TM 1

TM 1
Cover date:	24 January 2008
Format:	68 pages stapled
Editor:	Simon Hugo
Publisher:	Titan Magazines
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This was the 1st issue of The Official Torchwood Magazine.

Contents

Articles and features

• On Set: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
• Grand Designs: The Hub Annotated photo-feature with Torchwood Production Designer Edward Thomas
• Meet the Team: Profiles of Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper,Owen Harper, Toshiko Sato and Ianto Jones
• Creature Feature: Blow by Blowfish from Script to Screen.
• Production Notes from Chris Chibnall Head Writer and Co-producer.

Interviews / Profiles

• John Barrowman Actor Captain Jack Harkness
• James Marsters Actor John Hart including TV and film credits
• Nikki Amuka-Bird Actress Beth Halloran in TW: Sleeper
• Dyfed Potter Actor Mike Lyndon in TW: Sleeper
• Where’s Your Head At? (Q&A): Naoko Mori who played Toshiko Sato

Comic strips

• "The Legacy of Torchwood One!" – A complete story over 10 coloured pages.

Story Previews

• S2.3 To the Last Man
• S2.4 Meat
• S2.5 Adam
• S2.6 Reset

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

• Editor: Simon Hugo
• Comics Editors: Steve White and Ned Hartley
• Designers: Oz Brown and Philip White
• Admin Assistant: Hannah Tibbetts
• Managing Editor: Brian J Robb

Facts Included

• Captain John Hart was originally go to appear riding the rift on a “pandimensional surfboard”, like that seen in (DW:) 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.