Torchwood

Enkidu · Post by **Enkidu** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:50 pm

Wow! The second season is far, far, worse than the first one. And the first one wasn't very good. Anyone else see it?

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 9:56 pm

Bugger, forgot all about it. Any idea when, and on which of the bucketload of digital channels, a repeat will be?

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:13 pm

Don't know for sure, but BBC3 usualy shows it again the night after. So check tomorrow.

As for the episode itself..........the less said, the better. Put it this way; within the first ten minutes of the episode, you have more of typical Torchwood stuff. Sex. Affairs. Random violence. Incidents caused by their own stupidity. Etc.
Though I did like the alien blowfish. It's not often you get an evil alien who stops at a red light.

And I found the "Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi" bit to be mildly ammusing.

And was I the only one who thought the trailer for the rest of the season to be horribly done?

Post by **Mikey** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:16 pm

"Torchwood" is actually available on BBC America. I saw a bit once, and I sort of wished for a salad fork.

You know, to puncture my eyeballs.

Enkidu · Post by **Enkidu** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:19 pm

Well you can watch it on the BBC's new iplayer thingy. I haven't used it, so I don't know how good it is. If it wasn't for the snooker, it would probably be repeated a couple of times late night between now and next Wednesday.
It got James (Spike from Buffy/Angel) Marsters in it now, which reminds you constantly of better programs......

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:30 pm

I understand completely, Mikey. I honestly don't know why I watch it. I gave up on Enterprise halfway through the second season, yet I'm still watching the second series of this?

kostmayer · Post by **kostmayer** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 11:28 pm

Captain Seafort wrote:Bugger, forgot all about it. Any idea when, and on which of the bucketload of digital channels, a repeat will be?

In about 2 minutes on BBC3

kostmayer · Post by **kostmayer** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:37 am

Ah, that was fun.

And Inato is so cute with his little stopwatch. If I weren't completely straight I'd have a hard time choosing between him and Gwen.

Although she is something of a hussy.

Post by **Mikey** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:04 am

Rochey wrote:I gave up on Enterprise halfway through the second season, yet I'm still watching the second series of this?

Maybe it's like that perverse curiosity that makes you stop to look at a wreck on the highway?

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:25 pm

Found it on BBCi. A pretty good episode if you treat it as comedy rather than serious drama. Pity there was no mention of Torchwood Three's wild goose chase to the Himalayas, or that the writers forgot Jack's time and space wristwatch thingie doesn't work anymore - the Doctor disabled it.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:14 pm

Mikey wrote:Maybe it's like that perverse curiosity that makes you stop to look at a wreck on the highway?

Sounds about right.

Seafort wrote:Pity there was no mention of Torchwood Three's wild goose chase to the Himalayas,

Yeah, I was wondering about that, myself.

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 5:28 pm

The whole thing with the Master got reset, as I recall. And they didn't specify how far back it got reset. I just assume the trip to himalayas never happened.

With Jacks watch, the Doctor disabled it yeah, but didn't he just disable the time travelling part, not the whole thing?

I actually like Torchwood. I know, I know, but I do.

Post by **Captain Seafort** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:53 pm

GrahamKennedy wrote:The whole thing with the Master got reset, as I recall. And they didn't specify how far back it got reset. I just assume the trip to himalayas never happened.

As I recall it was reset back to the point when the Paradox Machine opened the main rift and let six billion Toclafane loose against Earth. Everything prior to that - the death of the US President, the arrest of the Jones, the Master's election, and the Master sending the numpties off to the Himalayas, remained intact.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:54 pm

Ah, okay then.

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:21 pm

Captain Seafort wrote:
GrahamKennedy wrote:The whole thing with the Master got reset, as I recall. And they didn't specify how far back it got reset. I just assume the trip to himalayas never happened.
As I recall it was reset back to the point when the Paradox Machine opened the main rift and let six billion Toclafane loose against Earth. Everything prior to that - the death of the US President, the arrest of the Jones, the Master's election, and the Master sending the numpties off to the Himalayas, remained intact.

I would argue that it went back to when the machine was built. Otherwise we have to accept that the PM revealed aliens to the Human public... and Who seems highly reluctant to do that.