Army of Ghosts stopping them. Mickey believes that the Cybermen are in control of the sphere and produces a gun to destroy whatever is in it. Rose is horrified when the sphere opens and reveals its occupants to be a quartet of Daleks, who identify their location as Earth and begin chanting, "Exterminate! Exterminate!". The majority of this episode takes place in the Torchwood Institute, which is seen on screen for the first time. The phrase "Torchwood" originated from an anagram of "Doctor Who" used to conceal the "rushes" tapes during the filming of the first series. It was an arc word used
Torchwood which took the form of a five-part story arc with the blanket title of "", received a number of positive reviews. Critics described it separately as a "powerful human drama"; "Best. Torchwood. Ever."; and "... against all expectations, a work of Proper Drama". Conversely, "The Daily Mirror" gave the mini-series a negative review, describing it as "the modern-day "Blake's 7": ludicrous plot, hammy acting, an adolescent penchant for 'Issues'". Metacritic, an American review aggregator website, gives "Torchwood" series one a rating of 74 out of 100, indicating "generally favourable reviews". The show's second series rates above the first, scoring an