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 New World (Torchwood) again after an email at the start of this "Miracle Day" is sent to intelligence agencies containing the word "Torchwood". In Kentucky, convicted child molester and murderer Oswald Danes (Bill Pullman) is due to be executed by means of lethal injection. However, the execution fails. At the start of "Miracle Day", a mysterious email is sent to members of the intelligence agencies in the U.S., bypassing the usual security protocols and containing only the word "Torchwood". CIA agent Rex Matheson (Mekhi Phifer) is badly injured in a car crash whilst receiving information on Torchwood from Esther Drummond (Alexa Havins), and