Torchwood

Torchwood is going to be a new science fiction television series, starring John Barrowman as Captain Jack, to air on BBC-3 in the summer of 2006. It will be created by Russell T Davies, the Executive Producer of Doctor Who, and Torchwood will spin off of Doctor Who, having previously been mentioned in the previous series of Doctor Who.

From the independent.

The bbc site for Doctor Who confirms the announcement.