Saturday, June 13, 2009

BFI: Russell T. Davies on the Future of Torchwood

News abound from the preview screening at the BFI this evening in London. Reviews have begun sparking up as well as chatter about what's to come. The screening of the first of five episodes of Children of Earth was followed by a Q&A with actors John Barrowman and Eve Myles as well as Russell T. Davies himself.

According to this article among other sources, when asked about the future of Torchwood, Russell T. Davies stated that Series 4 is "ready to go". He also has hopes for further crossover with the parent show, Doctor Who. Davies was still tight lipped about the official air date for the series, saying they have it set, but it is still to early for it to go public.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

RTD said that they really want to do another series, and I think they're already coming up with ideas. He doesn't know, however, whether or not the next series (should it come to fruition) will be this format, slightly longer, a full series. It all depends on what happens with the ratings, and then they will make those final decisions.

Thankfully, he did say that he would be willing to carry on Torchwood for another ten years! *Cue John and Eve miming fighting aliens with zimmer frames*

Anonymous said...

there is a press pack on the bbc press office page http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/06_june/15/torchwood.shtml But there is no date of when it will be transmitted yet. Assume it is likely to be in week 6th july as that follows from the radio plays on 1st - 3rd july.

Anonymous said...

digitalspy claim 6th July

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/tubetalk/plp/