You hardly need reminding, but tonight sees the US premiere of Torchwood over on BBC America. Russell T Davies 'pilot' episode "Everything Changes" airs from 9pm. Even if you've seen the show already (legally or not) now's a good time to re-introduce yourself to Captain Jack Harkness, and show US TV Executives that British science-fiction can just be as good - and popular - as the stuff they produce themselves.
After Torchwood's finished there's a new edition of The Graham Norton show, and then a repeat of David Tennant's "New Earth" Doctor Who episode. All part of sci-fi Saturday (Norton's the biggest alien in that schedule!). You can visit BBC America's Torchwood page here.
Enjoy Torchwood America! You have no idea what's about to hit you...
Torchwood airs every Saturday @ 9pm on BBC America.
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You should have mentioned that David Tennant is one of the guests on Graham Norton.
I'm curious to see how much content will be edited out.
Watched the first quarter of the show and no more; not going to watch again. It seems that Torchwood will spin off as a sexualized version of Dr. Who. Big mistake; doesn't make it more interesting just embarrassing.
What's so embarrassing about sex?
AfterElton.com is covering Torchwood for its run on BBC America and in addition to articles and interviews with cast members, is running very funny weekly recaps of each episode. The recap for the first episode is now online. You can find it here.
http://www.afterelton.com/TV/2007/torchwood/recaps/101
It was fabulous. Hurrah!
It was a long time coming. This is such a great show and I was pleased to see it broadcast in America with the widescreen format. At 45 minutes (without commercials) it's not quite as long as the original BBC broadcast but still longer than traditional American television programming. My thanks to BBC America for not butchering it like they did to "The Christmas Invasion".
Good show! what a waste on that stereo type SCI with sex just to get views and gay to boot. I started to see the first season was on the forth ep. and the gay sexual over tone just get worst. I think we watch Sci-Fi to see science going wild or flight of fantasy not those fantasy's. Same the show did provide some entertainment. As a Dr. Who FAn I just got to Say No! No! No!
You might want to quit watching Doctor Who j.c., as it features gay characters as well. Torchwood isn't perfect, but we've seen heterosexual lead characters for years in all kinds of programs from Star Trek, to V, to Farscape, to the X-Files. Torchwood is breaking new ground in ways that these science fiction classics were never able to. That's something to rejoice in; not to insult with poorly written sentences.
You go, anonymous! Sept 11 anonymous that is.
Though I have to disagree on one point - I've been rewatching the X Files and I'm stunned [in a good way] at the number of times Mulder's gay side is hinted at!
http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6477673.html
TW premiere broke drama records for BBCA
You said that it breaks new ground with gay charters. what about Gay is new if it's gay charters in leads you want to see just watch the LOGO channel. Dr. Who, Battlestar Galactica or Stargate Atlantis don't have gay couple making out every Ep. but, have had their moments and are consider SCI-FI drama. Torchwood well how did they fall under drama.
J.C., Torchwood doesn't have a gay couple making out every episode either. However, it does have a non-Hetrosexual lead... you say that those should be relegated to specialist gay channels but if you do that preconceptions about gay people won't be challenged as only people who already don't have a problem with gay leads watch LOGO, Torchwood could well change someones mind about the LGBT community.
Please Grace, I do not have a problem with the main character sexual orientation. I like him when he came on Dr. Who. I just saying I did not like the way the show is going. Being over shadowed as a gay sci-fi show. If its sci-fi with a little social, political and sexual message that fine but, not the main message as some people would like it to be. I will look at rest of the season 1 over the next weekend. Oh as per my writing is a little hard for me to express myself in less than a paragraph and English is my second language. Not excusing myself. Enjoy Touchwood everyone.
Not that I want to be rude, but it is a good idea to say out right if you are writing in your second language as it can lead to mixed messages like we've had here. You did say "if it's gay charters in leads you want to see just watch the LOGO channel" which lead me to think you didn't want any non-Het leads. I'm sorry for misunderstanding you. Oh, and you'll soon see Torchwood has very little gay making out, more than other sci-fi series but it's not in every episode.
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