TM 18

The eighteenth issue of Torchwood Magazine had a cover date of 15 October 2009.

Articles and features

 * ‘If you tolerate this, your children will be next …’ Torchwood: Children of Earth characters stand trial
 * ‘456 Overture’ Composer Ben Foster talks about his Torchwood work
 * Children of Earth Day-by-Day


 * Archivist Andrew Pixley presents the second of three Day Diaries covering Pre-shoot Day to Day 26 of the 50 Day recording shoot.


 * Torchwood Villains: Top Ten
 * Books Extra! Book publishing diary of Steve Tribe Torchwood Series Editor for BBC Books
 * Beyond the Hub: ‘Look Who’s Talking’ (Possessions) by Kate Lloyd

Interviews / Profiles

 * ‘Rhys on Earth’ Kai Owen who played Rhys Williams
 * ‘On Her Majesty’s Civil Service’ Susan Brown who played Bridget Spears
 * Close-Call: Cush Jumbo who played Lois Habiba answers the reader’s questions over the phone for Kate Lloyd

Comic stories

 * Broken by Nick Abadzis (Part 4 of 5) (11 coloured pages)

Fiction

 * Stakes on a Plane by James Moran with illustrations by Ben Willsher
 * I May Be Some Time by David Llewellyn with illustrations by Mike Dowling

Story Archive

 * 1.10 Out of Time (Detailed analysis and comment by Neil Edwards)

Posters

 * A4 Hub Pin-Up 5: Rhys Williams
 * A3 Concept Corner Glass cube designed by Edward Thomas drawn by RS Williams

Also Featuring

 * The Hub (News) including Gareth David-Lloyd in online drama Girl Number 9, John Barrowman in Panto, new Torchwood books and NTAS nomination.
 * T-mail (Readers Letters)
 * Little Reasons Why We Love Torchwood 4: Emily’s Box

Credits

 * Editor: Simon Hugo
 * Deputy Editor: Neil Edwards
 * Comics Editors: Martin Eden
 * Designer: Philip White
 * Managing Editor: Brian J Robb
 * Mrs Peel … We’re Needed

Facts included

 * Nicholas Briggs who played Torchwood: Children of Earth character Rick Yates, also provides the Judoon voices in Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures.
 * New Torchwood titles include; The Undertaker's Gift by Trevor Baxendale, Risk Assessment by James Goss, Consequences by James Moran, Joseph Lidster, Andrew Cartmel, Sarah Pinborough and David Llewellyn, and Torchwood: The Encyclopedia by Gary Russell.
 * Out of Time unusually featured on-screen credits before the opening title.

Additional details

 * Torchwood: The Official Magazine from Titan Magazines continued to be bi-monthly title with six issues a year. Each issue featured a hundred pages and cost £4.99 (UK), offering a 15% saving to subscribers.
 * 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’.