The Torchwood Archives was a Torchwood novel. It retold the events of the TV series up until Exit Wounds, via the narrative device of an in-universe exposé on Torchwood Three's activities, created by one Warren Martyn.

The framing device was that the book's near-publication by Garden Tower Publishing was suppressed by Torchwood themselves to preserve their secrecy, leading to the presence of multiple notes from Ianto Jones — as the text of the book was suggested to be a facsimile of the only surviving copy, as held within Torchwood's own archives.

Publisher's summary[]

THIS BOOK IS A GUIDE TO TORCHWOOD.

DO NOT REMOVE THIS COPY FROM THE HUB.

EACH BOOK CONTAINS A MACROFORM TRACKING DEVICE. JUST IN CASE...

Plot[]

to be written

Characters[]

• Warren Martyn
• Jack Harkness

References[]

• Adeola Oshodi's father was Francine Jones' brother.
• Suzie Costello was born 6 May 1973.

Continuity[]

• Gwen Cooper was born 16 August 1978 according to her Torchwood records, (TV: Children of Earth: Day Two) although the CIA's file on her stated she was born on 5 May. (TV: The New World)
• Ianto Jones was born 19 August 1983 (TV: Fragments)
• Owen Harper was born 14 February 1980 (TV: Exit Wounds) According to his records in The Torchwood Archives, he was born 14 February 1982.
• Toshiko Sato's Torchwood records give her birthdate as 18 September 1975. She was actually born July 1975, (TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts) and on another occasion her Torchwood records contained a birthdate of 19 September 1981, (TV: Exit Wounds) due to an incident Toshiko had whilst trying to stop a torrent file from corrupting the world. (AUDIO: torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor)

Notes[]

• Designed by Richard Atkinson, Paul Lang and Lee Thompson.
• This hardback-only book was priced £14.99 (UK).

External links[]

• Official The Torchwood Archives page at Penguin Books