TM 21

This was the 21th issue of The Official Torchwood Magazine.

Articles and features

 * ‘That Was The Wood That Wasn’t’ : An alternative history of Torchwood the TV series looking back at a history that never was.
 * ‘Everything Changes’ How Torchwood has changed over 21 issues in the 21st century
 * ‘Picture This!’ Children of Earth storyboard feature
 * Beyond the Hub: ‘Apocalypse Wow!’ A look at the end of the world by Kate Lloyd
 * ‘It’s No Game’ Readers send in their Torchwood dress-up photographs
 * ‘We Have the Technology!’ Matt Chapman looks at Torchwood tech and the shape of things to come

Interviews / Profiles

 * Life Goes On: Gareth David-Lloyd who played Ianto Jones talks to Jayne Nelson
 * ‘PC World’: Tom Price (who played PC Andy) talk to Simon Hugo

Comic strips

 * Shrouded by Gareth David-Lloyd (Part 1 of 2) (11 coloured pages)

Fiction

 * Postcards from the Rift by Guy Adams with illustrations by Ben Willsher
 * Reflections by Juliet E McKenna with illustrations by Mike Dowling

Story Archive

 * 1.13 End of Days (Detailed analysis and comment by Neil Edwards)

Posters

 * A4 Hub Pin-Up 8: John Hart
 * A4 Concept Corner: 456 in glass cube, designed by RS Williams at Millennium FX (2 pages)

Additional features

 * The Hub (News) including John Barrowman updates!
 * T-mail (Readers Letters)
 * Little Reasons Why We Love Torchwood 7: Disco lights on the SUV

Credits

 * Editor: Simon Hugo
 * Designers: Philip White
 * Deputy Editor: Neil Edwards
 * Comics Editors: Martin Eden
 * Assistant Editor: Mark McKenzie-Ray
 * Youth Hostelling: Chris Eubank
 * Managing Editor: Brian J Robb

Facts included

 * The Torchwood SUV sold at Bonhams auction (registration: LP02 AOA) sold for £18,000. The double decker bus from TV: Planet of the Dead was withdrawn from the auction at the last minute.
 * In TV: End of Days, the flying saucer hovering above the Taj Mahal appears to be a Jathaa sunglider seen in Torchwood's possession in TV: Doomsday.
 * TV: End of Days was initially broadcast as a double-bill after TV: Captain Jack Harkness with both episodes credits combined in the latter and no 'Next Time' for the former.

Additional details

 * Torchwood: The Official Magazine from Titan Magazines continued to be a bi-monthly title with now only six issues a year. Each issue featured 100 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’.