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===The Shields of Britain===
: Henry-Peter Gyrich, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury envisions eventually "A permanent department for skullduggery, denied military operations, and intelligence gathering. The Shields of Britain."  The Swords of Britain would have to be after the War of the Worlds. The Torchwood Institute formed to research and combat "renown" threats to Great Britain, and use their findings to make the British Empire great.  To those ends, it acquires and reverse engineers technology by any means deemed necessary. While described as "beyond parlament", they are known to cooperate with the AVENGERS to some extent. There appears at present to be some sort of rapport with the Prime Minister although historically this may not always have been the case. To those that have come in contact with Torchwood, they are primarily believed to be a special forces team.