Post by Daniel O'Neill on Sept 2, 2010 15:42:00 GMT -5
The Torchwood Institute (usually referred to simply as Torchwood) is a fictional secret organisation. Established by Queen Victoria in 1879, its prime purpose is to defend the earth against extraterrestrial threats. The Torchwood Institute begins, however, to use their findings to restore the British Empire to its former glory. To those ends, the organisation acquires and reverse engineers alien technology by any means deemed necessary.
While described as "beyond the United Nations", the Torchwood Institute is known to cooperate with UNIT (the Unified Intelligence Taskforce, formerly known as the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce) to some extent. There appears to have been some rapport with the Prime Minister although this may not always be the case. 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.
Torchwood Three, Cardiff
Roald Dahl Plass, the exterior of Torchwood Three.Torchwood Three, whose base is also known as the Hub, primarily serves as a monitoring station for the Cardiff spacetime Rift. Whereas the London branch is originally staffed by hundreds of individuals, the Cardiff branch is considerably smaller and only employs a small team of experts, hired by Captain Jack and is described as a "renegade outpost". It is located beneath Roald Dahl Plass, and may be entered via an "invisible lift" in the Plass, or through a run-down Tourist Information Centre nearby. Torchwood Three is the setting of the eponymous Torchwood series. It is said by Jack Harkness that the Cardiff Branch has nothing to do with London and that all links were severed.
For more info see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood_Institute
While described as "beyond the United Nations", the Torchwood Institute is known to cooperate with UNIT (the Unified Intelligence Taskforce, formerly known as the United Nations Intelligence Taskforce) to some extent. There appears to have been some rapport with the Prime Minister although this may not always be the case. 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.
Torchwood Three, Cardiff
Roald Dahl Plass, the exterior of Torchwood Three.Torchwood Three, whose base is also known as the Hub, primarily serves as a monitoring station for the Cardiff spacetime Rift. Whereas the London branch is originally staffed by hundreds of individuals, the Cardiff branch is considerably smaller and only employs a small team of experts, hired by Captain Jack and is described as a "renegade outpost". It is located beneath Roald Dahl Plass, and may be entered via an "invisible lift" in the Plass, or through a run-down Tourist Information Centre nearby. Torchwood Three is the setting of the eponymous Torchwood series. It is said by Jack Harkness that the Cardiff Branch has nothing to do with London and that all links were severed.
For more info see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood_Institute
