The first teaser trailer just hit for the upcoming fourth series of “Torchwood!” It’s definitely just a glimpse, but it really captures everything that made “Children of Earth” some of the best and darkest science fiction of the last decade.
Heh. Yeah, I’m going to hell. Probably fairly soon if any of you figure out where I live (hint: it’s not in a breadbox).
There is real “Torchwood” news of a sort though. Russell T. Davies has confirmed that there will just about totally almost definitely be a Series 4, probably starting production in January.
Says the sage and eminent Davies: “The recession has hit British television, but fingers crossed, it will be a go. We expect things to start to move in January. We’ve got great ideas for the show. I think there’s a further lease on life for many years to come, but certainly for a [fourth season].” (source: TV Guide).
I’m hoping that they go the mini-series route again in lieu of a full season. That five hour limitation on “Children of Earth” hit exactly the sweet spot of being much longer than a typical episode or movie, but not being so long that it couldn’t be one tense and cohesive story from start to finish. But I do hope that they turn loose Barrowman in a boa for a song and dance.
What's the word for equal parts loving and hating someone? Apply that word to yourself, SLW. Then hug yourself. Then shoot yourself in the face.
Posted by: feramones at November 16, 2009 11:15 AM
I have a real hard-on for some Torchwood.
/looking forward
Posted by: BarbadoSlim at November 16, 2009 11:33 AM
I am too angry with Russel to care. Unless his plans for Torchwood involve Jack somehow saving Ianto in the first episodes first ten minutes, and the subsequent 4hrs and 50 minutes being footage of them being adorable and gay all over eachother, I WILL COME TO RUSSELS HOUSE AND BRING HELL WITH ME.
Ahem.
Also I'm pissed that the new Doctor appears for all intents and purposes to be Hipster Scum and I hope he goes the way of Eccleston.
Posted by: Nadine at November 16, 2009 11:58 AM
Oh, that was some funny shit.
As sad as I was to see Ianto go (God I love Welsh names, it is a good thing I had no children, they would be Ianto, Iioan, and Ieuan. Look out future cats!)I am looking forward to Captain Jack looking for love again. I had to explain to the SO last night that Jack isn't gay, he is omni-sexual and will shagg anything if it is gorgeous enough. He still doesn't get it.
Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 16, 2009 12:12 PM
Oh NO! What happened to Ianto? I haven't seen Cildren of Men yet. Damn! Oh well, spoilers don't really ruin my viewing experience. If the storyline is great it doesn't matter what I know beforehand. At least, now, I can prepare myself for a good cry. Ianto was my favorite character. Damn.
Posted by: James at November 16, 2009 12:14 PM
Well that was worth it for the hip action alone. I recommend no sound.
Posted by: Cindy at November 16, 2009 12:16 PM
The only one who needs killing is Gwen, DAMMIT!
PS: I've no problem keeping the husband, he cool.
Posted by: BarbadoSlim at November 16, 2009 12:17 PM
Children of Earth yet...oops.
Posted by: James at November 16, 2009 12:17 PM
Lindsey, they NEVER get it.
Posted by: Nadine at November 16, 2009 12:24 PM
SHIT, James, SO sorry =S I'm usually so good for Spoiler warnings but because most of the Pajibites made such a fuss I guess I assumed everyone had seen it, Oh noooo I feel soooooooooooo bad!
And Yes. Yes you will cry. I'd recommend keeping bottles of fluids nearby to replenish.
And omg BarbadoSlim, talk about taking the words out of my mouth, I HATE GWEN. I HATE HER. I HATE HER SO MUCH
Posted by: Nadine at November 16, 2009 12:27 PM
I would have been OK with the Mr. Shinypants up there if Joe Jonas hadn't already ruined it for me in a leotard and high heels.
Posted by: BWeaves at November 16, 2009 12:33 PM
Ugh, BSlim, Rhys is awful! Without him, Gwen would just be a whiny whining whiner. He validates her "feelings" shit to the point that, inevitably, any interaction between them disintegrates into a bitchfest of bitches bitching bitchingly. But yeah, I hope she dies too.
Oy gevalt. I just watched this after (re)watching Waters Of Mars, and the TennantyBarrowmanySexyShinyPantsyness is killing me. Can I get an AMEN to some bunktime?
