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Torchwood Declassified
''Torchwood Declassified'' is a documentary series created by the BBC to complement the British science fiction television series ''Torchwood ''Torchwood'' is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. A spin-off of the 2005 revival of '' Doctor Who'', it aired from 2006 to 2011. The show shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growin ...''. Each episode is broadcast on the same evening as the broadcast of the weekly television episode. A second series of ''Declassified'' aired alongside the second series of ''Torchwood''. Continuing the tradition of its parent, '' Doctor Who Confidential'', ''Torchwood Declassified'' covers themes presented in the just-broadcast episode, as well as providing behind-the-scenes access and footage. Each episode is ten minutes long, compared to ''Confidentials 30–45 minute length. Following transmission, the episodes were all available for viewing on the BBC's ''Torchwood'' website, but were lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1080i
1080i (also known as Full HD or BT.709) is a combination of frame Image resolution, resolution and scan type. 1080i is used in high-definition television (HDTV) and high-definition video. The number "1080" refers to the number of horizontal lines on the screen. The "i" is an abbreviation for interlaced video, "interlaced"; this indicates that only the even lines, then the odd lines of each frame (each image called a video field) are drawn alternately, so that only half the number of actual image frames are used to produce video. A related display resolution is 1080p, which also has 1080 lines of resolution; the "p" refers to progressive scan, which indicates that the lines of resolution for each frame are "drawn" on the screen in sequence. The term assumes a widescreen Aspect ratio (image), aspect ratio of 16:9 aspect ratio, 16:9 (a rectangular TV that is wider than it is tall), so the 1080 lines of vertical resolution implies 1920 columns of horizontal resolution, or 1920 pixe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of Time (Torchwood)
"Out of Time" is the tenth episode of the first series of the British science fiction television series ''Torchwood'', which was originally broadcast on the digital television channel BBC Three on 17 December 2006. The episode involves the alien-hunting team Torchwood taking care of and trying to acclimatise a pilot and two passengers of an aircraft from 1953 who were brought forward to early 21st-century Cardiff. Plot The vintage biplane airliner the ''Sky Gypsy'' passes through the Rift from 1953 to the present. Torchwood help the three people on board, pilot Diane Holmes and passengers Emma-Louise Cowell and John Ellis, with room and board while assisting them in adapting to modern conveniences. The three travelers separate, pairing off with members of Torchwood. Owen tries to help Diane to get flying lessons so she can pilot modern aircraft, but finds that not only will she have to wait weeks to take them, but airplanes of today are largely flown via instruments and auto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
From Out Of The Rain
"From Out of the Rain" is the tenth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series '' Torchwood''. It was broadcast on BBC Three on 12 March 2008, and repeated on BBC Two one week later. In the episode, the Ghostmaker (Julian Bleach), the leader of a travelling show, breaks out of the celluloid film he is trapped inside, and steals the last breaths of nearby residents in Cardiff to use as his audience. Plot The local Cardiff cinema the Electro plays old celluloid films to display its local history. A black-and-white film of a travelling company seems to take a life of its own, restarting itself in the film projector and preventing the projector from being turned off for a period of time. Two figures from the film, the troupe's leader the Ghostmaker and a woman called Pearl, step out of the projection screen and become real, disappearing into the streets of Cardiff. In the Hub, Torchwood review the footage. Ianto, who watched the screening, n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Something Borrowed (Torchwood)
"Something Borrowed" is the ninth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series '' Torchwood''. It was first broadcast on BBC Three on 5 March 2008 and repeated on BBC Two one week later. The episode was written by Phil Ford, directed by Ashley Way and produced by Richard Stokes. The episode featured the five initial series regulars John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoko Mori and Gareth David Lloyd plus recurring actor Kai Owen in a central role. The episode centres on the marriage of the alien hunter Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) to the transport manager Rhys Williams (Kai Owen). The wedding is complicated by Gwen's sudden impregnation by an alien, though she resolves to see the day through. When the nuptials are interrupted by an attack from the biological mother of the alien fetus (played successively by Collette Brown, Nerys Hughes and John Barrowman), Rhys, Gwen, and Gwen's teammates at Torchwood must neutralise the threat. Gw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Day In The Death
"A Day in the Death" is the eighth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series ''Torchwood'', which was broadcast on BBC Three on 27 February 2008. The episode follows the dismissal and later readmission of the recently undead medical officer Owen Harper (Burn Gorman) to the alien-hunting team Torchwood. Plot Jack relieves Owen of his duties at Torchwood so Owen's state after being killed and resurrected three days ago can be examined. Martha assumes his position as Torchwood's medical officer, and Owen is given Ianto's job of making coffee. Martha concludes that Owen is 100% human yet will not age. The team discus a series of energy spikes coming from the estate of Henry Parker, a reclusive collector of alien artifacts. They devise a plan to find out the origin of the energy spikes, excluding Owen from the task. Owen goes home. Toshiko arrives to keep him company, but Owen becomes angry when she offers to help. After insulting Toshiko, Ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dead Man Walking (Torchwood)
"Dead Man Walking" is the seventh episode of the second series of British science fiction television series Torchwood. It was broadcast by BBC Three and BBC HD on 20 February 2008; it made its terrestrial debut on BBC Two on 27 February. In the episode, Death uses the recently undead Torchwood team member Owen Harper (Burn Gorman) as a bridgehead to come through to Earth. Death seeks to take thirteen lives to remain on Earth permanently. Plot Synopsis Jack revives Owen using the resurrection glove, similar to the one used by Suzie and Gwen, after finding it in an abandoned church guarded by Weevils, as he does not wish to give up on Owen. As with Suzie, Owen was brought back from death permanently, although this time there is no obvious source. No energy was drained from Jack, as Suzie was draining energy from Gwen, but Owen is getting energy from somewhere. Owen has visions of himself shrouded in darkness and hearing whispers. He also temporarily loses control of his bod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reset (Torchwood)
