The Torchwood thread

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Just watched the second episode of the new torchwood. Fantastic. I thought the air steward was quite funny, if somewhat a bit stereotypical. "It was only one time...." lol

"I'm not gay!"

(Everyone rolls their eyes.)

:)

I've seen that actor before, but none of the pictured actors on IMDB from the second episode look like him (and I don't recall the character's name). It's going to nag me until I figure this out. Going to have to pull up OnDemand at some point this week and rewatch the credits and try to get the steward's character's name.

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Nah, that would've been too "Death Becomes Her," maybe there was some nerve damage and she couldn't move her arms too much. I liked that actress from Dollhouse though.

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I've seen that actor before, but none of the pictured actors on IMDB from the second episode look like him (and I don't recall the character's name). It's going to nag me until I figure this out. Going to have to pull up OnDemand at some point this week and rewatch the credits and try to get the steward's character's name.

Flight attendant Danny, played by Finn Wittrock:

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So what is the general opinion of Miracle Day so far?

Being a HUGE Torchwood fan since day 1, I think Children of Earth still ranks higher IMO, but then again, we still have 8 episodes to go...!

I personally love it. I found children of the Earth to be just as enthralling but the ending upset me quite a bit. I like the story of Miracle day. It's engrossing and entertaining and I can't wait till the next episode! :D

I enjoy the characters, but I'm in the minority who didn't really like Children of the Earth. The big events of that series just felt forced and flat, like they only happened because the writer wanted to torture Jack, not in service to the story.

VAGUE SPOILERS AHEAD FOR EP 1 & 2. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!



I'll keep watching, and I'm curious to see where it goes. They're doing a good job of pacing the show, setting up the mystery and establishing the characters and situations. But I know at least one friend who has already stopped watching (after ep 2 of 10) because it's moving too slowly. There are better things on TV, but we get so little Torchwood that I'll do my best to overlook its shortcomings and enjoy the good bits. Now bring on the Cap'n Jack sex scenes!

My boss's boss has a bunch of Torchwood tchotchkes on his desk, still in the boxes. I can't tell what they are, but they say "Torchwood Miracle Day" on the boxes.

Waaaaaant! I'd bug him about them, but he's not here. >.

Overall, I am enjoying the show, and have happily signed up for Starz to give them the credit they are due for giving Torchwood another breath at life. That said, it hasn't yet really felt like "Torchwood." Maybe I'm nuts for thinking this, but a stronger nod to the Dr. Who universe would have been nice (a la the inclusion of Dr. Martha Jones and Mickey as seemed like an implied possible direction at the end of David Tennant's turn as the Doctor).

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Episode 3......the barman is hot!!!! And another brilliant line. "You weren't impaled,"....Jack replies. "You should have seen the guy last night" :D

It's Miracle Day!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14275271

(isn't it, isn't it?)

Mildly related:

If anyone's missed John Barrowman on the Chris Moyle show, there's still 5 days left to listen to/download it. :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012w7zx

So I voiced my trepidation early on that Miracle Day just seemed to be missing something to truly be "Torchwood." Especially after the second episode. But week after week, the show seems to be getting better and better. Being a little squeamish, some of the scenes have been hard to watch... but damn if it isn't gripping television!

Really bummed about the new record-holder for being a member of the Torchwood team for the shortest amount of time served. That said, as soon as Rex started explaining the Modules from within, I called what they were!

The only minor niggling complaint I have is I still wish there was SOMETHING that gave a nod to the fact that this existed in the Dr. Who universe. Hell, off topic but still true... I'm still waiting for the Matt Smith Dr. Who to provide some indication he exists in the same universe that the David Tennant Dr. Who existed it. Not one "nostalgia" guest star in 2 seasons!

I think they want to appeal to others from outside the Dr Who fanbase and don't want to alienate them but they will have to mention it soon due to Captain Jack's immortality.

I agree it has got better and better although the end of the last episode made me so uncomfortable (in a good way).

I met Eve Myles a few weeks ago (she lives down the road) and she is lovely. I've known her from Welsh dramas for about 10 years, way before Torchwood, and always been a fan.

I'm not a big fan of the direction this torchwood is taking, it stresses me and upsets me, but it is torchwood and it is Captain Jack and Gwen Cooper, so I'll keep watching it.

