Thursday 17 January 2008

TORCHWOOD

TORCHWOOD

Start Date: Wednesday 16th January 2008, 9PM
Channel: BBC2

Captain Jack and his randy Welsh alien hunters are back! After a so-so first series, can Russell T Davies up the ante?

I hope so, there as been a mini-revival of British sc-fi programmes, since the success of Doctor Who and long may it continue.

After leaving the Doctor at Cardiff Bay, Captain Jack returns to Torchwood and apparently, they are not too happy to see him.

The first episode entitled ‘Kiss, Kiss, Bang, Bang’ as been used so many times, will this continue the RTD’s trend of ripping off things? Buffy’s James Masters (Spike) will be in this episode, play (surprise, surprise) Jack’s love interest.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m grateful to RTD for bringing back Doctor Who but he constantly stamps his own personality on the show. I gather that he thinks ‘its either my way, or no way at all.’ Torchwood is supposed to be an adult themed show. Ok fair enough, but do we need to see so many gay love interest and PC nonsense in the series?

Martha Jones, fresh from her constant moaning onboard the TARDIS (only joking Martha, love, your a 1000’s times better than Rose!), will be joining the team for a couple of episodes. She should add er something to the team!

This year, there will be an edited pre-watershed version. Methinks this could be for three reason. 1. Its so the kids can watch it. 2. Its so the Americans can watch it, without being shocked at bad language on telly. 3. There’ll be a crossover with Doctor Who, so 1 & 2 will come into play as well!


What To Look Forward To: Hopefully, better stories and a bit more about Captain Jack and 'his missing years'


What NOT To Look Forward To: More crap, camp aliens who make Jar-Jar Binks look like a spiffing gentlmen, smoking his pipe in the golf club on Sunday afternoons.

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