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A web series made to promote the second series of Doctor Who in 2006. Each episode acts as a prequel to the events of the corresponding episode.
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01Prelude to New EarthApril 1, 2006—Novice Hame is advertising the New New York Hospital, explaining to viewers how they never lose a patient. A female scream of help is heard
- S01E02Prelude to Tooth and ClawApril 8, 2006—A meteor crashes to Earth. Three hundred years later, a bearded crofter walks through a grassland. He hears something growling behind him an
- S01E03Prelude to School ReunionApril 15, 2006—Mickey is at a computer, looking at a website of UFO sightings, but is blocked by a notice referring to Torchwood. He picks up his phone and
- S01E04Prelude to the Girl in the FireplaceApril 22, 2006—Two pilots are at the controls of an unidentified spaceship. Suddenly, an ion storm hits the ship, causing chaos as lights start flashing an
- S01E05Prelude to Rise of the CybermenApril 29, 2006—A mission briefing from Gemini calls all Preacher agents into action. It describes Cybus Industries, John Lumic, the head of Cybus Industrie
- S01E06Prelude to the Age of SteelMay 6, 2006—A video from John Lumic orders the "upgrade" of humans to Cybermen to commence around the world. This is followed by an animated diagram of
- S01E07Prelude to the Idiot's LanternMay 13, 2006—Grandma Connolly has her new television installed. Later, she sits in front of it and strange, red lightning reaches out from the television
- S01E08Prelude to the Impossible PlanetMay 20, 2006—A woman in a suit tells Captain Walker of a black hole called K37 Gem 5, orbited by a planet. She asks him to bring back the power source th
- S01E09Prelude to the Satan PitMay 27, 2006—An Ood delivers a metal case to a man named Curt, telling him that the contents are Captain Walker's belongings. The man tells the Ood to le
- S01E10Prelude to Love & MonstersJune 3, 2006—A mysterious figure is using a laptop to access a website titled L.I.N.D.A . It shows a hand-drawn sketch of the Doctor and the text "Who Is
- S01E11Prelude to Fear HerJune 10, 2006—This Tardisode is in the form of a fictional Crimewatch UK (1984)-style programme called "Crime Crackers". The presenter is on a London stre
- S01E12Prelude to Army of GhostsJune 17, 2006—A reporter tells his editor about the story so big it will be the story of the century - the story of Torchwood. His editor asks him to get
- S01E13Prelude to DoomsdayJune 24, 2006—An emergency news broadcast is shown. A female news reporter informs the viewer that the country is in a State of Emergency. The Cyberman in
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