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Created by Russell T Davies, Torchwood is the slick, sexy, sci-fi thriller starring John Barrowman (Doctor Who) and Eve Myles, which follows the adventures of a team of investigators using alien technology to solve crimes: some terrestrial, some not. The Complete Series 1 Box Set features all 13 episodes plus brand new extras, including deleted scenes and out-takes.Synopsis - Torchwood: Series 1, Part 1 (2006) Set in modern-day Cardiff, Torchwood stars John Barrowman as Captain Jack.Captain Jack and a bunch of renegade criminal investigators are charged by the British government to find alien technology that has fallen to earth without the knowledge of the United Nations.Synopsis - Torchwood: Series 1, Part 2 (2006) Torchwood follows the adventures of a team of investigators, ledby the enigmatic Captain Jack. Set in the UK in the present day,the team use scavenged alien technology in a very real world to solve crime; both alien and human. Separate from the government.Outside the police. Beyond the United Nations. Everyone who works for Torchwood is young, under 35. Some say that's because it's a new science. Others say it's because they die young...Synopsis - Torchwood: Series 1, Part 3 (2006) Seperate from the government, outside the police, beyond the United Nations: Torchwood sets its own rules. Retrieveing alien technology and responding to any extra-terrestrial threat - a meteorite crash landing, discovery of alien weapons, unusual autopsy reports - Torchwood are alien hunters in our world. Operating from an underground base in Cardiff - built on a rift in time and space - Torchwood is comprised of the enigmatic leader Captain Jack Harkness; resourceful Gwen Cooper, the passion and drive of the team; Owen Harper, yound and hedonistic but a brilliant medic; reserved, technical genius Toshiko Sato; and lanto Jones, a figure far more important than his receptionist's role suggests.