It doesn't stand up to the new Doctor Who series in terms of creativity or chemistry, but it works. It's a darker series, a paranormal crime drama set in Cardiff -- the location of a "time/space rift" that lets alien stuff leak in to the city and countryside.
The premise is that after the Doctor runs into the Queen in the 40's, she creates the Torchwood institute to study alien technology and prepare humanity for the 21st century, when "It all changes."
Worth a watch.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485301/
