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* [[John Barrowman]] Actor [[Captain Jack Harkness]]
 
* [[John Barrowman]] Actor [[Captain Jack Harkness]]
 
* [[James Marsters]] Actor [[John Hart (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang)|John Hart]] including TV and film credits
 
* [[James Marsters]] Actor [[John Hart (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang)|John Hart]] including TV and film credits
* [[Nikki Amuka-Bird]] Actress [[Beth Halloran]] in [[TW]]: ''[[Sleeper (TV story)|Sleeper]]''
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* [[Nikki Amuka-Bird]] Actress [[Beth Halloran]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Sleeper (TV story)|Sleeper]]''
* [[Dyfed Potter]] Actor [[Mike Lyndon]] in [[TW]]: ''[[Sleeper (TV story)|Sleeper]]''
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* [[Dyfed Potter]] Actor [[Mike Lyndon]] in [[TV]]: ''[[Sleeper (TV story)|Sleeper]]''
 
* Where’s Your Head At? (Q&A): [[Naoko Mori]] who played [[Toshiko Sato]]
 
* Where’s Your Head At? (Q&A): [[Naoko Mori]] who played [[Toshiko Sato]]
 
[[File:TWM1b.jpg|thumb|Alternative 1st cover]]
 
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== Facts Included ==
 
== Facts Included ==
* Captain John Hart was originally go to appear riding the rift on a “pandimensional surfboard”, like that seen in ([[DW]]:) ''[[Boom Town]]''.
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* Captain John Hart was originally go to appear riding the rift on a “pandimensional surfboard”, like that seen in ([[TV]]:) ''[[Boom Town]]''.
 
* Torchwood Season 1 was the highest rated show to be shown on the BBC America channel.
 
* Torchwood Season 1 was the highest rated show to be shown on the BBC America channel.
 
* A working title for S2.3 ''[[To the Last Man]]'' was “Soldier’s Heart”, a term used to describe shell shock during the American Civil War.
 
* A working title for S2.3 ''[[To the Last Man]]'' was “Soldier’s Heart”, a term used to describe shell shock during the American Civil War.

Revision as of 11:58, 18 September 2012

This was the 1st issue of The Official Torchwood Magazine.

Contents

Articles and features

Interviews / Profiles

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Alternative 1st cover

Comic strips

Story Previews

Additional features

  • The Hub (News)
Including the new-look BBC website (www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood)
  • Competitions, prizes included
John Barrowman's Anything Goes biography
Torchwood Series 1 DVD Boxset

Credits

Facts Included

  • Captain John Hart was originally go to appear riding the rift on a “pandimensional surfboard”, like that seen in (TV:) Boom Town.
  • Torchwood Season 1 was the highest rated show to be shown on the BBC America channel.
  • A working title for S2.3 To the Last Man was “Soldier’s Heart”, a term used to describe shell shock during the American Civil War.
  • Paul Kasey regular Doctor Who ‘alien’ played the Blowfish.

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).
  • A subscription offer included a saving of 30% on 13 issues including one Special issue.
  • This first issue included a £6 discount voucher against Getretro new range of limited edition Torchwood stamps exclusive to scificollector.
  • The launch date for the title means that it arrived on the shelves after Season 2 had begun transmission (indeed the previews commence with episode 3).
  • Of the 68 pages, 8 were given over to advertising other titles from the publisher and a further 4 pages of Torchwood related advertising.
  • The next issue page for that published on 21st February 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 proposed readers' email page was to be headed “Talk Wood!”
  • The ‘Meet the Team’ and ‘Grand Designs’ features from this issue was reprinted in the Torchwood The Official Magazine Yearbook (2008) along with the John Barrowman and James Marsters interviews.
  • An alternative first issue cover was used for promotional purposes

External links

Official online site for Titan Magazines, publishers of Torchwood Magazine.