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Mogster

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I get the feeling a lot of you may not have liked that much, but I think it was my favourite so far.

I can't quite make my mind up to be honest. It was a bit like a Torchwood version of Love and Monsters in some respects, and I loved that episode, but this time there were some things that didn't really seem to gel. I don't normally mind plot elements not being explained, such as the workings of BSG FTL drives where such an explanation would only bog things down, but the idea of what looked like a cheap marble keeping someone alive as a "ghost", briefly solidifying said ghost in order to save Gwen, and then carrying him up into the sky, Jesus style with not even a hint of an explanation seemed a bit hard to swallow.

That said, the story itself was actually quite charming.

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Beertiger

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Mine too.

A bit similar to the "Love and Monsters" Who episode though, but I liked that too. :(

Love and Monsters was one of the few watchable episodes from the last season of Who. If this is anything like that then I can't wait to watch it. Would make a pleasent change to watch a decent episode of Torchwood for a change.

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Alex W.

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I really like this one. It seems to hold together the best so far . No pretentions, no babbling buzzwords or overacting, not even CGI monsters. Just a neat, well-written story. Not edgy or adult in the least, mind. I wonder if those factors are related.

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I really like this one. It seems to hold together the best so far . No pretentions, no babbling buzzwords or overacting, not even CGI monsters. Just a neat, well-written story. Not edgy or adult in the least, mind. I wonder if those factors are related.

I thought it was pretty good this week as well and quite touching. Probably because they sidelined the regular irritatingly shite cast.

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MrPogo

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It all went wrong when she happily paid the video fine... unless the police always work like that, and 90% of the annual budget goes on paying off the six months of utility bills on the doormat when they finally find an old lady who popped her clogs.

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PopeSmokesDope

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Torchwood is a strange one.

It sits there on my sky+ all week.

I really can't be arsed to watch it.

Eventually i'll be bored and i'll throw it on and fucking love it.

Every.fucking.week.

Weird.

For me, the sory is the strong paty. They seem to be up there with the Pertwee/Baker stories.

That fucking welsh bitch tho, shes fucking ugly as sin.. what gives??

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QUOTE(The-Pope-Smokes-Dope! @ Dec 15 2006, 11:14 PM)

For me, the sory is the strong paty.

Exactly.

It's too 'all beef' for me. Although you probably won't see what I did there.

Watched ten minutes of the repeat last night, gave up, went back to Gears of War. Whens the 'explosive season finale' (shudder). That should be... well... Something. With a bit of luck some of the cast, maybe (shivers with hopeful anticipation) all of them, can be left dangling over some intergalactic space chasm and I can stop watching it with a sense of satisfaction, much like Voyager was only good when you watched the episodes where they all die in some time vortex and switch off quick before they all come back through some silly nonsense.

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Matt Defis

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Monsters 0, action 0, sci fi gadgets 0, techno babble 1 and yet i feel like that was the strongest episode in terms of story, charater development and feel of a sci fi show yet. Strange that this is the first episode that felt like a sci fi show yet it was void of all the horrible sci fi bullshit thats dogged every episode (with exception of the Brecon farm episode) yet. The two episodes which have veered from the usual formula have been the best of the series.

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MrPogo

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Hmmm... tonight's was good. Yet nothing really happened. Hmmm.

The girl from Sugar Rush remains eminently fuckable.

I was wondering where I recognised her from!

I did feel they kind of wasted the opportunity a bit, as in I'd have liked a bit more to have happened :S

Plus I thought gap-tooth and monkey-face were getting increasingly serious with their affair, then this week it's if nothing was going on :S

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cassidy

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I was wondering where I recognised her from!

I did feel they kind of wasted the opportunity a bit, as in I'd have liked a bit more to have happened :S

Plus I thought gap-tooth and monkey-face were getting increasingly serious with their affair, then this week it's if nothing was going on :S

In relation to your spoiler thats because Owen is a slut.

I really enjoyed this last night. I too felt is one of the better written and better acted of episodes. Christ even Ianto made me laugh.

How bloody dark was that scene in the car with Jack though. Really handled well too.

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I admire the "bravery" (if it was that, rather than just not knowing what to do) of not trying to shoehorn some kind of twist into that episode and just playing it straight, but reflecting on it overnight I think that they could have done something more with the setup they had.

Each of the 3 characters was an "equivalent" of the Torchwood member they bonded with:

Pilot girl - Love 'em and leave 'em type, just like Owen. Also afraid of commitment.

Sugar Rush girl - Not happy with the status quo (must have wanted more than 3 chords). Looking for adventure, just like Gwen.

Old guy - Depressed after falling through time, just like Jack. Has relative who he couldn't tell his secret to, just like Jack with his "girlfriend" (the old woman in the fairies ep). Of course, old guy couldn't get through to his son because of the Alzheimers, but the principle was still the same - he couldn't let the person he loved know the truth.

Now call me a sci-fi thriller cynic who wants to have his cake and eat it, but this whole "character equivalents" thing was a very decent setup for a doublecross of some kind. I'm kinda glad they didn't do something else as the story worked anyway, but my mind is racing with good possibilities for how the creators could have pulled the rug out from under the Torchwood team.

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Just noticed an hour long Doctor Who Confidential on Christmas Day, in addition to the Christmas Special.

DOCUMENTARY: Doctor Who Confidential

On: BBC 1 Northern Ireland (143)

Date: Monday 25th December 2006 (starting in 6 days)

Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Doctor Who Confidential goes behind the scenes of the musical celebration of Doctor Who, performed at the home of Cardiff's very own time rift, the Wales Millennium Centre. Featuring a full orchestral treatment of Murray Gold's score from the first two series and an exclusive preview of the forthcoming Christmas special The Runaway Bride.

(Widescreen, Subtitles)

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Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=15310

Copyright © GipsyMedia Limited.

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Dirtywinters

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These Doctor Who toys rule. Saw a gift set with loads of the characters in Woollies yesterday and really wished I was 12 again.

Torchwood always seems to be half a great episode and half a right mess, this one being no exception. So if you fly over Cardiff on a slightly rainy day in a Cessna you get sucked through time? Someone tell Jack, it'll save him trying to grow that Tardis on his desk!

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cassidy

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Just noticed an hour long Doctor Who Confidential on Christmas Day, in addition to the Christmas Special.

DOCUMENTARY: Doctor Who Confidential

On: BBC 1 Northern Ireland (143)

Date: Monday 25th December 2006 (starting in 6 days)

Time: 13:00 to 14:00 (1 hour long)

Doctor Who Confidential goes behind the scenes of the musical celebration of Doctor Who, performed at the home of Cardiff's very own time rift, the Wales Millennium Centre. Featuring a full orchestral treatment of Murray Gold's score from the first two series and an exclusive preview of the forthcoming Christmas special The Runaway Bride.

(Widescreen, Subtitles)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Excerpt taken from DigiGuide - the world's best TV guide available from http://www.getdigiguide.com/?p=1&r=15310

Copyright © GipsyMedia Limited.

Wayhey, should be just in time for the post Xmas dinner lie down watching the telly.

Of course if things go right for me, I'll be involved with Doctor Who Confidential next year.

Hurry up BBC whens my bloody interview :wacko:

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