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Torchwood (2006) - 8 trivia entries

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Torchwood is an anagram for Doctor Who, the show of which this series is a spin-off.

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The hand preserved in a glass jar in the Torchwood HQ is the severed hand of Doctor Who which he lost in a duel during the Christmas special. The hand features quite prominently in episode 1 but can also be seen in the background in most episodes.

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The amnesia drug that Torchwood uses is called "Retcon," which is short for "retroactive continuity," a common occurrance in science fiction shows when a writer changes something about the established history of the series.

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Eve Myles, who plays Gwen also plays the maid character Gwyneth in the Doctor Who (season one) episode "The Unquiet Dead."

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The "Mister Saxon" references from series 3 of Doctor Who spill into its spin off series in this episode, as a "Vote Saxon" poster can be seen on the wall of the abandoned dance hall.

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On the stair way of the abandoned building, someone has written 'Bad Wolf' on the wall - the phrase that appeared in most episodes of the first season of Doctor Who (2005).

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From Out Of The Rain (series 2)

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For this episode, writer Peter J. Hammond borrowed his own idea - from a story he first used in the 1979 Sapphire & Steel series. There, ghosts from old photographs came to life and could trap the living inside the pictures. Here, very similar mischief is afoot, with the ghosts coming out of old silent films instead.

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Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (series 2)

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When the team arrive at the bar, Captain John Hart (played by James Masters) comments that there is no blond in the gang - perhaps a reference to Buffy, leader of the other gang Masters belonged to in Sunnydale.

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