sir_guinglain

The last few weeks have largely been concerned in the thinning of the contents of my flat, a task still not done, but there has still been time for some television. Possible spoilers for those wary of such things.

( Wales is insane )

( Your eyes always get piggy when you lie, Moneypenny )

( I will never swim in the sun again... )

( Papers, papers... )

Torchwood has finally been recommissioned: and it's a co-production...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchwood/torchwood_new_series/

...but where will it be shot? Production HQ seems to be in Los Angeles with Russell, Julie and Jane, but that's not clear - perhaps there will be a mixture of Welsh and US locations. Canada, perhaps... I've not heard of the Starz network, so don't know their track record. Hmmm.

Bed looms, so this review is brief...

( All irregularities will be handled by the forces controlling each dimension. No elements, pseudo-elements, minerals or compounds of any variety are available. Torchwood has been assigned. )

Cute space cow; lots of corny lines - eating alien meat indeed - and Owen channels David Tennant's Doctor ("I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.")

Well-managed changes of mood this week, particularly the 'domestics'. A better sense of Torchwood as a team and as working colleagues, too. After last week's events Tosh is overcompensating with her attentions to Owen, and I wonder where this is going.

On the other hand the series remains inconsistent - though when done well, that's part of its charm. The high octane school-of-Whedon of Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang turns out not to have been the template after all. The end of the episode, though, like last week, lays the character message on with a trowel, though it was good to see Jack express how Gwen has changed him.

This is a review worth reading, as recommended by wonderwelsh:

http://crepe-suzettes.livejournal.com/1441.html