What is Torchwood about?
The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.
A brisk, gritty team investigates strange extraterrestrial events with darkly comic and suspenseful results.
A full-attention watch at a brisk pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Not on a US subscription service as of Oct 27, 2026.
Torchwood parents guide
It stays inside its TV-MA, with real scares and a jolt or two.
- Scare
- Properly scary
- Frightening, not just tense.
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Graphic gore
- Blood and wounds shown clearly.
- Violence
- Strong violence
- Violence is frequent or intense.
- Sex and nudity
- Moderate
- Moderate means a sex scene or nudity on screen, even brief, or sexual violence that is described or implied but never shown.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
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Three questions
- Is Torchwood scary?
- Yes, properly. Torchwood is the real thing without being an endurance test.
- How gory is Torchwood?
- Graphic gore and strong violence. If graphic gore is a dealbreaker, skip it.
- What is Torchwood rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Rated TV-MA, and it earns it: real scares, moderate sex and nudity, and strong violence. Not one for kids.
Cast and crew
Created byRussell T Davies
StarringJohn Barrowman, Eve Myles, Alexa Havins, Mekhi Phifer, Bill Pullman, Kai Owen
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