Posted by: esme at November 16, 2009 12:36 PM
I'm, like, the exact opposite of you guys. I can't fucking stand Ianto. Man, I was happy when they killed his whiny ass off. In fact, I was so damn happy that I rewound the scene, called my husband into the room to watch it, and rejoiced all over again. At the end of the series, I was so happy that only my favorites Captain Jack, Gwen, and Rhys were left. The rest of the whinging twats will not be missed by anyone in my house.
Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 16, 2009 1:07 PM
Ditto Stardust. Ianto pissed me off with his puppy dog eyes and pouty mouth. He always looked like he was waiting for someone to hit him with a rolled up newspaper. And it was no surprise he ended up shagging Jack--the last name "Jones" gives it away (The Jones companion for the Smith Doctor).
Anyway, I am eager to see what kinds of things Davies and friends come up with. I just wish Owen had survived the series. His amoral brilliance added just the right touch of dark to the show for me.
Posted by: mamasez at November 16, 2009 1:08 PM
I don't get the John Barrowman love. He overracts and every time he flirts with a woman, you can practically see him flinching. The only time I liked him was with Ianto. Oh Ianto...have such a major crush on him, it's ridiculous.
Who the hell are they going to bring to replace everyone who died? Who is worthy?
Posted by: Joker at November 16, 2009 1:15 PM
The next person to hate on Gwen is going to get kicked in the teeth.
SO: This Captain Jack is Gay, right?
Me: No, Captain Jack will shagg anything if it is gorgeous enough.
SO: So, he is Bi?
Me: Jack is a 51st century rouge time agent and con man who became immortal. He has been to the end of the universe and back again, and there are more genders to be banged than 2.
SO: So he's Bi. OK.
Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 16, 2009 1:19 PM
Okay, Wilson. I'm newly awake today, not even had coffee. I'm scrolling through Pajiba, which has somehow taken fucking precedence over coffee, I see a Torchwood thing. I squeal! I'm excited! Ecstatic! I click, I curse your name to the heavens and back! I hope you felt that over in . . . wherever it is you live. Even a twinge, maybe? In your nuts? Where I kicked you using only the power of my mind and angst? Because you DESERVE IT. YOU LYING LIAR. That was possibly the cruelest joke ever in the world and I hold you personally responsible for my weeping.
Granted, my wrath was a bit tempered by Barrowman dancing in triplicate, in shiny pants, but I will still have my vengeance upon you.
Eve Myles is OK - I liked her in Merlin. Gwen's a whiny bitch. (Hi, Nicole! Sorry, but that's the way I feel.)
I pretended I won't watch Torchwood anymore because Ianto was killed so arbitrarily, but the real reason is that Davies killed off three members of Torchwood - four if you count Suzie - and GWEN IS THE ONLY ONE LEFT. I have a horrible feeling that Gwen will be the last one standing whenever Torchwood is over for good. I bet Davies will even find a way to kill off Jack eventually, but Gwen will stay around forever, and I CAN'T STAND HER.
Posted by: Three-nineteen at November 16, 2009 2:45 PM
I'm with Stardust. Ianto was no loss. First of all he endangered everybody by keeping his Cyberlady secret for ages and he should have been booted from Torchwood right there. Then, she was supposedly the love of his life and then all of a sudden he's totally over her and Jack's the only man for him? Could be if your two major loves have been a piece of metal Lego woman and a guy who'll screw anything that moves, you might want to acknowledge that you have issues with relationships and who you glom on to and maybe deal with it.
Posted by: PaddyDog at November 16, 2009 3:08 PM
I can't... it's too... oh the shiny trousers...
Oh you little tinker, you. I'm agog for any Doctor Who/Torchwood Ten-inch/Barrowman news - especially after Waters of Mars last night (I have never squeed so much in my life).
As my wise sister said: The new Doctor has some mighty big pants to fill.
Posted by: Squeeziee at November 16, 2009 4:03 PM
He must wash those pants with Windex, because I can see myself in them.
Posted by: MelBivDevoe at November 16, 2009 4:40 PM
[emails anthrax to the inbox of Gwen haters everywhere]
For a series that has grown exponentially better since the beginning (having started with S2, S1 was almost unwatchable), it amazes me they would even consider not running a 4th. As for the new Doctor, hate away. Why break with tradition?
Posted by: Squirrelgripper at November 16, 2009 5:54 PM
ThreeNineteen: SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
Jack's already been killed off. He's the face of Boe, and Boe was killed off in that traffic jam thing with Martha and the Doctor.
Posted by: BWeaves at November 16, 2009 6:03 PM
That may have just made my entire day.
