Torchwood. Disc 1, Episodes 1-3

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Created for television by Russell T. Davies.
"As seen on BBC America."
Set contains all 13 episodes from the second season.
Special features: Deleted scenes; outtakes, "The life and deaths of Captain Jack."
Episodes 1-3. Kiss kiss, bang bang -- Sleeper -- To the last man.
John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Naoko Mori, Gareth David-Lloyd, Burn Gorman.
The adventures of a team of investigators, led by the enigmatic Captain Jack. Set in Cardiff, in the present day, the team uses scavenged alien technology in a very real world to solve crime both alien and human.
DVD, widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DVD-9, NTSC.

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LGBT Sci Fi submitted by Jen Chapin-Smith on July 27, 2013, 11:35am A spin-off from the BBC series "Doctor Who," "Torchwood" is about an institution created by Queen Victoria to be "outside the government, beyond the police" in order to protect the world and Britain in particular from alien invasion. Capt. Jack Harkness, formerly of "Doctor Who" runs a team of paranormal investigators in Cardiff.

At the beginning of series 2, the team is continuing to fight aliens intent on harming the Earth, but without Jack's leadership as he left with the Doctor on the TARDIS (see "Doctor Who" episode 11 of series 3). The four remaining Torchwood agents are in the midst of chasing a blowfish, when Jack returns to save the day. Everything appears to be back to normal, only better. Jack and Ianto are an item; Gwen and her boyfriend are back together without any sidelines.

With the team back together, everyone's happy until Jack's former time police colleague and former boyfriend Capt. John Hart (played by James Marsters of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" fame) threatens the patrons of a Cardiff nightclub. While Marsters has been making the rounds of sci fi shows, including "Smallville" and "Caprica," in this episode the U.S. actor's accent waivers between British, which he did well in "Buffy," and U.S. The actor would have done far better to just choose one and stick with it.

Most of the characters are bisexual, although Harkness (played by the openly gay John Barrowman) is decidedly omnisexual and flirts with everyone. "Torchwood" is very graphic in every sense of the word, and so is not appropriate for anyone under 18. Sci fi fans will love the show.