The first issue was released on 24 January 2008 and concluded on 16 December 2010[1] The United States version was due to be launched in February 2008.

[3] The magazine includes the latest news from the Torchwood set, cast and crew interviews,[4] behind-the-scenes features on the show's special effects, and ten pages of original Torchwood comic strip fiction.

[5] The first few issues featured regular columns from Torchwood's lead writer Chris Chibnall and producer Richard Stokes.

Issue 14 saw the magazine become a bi-monthly production with a larger page count.

The Torchwood Magazine Yearbooks, published in 2008 and 2009, contained a further six exclusive short stories.