Torchwoodt is safe to say that Harkness, who was introduced in Davies’ first “Doctor Who” season in 2005, is one of the more provocative figures in the history of television. Not only is he a time-travelling immortal from the 51st century and an inveterate clothes horse, he’s also omnisexual. Played by the Scottish-born, American-reared actor John Barrowman, Harkness is that all-too-rare television icon: a well-dressed sexual chameleon who can also kick alien ass. Wait -- “Torchwood” is about aliens?
Captain Jack Harkness provides the brains, brawn and beefcake behind the Cardiff, Wales, branch of the Torchwood Institute, a secretive alien-hunting agency dealing with no end of nutty phenomena. In the first two seasons, spanning 26 episodes, Jack and his inventive band of E.T. thwarters -- including the incurably sensible field agent Gwen Cooper (played by Eve Myles) -- encountered everything from drunken bipedal blowfish to giant space whales. What’s up with Torchwood now?
The Torchwood Institute fell apart during the five episodes that comprised “Torchwood: Children of Earth,” the series’ 2009 third season. After a strange epidemic caused every kid in the world to freeze suddenly and chant seemingly nonsensical words in unison, Jack and his crew discovered that a sinister alien race called the 456 were behind the problem.
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