The agonising wait for a season two announcement continues (it might be sooner than some think...) but in the meantime, BBC Director General Mark Thompson praises all departments at BBC Wales in a statement released today. You can read his thoughts here. Notice how casually he mentions Torchwood getting a sesond season:
"I'm sure we will be seeing more series of both Doctor Who and Torchwood. There's a lot of admiration and a bit of jealousy elsewhere in the BBC because of the success here."
Interesting... Even the BBC's top man wants a second year! (hint hint BBC Executives who may be reading...)
In related news, last night's Torchwood episode - Greeks Bearing Gifts - secured a rating of 1.2 Million. Therefore the show beat Sky one's Lost which only managed 1.1 Million. Go Torchwood! We're top of the game again!
It's slow news day again and new recruit raxacoricofallapatorius has already covered most areas of what I was going to talk about here (damn him! I'll get you back Raxxie! :P). Be nice to the new guy - because looking back, first posts are always the hardest. No doubt Kurly remembers mine; mostly because it sucked so badly!
We learn from our mistakes...
..As the BBC will if they don't recommission the show! (See what I did there?!).
Take care friends and pterodactyls, and see you all soon.
11 comments:
If it doesn't get a second season I will literally probably cry.
How could they already be planning for a second season? After having seen six episodes, I'm still not convinced that the show's excellent enough so that I'd be spending an hour a week in front of it. "Sexy and modern", they call it; all I smell is that "full of itself" attitude, like someone was trying to lick up a TV executive with repetitive maneurisms of cool. These things never age well...
...And I still can't believe I watched last week's cannibals' show all through the end! I really was starting to get the solid impression that this show's days was counted. Doesn't anyone else in the whole wide world feel the same?
Sorry you're not convinced Stochastio, but each to their own I guess. I've enjoyed every episode so far and was on the edge of my seat throughout episode 6. The trailer for ep 7 looks great also (as a terrestrial bound viewer I have 2 more days to wait) and I'm particularly interested to see what guest star Daniela Denby-Ashe does, as I've always found her great in everything else she does. Obviously I'd be very happy if Mr Thompson's comments are indeed indicative of 'Torchwood's future. Even happier if his "run and run" comment means 'Doctor Who's demise hasn't been fixed for end of series 4 (a rumour doing the rounds elsewhere, including the 'Eye of Horus' website).
"Be nice to the new guy"
Interesting comment there....
(and you know why...)
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Kill this crap.
I'm really enjoying the show. It's unique, something a bit different and i love it. And 1.2 million viewers can't bew wrong, can they?
BBC has brought back something that worked before and lost it's spark. And i think they've done it amazingly. You just have to walk round the shops to see the amount of merchandise to show there must be enough fans our there to convince them to make it. Why shouldn't they expact for it to run and run, the old series did. And if Torchwood does the same, i'm sure alot of people will be very happy!
Stochastio, in many ways I agree with you, I hated episode 6, I thought that there was very little plot, hung together in a hap-hasard fassion which was discontinuous, and frankly, for a series that claimed it would be able to be adult but not 'indulge in blood and gore' because that's immature they've just become hypocrits in my view. But many of the episodes which weren't written by Chris Chirnoble, or however you spell his name; were very good. It just so happens that Chris is the lead writer. Quite frankly I think they need either a new lead writter or this one a slapping to make his own more mature... sex and blood aren't mature... they're self indulging and immature.
"Stochastio, in many ways I agree with you".....
And I agree with this Anonymous. Your comments re. that episode are very valid = "sex and gore do not make it adult/mature".
BUT - please remember that in a series of 13 episodes there is BOUND to be one or even two that are not up to scratch. Even Shakespeare had his off days!!!
And if nothing else - we have had some good dicussion about the episode and it has made us think what 'Mature' and 'Adult' really maans.
Well, well, well It's a Slow News Day. Why can't Good Ol' Auntie Beeb commission a Second Series of Torchwood? Obviously I'm very happy for Greeks Baring Gifts, With Overnight Ratings of 1.2 Million! We beat Lost! But only by 0.1 Million, but it's that 0.1 Million that may decide the future of The Hub, Jack, Gwen, Owen and Toshiko not forgetting Ianto. Let's have a Look at Ratings so far for this Record Breaking series.
Everything Changes had Overnight Ratings of 2.38 Million, and Official Barb Ratings of 2.52 Million people! Day One's ratings dropped a little bit, 2.33 Million Overnights, But official Barb ratings put it at 2.50 Million! Where'd That 0.02 Million Go! Ghost Machine had overnights of 1.55 Millon but final Barb Ratings put it at 1.77, A Drop of 0.73 Million viewers. Cyberwoman's overnights where 1.16 Million with Final Ratings of 1.39 Million, a drop of 0.38 Million not a big a drop as before. Now this will be the last ratings bit I'll do as we don't have Barb Ratings for Countrycide. Small World's Overnights where 1.03 Million, and Barb's where 1.26 Million so Let's find out the Drop between Everything Changes and Small Worlds, So over 5 weeks the ratings dropped by half! Why? I suppose we'll never find out anyway below is my Little Art Tribute to Greeks Baring Gifts
Torchwood beating Lost in the ratings - that must mean that Cardiff is more appealing than Hawaii for many people! I have to admit though that I watch Lost on sunday nights, then I watch Torchwood via the digital 'pick of the week' option, which means i can watch it anytime i like - if thousands of others do the same, BARB viewer ratings may not tell the whole story.
re: anonymous' comments on 'adult' & maturity...
i've liked most of the episode stories, my other half says it's a bit 'scooby doo / cbeebies' but to be honest, i like that. i like the slightly silly running around trying to catch an alien stuff and there is a slight edge to the action that you can't get away with pre watershed. i love jack's character more and more - i find his backstory engaging and can't wait to find out more about it. i really like gwen as a co-star and i also like ianto a lot
but
i cannot stand the other two central characters (tosh and owen) tosh because, allthough her character is fine (uptight computer nerd, hermione granger for torchwood) the actress (who i last saw giving birth in 'spiceworld: the movie' ) is apalling. between her and the 'greek' last weeks episode was almost unwatchable. owen is the reverse for me - the actor is fine but his character is very annoying. too much cheeky in his chappy. gwen & owen are the most 'who gives a fuck' relationship in the history of tv (highly 'underwritten' as someone put it on a previous post)
and the 'adult' content....
the writers (though i suspect we are really talking russel t here - because it bears ALL the hallmarks of queer as folk, which i also wasn't keen on) have mistaken adult for teenage. too much out and out rudeness (not even inuendo) and way to much same sex shagging. must they all be 'pansexual'? so far (let me get this right) gwen has snogged an alien chick, tosh has shagged an alien chick, tosh is in love with owen but owen is shagging gwen (who also has a mickeyesque boyfriend) gwen is probably in love with jack who gave pretty full on mouth to mouth to ianto who had an ex girfriend/half cyberbabe locked in the basement. 6 episodes in. good grief. it's cardiff, not melrose place...
ironically jack who it was established in the first couple of episodes goes for 'anything with a pulse' has had very little 'action' and probably the only really affecting storyline (the old lady in the fairy episode)
i want more jack, more backstory, less 'titilation' and more grit.
i've put off saying this for a couple of weeks because i wanted so badly to be supportive & i don't think its irretrievable. i am, by and large, enjoyng it - but they have a lot of work to do.
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