Torchwood star, John Barrowman has admitted that the BBC Sci-Fi series has been toned down for its newest series in order to help it succeed in the US market.
The Captain Jack Harkness actor told The People: “We’re not swearing or doing anything close to the bone because it’s been a huge success in the US and the networks won’t accept it with all that stuff in it.”
Filming for the third series of the smash hit drama Torchwood, created by Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies, has begun in Cardiff.
Due to transmit in 2009 on BBC One, the series – called Torchwood: Children Of Earth – sees the team embarking on a single action-packed adventure as they battle for the future of the human race against the fiercest force they have encountered.
The highly-motivated Torchwood team are John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper and Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones. Read more & comment »
Freema Agyeman will not be appearing in the third series of Torchwood as planned as she has accepted a role in a new ITV drama ‘Law and Order.
A source told The Sun: “This has really mucked things about. We’ve had to go back and re-edit loads of scripts because she’s not going to be in it.
“[ITV is] the Beeb’s bitter rival, so the fact she’s going over there to star in a big new project has not gone down well at all.”
I’ve just read that Torchwood has only been commissioned for five episodes for the next series. The normal run for a BBC drama like this is thirteen episodes, so this looks like a massively shortened series.
What the hell?
The last series of Torchwood was possibly the most consistently brilliant Sci-Fi programming I’ve seen in ages, with massive flights of fancy while telling some very touching and human stories. Read more & comment »
I managed to miss the last two episodes of Torchwood as part of the BBC’s plan to screw over anyone who likes their flagship Sci-Fi shows by moving the timeslots at random. But that’s a rant for another day, because thanks to the pretty darn good BBC iPlayer, I was able to watch both episodes back to back on my laptop.
Then there was the first episode of Doctor Who on Saturday night. Which was just awesome. Breathtakingly so. The timing of the early scenes, where Donna and The Doctor were feet apart at all times was brilliant. And of course, that completely silent conversation the two had through the windows of the office block was hilarious.
This Friday will see the final episode of what has been an amazing series of Doctor Who spinoff series, Torchwood.
As you will see in the clip below, Captain John (aka Spike from Buffy), returns, captures Captain Jack and leaves the rest of the team to try and save Cardiff from the Weevils.
A booby-trapped building explodes and knocks the team unconscious, as Doctor Who writer Russell T Davies’s award-winning drama continues.
As each team member’s life flashes before their eyes, viewers learn how each of them was recruited to Torchwood: Captain Jack was initiated into a shocked Victorian Torchwood in 1899; Toshiko went on a daring mission to trade alien technology for her mother’s life; Ianto wooed Jack with coffee and a flair for alien-catching; and Owen had a medical revelation that changed how he saw the world.
Friday 28 March
9.00-9.50pm BBC TWO
Torchwood actress Eve Myles has praised the fans of the Sci Fi show, for making such a huge success in its second series.
In the clip below Eve, who plays Gwen on the show, talks about tonight’s episode, as well as the rise in profile of the show this year.
In this Friday’s Torchwood episode, Captain Jack’s team find themselves trapped in a booby trapped building.
As the bomb goes off and their lives flash before their eyes, we get to see how each person was recruited for the Torchwood team!
Tonight’s episode is a bit of a blur. Owen Harper is – to his misfortune – dead. Jack, in a complete reversal of policy from series one, hollers that they shouldn’t perform the autopsy just yet, then rushes out to retrieve the resurrection glove from amongst the freaky weevil people.
After an anticlimactic rescue of the glove, Jack returns to Torchwood and reanimates Owen. Awww. Except his primary reason is to find out the code for the alien morgue. No-one likes getting a call from work after hours, but raising you from the dead to find out a code? You’re taking the piss Jack, aren’t you?
Whoever made the decision to bring Martha Jones into the Torchwood storyline made the right move. We already know that she comes back to the good Doctor in the new series.
Not only do we get more information about Martha having become a member of UNIT, the military division featured heavily in the old series’ of Doctor Who, but we see that she’s less naive than she was when she travelled with David Tennant’s Doctor.
Miss Jones is still pretty straight-laced compared with her highly-sexed Torchwood colleagues, but she’s become much more confident since her last encounter with The Doctor. She handles Jack with more authority than you’d give her credit for. Maybe because she knows his fate as the Face of Boe?
Considering Martha was such a weak character during her first season in Doctor Who, the writers have done a brilliant job of resurrecting her. Let’s hope she keeps her new traits when she resurfaces in the next series of Doctor Who. And kudos to Freema Agyeman for evolving her character so deftly without losing Martha’s original spirit.
How much do I love YouTube??? A Lot!! I am a huge John Barrowman fan and I somehow managed to miss his appearance on Al Murray’s Happy Hour last Friday night.
Thankfully, due to the wonder that is YouTube I have just watched it, and laughed so hard that I almost pee’d my pants!
John is on to promote his new autobiography, Anything Goes, but the pair manage to squeeze in loads of Doctor Who and Torchwood gossip, as well as more double entendres that you could shake a stick at.
With graduation looming, the school guidance counsellor asked John what he wanted to do with his life. John replied, I want to go into the arts. The counsellor said Okay, but what do you want to do to fall back on. John replied, If I have to have something to fall on, it will have to be my ass.
Anything Goes: The Autobiography
Extra-creepy episode of Torchwood tonight as an alien infiltrates the team and modifies their memories so that they believe he’s always been with Torchwood.
Adam convinces Tosh that she’s in love with him, and changes Gwen’s memory so that she doesn’t remember Rhys. Jack starts to have troubling visions.
Gwen arrives home and Rhys comes out of the bathroom and creeps up behind her. He startles her, and she pulls a gun on him and asks why he’s in the flat. She calls Jack, who verifies that Rhys is telling her the truth. Back at Torchwood, Owen confirms that Gwen has lost her memories of Rhys.
Gwens fiancee Rhys arrives at the scene of a serious road accident and discovers that a friend has died in the crash. More shockingly, Torchwood arrive on the scene and he sees Gwen with them.
The team discover a load of meat in the back of one of the vans that is suspicious. As Owen analyses the meat, the others look at Rhys’ haulage firm. Tosh calls posing as a police officer and discovers that they didn’t take reliable contact information, so can’t offer any leads.
Owen confirms the meat is alien and that it’s most likely slipped into the food chain. Meanwhile, Gwen goes back home to check on Rhys, but he’s suspicious of her having seen her earlier. She leaves to return to Torchwood, but Rhys follows and sees her walk off arm-in-arm with Jack.
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