What's it called?
"From Out of the Rain"
Who's it credited to?
Peter J Hammond, writer ("Small Worlds", TV's "Sapphire & Steel") and Jonathan Fox Bassett, director (TV's "Teachers" and "The Inspector Lynley Mysteries")
What do we know?
An old cinema re-opens its doors; but things aren't as they seem. The film reels house many a memory; but what happens when these memories suddenly return to life...?
Major guest stars?
Potential Davros to be, Julian Bleach, is apparently fantastic in the role of "Ghostmaker".
Rest of the best
Camilla Power ("Pearl"); Stephen Marzella ("Jonathan"); Hazel Wyn Williams ("Faith Penn"); Lowrl Sian Jones ("Nettie"); Eileen Essell ("Christina"); Anwen Carlisle ("Restaurant owner"); Yasmin Wilde ("Senior nurse"); and Caroline Sheen ("A&E nurse").
Reviewing the reviews
Terribly good!! A lot of people are saying that this is Torchwood at its most chilling and scary. The Radio Times even goes as far as to call the episode "creepily elegant". It's by P J Hammond, so why shouldn't it be??
When's it on?
Tonight, BBC Two from 10pm. It'll be repeated tomorrow on BBC Two (from 7pm).
What about America?
"From Out of the Rain" is scheduled to air on BBC America Saturday 29th March, at 9pm. The BBC America schedule can be found here. You can also catch the episode in glorious High Definition - on HD-Net - April 14th.
Look to the future...
Gwen and PC Andy investigate a series of mysterious disappearences in "Adrift"; and then, in "Fragments", we take a trip down memory lane and learn how each member of the team came to be hired by Torchwood.
Excitement level?
****1/2 - As somebody who felt last season's "Small Worlds" was amongst the series very best episodes, I've high hopes for Hammond's follow-up script. And first time Torchwood director Jonathan Fox Bassett should bring a lot of new energy and dynamics to the series. High hopes!
BBC Three Preview
BBC Three previews the next episode - "Adrift" - straight after this one. You can read a preview of that episode by clicking here.
Schedule Warning!
The next BBC Two episode airs this Friday 21st March, from 9pm.
11 comments:
Easily my least favorite episode of Torchwood. My least favorite Whoniverse episode since that 'Daleks in Manhattan' tripe last year. It was boring. It lacked any scares or sense of reality. It was a bit embarrassing. Blah.
The next one looks good though.
I can't believe you didn't like it! I actually quite liked it, admittedly there have been better episodes but I didn't think it was bad. I did think small worlds was scarier though.
I can see why this episode might not push everyone’s buttons – less of an action piece, it feels very different to the fast-paced stories TW does so well (not to suggest action-orientated episodes are less important, bad, or not as valid, because they’re clearly cracking and it’s just a matter of taste).
I liked FOotR though – thought it was a gorgeous exercise in atmosphere and style, with a great performance from Julian Bleach and Camilla Power, and bizarre yet perfect developments of Jack’s history (much like Small Worlds, in that respect).
I’ve almost finished watching Sapphire & Steel for the first time and aside from the obvious connections the main similarity is in how you watch it – once you get past the idea that a] plot is just one part of story-telling, and not necessarily the most important and b] this really isn't one of those stories where plot is the most important thing, you can really settle in and enjoy it for what it is.
It looked really good, too – dark tones, rain, faded costumes, old film. I felt there was a tug of war with Small Worlds, between what was meant to be slow and creepy and what was meant to be punchier, that left it feeling a bit uneven but there’s no trace of that here. It’ll be interesting to see the edited version of this next week…
I didn't find this episode creepy at all. I love episodes that aren't all action, but this one just didn't connect with me on any level. I thought Jack's connection with the circus folk wasn't explained very well. I thought the acting was sub par. I thought the villains were cheesy and not scary in the slightest. The whole thing seemed to be aiming for one thing and it never even touched the target. Atmosphere is good but with nothing to bind it together it's just hot air. I would say that the actors did a fantastic job with what they were given, but it was all just nonsense and filler, which just made me cringe for them.
This episode wasn't the best but being fair wasn't the worst.
It would have been better if they had kept it for Doctor Who, I didn't find it very Torchwood if you see what I mean. I found that I kept having to look away from the screen, slightly embarrassing in places.
Maybe it was once a good episode but then they realised that Ianto hadn't really had an episode that he had a big(ish) role in and so changed this episode to fit his needs...
But the episode after looks good, they kinda gave the game away in the trailer for it though. And who is it mainly about? Gwen. >:( POOR IANTO! I want a show for Gareth thats about Ianto, Ianto's Morning Coffee. It would be shown in the early morning, 5am-7am, and it would be just him telling us about his life, and coffee. I'd watch it.
That RT reviewer obviously watched a completely different show to the one that made it to the screen.
It "answers it's own questions" according to him.
Err, when? Nothing made sense in this dreadful mess of an episode.
Potential Davros to be, Julian Bleach
Thanks for that! I know it's quite hard to believe, but some people don't mind getting spoiled for Torchwood, but do mind when it comes to Doctor Who. If you're going to put DW spoilers in a Torchwood episode preview, could you please put a spoiler warning somewhere next time?
Ha. As usual, TW's dense fanbase cant appreciate a work of true genius. What's the matter? All that queer Jack/Ianto snogging too intrusive on the brain not to see class and uncertainty...the mark of a true Who story and a true horror story? You call yourselves fans?
Sorry, easily the worst Torchwood episode ever.
Problem probably went back to the trailers for it which seemed to promise much more excitement. Would have worked better as an alien circus with alien and therefore not totally comprehensible reasons for actions.
As it was - embarrassing to say the least.
The villains were awfully bad. Thought the acting of the team was fine, but it is hard to look good with such mediocre script and story.
Pat.
It's not the "queer Jack/Ianto snogging" in this series that caused the audience to not appreciate this episode. It's more like the villains were not interesting or frightening. In fact, they looked downright silly. Even the smoky skeleton from a few episodes back was more effective, thought not by much.
As an American viewer, I found it interesting to come back to these comments after finally seeing it. I am finding it harder and harder to be impressed with TW. There were certainly parts I liked, but probably not the parts the writer & director were aiming for. The *money* shots didn't scare or move me at all. I cringed at the scene at the pool. I had a real lalalahophophop moment when I saw all those votive candles. WTF? Did they rob a church? Stop in at the local market? I just chalked it upto season two-itis. Shrug. The bathtub without plumbing? Lalalalalahophophop. Yawn. The saving grace? Oh to be the little boy waking up in Jack's arms! I did appreciate that this ep Jack saved a child where he lost a girl in Small Worlds. The last few scenes were predictable but nonetheless eerie. I find I am
wanting the series to be over so that S3 can get here. I also find no personal enthusiasm for preordering the DVDs given the quality of the extras of the 1st series. In the interviews done for TW Declassified the actors seem to be talking about some other show than the one I've seen.
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