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
Torchwood: The Lost Files is set right before "Children of Earth"'s epilogue. Torchwood: The Lost Files The Lost Files is a series of three radio dramas released prior to the fourth series of "Torchwood", a British science fiction television series which airs on the BBC. These dramas aired as BBC Radio 4's "Afternoon Play" on the 11,12 and 13 July 2011 and feature the regular cast. Although broadcast to coincide with the airing of "", two of the episodes are set prior to the "" miniseries of 2009, as they include the character of Ianto Jones, who is killed off in the 2009 miniseries.