What Do You Prefer: Doctor Who or Torchwood?
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Okay, a possibly controversial thread.
Anyway, what do you like more? Doctor Who or Torchwood? Or are they both excellent? Or are they both awful?
Opinions, people?
Note: Sorry, I cannot create a poll yet so if anyone wants to they can create this thread again with a poll and merge the two threads.
The options would be:
Doctor Who
Torchwood
Both are equally good
Both are equally awful
Anyway, what do you like more? Doctor Who or Torchwood? Or are they both excellent? Or are they both awful?
Opinions, people?
Note: Sorry, I cannot create a poll yet so if anyone wants to they can create this thread again with a poll and merge the two threads.
The options would be:
Doctor Who
Torchwood
Both are equally good
Both are equally awful
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So let's just look at it honestly... One is a show for kids. One is far more grown up and serious. Not for children to watch at all. They are so far apart it wouldn't be fair to contrast them.
My favourite of the 2 is of course though, Doctor Who.
You'll get essay sized replies full of hatred
But I'd definitely say Torchwood
Doctor Who. Doctor Whoooooooooooooooooooooo :mad::mad:
The inevitability
Let me put it this way. No Doctor Who, No Torchwood.
Unfortunately when it does snorefests like most of Series 5 and the recent Ganger story, Torchwood wins everytime. Give me action and straight forward plotting anytime.
Goodbye everyone. It's been fun. :(
<walks away head bowed>
I was waiting for that...
Still doesn't mean DW is better
Indeed, look at Dallas and Knotts landing, the spin off, K L was far superior and lasted for years.
Just a personal preference.
I wasn't making a case for that if you read my first post.
Actually what I will say is Torchwood has come on leaps and bounds from what we saw in Season 1. But I still prefer Doctor Who.
Torchwood I've always enjoyed, but it didn't really hit sublime levels untill series 3. Children of Earth was spectacular, and imho beat everything that Who offered that year.
It's not a simple matter of just compairing them, as both show has changed immensly since 2006. However, looking yearly...
2006: Doctor Who
2008: Doctor Who
2009: Torchwood
IMO Doctor Who has been superb this year, but we are only one episode into Torchwood so I can't speak for 2011. It seems that Doctor Who wins, but Miracle Day is shaping up to be very good.
Consequently, Doctor Who has to have produced more quality television than Torchwood, just by way of its massively extended length. That could change if Torchwood goes on for long enough - but right now, Doctor Who is ahead on the numbers.
From the purely subjective viewpoint, I'd still say I prefer Doctor Who. Its premise still remains one of the most unique and original in science fiction and is in the strong position to turn out pretty much any type of story it wants, episode to episode. Its title character is also one of the best ever conceived and has allowed the series to remain fresh in ways most shows could only dream of.
Torchwood is far more traditional by comparison and - IMO - has only had one truly outstanding series so far in "Children of Earth." That was a stand-out piece of entertainment and puts it high up all on its own. But it isn't enough to put it near what Doctor Who has acheived thus far.
I stand by my belief that COE may have been the best series in the last few years, regardless of genre.
I think Dr Who has consistency behind it, but at the highest levels (COE) I have preferred Torchwood.
I agree, I don't think I could name a series, any TV series that has aired since that has been better
I don't think Torchwood will capture again what I love about it, especially the short stories of each episode (as opposed to huge story arcs which I'm not sure I like - CoE was amazing, the best series of TW imo, but carrying on in this was with so many changes is a little disappointing to me). The fact that JB or EM said that TW had "found its identity" with the huge stories worries me a little, but I think from the first episode of S4 it's still a good show. So Torchwood overall.
I was in Primary School too...and wasn't allowed to watch it...:o:o
I wasn't allowed in the first series either,...
Then a couple of years later I got a laptop and I REBELLED!!! :L