Torchwood Website Questions

[heidi]

I looked around the Torchwood site today for the first time and read some of the "backstory" and files content, and came across this (SPOILER WARNING! NWS if your W has issues with m/m content of a PG-13 variety!) which might be from Ep 6 or later. I'm not sure.
It reads like fanfic. And that's not a bad thing. But it's got all the tropes of a Jack/OC story and if I saw it posted as a chapter in a fic on time_and_chips I wouldn't blink an eye. But it's canon! And I find that so amusing.

Although not *quite* as amusing as John Barrowman in Megaladon 3 (NWS!)!

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And more from the site

Dr Tanizaki is head of the Cybertechnology Institute of Osaka, founded 2007 after the Cyberman invasion. Purpose of the CiO was to monitor and learn from the Cybermen and their debris.

Founded in 2007?

I always presumed Torchwood was taking place in 2006, sort of in Our Real Time, but I guess it's not? Is it set in 2007 or 2008? Has anyone noticed anything in the show itself, as versus on the website, to indicate one way or another?

Comments

[tartpants.livejournal.com]

AHahahaha at his line in the shark movie!

[rivkat.livejournal.com]

Those clips are truly scary. Sure, the actors got paid to say those lines, so I'm not too impressed that they managed to keep straight faces -- but it's still notable.

[peacockharpy.livejournal.com]

I think (although I am as bad at maths as our dear friend JKR) that they are taking into account the skipped year in Doctor Who. After "Aliens of London," when the Doctor brings Rose back 12 minutes months later, everything on Who started dating a year ahead of "our" time.

Which isn't to say that Torchwood should also be a year ahead, but I guess they're working on Who time as well. Perhaps it's a little example of the Doctor still keeping his hand in...(ba dump CHING).

[kay-taylor.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHA. Oh my god. Canon fanfic. This is beyond amusing.