The Torchwood Pteranodon is a pterodactyl which was caught in the Cardiff rift and brought into present-day Cardiff. It was originally found hunting in the countryside, killing sheep at night, but it was captured and trained by Torchwood 3. (TW: Everything Changes)
The Torchwood Pteranodon comes and goes from the main base as it please, entering through a large opening on the celiing. It was well trained, being called by a signal from Jack Harkness's wristwatch and only eating food with a certain "barbecue sauce" on it, which Suzie Costello had devloped. (TW: Cyberwoman, torchwood.org.uk) The pteranodon was a highly capable predator, being able to seriously wound the partially cyber-converted Lisa Hallett. (TW: Cyberwoman)
- We do not know if the pteranodon survived its encounter with Hallett.
Behind the Scenes
The in-universe Torchwood website refers to the creature as a pterodactyl, rather than a pteranodon. Torchwood Declassified mentions that the pteranodon was nicknamed Myfanwy by the cast. Whether this is also true in-universe is unknown.
