Wizards vs Aliens? It was not renewed in 2015.

According to Wiki:

"His current projects are Cucumber, a Channel 4 series about middle-aged gay men in the Manchester gay scene; Banana, an E4 series about young LGBT people in the Cucumber universe; and Tofu, an online documentary series available on 4oD discussing issues which have arisen in the sister series, modern sex and sexuality with the cast and public."

That was aired last year. I think wiki is out of date. The last thing he did was the recent Midsummer Nights Dream adaption.

I know RTD is involved with the recent Big Finish TW audios, and the TW comic. He at least gives them approval, and made a cameo appearance in one of the audios. In fact at recent con Q& A session with the BF TW audio team, I was surprised by how much behind the scenes involvement RTD had, suggesting plot points and script changes.

Enough already. I do not think their is sufficient interest outside the Barrowman household to revive torch wood.

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That's your opinion of course, I for one would love to see Torchwood return, as I suspect, would many many others.

Yes, it must just be the Barrowman household buying all the new Big Finish audios, and of course Barrowman must have self funded the new Torchwood comic, *sarcasm* lol .

That's your opinion but I'd be very happy to see Captain Jack back again. He needs a new Torchwood crew along side him and Gwen again

RTD killed off torchwood for good with the miracle day fiasco so i can't really see it coming back

Its because Miracle day was so bad, that it deserves a chance to have one last good series, done the way it was before Miracle day happened, so that the embarassment that was miracle day isn't the last chapter of what was previously a great series ( in all 3 series in my opinion)

It's clearly not just my opinion, as TW is not currently on our screens. Barrowman seems to be constantly "in talks" to bring it back, but must be getting rebuffed - you have to question why...

I'd like to see Torchwood return. However, it should NOT return in the same format as Miracle Day - a ten episode story is just too long.

Series 1 and 2 were quite good, but Children of Earth was superb - another series like that would work for me.

I don't remember him saying he was 'in talks' before? Can you provide the links please.

In interviews he usually just says that he will always play Jack again if offered the chance.

But he also said (when he signed to become a season regular on Arrow ) that he had moved on and was contracted to Arrow. (though he said the producers of Arrow would let him make a guest appearance in DW if he was asked, as they are big DW fans)

Its only recently with the new TW audios, and the fact that he was asked by Titan comics to write the continuing TW saga in comic format (create a new TW team, post Miracle Day), that he's mentioned the possibility of more TW

First post - dubious link underneath

Yes I know about the recent one.

I was actually asking poster 'Thorr' for links to the previous times that JB said he was in talks to bring it back

Torchwood is dead. It's too late to bring it back.

Series 1 & 2: Near identical to each other. More of a fun side than anything else. Was good, had some episodes which stand with Doctor Who itself.

Series 3: Children Of Earth - was ok for a one-off series. Would have worked well as a final run of Torchwood I feel. Espically as they killed Ianto off and then of course, we had just Jack and Gwen left. That was the end of Torchwood for me. Couldn't see how it would work without the rest of a team.

Never watched the next series so can't comment. I think it's best to leave it in the past now

Trust me, you had a very lucky escape!

I think it's just a publicity trick to boost awareness of, and interest in, the Big Finish audio dramas.

I can't see how JB will fit in Torchwood. Apparently, apart from his role in Arrow, his character, Malcolm Merlyn, will appear in the other CW series as well.

I remember it being said that he had requested time off from Arrow to do the 50th were they to ask him, which obviously they didn't (though he did do the Five(ish) doctors), so that, along with his known passion for a Captain Jack return, seems to prove to me that he would do his best to work around that if either Torchwood or the main show came calling.

I'd also say that, as someone who watches Arrow and the other CW DC shows connected to it that as far as Arrow goes, he sort of comes and goes as a character, and isn't a exactly a character the show can't function without, to the extent that, if he was offered a new series of Torchwood, and asked the makers of Arrow for a year off, they could easily do it without much disruption to their show (not to mention they could then make a big deal of his return the following year). As far as the other shows connected to Arrow go, again as a watcher of those shows, I know that when cross over characters from one show into another, it's usually just for a one episode cameo, or two parter at most, so that really isn't a factor.

He won't be in every episode of those shows. He'll hardly be in half of them. He's essentially a recurring/guest character in all three and will pop up when he's needed. I think theoretically if Torchwood was commissioned for whatever amount of episodes, Barrowman could easily do it. Again though, it'll depend on the right sort of story but I do think Torchwood needs to go back to some kind of basics - Jack/Gwen in the hub, a mixture of an arc and standalone like the first two series, occasional support from Rhys/Andy but also three new regulars as well to fill the gaps left by Owen, Toshiko and Ianto but not carbon copies of those characters.

1) We dont know how Class will be received or if there are even plans for it to continue beyond S1. It might be a one off standalone ark. We dont know enough about it yet to comment on that.
2) Incoming DW head writer / executive producer Chris Chibnall was heavily involved in the day to day running of S1 and S2 of Torchwood
3) DW has had 2 spin offs running concurrently with the main show before.

I dont think a Torchwood revival will happen while Mofffat's still the head honcho, but if it's ever going to happen, it'd be a more realistic proposition under Chibnall's tenure in my opinion.

I agree, up until now, Malcolm Merlyn has been in a "sort of" come and go character in Arrow. He has appeared in about half the episodes, though. Apparently, he will feature quite heavily in the CW crossover episodes which include 13 Legends of Tomorrow.
Maybe he can squeeze in some Torchwood. Who knows?



I couldn't agree more.

BIB: I don't see why SM or CC as DW showrunner would make any difference at all to this. Has CC expressed any interest in reviving Torchwood?

It would only be a possibility in my view if RTD said he wanted to do Torchwood again.

Moffat and Chibnall will play no role into whether or not Torchwood would be revived. RTD on the other hand should though if he's got a story that needs telling.

I know he's expressed regret in one of his contributions for the show, but that's about it as far as I know.

But yeah, it's RTD who would make the decision, I think, DW showrunner or not. Torchwood was his baby, Chibnall just sort of helped out.