3 responses to “Torchwood Guttering”

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   Gerard

   November 23, 2006

   Some days it seems that everything that Russell T Davies has written after the first series of <em>Queer as Folk</em> has been truly awful. With Torchwood and the new Dr Who, the attention span of the writers seems to be considerably shorter than the duration of a single episode, there’s an ill-conceived projection of current cultural concerns into the past, and the way to indicate any heightening of the dramatic tension seems to be to have people shouting and running up and down corridors to bangy music. If that wasn’t bad enough, the BBC adds insult to injury by having any mention of Torchwood and Dr Who, in any of its media properties, be absurdly triumphalist. This whole system of dumbing town and talking up makes me want to vomit. There, I feel better now.

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   Geoff

   November 23, 2006

   Gerard, you have my sympathy. I so wanted Torchwood to succeed, hence my disappointment is all the greater. I do think that the reinvention of Doctor Who by Davies has, on the whole, worked very well. Episodes such as Father’s Day, School Reunion and the Doctor Dances have given me much pleasure. And there were motifs and plot elements that spanned the series and beyond. So in that sense I would have to consider myself pleased with the reinvention. I suppose that’s also part of what makes Torchwood such a let-down. 

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3. Storms In Teacups | Geoff Coupe's Blog

   June 28, 2011

   […] Torchwood is returning to our haunted fishtanks next month. While I’ve been pretty disparaging about the series in the past, I have to say that I thought that it redeemed itself with the Children of Earth […]

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