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"Torchwood not cancelled" - RTD
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Spotted this, cant believe no-one else did !!!!!
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s8/torchwood/news/a433851/torchwood-hasnt-been-cancelled-says-russell-t-davies.html
Check it out !!!!!
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s8/torchwood/news/a433851/torchwood-hasnt-been-cancelled-says-russell-t-davies.html
Check it out !!!!!
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I heard him on the radio during the broadcast. He's such a jolly and enthusiastic person. He talked about he and Moffat being committed to the BBC and their love for it making them want to come back despite temptation to do otherwise. He said Moffat could have earned millions by doing something else with the Weeping Angels idea, but instead gave them to Doctor Who. Obviously the BBC is, rightly, under the critical spotlight at the moment so I thought his enthusiasm was interesting. Of course if his personal life was different RTD might be making it in America, but his comments sounded entirely sincere. And it was generous of him to mention Moffat, given that he was there to publicise his new show.
I haven't seen the wizards thing yet, but he's hoping it will have about ten years in it.
Children of Earth was good, but it was nowhere near as good as the series format, part of the fun of Torchwood was the stand alone episodes and Children of Earth just made everything so serious.
Miracle Day was also good in it's own right. It dragged on a bit too long and again I would have liked to have seen a return to a series format, not one story over the course of the series.
Still loads of things they can explore though. Would be a shame if it didn't return.
I agree with RTD about waiting for a while otherwise, let the Miracle Day puzzlement die down and bring it back all new and shiny. Hey, Karen Gillan's cousin could be cast in it
The only problem with that is obviously what happens to Jack and Gwen post-MD!
What else does he need to say before this is understood?
If it worked with Doctor Who... maybe it can work with Torchwood too.
I think the point is very well made and understandable.
My only concern is that if the show is left 5 years or so is the age factor with Jack Barrowman. He's already 45, and though 50 is a young age these days, the character of Captain Jack is that he's not supposed to age that much because he's immortal. With that in mind it makes you wonder with that scenario how much longer he'd want to play him??
Not only that my personal view is that they should just bring the show back home and forget America. Let RTD write it for Wales again and get back to how it originally was, or at least something akin to COE.
Could always continue it as a radio play series, preferably set before the end of series 2 with the original cast.
Out of respect to her parents and the fact he is family in an emotional if not biological way.
Still nowhere near the greatness that was series 1 and 2 though. The rift is still churning out monsters, get Jack and Gwen back to Cardiff to create a new team to fight the menance. Let Rex have his Torchwood USA with some crossovers once in a while.
I was answering the post above mine, which was from someone who did think ambiguity remained.
The worst Torchwood was Miracle Day, IMHO of course. While the premise was great and some aspects were well done, it struggled with pace, irrelevant subplots and a frankly awful denouement. The thing looked like an undercooked sausage.
It first jumped the shark for me when Jack went off for some random sex. It seemed gratuitous.
It was good to see Gwen take out the helicopter with a rocket propelled grenade launcher.
Yes, I know and I was agreeing with you!
I agree with agreeing with me and agree with you also. Agreed?
I think they could get around this easily, we know that far in the future Captain Jack becomes the Face Of Boe, so he could in effect age ever so slowly, and a return for him could be possible, although he would probably have to travel back in time from possibly thousands of years in the future.
Based on its previous record, it could be brilliant, okay, dull, terrible or all of the above.