Torchwood Institute

Torchwood

Torchwood logo, composed of hexagonal shapes arranged in the shape of the letter T. Other colored versions occur – for example, a red version appears in the intertitle for Torchwood, and a blue version appears on the show's microsite.
Universe	Whoniverse
Type	Intelligence agency
Founded	Scotland, 1879 by Queen Victoria
Defunct	2009
Location	Various Torchwood One: London, England Torchwood Two: Glasgow, Scotland Torchwood Three: Cardiff, Wales Torchwood Four: "Missing", Torchwood India: Delhi, India
Key people	Queen Victoria Yvonne Hartman Jack Harkness
Purpose	Extraterrestrial research Protecting Britain Developing new technologies Arming humanity for the future
Technologies	Dimensional transporter Particle gun Large energy weapon Weight negation clamps Huon particles And more...
Powers	Torchwood is a vastly powerful organisation, as such it possesses: Wealth to build skyscraper and underground complex as headquarters Influence beyond Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and UN Staff given "psychic training", described as "basic mental training, level 1" which includes "psi shielding" as a defense from as well as utilization of telepathy Vast array of alien technology and weaponry

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Torchwood is a vastly powerful organisation, as such it possesses:

The Torchwood Institute (usually referred to simply as Torchwood) is a fictional secret organisation from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-off series Torchwood. It was established in 1879 by Queen Victoria after the events of "Tooth and Claw". Its prime directive is to defend Earth against supernatural and extraterrestrial threats. It is later revealed in "Army of Ghosts" that the Torchwood Institute has begun to use their findings to restore the British Empire to its former glory. To those ends, the organisation started to acquire and reverse engineer alien technology. Within Torchwood an unofficial slogan evolved: "If it's alien, it's ours". According to one base director, Yvonne Hartman, its nationalist attitude includes refusing to use metric units.

While described as "beyond the UN", the Torchwood Institute is seen to cooperate with UNIT to some extent. There appears to have been some rapport with the Prime Minister, although it is noted by Harriet Jones in "The Christmas Invasion" that she is not meant to know of Torchwood. Those who have come in contact with Torchwood primarily believe it to be a special forces team. They appear to maintain this illusion by using false witnesses, or by sectioning any journalists who threaten to expose the truth, and via the use of memory-altering drugs. Following a major incident which led to the destruction of Torchwood One,Jack Harkness rebuilds Torchwood to become less confrontational and more secretive in honour of the Doctor.