Torchwood (Dr Who Spin-Off)

[Skyknight]

"Small Worlds" has aired in the UK

[hide]This episode pretty much establishes further that Torchwood, particulary Jack, are ruthless, not in dealing with alien threats this time, but allowing the enemy to take one of their chosen ones with them (a young child) in order to spare the planet from their wrath. Surprisingly, Gwen was outraged at this, but with the group being based on an organisation that goes to the extreme, she should be aware this would happen after becoming a pawn of fate in "The Ghost Machine", things can't always be averted. Major downer for an ending, and it looks like Jack and the team will make ideal rivals for The Doctor at this rate.

I loved the flashbacks to Jack's past, though nothing concrete outside of a girl he once loved, now elderly, becoming a victim of the "Sprites", the young actress playing the girl was great in her role, a real bitch who understood where she was going and choosing her fate rather than fight it at the insistence of people around her.[/hide]

 

[Mikazuki]

How are the rating for Torchwood? And any word on how many eps there will be? The official site blocks out a great deal of stuff to those of us without a UK ip.

 

[The 2nd Evil]

I've downloaded and watched the first two episodes.

Didn't care much for the first episode, but loved the second.

 

[Skyknight]

I've downloaded and watched the first two episodes.

Didn't care much for the first episode, but loved the second.

Yes, probably because it had lust, sex, and less depth.:rolleyes2:

The ratings are dictated primarily by the repeat screenings on BBC Two, I can't tell if there stable

 

[Skyknight]

"Countrycide" has aired in the UK

[hide]A very differerent episode this week, no "alien" threat, just the team dealing with a very real danger: Cannibalsim. It's paced well enough to keep the viewer guessing about a beast in the forest, but it turns out that's just the local law enforcement officer who's in on the murders that occur. The entire village Torchwood investigates slowly picks off visitors every ten years for their "harvest"

A lot of good character drama here, Gwen and Owen's sexual tension, initially seen in "Cyberwoman", rears it's head again in a nice touch of continuity, and by the episode's conclusion, Gwen has been shot in the side, uncovered a cannibalism racket, and only got one answer from them about why they do it.

"It makes me happy"

So promptly she finally goes over the edge mentally, and sleeps with Owen because she can't share her warped view on her world with her boyfriend

Jack's torturing a villiger was the most out of character he's been, last week, letting the child die, was more of a shock though, this just seems light compared to what he did in "Small Worlds". His A-Team style mowing down of the racket with a machine gun, but only wounding them in the legs, were either intentionally spoofing the series, or it was just Jack typically sparing lives but still kicking them where it hurts.[/hide]

 

[Kagami Arata]

just got ep 6 from demonoid

 

[Mikazuki]

Jack's... was the most out of character he's been, last week, letting the child die, was more of a shock though, this just seems light compared to what he did in "Small Worlds".

I really didn't see it as the little girl dying, rather she was transformed into an everliving monster. Basically, living a life that was forced upon her but it wasn't exactly a death.

As for this episode... Gwen and Owen... Wow. Not what I expected from her but it does confirm with me that she is a slut. How many times has she been unfaithful to her live-in boyfriend?

 

[Skyknight]

"Greeks Bearing Gifts" has aired in the UK

[hide]This episode was written by Toby Whithouse, who wrote the two-part "Rise of the Cybermen/The Age Of Steel" story during the second season of Doctor Who, and he immediatly restores Torchwood to it's status quoe of being a true Doctor Who spin-off.

Developing the only character left without any story, It's essentially a rip-off of the Buffy episode "Earshot", with the ability to hear people's thoughts and ellaborating on living with dirty laundry in your head, but otherwise played the right way, coupled with lesbian intercourse. Some good references to underlooked Greek mythology also. Jack's means of dealing with the alien was hilarious.

Gwen seems to be regretting her affair with Owen less than expected, as she admits she's not going to end it, and the two are actually having fun with their relationship, making jokes etc...it's very refreshing

Next week looks like it's going to dip into Nip/Tuck's Carver storyline, and brings back a few familiar faces and devices from the first episode[/hide]

 

[Mikazuki]

"Greeks Bearing Gifts" has aired in the UK

[hide]This episode was written by Toby Whithouse, who wrote the two-part "Rise of the Cybermen/The Age Of Steel" story during the second season of Doctor Who, and he immediatly restores Torchwood to it's status quoe of being a true Doctor Who spin-off.

Developing the only character left without any story, It's essentially a rip-off of the Buffy episode "Earshot", with the ability to hear people's thoughts and ellaborating on living with dirty laundry in your head, but otherwise played the right way, coupled with lesbian intercourse. Some good references to underlooked Greek mythology also. Jack's means of dealing with the alien was hilarious.

Gwen seems to be regretting her affair with Owen less than expected, as she admits she's not going to end it, and the two are actually having fun with their relationship, making jokes etc...it's very refreshing

Next week looks like it's going to dip into Nip/Tuck's Carver storyline, and brings back a few familiar faces and devices from the first episode[/hide]

My own thoughts on this episode:

[hide]I liked yet disliked the episode. Once again it was another episode centering around sex and lesbianism. Yawn, snore, BORING! The writers really need to get over it already because it's tiring to have plots practically revolving around sex.

I did like the episode because it centered around Tosh. HOWEVER, we still learned nothing about her other then she was wrong for having listened into other people's thoughts and that she likes Owen as well as she feels alone. Well, gee, there's something I didn't know. ALL of the characters on that show feel alone and lonely. We already knew that and so why not give us more about who these characters really are, what makes them tick, why do they do they continue to work for Torchwood and why haven't they snapped like Gwen nearly did in the last episode?

And what about Jack? So once again we're told he's dead. Well gee, ya think? :rolleyes2: "It's like you were dead." That's because he IS dead! We all know what happened to Jack towards the end of the 2005 season of Doctor Who (in Parting of Ways) and yet while we know that Jack was killed and brought back, we still know nothing about this Jack and how he came to Earth in the 21st century. Hell, despite Small Worlds being about Jack we still learned nothing useful about Jack other then he was on Earth in the very early 20th century and that he fell in love with a woman during the 2nd world war.

As much as I like Torchwood, I'm not finding myself waiting for the next ep. If I watch it, I watch it and if I forgot then too bad. While I know it's not Doctor Who, the same writers are working on both series and yet Torchwood is not as revealing as Doctor Who is or was. It's a shame too because Torchwood can be really amazing if the writers give us more info about the characters, what makes them tick and how they became involved with Torchwood. In other words, give us some indepth back stories about the characters instead of making it all about sex.[/hide]

 

[Kagami Arata]

love this show so much, really good storys