"Reset" is the sixth episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series '' Torchwood'', which was first broadcast on BBC Three on 13 February 2008. In the episode, the alien-hunting team Torchwood seeks to shut down a pharmaceutical company that is experimenting on live aliens to develop a drug that restores the human body to its "factory settings". Plot Synopsis Jack recruits UNIT medical specialist Martha Jones to assist Torchwood after a series of deaths of drug trial subjects from the secure medical facility called the Pharm, which Martha, and Torchwood's medic Owen, identify as murders. Further investigation shows that the murder victims have previously suffered from incurable diseases such as diabetes and HIV, but were cured of them prior to their deaths. One victim, Marie, still alive when Torchwood find her, dies while being questioned and fly-like creatures erupt from her mouth. Jack detects a strong presence of alien life forms with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam (Torchwood)
"Adam" is the fifth episode of the second series of British science fiction television series '' Torchwood'', which was broadcast on BBC Two on 13 February 2008. In the episode, a parasitic alien called Adam Smith (Bryan Dick) arrives in Cardiff and adds false memories of himself into the minds of the alien-hunting team Torchwood. This subsequently causes memories to be lost and resurfaced among the team. Plot Torchwood encounter an alien, Adam, who has the ability of memory manipulation. By implanting false memories into each team member, making them believe they have known him for three years, Adam's manipulation changes the team dramatically: Gwen loses all memory of Rhys, Jack is haunted by memories of his lost brother Gray, from whom he was separated as a child on the Boeshane Peninsula, Toshiko has become more confident and believes that she and Adam are in love, and Owen has become less cynical and selfish. After reading his diary, Ianto becomes disturbed when he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meat (Torchwood)
"Meat" is the fourth episode of the second series of British science fiction television series ''Torchwood'', which was first broadcast on BBC Two on 6 February 2008. It was written by Catherine Tregenna, who had previously written episodes for the first series of the show, directed by Colin Teague and produced by Richard Stokes (producer), Richard Stokes. The episode featured the five initial series regulars John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoko Mori and Gareth David Lloyd plus recurring actor Kai Owen in a central role. ''Torchwood'' initially depicts a small team of alien-hunters known as Torchwood, based in Cardiff. In the premiere episode of the first series Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) is introduced as a newcomer to the organisation who keeps her job secret from boyfriend Rhys Williams (Kai Owen). The episode "Meat" depicts the two aspects of Gwen's double life coming into conflict as Rhys finds himself caught up in Torchwood's investigation into a corrupt meat t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To The Last Man (Torchwood)
"To the Last Man" is the third episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series ''Torchwood'', which was first broadcast on BBC Two on 30 January 2008. The episode was written by returning series guest writer, Helen Raynor, directed by Andy Goddard and produced by Richard Stokes. As with all episodes of ''Torchwood''s first two series, "To the Last Man" featured series regulars John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoko Mori and Gareth David Lloyd, with Mori's character Toshiko Sato given the main focus. The narrative centres on the intersection of Toshiko's romance with Tommy Brockless (Anthony Lewis), a cryogenically frozen soldier from World War I, and a number of hazardous time slips from 1918. As the impending crisis becomes more severe, Toshiko must choose between the man she has fallen in love with and the world at stake. Tommy eventually elects to return to 1918, where Toshiko knows he will be executed because of his shellshock. "To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleeper (Torchwood)
"Sleeper" is the second episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series ''Torchwood'', which was first broadcast on BBC Two on 23 January 2008. A specially edited pre-watershed repeat was shown the following day. In the episode, an alien sleeper cell with false memories attacks strategic targets in Cardiff to prepare the Earth for invasion. Plot Torchwood is called to investigate fatal injuries sustained by two burglars in the failed attempt to rob a flat owned by Beth Halloran and her husband. They suspect Beth is responsible, though she has no recollection of the events, but willingly goes with the team. When they return to the Hub and place Beth in one of the cells, a nearby Weevil cowers at Beth's presence. Jack suspects there is more to Beth than she lets on, and orders her to undergo a mind probe. After numerous evaluations under the probe, they suddenly discover alien technology buried under Beth's right forearm, allowing it to transform ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (Torchwood)
"Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" is the first episode of the second series of British science fiction television series '' Torchwood'', which was broadcast on BBC Two on 16 January 2008. The episode features a guest appearance from James Marsters as Captain John Hart, the former colleague and lover of the alien hunter Jack Harkness ( John Barrowman). In the episode, John double crosses Jack's Torchwood team as part of a plan to steal a diamond from a woman who was murdered. Chris Chibnall wrote the episode with the knowledge that Marsters wished to appear in the series, and has written the part of John Hart "absolutely" for him. The episode was filmed in Cardiff in July 2007. "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" was seen by four million viewers upon its original broadcast, with an Appreciation Index of 84, and was met with generally positive reviews in both the United Kingdom and United States. Plot Jack, after finding the Doctor and witnessing the end of the world, returns to his Torchwood ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
