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Crammed in a corner of the Plass, the tiny tourist office doesn't attract much attention. Pamphlets and announcements – most sadly outdated – cover the walls and litter the chipped formica countertop. An old stool usually sits empty and the employee who’s supposed to be manning the shop is rarely seen. The air smells of damp and bleach.

Water trickles along the base of the tower day and night, and a mix of flickering fluorescents and old incandescent bulbs leave the far walls in shadow. Tosh’s monitors, Gwen’s station and Suzie’s old workshop are all located on this level, along with the ‘break area’ and the new boardroom. Owen’s bay is one of several recessed, white tiled exam areas along the wall and the main entrance is guarded by an air-tight air lock and a stainless steel cage. Three different stairways (including one old-fashioned iron circular staircase behind Jack’s office), lead to the catwalks above the main level.

The catwalks criss-cross the air two stories above the main level, encircle the rift manipulator and the water tower. Jack’s glass walled office is up there, as well as the entrance to the secure archives and the cobbled-together kitchen area that is Ianto’s coffee making domain. Owen’s new hothouse steams up one corner of the catwalk level and the primitive administrative ‘office’ – actually a table made out of a wooden door – is where Ianto attempts to maintain some form of bureaucratic dignity.

The lower levels range from the library and the general archives all the way down to a warren of dark concrete hallways, blocked off subway tunnels and the several floors of cells, controlled archives and the ever expanding morgue. Most of the lower levels are dark, rarely used, damp and echoing with the ghosts of all who have gone before.

Warehouses, docks, piers and the bay itself. Once a thriving shipyard and working bay, industrial traffic has dropped off over the years. Revitalized areas such as that near the Plass include trendy resturants and tourist day trips.

From Jubilee Pizza to Pearl of the Orient, Cardiff’s clubs, restaurants, bars and pubs serve everyone from tired Torchwood employees to blowfish in bad suits. Sometimes, a retcon chaser isn’t optional

Some people have homes to go to, after work. Others take a few hours out to shag a stranger in an anonymous hotel room.

Cells, detectives, guys in yellow slickers and cars with checkerboard. They're all here.

Office towers, the Senned, industrial parks, voting booths, banks. Places that Torchwood doesn't go to all that often, actually.

Parking lots, back alleys, sidewalks and, children's parks and empty lots.

Anywhere not nearby. Distant towns, deserted roads stretching into the distance.

The Valiant; a flying fortress and airfield has become an international symbol of shock when the US President was assassinated by the British Prime Minister on live television during a fake 'first contact'. It's been pulled from active duty while British, UN and American investigative teams struggle to understand all that happened on it - and to create a publicly palatable story while analyzing the records and evidence of a year long paradox.

A bloody and mysterious feud between two drugs gangs brings Torchwood into the field and PC Andy into the fold.

Illegal aliens in Cardiff

The boys of Torchwood visit 1925 and meet a familiar face - for the first time. Amid adventures, a few boundaries are pushed and Jack gets a hint of what's to come.

The Valiant, again.

The gleaming Torchwood Tower, built on the rubble of destruction, soars into the sky - a symbol of strength and protection. Swift Zeppelins dock at highest point while heroic field agents can be found taking rare moments off in nearby pubs or restaurants - whose owners are proud to see the men and women who keep Great Britain - and the world - safe. Hundreds of scientists, scholars, warriors are employed at Torchwood-Alpha under the leadership of Director Tyler, hero of the cyberman invasion.

Any topics that happened in the past.

June 13, everything changes we have ... brains! Brains! Brains!