Torchwood quite often avoided making direct references to Doctor Who, but one of the spinoff's earliest moments could easily reference the Time Lords.

Although Jack reimagined Torchwood's values ... to Donna in "Turn Left" that the Sontarans were defeated in the new timeline by Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles), and Ianto Jones (Gareth ...

The answers lie within an old, secret British institute. As Rex keeps asking “What is Torchwood?" he’s drawn into a world of adventure, and a threat to change what it means to be human ...

somewhere there's an answer." The Torchwood Institute was founded by Queen Victoria in 1879 to protect the British Empire against the threat of alien invasion. By 2008, all that remains of the ...