Jolie RobersonMy Thoughts on BBC Wales' Torchwood
February 26th 2009 02:14
Science Fiction and Fantasy is a cornerstone of my entertainment venues, be it print or video, and Doctor Who has been a staple of enjoyment for me since well before the current era of the series. So, it should be sort of surprising that up until last week I had not seen an episode of BBC Wales' Torchwood.
Odd, huh?
Anyhow, thankfully Torchwood Series 1 & 2 are on BluRay and easy to rent from various on-line vendors, not to mention for sale, too. Thus, once my rentals arrived, I popped Disc 1 of Series 1 into my PS3 and went on a little adventure.
First surprise of my maidenhead moment with Torchwood, language and sexual situations are of a less family hour nature, it's more in line with what you would see on broadcast cable in the United States. It's not a bad thing, mind you, but more of a comfort level for what sort of fiction that you life to watch and life to have your family watch. The sexual situations are not graphic, no nudity mind you, and the language is mild, but there are some S-Bombs dropped here and there.
That said, Torchwood is an excellent show, as we are following the continued adventures of Captain Jack Harkness, the immortal time traveling omni-sexual from many millennia from now. With this nigh eternal man are his crew of Torchwood Three agents working out of a hidden base in Cardiff, Wales. We've the newest member, Police Constable Gwen Cooper, who is the police liason between Torchwood Three and the local law who tries to maintain her balance as the normal one who is the human connection for the audience. Next we have Dr. Owen Harper, a cocky womanizer with brains to match his libido who sees nothing wrong with the misuse of alien tech to get a lady in his bed. Then we've Toshiko Sato, the resident computer geek and braniac of the team. Lastly, Ianto Jones, sort of a Jack of All Trades general operative for the team who, as Harkness puts it, "gets us there on time."
Overall Torchwood is an excellent addition to the Doctor Who universe, although it handles subject matter of a more mature level, including sexuality and sexual identity, in addition to the normal types of science fiction subject matter that you'd find in Doctor Who, like misuse of technology, alien invasion, and lots of running around, from place to place. For me, the key element of the show is Gwen Cooper and her helping the team regain, or try to regain, whatever semblance of humanity and connectivity with society that they have lost. The victims of these events are more then subjects, more than its, as they are people, too.
It's a very Doctor Who things to say, I think, ain't it?
Odd, huh?
Anyhow, thankfully Torchwood Series 1 & 2 are on BluRay and easy to rent from various on-line vendors, not to mention for sale, too. Thus, once my rentals arrived, I popped Disc 1 of Series 1 into my PS3 and went on a little adventure.
First surprise of my maidenhead moment with Torchwood, language and sexual situations are of a less family hour nature, it's more in line with what you would see on broadcast cable in the United States. It's not a bad thing, mind you, but more of a comfort level for what sort of fiction that you life to watch and life to have your family watch. The sexual situations are not graphic, no nudity mind you, and the language is mild, but there are some S-Bombs dropped here and there.
That said, Torchwood is an excellent show, as we are following the continued adventures of Captain Jack Harkness, the immortal time traveling omni-sexual from many millennia from now. With this nigh eternal man are his crew of Torchwood Three agents working out of a hidden base in Cardiff, Wales. We've the newest member, Police Constable Gwen Cooper, who is the police liason between Torchwood Three and the local law who tries to maintain her balance as the normal one who is the human connection for the audience. Next we have Dr. Owen Harper, a cocky womanizer with brains to match his libido who sees nothing wrong with the misuse of alien tech to get a lady in his bed. Then we've Toshiko Sato, the resident computer geek and braniac of the team. Lastly, Ianto Jones, sort of a Jack of All Trades general operative for the team who, as Harkness puts it, "gets us there on time."
Overall Torchwood is an excellent addition to the Doctor Who universe, although it handles subject matter of a more mature level, including sexuality and sexual identity, in addition to the normal types of science fiction subject matter that you'd find in Doctor Who, like misuse of technology, alien invasion, and lots of running around, from place to place. For me, the key element of the show is Gwen Cooper and her helping the team regain, or try to regain, whatever semblance of humanity and connectivity with society that they have lost. The victims of these events are more then subjects, more than its, as they are people, too.
It's a very Doctor Who things to say, I think, ain't it?
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