Episode Title: Fragments

Duration: 48 minutes and 58 seconds

Written by: Chris Chibnall

Directed by: Jonathan Fox Bassett

Transmission Date: 28th March 2008

Ratings: 2.98 million

Synopsis: A booby-trapped building explodes and knocks the team unconscious. As each team member's life flashes before their eyes, viewers learn how each of them was recruited to Torchwood: Captain Jack was initiated into a shocked Victorian Torchwood in 1899; Toshiko went on a daring mission to trade alien technology for her mother's life; Ianto wooed Jack with coffee and a flair for alien-catching; and Owen had a medical revelation that changed how he saw the world.

Cast List: Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
Gwen Williams - Eve Myles
Toshiko Sato - Naoko Mori
Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
Owen Harper - Burn Gorman
Rhys Williams - Kai Owen
Captain John Hart - James Marsters
Weevil - Paul Kasey
Blowfish — Paul Kasey
Toshiko's Mother — Noriko Aida
Alice Guppy — Amy Manson
Emily Holroyd — Heather Craney
Little Girl - Skye Bennett
Alex Hopkins — Julian Lewis Jones
Bob — Simon Shackleton
Security Guard — Gareth Jones
Milton — Clare Clifford
Katie Russell — Andrea Lowe
Doctor — Richard Lloyd-King
Nurse — Catherine Morris
Psychiatrist — Selva Rasalingham