Torchwood - Children of Earth

[DoubleTop]

Hmmmmm not sure how much I can tell you.
remember the recentish episodes on new earth ? With the irish bloke playing the cat-man ?

it also goes way back to the second doctor as well only click the link if you can cope with a spoiler, and I've linked to the front page of the blog, so that even if you click the link you see the logic but not the name unless you click "read more"

www.chiefgeek.org.uk

DT.

[Englander]

Hmmmmm not sure how much I can tell you.
remember the recentish episodes on new earth ? With the irish bloke playing the cat-man ?

Oh yes! I get what you're referring to.

[handscombmp]

I'm tempted to click the link but can't decide. I'm enjoying it so much i'm worried it may ruin it.



It's pretty awesome and i was worried that over a week it may stagment later in but i just can't wait to watch it in the evening

[Brucelles]

Hmm. I think I recognise the bad-hats from old Dr. Who episodes. Either way, who cares? This series is excellent.

I think it was a great idea to bang it all out inside a week, as it keeps up the pace without having to cram it with explosions or surprises. I am going to recommend it to my (English-speaking) foreign colleagues, and I think that they will thank me.

[Georgy291]

sorry to spoil it for anyone who watches it?

but anyone else think that in last nights ep (thursday) they should have just got the M4s out instead off the chit chat?

[cowboy1969]

loving this show at the moment, looks great in hi def as well

[handscombmp]

Seem like it the chances of a new series of torchwood aren't to high.

[Dingo]

So did all the children die horribly or will I have to put up with an additional 10% of the little brats running around on Saturday morning?

[[GSV]Trig]

Seem like it the chances of a new series of torchwood aren't to high.

TBH was never a fan of Torchwood however I did find myself glued to CoE, I reckon its got legs in this new format.

[smelly]

I' was a big fan of the relaunched Dr Who and Torchwood. But was really disappointed with the CoE. days 2 and 3 didn't really do anything at all. I thought from the previous Dr Who ending (not the Christmas special) that Martha Jones and Mickey Smith were brought into Tourchwood.

Anyway how come with all the other threats to Earth in the past we decide to roll over and give up to a 3 headed alien inside a glass box? Not even a fight?? What happened to the old capt Jack of the past against the Darleks?

I really wanted to like this series (if 5 episodes can be called a series) but i feel cheated. It could have been done over an extended 2 parter really. And why are the BBC killing off a series that is obviously doing well and has a good following? I don't think Barrowan is coming back for another series. I just don't get it, I know they're expensive to make but you get huge audiences and money from franchises.

I'm not holding out for the new Dr Who series either. i think they roll out 1 series and then kill it. I don't think the Beeb have the commitment anymore.

[Stompy]

I' was a big fan of the relaunched Dr Who and Torchwood. But was really disappointed with the CoE. days 2 and 3 didn't really do anything at all. I thought from the previous Dr Who ending (not the Christmas special) that Martha Jones and Mickey Smith were brought into Tourchwood.

They were meant to be in it but had other commitments

[pollaxe]

I've not been a big fan of the new Dr Who or Torchwood. In particular I find the overblown story arcs where everybody on the planet seems to know what's going on tiresome and unconvincing and there simply isn't the budget to make it look right.. for this stuff to work it needs to be more like The X-Files was.. in the shadows.. at least that's my opinion. I know stuff like this has happened in the Dr Who past but I thought it would be good to downplay it more in the news series...

However; I watched the ending last night and I actually quite enjoyed it. I liked the dreadfully mundane reason the 456 wanted the kids for and I thought the decision to get Jack to do what he did at the end took balls, especially to stick with it. That said, I'm not sure it'll be possible to ever have character sympathy for him again..

[TeePee]

I've really been enjoying CoE, although I haven't seen the last episode yet. The 'Wannsee conference' scenes were especially fascinating. I actually think this is a very plausible scenario. Not the aliens coming part, but the response of government. The concept that the bottom 10% by education standard should be sacrificed was a nice touch, although the show seemed to suggest I should be horrified by that idea. It's the only logical method of selection.
The bigger issue was the same cynical idea that you can't trust your elected representatives to do the right thing, and how important it is not to allow them to take away your right to stop them.

[Georgy291]

can we get rid off the bottom 10% anyway? they are nearly all chavs anyway

[TeePee]

I was really let down by the ending.

Were we supposed to believe that jack has grown through his recent experiences, and that his lack of caring in the 1960's has led to a new 'an injury to one is an injury to all' philosophy. Or was it that he's finding exactly how bad that philosophy is?

Either way, we find our supposed hero executes a child without even agonizing about it. It was no kind of ending. From a story perspective, I think it would have been better if the aliens had taken the kids.

Why would no-one fight? Is everyone really so anxious to kill their own families?

It made no sense from another perspective either. While the UK government might get away with such an act of democide, I can't imagine soldiers being quite so successful at kidnapping children from a US housing estate. As such, with the alien unwilling to compromise on numbers, a war would be inevitable anyway.

[Mrs Hex]

I may have thrown a small hissy fit at the conclusion of this.

I loved Torchwood, and there's no way there'll be another series. Bugger bugger bugger. AND I'm not overly impressed with the New Doctor actor either...

*mutters a la grumpy old woman*