After the success of Doctor Who Battles in Time and their profitable two year run. Using some similarities from Battles in Time cards such as the ratings these cards appeared to follow the same premise as its predecessor and were based on the Doctor Who spin off Torchwood. The Torchwood cards consisted of 200 cards, being numbered from 001-200 featuring characters from TV: Everything Changes-Exit Wounds. They were split into the following categories:

160 (C) Common cards (8 in every pack)

25 (R) Rare cards (1 in every pack)

10 (SR) Super-Rare cards (1 in every 6 packs)

5 (UR) Ultra-Rare cards (1 in every 24 packs)

These cards were put on sale on Wednesday 16th of April 2008, however unlike with Doctor Who, there was no magazine to go along with them and were only available for purchase from some specialist shops such as Forbidden Planet.

Notably, there was no "1 in 1000 pack" card in this set and it was aimed more toward the adult audience. As a whole, these cards were more premium feeling than Battles in Time which one would expect given their higher price tag of £2.99 per pack.

As with most of the newer "Battles in Time" sets, the Torchwood cards came with their own website "www.torchwoodcards.com" sadly, though the Wayback machine has captured this, the site is not available to view.

GE Fabbri released this statement in relation to these cards upon release:

"GE Fabbri is proud to introduce the new Torchwood Trading Card Collection aimed at the adult collector. With amazing new images of aliens and monsters from both series of the TV show, 200 exciting brand-new trading cards will be launched in shops across the UK on Wednesday 16th April 2008, priced £2.99 per pack. Each pack contains 9 randomised cards, plus there are rare foil, holographic, bumpy, glow in the dark and lenticular cards to look out for. "The Torchwood Trading Cards are a special collection for all Torchwood fans," says group editor Claire Lister. "The show is rich with fantastic characters and monsters, and ever since the first series aired we’ve wanted to bring out a card set based on them." The Torchwood Trading Card Collection features 200 brand-new spectacular cards from both series of the TV show. Prepare to do battle with deadly alien sleeper assassins bent on destroying the world, alien entities that feed on memories, monstrous parasites that incubate inside human bodies and a demon that could cause the end of life on Earth… trading cards stats;

• 200 unique designs based on both series one and series two of Torchwood

• Pack odds: 160 common cards (8 in every pack); 25 rare (1 in every pack); 10 super-rare (1 in every 6 packs); 5 ultra-rare (1 in every 24 packs).

• Cards available at all good hobby stores and Forbidden Planet priced £2.99 per pack."