I was wondering when they'd bring in incineration as soon as I saw the splat-man that somehow was not incinerated by his own blast and when they shot down the helicopter. It also made me wonder why they didn't try to see why they couldn't just take out the brain and put it into deep freeze. After all, if it is the body that is destroyed and impossible to repair, and yet every cell carries on living; it stands to reason that the best way to alleviate the constant pain of people who have suffered terrible trauma would be to remove their brain and put it into a deep freeze until a technology can be created to clone them a new body or build them a new robotic body (Yikes! Cybermen!) Brains / heads are much easier to store and catalogue, as well. Once the head/brain has been placed into the deep freeze, the remaining body could be incinerated (transformed from living tissue into carbon) or dissolved in acids (reduced to their component chemicals... (Soylent Green is people! It's peeeeeeepullllll!!))

Also: Brain death? So every cell carries on living regardless of the circumstances.... Except brain cells? After all, brain death occurs when the brain cells, starved of oxygen, actually die. They actually mentioned on a couple of instances that some people are now just vegetables or are brain dead. That seems to go contraflow to what they've been saying the entire time. I understand that that is just part of the BBC sci-fi package and I normally ignore it, but in this show it bothers the heck out of me.

Those people in the incinerator could have been people who have broken their necks or have suffered extreme brain damage which normally would kill them but has now just turned them into vegetables.

They would just be vegetables, yet aware of everything. Horrible thought

You know I really do love Torchwood, but I just feel it is missing something. To me it has been a good series and it's definitely heating up, but god is it slow just now. What I liked about Torchwood was something was always happening was always like bang bang bang, but as Mark pointed out that plane episode was like err.... *Taps foot* for 30 minutes then it got good.

I just think if they are going to do a long arc like this again they shouldn't do this long drawn out arc over like 10 or 12 eps more like 5 or 6 like children of earth. I kinda miss Torchwoods old format, but y'know it is getting really good now :) so hopefully we'll see some fun. Then again I must admit im enjoying the extra Harkness screen time :P and oooo little Gwen she's a right wee firecracker ;)

I really really liked this latest episode, though I'm beginning to wonder if they're going a bit over the top with all of the love scenes. I suppose that, since they're on a pay channel, they're going a bit bananas with it; but just because you can doesn't necessarily mean you should.

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Those people in the incinerator could have been people who have broken their necks or have suffered extreme brain damage which normally would kill them but has now just turned them into vegetables.

They would just be vegetables, yet aware of everything. Horrible thought

Early on they established that there was "brain death" when the woman whose husband kept strangling her over and over turned her into a vegetable. The biggest problem I have with that is that they also established that, even after being separated from the body, people's cells aren't dying. If cells aren't dying, then the lack of oxygen to the brain or lack of blood to the brain should not be causing a vegetative state, they made that clear enough when they cut snap crackle and pop's head off. He'd long since lost all the blood in his body, as well as suffered enough of a shockwave to liquefy his brain; but he was clearly not in a vegetative state. As I said previously, normally I don't like to nitpick Doctor Who or Torchwood, but something about this series just begs me to. (The only other time I'd ever nitpicked either was with the Cyber-woman episode of Torchwood, which was just so silly it beggared belief.)

Just saw last week's episode and I was all "YES! BOUT DAMN TIME" when Jack started talking to Angelo about his friend The Doctor and his companions.

Still wish it was more like Dr. Martha Jones showing up (I mean really, she's an honest to goodness doctor and this is right up her alley), but at this point I'm ready to take any acknowledgement.

I agree with the slow pacing of the story arc, but I think the last few episodes have been getting increasingly better and better. It was amusing when Mike C. (MikeyNY) started asking me how Jack knew about the future (he didn't really know Jack's origin as far as we've seen in the Dr. Who series).

Just watched the last episode this weekend.

I think the most exciting words came before the episode even aired... "SEASON Finale."

Really enjoyed the series. It had a slow start, but really picked up steam about half way through. Definitely felt "Torchwood" to me during the last few episodes when things finally became preternatural.



The final scene left me a little disappointed if for no other reason than I absolutely love Jack's character. The last 10-20 seconds of the show almost feels like Jack's character has been cheapened a bit.



All in all, I'm really excited at the implication for a new season and an overarching plot like the original Torchwood's Rift.

Yeah, it was OK. At least we got an explanation for The Miracle. Starz kind of spoiled it by showing, in the teaser,





I agree with a post on another site that said it was a shame that Torchwood's kind-of-weak finale happened on the same week as one of the best episodes of Doctor Who this year. (Who knew Karen Gillan could act?!) :lol: