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
Long Time Dead (Torchwood) misused the Resurrection Gauntlet in the first season. Long Time Dead (Torchwood) Long Time Dead is a "Torchwood" tie-in novel by author Sarah Pinborough. It is the second of three prequels to "", the final "Torchwood" TV series. It is published by BBC Books. Pinborough says that she wrote for "Torchwood" because she was invited to do so. She also explains that as a TV tie-in, the novel is very dialogue-based which helped her in constructing it. DCI Tom Cutler and the now Sergeant Andy Davidson return to investigate a series of deaths around the apparently defunct Torchwood Institute. It