Torchwood Institute by sectioning any journalists who threaten to expose the truth, and via the use of memory-altering drugs. Following a major incident which led to the destruction of Torchwood One, Jack Harkness rebuilds Torchwood to become less confrontational and more secretive in honour of the Doctor. The name "Torchwood" is an anagram of "Doctor Who", with which tapes of series 1 of the "Doctor Who" TV series were labelled to prevent the footage from being leaked. While writing "Doctor Who" series 2, head writer and executive producer Russell T Davies established the word "Torchwood"—which was the name of an institute previously
The Gathering (Torchwood) The Gathering (Torchwood) "The Gathering" is the ninth episode of "", the fourth series of the British science fiction television series "Torchwood". It was first broadcast in the United States on Starz on 2 September 2011. "Torchwood: Miracle Day" follows the aftermath of a day where humanity has stopped being able to die. The episode is set two months after the end of "End of the Road". In the episode, a team called Torchwood split into two groups to go to Shanghai and Buenos Aires where the mysterious "Blessing" linked with the "Miracle" where nobody dies exists simultaneously. Two months