Torchwood
Save the Planet (One Alien at a Time)
TV-MA 2006 · 4 seasons · 41 eps · ★ 7.3 · Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama
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The exploits of a team of people whose job is to investigate the unusual, the strange and the extraterrestrial.
Created by Russell T Davies
Networks: BBC Three, BBC One, BBC Two
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Naoko Mori Toshiko Sato -
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Alexa Havins Esther Drummond -
Mekhi Phifer Rex Matheson -
Bill Pullman Oswald Danes -
Frances Fisher The Mother
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