Torchwood

[LexCorp]

Can't wait.

Put it in my sky plus

 

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Ol' Gappy Gwen better keep the self righteousness to herself this series

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Especially since she has no right to be self-righteous to anyone.

 

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I get that Gwen supposed to be the voice of reason amoung the group but she caused half the trouble the first series even though she was a rookie.

 

[LexCorp]

I get that Gwen supposed to be the voice of reason amoung the group but she caused half the trouble the first series even though she was a rookie.

Raaa!!! I want a nice episode where everyone dies and then a reset button is pushed. Just so I can see the characters die and re live it when I see fit.

 

[KenK]

Raaa!!! I want a nice episode where everyone dies and then a reset button is pushed. Just so I can see the characters die and re live it when I see fit.

Sci-fi/genre shows are notorious for having that one episode where they do the "groundhog day" thing, so I wouldn't put it past the makers of Torchwood to use that gimmick at some point. Have they ever done it on Doctor Who?

 

[LexCorp]

Sci-fi/genre shows are notorious for having that one episode where they do the "groundhog day" thing, so I wouldn't put it past the makers of Torchwood to use that gimmick at some point. Have they ever done it on Doctor Who?

For sure I would like to see even if it is just to see the characters killed off in fun ways. Just to see them get punished lol.

 

[Bastila]

Put it in my sky plus

Me to (also I set up Primeval ), although my Sky + has been stupid latly for some reason.

It wont record two things at once, even though Sky is off or on one of the channels, its having a fit I think lol.

 

[LexCorp]

Me to (also I set up Primeval ), although my Sky + has been stupid latly for some reason.

It wont record two things at once, even though Sky is off or on one of the channels, its having a fit I think lol.

lol

Mine can record 2 things at once

Primeval....how is it to you?

 

[Bastila]

Your Sky + works right

I did like Primeval didn't think it was that bad, something to watch as well.

 

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More Torchwood Captain John spoilery goodness

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBi1fbVc2lo

 

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Interview

The sexy Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood returns to our screens next week. Its cast and executive producer Russell T Davies tell Michael Deacon about flashing each other to keep entertained.

Perhaps they’re on their best behaviour because The Sunday Telegraph is visiting the set, but today, the cast of the sci-fi series Torchwood aren’t flashing at each other. Which, if its star John Barrowman is to be believed, is unusual. ‘We keep ourselves entertained by doing things off camera to each other,’ he says. ‘The girls getting their bits and bobs out, same with the boys. It just keeps everything kind of fresh, gives it a fun atmosphere.’



Nobody who watched 2006’s first series of Torchwood would be too surprised to hear of such hi-jinks. The Doctor Who spin-off, shown initially on the youth-oriented BBC3, was camper and raunchier than its sister programme – not to mention gorier. The first run’s impressive viewing figures (when repeated on BBC2, it sometimes outdid programmes showing at the same time on BBC1) has meant its second series opens this week on BBC2.

To recap the premise: Captain Jack Harkness (played by Barrowman), an occasional character in Doctor Who, is the leader of the Cardiff branch of the Torchwood Institute, a secret organisation that investigates aliens. Unlike the Doctor, Captain Jack doesn’t need to travel space and time to battle extra-terrestrial beings – they come to him, by sneaking through the space/time rift that runs through the city.

The new series will, like the first, be shown after the watershed; there’ll also be an edited, more family-friendly repeat of each episode. Barrowman, though, believes it isn’t as sex-mad as the press has portrayed it. ‘Everyone billed it as “the sexy Doctor Who” but, in the first series not that many people in the show had sex,’ he says. ‘But the atmosphere in this series is definitely sexy.’

The first new episode loses no time in demonstrating this. Within minutes, the ‘omnisexual’ Captain Jack is locked in a slobberingly passionate embrace with an ex-lover, Captain John Hart (played by guest star James Marsters from Buffy the Vampire Slayer).

