Community Forums => General Chat => Topic started by: Ceric on November 09, 2006, 07:14:24 AM
Title: Torchwood
Post by: Ceric on November 09, 2006, 07:14:24 AM
I was watching the first episode and I'm at the part where he's going through the different Torchwoods. He goes: "...Torchwood 4 just sort of went missing and now we're too Torchwood 5"
Points to anyone who gets that reference.
Fairly good for a pilot episode. I'm hoping that the later episodes will be more in the vain of the Dr. Who Universe that its set in. Though I did notice they have a fascination with being on the roof of cool buildings.
The Second Episode is good but it cements that this show is not for kids.
Title: RE: Torchwood
Post by: UltimatePartyBear on November 09, 2006, 09:23:01 AM
That's a reference to Babylon 5.
Is this show going to join Doctor Who on U.S. television?
Edit: After some quick reading, it looks like no U.S. network would be willing to touch this series.
Title: RE: Torchwood
Post by: Ceric on November 09, 2006, 11:06:09 AM
Not even Sci-Fi... or UPN oh wait they merged with WB. That sort of stinks.
120 Points to PartyBear.
Title: RE: Torchwood
Post by: Plugabugz on November 10, 2006, 03:14:54 AM
CBC has the exclusive rights to air the premiere of torchwood. The show is very british.
With regards to more links to the whoniverse itself, wait until ep 4 (assuming the first episode was a double)...
Title: RE: Torchwood
Post by: capamerica on November 10, 2006, 10:26:01 AM
I think SciFi will wind up picking it up after Season 2 of Doctor Who airs. If they will air Battlestar then they will air Torchwood.
Oh and incase anyone is still scratching their heads about the Babylon 5 reference: With Torchwood 4 being "missing" and Captain Jack saying "we'll find it someday", this could be Russell T. Davies' tribute to J. Michael Strazynskis show "Babylon 5". Of the 4 previous Babylon stations, Babylon 4 disappeared mysteriously - it was later found to have dragged into the past by a time rift. Strange parallels here to Torchwood 3 and Cardiff's mysterious Rift energies - will this be a major threat later on?
