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Real trivia:
Torchwood started out as an anagram of Doctor Who in an attempt to foil any plots to steal the film prints before they got on air back in 2005! The excitement over new Who was so high at that point, people were afraid of leaks (which did occur). Out of that grew the show with Captain Jack Harkness and all the rest.

Fictional origins:
Torchwood as an institute was established by Queen Victoria in the late 1880s-90s (see Doctor Who: Tooth and Claw, series two, 2006) in attempt not only to protect England from alien invaders but also to keep an eye on the Doctor, who she perceived to be an even more dangerous threat. The institute is so secret even U.N.I.T. (the United Nations International Taskforce) doesn't know it exists.

I will give one word of warning about Cap'n Jack: he's not the same man he is in Doctor Who. So if you are looking for the happy, go lucky, eye roving, fun guy, don't. He's lost a lot of his spark in the series and it's not fully explained why until you see the cross-over episodes of DW (series 3): Utopia, The Sound of Drums and The Last of the Time Lords (and, even then, it's not a satisfactory explanation [to me, at any rate]).

Also, Torchwood is not family friendly. I personally don't think being able to run around cussing at situations that adult (it came across more as a bunch of twelve year olds getting away with something they shouldn't, but that's just me) and there were other things I could live without, but I guess, to judge by the number of positive reviews given this show, I am in the minority. To each his/her own.

Apologies from the resident Whovian. Couldn't resist!

I would love to hear what you guys think of the show and the characters.