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Torchwood (UK)

Summary Torchwood, a spin-off from the popular sci-fi show Doctor Who, follows a group of investigators working for the secret organisation of the same name. Set in Cardiff, Wales the team specialise in alien technology that has landed on Earth, and crime, whether it be alien or human. The mysterious Captain Jack Harkness is the leader of the eq...

  • 2006
  • TV-MA
  • BBC-1
  • 2006
  • TV-MA
  • BBC-1

Torchwood (UK)

Season 1 Premiere: Oct 22, 2006
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 58 Critic Reviews
75
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 199 User Ratings
7.3
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Summary Torchwood, a spin-off from the popular sci-fi show Doctor Who, follows a group of investigators working for the secret organisation of the same name. Set in Cardiff, Wales the team specialise in alien technology that has landed on Earth, and crime, whether it be alien or human. The mysterious Captain Jack Harkness is the leader of the eq...

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 58 Critic Reviews
75
83% Positive
48 Reviews
14% Mixed
8 Reviews
3% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 58 Critic Reviews
75
83% Positive
48 Reviews
14% Mixed
8 Reviews
3% Negative
2 Reviews

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100
Torchwood: Children of Earth is one of the TV events of the year, and anyone with a taste for serious dark fantasy is encouraged to strap in for the thrilling, chilling and unnerving ride.
By Matt Roush FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 7, 2011
The story line is expertly structured, especially after the first hour's exposition, as potential explanations emerge and the pieces begin to fit together. And the writers maintain an all-important sense of humor, not just with the one-liners among the team members but with shrewd social satire.
By Matthew Gilbert FULL REVIEW
80
Extraterrestrials are communicating through the young. But what do the visitors want? The answer and mankind’s response transform Children of Earth into an epic that should bring Torchwood to a wider audience. (The miniseries, a high point for summer television, will be available on DVD July 28.)
By Hal Boedeker FULL REVIEW
80
A new BBC America sci-fi/thriller that's so good and unsettling and creepy that even grumps like myself can't help but be in its thrall.
By Ray Richmond FULL REVIEW
75
Jul 1, 2011
The show is a bit of a junk heap--Fringe, Mission:Impossible and Death Becomes Her are in the pile--but it's a real adventure. [11 Jul 2011, p.34]
By Tom Gliatto FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 8, 2011
The way to keep both casual and hardcore sci-fi fans in the fold is to tell stories that revolve around memorable characters, to take on compelling questions and to give the tales intellectual and emotional plausibility. Torchwood: Miracle Day doesn't quite have all those elements nailed down all the time, but it gets reasonable chunks of those things right--enough to keep me tuning in and hoping that the story gains coherence (and not just speed) over the course of the season.
By Maureen Ryan FULL REVIEW
30
It at times seems like a pornographic parody of "The X-Files."
By Alan Sepinwall FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 199 User Ratings
7.3
75% Positive
149 Ratings
13% Mixed
25 Ratings
13% Negative
25 Ratings

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Generally Favorable Based on 199 User Ratings
7.3
75% Positive
149 Ratings
13% Mixed
25 Ratings
13% Negative
25 Ratings

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Production Company:
  • BBC Wales
  • Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
  • BBC Worldwide Productions
Initial Release Date: Oct 22, 2006
Number of seasons: 4 Seasons
Rating: TV-MA
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Awards

BAFTA Awards, Wales
• 5 Wins & 14 Nominations
SFX Awards, UK
• 3 Wins & 10 Nominations
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 1 Win & 8 Nominations

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