Separate from the government, outside the police, beyond the United Nations: Torchwood sets its own rules. Led by the enigmatic, ever watchful Captain Jack Harkness, the Torchwood team delves into the unknown and fights the impossible.
From an underground base built on a rift in time and space, the team responds to any alien threat - a meteorite crash landing, sightings of extra-terrestrial technology, and unusual autopsy report, the spread of a deadly alien virus....
CSI加上X-Files,观众都希望是火炬木的一分子,亲身感受官能上的刺激,冲击道德规范,如何目无法纪。他们不受警察,政府,以至联合国的管辖,他们有自己的做事方法。队长Captain Jack Harkness,身份成谜,他带领火炬木利用外星科技来调查罪案 ,不仅是人类,也包括外星人。除了队长Captain Jack,外来客Gwen Cooper,参与火炬木纯粹是出于对真相的好奇,结果他将自己困在这个陌生但是却令人兴奋的世界里。最终他能否抽离,重过正常生活呢?