TM 25

Issue 25 was the final issue of Torchwood Magazine.

Articles and features

 * ‘Top 25 Torchwood Moments’ as nominated by readers
 * ‘Say What?’ Memorable magazine quotes about Children of Earth.
 * ‘Strip!’ A complete guide to Torchwood comics by David G Parker.
 * ‘Beyond the Hub: Weird & Wonderful’ Kate Lloyd explores other Torchwood themed strangeness not covered in this series.

Interviews / Profiles

 * ‘Return of the Jack’ John Barrowman
 * ‘Gwen Will I See You Again?’ Eve Myles

Comic stories

 * Overture: A Captain Jack Adventure by Gary Russell (11 coloured pages)

Fiction

 * Unplugged by James Moran with illustrations by Adrian Salmon
 * Requiem by Trevor Baxendale with illustrations by Ben Willsher
 * We All Go Through by Steve Tribe & James Goss with illustrations by Mike Dowling

Story Archive

 * 2.8 The Torchwood Files: A Day in the Death (Development and Day-by-day production analysis and comment by Andrew Pixley)

Posters

 * A4 Hub Pin-Up 12: ‘Jack and Gwen: In the Beginning’

Also Featuring

 * The Hub (News) including
 * T-mail (Readers Letters)
 * Little Reasons Why We Love Torchwood 11: Torchwood Magazine

Credits

 * Editor: Simon Hugo
 * Designers: Philip White
 * Deputy Editor: Neil Edwards
 * Comics Editors: Martin Eden
 * Assistant Editor: Mark McKenzie-Ray
 * Present: Murray Hewitt

Facts included

 * In A Day in the Death, Henry Parker’s collection is said to include a Dogon eye as seen in Random Shoes.
 * James Herbert’s 1975 tale The Fog also featured as an Arcateenian translation. The Arcateenians themselves were mentioned in Cyberwoman and featured in Greeks Bearing Gifts.
 * The two Voyager missions in 1977 sent into space phonographic records of gold and music and images recognising human cultural and scientific achievements.

Further Information

 * This was the final issue of Torchwood: The Official Magazine from Titan Magazines, a bimonthly title with each issue featuring 100 pages and costing £4.99 (UK).
 * This issue featured a reversible cover with Jack and Ianto on one side and Gwen and Rhys on the other.
 * Aimed at mature fans of the series, the magazines did not shy away from discussions involving sex and violence, topics integral to the success of this ‘adult’ spin-off series from the BBC’s more family friendly Doctor Who.