I know, I'm sad.
Posted by: Tierney at November 16, 2009 8:17 PM
BWeaves, that doesn't take place until the year 5 billion and 23. And it's in the Galaxy M87 on New Earth in New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New New York. So I don't think we'll have to worry about it in Torchwood S4. All we really need to be concerned with is our very own Face Of Boe solving tough ethical dillemas, looking superhot in a coat, and gettin' it onnnnnn.
Oh, and Gwen's hideous face. Blurgh.
Posted by: esme at November 16, 2009 9:53 PM
Gwen has a pretty face! You take that back! Dammit!
-a bowl of tapeworms
-chicken that has been eaten and subsequently digested by a chicken
-the love-child of the Joker and Hilary Swank
-a pork chop and gingerbread smoothie
-Leo Tolstoy's decaying corpse
-Any of Skitz's thoughts
Posted by: esme at November 16, 2009 10:14 PM
Turning Jack into the Face of Boe is the same as killing him off.
Posted by: Three-nineteen at November 16, 2009 11:43 PM
Actual conversation I JUST now had with the SO.
SO: Captain jack is gay right?
Me: (sigh) No. Captain Jack will fuck anything that is gorgeous enough, there are more than 2 genders in the Universe and he will try them all.
John Barrowman is gay though.
SO: Wait, the guy playing Captain Jack is gay, but Jack isn't gay? That's gay. That's it, I can't watch Torchwood anymore.
ME: What, Space and Time Cowboys can't be gay?
SO: No, they can't. If that show hinges on a pregnant gap toothed ninny and an immortal gay Space Cowboy, I just can't take it seriously.
Me: Put your clothes on Bitch.
Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 17, 2009 3:31 AM
The Face of Boe brings up an interesting plot point. Jack is a fixed point in space and time that the Doctor can sense. He also cannot stay dead and regenerates his entire body every time he is injured, sometimes from just one little piece of his body. The Face of Boe is a head in a jar that dies, and the Doctor has no idea who he is. If the Face of Boe was actually Jack, wouldn't the Doctor have known? And why wouldn't the Face of Boe tell the Doctor that he's Jack?
So, either 1) Jack is not the Face of Boe (it was strongly implied, but not proven) or 2) something happens to Jack where he stops being a fixed point in space and time that cannot die and stops regenerating every time he gets injured. And for some reason doesn't tell the Doctor (or the earlier version of the Doctor, maybe a later version knows) what happened or who he is.
Hopefully this gets addressed in the future, unlike some of the glaring plotholes from Children of Earth. Now, let's go see what I got in the mail today.
Posted by: Three-nineteen at November 17, 2009 9:17 AM
OK, that is funny! Thanks.
But if you think the shiny pants are bad, you should have seen the whole suit. Yikes! I like the guy, but his dress sense is horrible. So scratch one gay cliche, anyway...
I seem to be alone in not having strong feelings about Gwen or Ianto. I mainly watch for Jack. I was an Owen fan, though - he was interesting. And I liked Captain John Hart (I think a little Marsters is what every show needs, but that's probably just me!)
Posted by: tarn at November 17, 2009 10:39 AM
Lindsey, I just had this conversation with the SO:
SO: Wait...what the hell are you watching
Me: Captain Jack is Single Ladies-ing!
SO: This is Doctor Who?
Me: No! It's the guy on the spinoff show.
SO: He looks gay.
Me: Well, he is in real life. But on the show it's pretty much anything goes, sex-wise
SO: That's a shitshow waiting to happen. Remind me not to watch TV with you.
Me: Oh, sorry, can't stay to chat -- a rogue time agent is coming to take me to far off worlds (and I mean that both literally and pleasure-wise). Leaves
Posted by: esme at November 17, 2009 12:40 PM
Esme:
That.
Is.
AWESOME!
We should TOTALLY get EE's for those. But probably won't.
Also, we appear to be dating the same guy.
Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 17, 2009 2:46 PM
Lindsey, we are clearly masters of the witty smackdown. And we should probably leave our boyfriends for John Barrowman.
Posted by: emse at November 17, 2009 4:07 PM
Naw,
Barrowman, while SMOKING hot, is too gay for me. I think if I said "Put your clothes on Bitch, and go home!" to him he might cry a little.
We have a somewhat Chappelian sense of humor in our relationship, the SO and I. :-}
Posted by: Lindsey with an 'e' at November 17, 2009 5:25 PM
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