“Torchwood” creator Russell T. Davies has revealed some plot details, along with a new title, for the latest rebooted season of the show: in particular, the show will now be called “Torchwood: The New World”, and will introduce two new characters: a CIA agent and analyst that will act as an introduction for new viewers into the world of Torchwood.
The U.S. version of “Torchwood” has finally found a home. After Fox passed on the series a few months back, the show has now landed at the cable network Starz, which is currently home to “Spartacus”.
But don’t get too happy yet, “Torchwood” fans opposed to the idea, because although both sides (Fox and the BBC) have agreed not to further pursue a joint venture with one another, the BBC reiterates that the idea for a U.S. version of “Torchwood” is still very much alive.
Well this is interesting. I dig the BBC’s “Torchwood”, the “Doctor Who” spin-off show whenever I’ve stumbled across it, which unfortunately isn’t all that often. But I have liked what I’ve seen, and John Barrowman is aces as the show’s lead, and I’ve dug him since his “Doctor Who” days. Then again, maybe it’s just the whole “hey, that guy’s got an American accent!” on a very British show like “Who” that endeared him to me. News from THR is that Fox TV is currently developing an American version of Barrowman’s “Torchwood” as a backdoor pilot.
From BBC America, comes the first 7 minutes from the Torchwood: Children of Earth mini-series. In one epic story told over five nights, Torchwood: Children of Earth re-joins Captain Jack (John Barrowman), Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) and Ianto Jones (Gareth David-Lloyd) who are still coming to terms with the death of two of their closest friends. Despite their pain, they still have a job to do. This time they are faced with their fiercest threat to date – one that that puts the future of Torchwood and the entire human race spiraling into danger. They battle against the odds but do they stand a chance of saving mankind? More clips and vids over at the show’s BBC America site.
The trailer for the new season of the Dr. Who spinoff series, titled Torchwood:Children of Earth shows tidbits of what I think to be a promising set of episodes. It’s got creepy kids, paranormal investigators (including the lovely Eve Myles), British accents and, well, creepy kids. Truth be told I haven’t yet caught the first two seasons but by the looks of this trailer I don’t think it would be time badly spent at all. Another interesting point about this new season though is that it will forgo the usual 13 episode structure in favor of only 5 episodes. Not sure why they did that but I hope it works out for ‘em.