The focus on relationships is one of the key differences between Torchwood and Doctor Who, explains the executive producer of both shows, Russell T Davies. ‘Doctor Who just fleetingly mentions relationships and then they run off to save the world,’ he says. ‘But in Torchwood this year we develop a relationship between Captain Jack and his secretary Ianto [played by Gareth David-Lloyd]. There’s no time in Doctor Who to do something like that, because he’s in a different time and place every week. The Torchwood lot stay where they are, so it’s more human in that sense.’

But though the raunchiness remains, Torchwood fans should notice a change in tone this week. When Davies and his team looked back on series one, they decided it was too angst-ridden. ‘I think that was us in the office, being in such a rush to make it that we were projecting our worries onto the screen,’ Davies says, laughing.

Star Trek proved a crucial influence in the show’s change of tack. ‘Star Trek is not my favourite show,’ says Davies, ‘but the best of its qualities is the way the team on board the Enterprise trust each other. The faith they have in one another really makes the story sing. That’s what we wanted – as well as a few more laughs.’

Another addition is Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman), Doctor Who’s companion in his 2007 series. She’ll appear in three episodes in the middle of the new Torchwood. It was reported last year that Martha had been ‘axed’ from Doctor Who; but, although Catherine Tate will play the Doctor’s new companion in his next series, Martha will return. The temporary move to Torchwood was ‘natural’ for Martha, says Agyeman: ‘She still has her interest in alien life, but wants to keep her feet firmly on planet Earth.’

Barrowman is trying to keep his feet on the ground too, but he’s been spending time in glamorous company – such as when Prince Charles invited him to sing (he’s released several albums of cover versions) at a charity event at Highgrove. But, Barrowman being Barrowman, the story has a risqué twist.

‘The other guests and I were given a tour of the grounds,’ he says, ‘and because I drink a lot of water before I sing, I needed to use the bathroom. But we were a quarter of a mile from the house, and there was no way I could make it back in time. So the guide said, “Well, do what you like and I’ll turn a blind eye.” So I took a pee in one of Prince Charles’s bushes. Afterwards I said to the guide, “If there are any complaints, tell Charles it’s organic…”’

I don't remember the first series being angst ridden

 

[LexCorp]

Your Sky + works right

I did like Primeval didn't think it was that bad, something to watch as well.

Holy molly - so if I die no one else will live on

 

[Sebastos]

Who do you guys like most on the show?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Um, Jack. The whole lot of 'em are horrible, horrible human beings (except maybe Toshi), but at least Jack wears his detestable lack of humanity on his sleeve instead of being a hypocrite about it.

 

[GhostPoet]

I finally gave up watching it. Too many of the characters were annoying. Save for Jack.

 

[04nbod]

Jack! i'm hoping to finally see his rear this season

 

[LexCorp]

Who do you guys like most on the show?

Jack 100%

 

[wiegeabo]

Jack! i'm hoping to finally see his rear this season

Didn't they already show that in an episode of Doctor Who? Or was it conveniently blocked while he was standing there naked?

 

[LexCorp]

Didn't they already show that in an episode of Doctor Who? Or was it conveniently blocked while he was standing there naked?

The Triny and Susan robot moment right?

 

[Bastila]

The Triny and Susan robot moment right?

I'm not sure if they did......

I like Jack and not keen on his team much

But still looking forward to it tonight

 

[LexCorp]

I'm not sure if they did......

I like Jack and not keen on his team much

But still looking forward to it tonight

Well I do not have the time tonight - hoorah sky + so my mother will view it and let me know if I should bother or not. Pretty much has the best judgement in the world ever.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Haha, your mom watches Torchwood? Wow, my mom would've been turned off instantly with all the aliens and violence.

 

[LexCorp]

Haha, your mom watches Torchwood? Wow, my mom would've been turned off instantly with all the aliens and violence.

My mum is super cool and the reason I watch the shows I do. She got me hooked on Trek back in 89 and she is very hipp in terms of nerd knowledge. Of course I tried to be a little less nerdy but I love her for it all the same. Oh and she got the John Barrowman CD for xmas

 

[Bastila]

My mum and dad both watch it

I got my mum into most sci fi, she watches BSG, 4400 also

Oh Lex, my mum has the John CD's also hehe I got her that as well