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Torchwood gave us a fantastic episode last Friday night, in which we explored two parallel love stories: the love between Jack and an Italian who came to America, yearning to breathe free; and the love between Jack and Gwen. And in both cases, love and betrayal went hand in hand. More »
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There's seldom been an hour of television that brought up as many fascinating ideas about the nature of humanity as Torchwood: Miracle Day's first episode, which just aired. Russell T. Davies may have hit on his most fertile premise yet. More »
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Torchwood's latest miniseries has made us rethink everything we thought we knew, especially about Captain Jack. The immortal rogue made a dreadful mistake in 1965, but at least he'll never sacrifice innocents for expediency again. Right? Right? Spoilers below. More »
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We've long suspected that Russell T. Davies' writing is at its absolute best when he's being completely nasty. At the very least, last night's Torchwood made for agonizing viewing, as humans proved, yet again, that they're the real monsters. Spoilers... More »
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That Captain Jack, he's so good with children. Such a good role model, so ready to take the young ones under his wing. Last night, we encountered the 456, and learned why Captain Jack was marked for death. Spoilers ahead... More »
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When Torchwood moved to the big time on BBC-1, the biggest question was, will there still be raciness and nudity? And now we have our answer: Captain Jack bares all. But episode two's real stars are two women. Spoilers ahead! More »
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Doctor Who's racy cousin, Torchwood, returned to American screens last night, and packed as much excitement and intensity as the show's whole first season. Aliens make contact, in an episode that's all about bad communication. Spoilers ahead! More »
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I realized something while watching the Torchwood second season finale: I'm a Torchwood fan. Not just a Doctor Who fan who watches Torchwood, but an actual fan of the BBC's spin-off series. I can't actually think of any other reason why I would have enjoyed the last episode as much as I did. Click through for a full review, including spoilers. More »
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Wow. The latest Torchwood episode was amazing, and not just for this chloroforming, nipple zapping scene. If only "Fragments" had aired during season one, preferably as the second or third episode. It would have made the BBC's Doctor Who spinoff seem like a much cooler show, and might actually have improved the other episodes. Spoilers ahead! More »
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Is Torchwood's Captain Jack the worst boss in the universe? He sexually harrasses the employees, he creates a hostile work environment, and he shoots you down when you show some initiative. And yet, even though I would never want to work for Jack in a billion years, this was easily the best episode of the Doctor Who spin-off since the one where Martha Jones showed up. Yes, our love-hate relationship with Torchwood continues, with spoilers. More »
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Every season of Doctor Who's formerly-sexy spinoff Torchwood seems to need one episode by P.J. Hammond, best known for creating 1970s cult show Sapphire and Steel. Both of the annual Hammond episodes have featured weird supernatural themes (fairies, ghosts) and bizarre contrived storylines. And they both felt as though Hammond wrote them for something else and then slapped the names of the Torchwood characters onto them. More »
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Wow. I could have chosen any one of the 500 cheesy soap opera moments from last night's episode of the BBC's alien-hunting show Torchwood, and then made fun of it for five paragraphs. But any show that can pull off such a spot-on riff on Peter Jackson's Dead Alive pretty much gets a free pass from me. (It does lose points by having Captain Jack reference the wrong movie right afterwards. WTF?) This scene was almost enough to make me forgive the rest of the episode. Almost. More »
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How you feel about this clip probably determines what you think of last night's Torchwood. If you think this is a moment of supreme bathos and ranty drama, which spoon-feeds you what you're supposed to be learning about the characters, then you probably won't be too fond of "A Day In The Death Of." On the other hand, if you believe it's an awesome moment of genuine character development, then you'll probably love the episode. And you probably watch the show wearing home-made Torchwood footie pajamas. Click through for spoilers. More »
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Here's the whoah-trippiest moment from Wednesday night's trippy new episode of Torchwood, the wackier spin-off from the BBC's Doctor Who. Remember how we said last week that this episode might make us change our minds about thinking the show was finally on the right track? Well, it wasn't as bad as we'd feared... but it was cheesy and nonsensical, even by Torchwood standards. Click through for the damage. More »
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Here's yet another super-disturbing clip from Torchwood, which seems to be dipping into horror more and more. Two new episodes of Torchwood aired Wednesday night in the U.K., and they were both way above average, leading us to hope that the "grown-up" Doctor Who spinoff might actually be growing up. Click through for spoilers and another clip. More »
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This scene from last night's Torchwood almost made me puke and cry, it was that good. The whole business with the callous humans abusing yet another alien visitor for financial gain was incredibly well done, and really horrifying. It was one of the best examples of a humans-are-the-real-monsters story ever. Unfortunately, the other half of the episode was Torchwood at its rock-bottom worst. Click through for spoilers. More »
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Last night's episode of Torchwood masqueraded as yet another rift-in-time-OMG-snogging installment, but was trying to say something profound about war. So why, according to Torchwood, do we fight pointless wars like the one in Iraq? Apparently it's because men will do anything as long as you say to them: "You're my brave handsome hero and I need you." Too bad this crappy romance subplot let the show down once again. Spoilers ahoy! More »
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An alien infiltrator stabs a random guy in the chest seven times, in front of his wife and kids, then stabs him in the head so hard his blood spatters on the wife's face, in last night's Torchwood. It was easily the most brutal episode of the Doctor Who spin-off so far, notwithstanding last season's trying-too-hard "Countrycide." But our crew still had time for some bizarre sexual innuendo, in between shredding people's civil rights and dodging explosions. Click through for spoilery recap. More »
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This clip shows everything that's great — and everything that's awful — about Torchwood, the naughtiest Doctor Who spinoff. First it serves up outlandish sexual innuendo mixed liberally with alien creepiness. And then it suddenly veers into drama and jealous bickering, which is really just the grotty barnacle-covered underside of campiness. Don't watch the clip or read below the fold unless you want spoilers for the latest Torchwood episode. More »
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