Who and recent spinoffs Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures offer American audiences very different insights into the Whoniverse and have met with varying degrees of success. Whereas Torchwood became a U.S.-U.K. co-production, The Sarah Jane Adventures was largely mismarketed. To complicate matters, the interrelationships that keep the Doctor Who franchise alive through radio dramas, audiobooks, comics, novels, etc., during hiatuses in television broadcasts, may give U.S. and U.K. audiences different understandings of the lead characters--the Doctor, Captain Jack Harkness, and Sarah Jane Smith. Although the past decade has been an exciting time in the Whoniverse, the Doctor--and the franchise--are poised for yet another regeneration.

Download or read book Torchwood The Red Dragon written by Karl James Slayer and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five original Torchwood fan fiction short stories. HIS DARK ANGEL: Someone is trying to punish Jack and destroy Torchwood. Eventually recognizing the assassin Jack has to make a choice. Is Jack a good or evil man? AN IMPOSSIBLE EVENT: Is Jack really from the future or simply insane? The Torchwood Institute Asylum has the answer. THE RED DRAGON: Are Tosh and Owen not quite dead and really ghosts? A romantic story with a difference! FLAT HUB ISLAND: Most of Torchwood are dead but Jack has returned to Cardiff Bay with a plan. This is the short story which resulted in the novel 'The Dark Dragon'. THEY KEEP KISSING SUZIE: Jack has kissed Suzie and brought her back to life..and now they can't stop kissing Suzie! A very humorous retelling of 'They keep killing Suzie'. Book also includes a guide for visiting Cardiff Bay.

Download or read book Torchwood Almost Perfect written by James Goss and published by Random House. This book was released on 2010-07-31 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emma is 30, single and frankly desperate. She woke up this morning with nothing to look forward to but another evening of unsuccessful speed-dating. But now she has a new weapon in her quest for Mr Right. And it's made her almost perfect. Gwen Cooper woke up this morning expecting the unexpected. As usual. She went to work and found a skeleton at a table for two and a colleague in a surprisingly glamorous dress. Perfect. Ianto Jones woke up this morning with no memory of last night. He went to work, where he caused amusement, suspicion and a little bit of jealousy. Because Ianto Jones woke up this morning in the body of a woman. And he's looking just about perfect. And Jack Harkness has always had his doubts about Perfection. Featuring Captain Jack Harkness as played by John Barrowman, with Gwen Cooper, Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato and Ianto Jones as played by Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoki Mori and Gareth David-Lloyd, in the hit series created by Russell T Davies for BBC Television.

Download or read book The Torchwood Encyclopedia written by Gary Russell and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-07-31 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded by Queen Victoria in 1879, the Torchwood Institute has been defending Great Britain from the alien hordes for 130 years. Though London's Torchwood One was destroyed during the Battle of Canary Wharf, the small team at Torchwood Three have continued to monitor the space-time Rift that runs through Cardiff, saving the world and battling for the future of the human race. Now you can discover every fact and figure, explore every crack in time and encounter every creature that Torchwood have dealt with. Included here are details of: The secret of the Children of Earth Operatives from Alice Guppy to Gwen Cooper Extraterrestrial visitors from Arcateenians to Weevils The life and deaths of Captain Jack Harkness and much more. Illustrated throughout with photos and artwork from all three series, this A-Z provides everything you need to know about Torchwood.

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Download or read book Torchwood Band 2 Station Null written by John Barrowman and published by Panini. This book was released on 2017-10-30 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torchwood steht wieder in den Startlöchern, da ist Captain Jack Harkness natürlich nicht weit. John Barrowman, der in der TV-Serie den ebenso unwiderstehlichen wie unsterblichen Haudegen Jack Harkness gespielt hat, ist mit der Rolle auch über das Ende der Serie hinaus tief verbunden: er schreibt gemeinsam mit seiner Schwester Carole Barrowman, einer renommierten Autorin, die Story dieser grandiosen Comic-Serie selbst.

Download or read book Torchwood Band 3 Das Massaker written by John Barrowman and published by Panini. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Barrowman, der in der TV-Serie den Haudegen Jack Harkness gespielt hat, ist mit der Rolle auch über das Ende der Serie hinaus tief verbunden: Er schreibt gemeinsam mit seiner Schwester Carole Barrowman die Story dieser grandiosen Comic-Serie selbst.

Download or read book Something in the Darkness written by Stephen James Walker and published by TELOS. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Torchwood. Protecting the Earth against alien threats in the 21st Century - the time when everything changes. A Doctor Who spin-off created by Russell T Davies and starring John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper, Burn Gorman as Owen Harper, Naoko Mori as Toshiko Sato and Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones, Torchwood is a high-octane sci-fi thriller, full of adventure, passion, humour and excitement. The second series saw Torchwood investigating alien sleeper cells; saving a stranded creature from human exploitation; meeting a First World War soldier; and dealing with a memory thief who exposes long-held secrets within the whole team; not to mention encountering charismatic rogue Captain John Hart (played by James Marsters of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame) and calling on the assistance of former TARDIS traveller Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman). In Something in the Darkness, noted TV historian Stephen James Walker gives the full low-down on the action, complete with character profiles, cast and production team information, behind-the-scenes details and a comprehensive guide to each of the 13 episodes. Something in the Darkness is every fan's one-stop guide to the secret world of Torchwood.