Torchwood House



Owned by the Macleish Family since the 16th century, Scotland's stately Torchwood House was the centre of the Torchwood Estate. There the Tenth Doctor and Rose Tyler helped defend Queen Victoria from the Werewolf.

Part of the house was turned into an observatory by Sir George MacLeish under the auspices of Victoria's husband, Prince Consort Albert of Saxe Coburg. Prince Albert and George created the light chamber, a device that, used in conjunction with the Koh-i-Noor, killed a Lupine Wavelength Haemovariform who tried to infect the Queen in 1879. The house suffered major damage during the attack. Several doors were broken down, a table crushed and the glass dome of the library shattered. All of the male staff, including the Steward, were killed by the creature. Sir Robert Macleish, the house owner and Captain Reynolds, Victoria's protector, were also killed.

As a direct result of these events, Victoria created the Torchwood Institute. On banishing the Doctor and Rose from the British Isles (concurrently with knighting them both), she warned darkly there would be dire consequences should they ever attempt to return. (TV: Tooth and Claw)

By the early 21st century, Torchwood House had become a catering venue, available for weddings, banquets and other events. Wilfred Mott attended a wedding there, well before either he or his granddaughter met the Doctor. (Torchwood House website)

While Torchwood did not build a base for any branch there (or at least did not have one there in the 21st century), (TV: Everything Changes) Torchwood (and people who could hack into the website like Mickey Smith) still used the observatory to communicate with four satellites which were used to scan for alien spacecraft. (WEB: whoisdoctorwho.co.uk)