TM 4

This was the 4th issue of The Official Torchwood Magazine.

Articles and Features

 * Set Report: Exit Strategies filming Exit Wounds
 * Bullet Points with Torchwood Armourer Faujja Singh on Exit Wounds
 * Set Report: Rift in the Family filming Adrift
 * Designing Fragments
 * Directing Fragments with Jonathan Fox Bassett Director
 * Production Notes from Richard Stokes Producer.

Interviews / Profiles

 * Naoko Mori Actress who played Toshiko Sato
 * Burn Gorman Actor who played Owen Harper
 * Lachlan Nieboer Actor who played Gray in Exit Wounds
 * Richard Stokes Producer discusses his two years on the show and all of series 2 stories.
 * Heather Craney Actress who played Emily Holroyd in Fragments
 * Robert Pugh Actor who played the adult Jonah in Adrift
 * Where’s Your Head At? (Q&A): Kai Owen who played Rhys Williams

Comic strips

 * Rift War - Part One (10 colour pages)

Story Archive

 * Series 2 Episode Guide including credits, dates, ratings, plot synopsis, analysis, Torchwood Declassified details, original draft details, continuity and trivia for all series 2 stories.

Additional features

 * The Hub (News)
 * Including


 * Competition, prizes included
 * Complete set of 200 Torchwood Trading Cards


 * Readers Awards 2008 voting form

Credits

 * Editor: Simon Hugo
 * Deputy Editor: Neil Edwards
 * Comics Editors: Steve White
 * Designers: Philip White
 * Assistant Editor Sarah Herman
 * Admin Assistant: Hannah Tibbetts
 * Managing Editor: Brian J Robb

Facts included

 * CERN is a nuclear facility in Switzerland and behind the construction of the Large hadron Collider (a giant particle accelerator).
 * An unofficial one-day Torchwood event The Rift organised by JMLive was held on Saturday 26th April 2008 at Porchester Hall in Bayswater featured writers and guest stars from the series.
 * John Barrowman’s stunt double for Exit Wounds was Curtis Rivers.
 * The character of Rhys Williams was going to be killed off in Series 1 but Russell T Davies gave him a reprieve.
 * Searchlight was the name of the support group set up for friends and relatives of missing people in Adrift.
 * The tiny island of Flat Holm (Ynys Echni in Welsh) is the most southerly point in Wales.

Additional details

 * Titan Magazines was well known for its range of (predominantly American) TV tie-in titles that included, Lost, Supernatural, Heroes, CSI: Miami, 24 and Prison Break.
 * Torchwood: The Official Magazine launched with a glossy cover, as a four-weekly title in January 2008 priced £3.75 (UK) this was the first 100 page special priced £4.99 (UK)
 * A subscription offer included a saving of 30% on 13 issues including one Special issue.
 * The next issue page for that published on 15th May 2008 includes the comment “contents subject to change”
 * 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’.
 * The Series 2 Episode Guide from this issue was reprinted in the Torchwood The Official Magazine Yearbook (2008).