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Torchwood started its life on television as a spin-off from Doctor Who; bringing Captain Jack to join new colleagues in a television series that quickly established itself as fresh and watchable television. Its fourth series; subtitled Miracle Day; continued its move from the niche channel of BBC3 to metamorphose into an international production between the BBC and the US network Starz. Torchwood has continued to entertain; provoke and attract large audiences and an expanding fandom. This is the first critical celebration of Torchwood across it four series; considering issues of representation; the fandom that surrounds the show and its complex; institutional contexts. Focusing in particular on how the meanings and understandings of cult television have shifted and become subject to technological; industry and marketing changes in recent years; Torchwood Declassified explores topics including the shows aesthetics and branding; its use of tropes from the horror genre; vast tie-in merchandise; status as a spin off; the nature of a celebrity that is both cult and mainstream; as well as the use of sound and music and of cult writers; and Torchwoods connection to place and location. The book will appeal to fans of the series; researchers and scholars; and anyone interested in ongoing questions over what cult television is; what it means; and why it continues to be of importance.