Torchwod

[kathbad]

"Fantasy is back in fashion and we're going to see more of it with shows like the Doctor Who spin-off, Torchwood, but drama in general has had a boost" (from the BBC website)

And so I went a looked and found this:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2005/10/17/25634.shtml

"Captain Jack gets his own show.

Torchwood will debut on BBC Three late next year. Created by Russell T Davies it stars John Barrowman as Captain Jack.

Torchwood will be a dark, clever, wild, sexy, British crime/sci-fi paranoid thriller cop show with a sense of humour - the X Files meets This Life," says Russell T Davies.

It's a renegade bunch of investigators charged by the British government to find alien technology that has fallen to Earth," BBC Three controller Stuart Murphy told The Independent.

The show will be set in Cardiff, and will be 13 45-minute episodes, transmitting between series of Doctor Who. Confirmed writers include Sapphire and Steel creator PJ Hammond."

Anyone know any more?

Comments

[cookwitch.livejournal.com]

What a surprise that it's set in Cardiff. :)

This gives a bit of extra information but not a lot. You have to click on the Spoilers bit to see the whole spiel.

[ephemera.livejournal.com]

that's about the sum total of my knowledge too, but I'm surely looking forward to it ;)

[bagfish.livejournal.com]

I REALLY want to see Torchwood, but will have to wait for showings on terrestrial tv or DVD as there is no Freeview reception in the wilds of Cumbria :(

SFX (http://www.sfx.co.uk/) magazine has been trailing Torchwood for ages, glad to see that the BBC has finally got round to commenting about their own series!

Thought Dr Who last night was fab - I had my reservations about David Tennant, but he is turning out to be far more in the spirit of Dr Who than Christopher Eccleston was. An interview in this months SFX has him talking about the thirds series of Dr Who so it looks like he's keen to stick with the character. He actually reminds me a bit of Tom Baker - he's got a similar eccentricity.

Apparently Tom Baker used to go up to small children that were staring at him and say "I saw you watching me when I was on the television" !!

[http://users.livejournal.com/vervain_/]

dont you mean the 30th series of Dr Who and not the third?

[bagfish.livejournal.com]

The third of the Russell T Davis series ;)