The episode was an interesting one; rather than focusing on Torchwood itself, the main character was a fan, a hanger-on, a wannabe. But in spite of – or perhaps due to – that, we see more of that empathy that is becoming Gwen’s hallmark. I guess someone at Torchwood has to actually give a rat’s [...]
It was only a matter of time before the Glove of Resurrection made its way back into the Torchwood storyline, and it makes perfect sense that it was with the resurrection of Suzie. I’m glad we got to see more of her, though, and learn more of her motivations, as curious as they still may [...]
I thought the most interesting aspect of this episode was that no matter how awesome I found Toshiko in “Citycide,” I found her almost unbearably annoying for most of this episode. But I found her annoying much in the same way that Gwen and Owen did; I still liked her. Just found her to be [...]
This episode totally creeped me out, in the best way possible. I love a good horror film, and Citycide had all the classic elements: An unknown evil creature (or person). An injured hero (Gwen). Romantic tension (Owen & Gwen). An unclear method of murder. And we had something creepy moving in the shadows. A person [...]
A thought occurs to me as this episode opens: It just can’t be a good idea to take flash photos of aliens/faeries/unknown creatures at night in a woods. Just sayin’. Of course, it’s easy to say that as the viewer of a sci-fi show where the main characters battle the bad alien of the week; [...]
Given the name of the episode, we knew the mortal (well, you know what I mean) enemies of the Doctor – of all mankind, in fact – the Cybermen, would be making some sort of appearance. And the Cybermen are always utterly creepy, so we were in for a ride. They did, in the personage [...]
I both loved and hated the conceit behind this episode of Torchwood. What’s become typical in science fiction of late is the idea that even if we can know the future, we are almost powerless to change it. Think Lost, with Desmond trying to save Charlie. Sure, he could prevent a specific death, but eventually, [...]
Really? Gwen’s first day on the job is a hunt for a sex-crazed alien who absorbs its partner just at the moment of climax? How many times, exactly, did they have to show the scene where Carys had sex with the poor schmo in the bathroom of that club? After, maybe, the second time, it [...]
The first-ever episode of the Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood has all the obligatory, here’s who everyone is, here’s what they do, here’s the new team member exposition. That’s OK, though. It also gave us a pretty good story to follow. Someone is murdering people in Cardiff. Three have been murdered in recent days, each stabbed [...]
A fan of Doctor Who since its relaunch with Christopher Eccleston a few years ago (I know, I know, I need to go back and watch the old Doctor Who; I will – in my defense, I bought my brother-in-law a DVD collection of Doctor Who episodes with the VERY FIRST Doctor ever from the [...]
