Breaking: Starz acquires 'Torchwood'

i’m soooo effing excited about Torchwood coming back. Extremely pissed about how they ended Children of Earth.. It will be awesome especially b/c Russell T. Davies will be coming back too

I Love Capt jack ,the problem is the long wait__ and the fear that they will ruin, mind you after the way it ended having him kill his own family… you have to wonder what the heck were they thinking …after all look what has happen to Doctor Who… not good.. sometimes i wonder if the creator /writter of the program has a clue …jack must come back but is very worried about american coin counters and the religion freaks …bringing the show to ruin

I certainly wouldn’t kick Jack or Ianto out of bed for eating crackers! I am so glad that the show is coming back I would love to see a few more years with the series!

I watched it on BBCA but don’t have STARZ, so I’ll have to start Netflix-ing it now.

I really dislike Gwen. Hopefully we’ll get some new characters, so it’s not all about her. I miss Tosh and Owen (who always seemed to have more personality than Ianto and Gwen).

What is left to tell for Gwen’s story – are we going to have “wacky” episodes of her pregnancy symptoms, or trying to take care of the baby on dangerous missions (cue the “Benny Hill” theme muzak while they run around) or we have scenes of her talking on the phone to Rhys explaining she will be a bit late trying to kill an alien?
I was really hoping with a reboot with just Jack. No offense against the actress who plays Gwen, but her story is done. Maybe a guest appearance on one episode?

I second the SPARTACUS love! Worth getting Netflix just for this.

Thanks for the NetFlix info. I’m glad I’ll be able to see Torchwood without having Starz.

BROOKE – the new episodes were available the day after it aired on Starz. Same thing with the animated Archer series.
Spartacus is an excellent series, just phenominal (sp) and the netflix instant watch is great thru Wii, PS3 or xbox 360. I do one dvd at a tiem for $8.99 and get unlimited instant watch thru my Wii.

As much as his death hurt, I’m glad he’s not coming back. I love Torchwood, and I love Doctor Who, but I do dislike the tendency for the “reset button” in the season finales. He’s gone. We deal with it and we move on.

There is a reason they call the Doctor “Destroyer of Worlds.” Putting Gallifrey and crazy Rassilon in a timelock is essentially the same as destroying it. And the Doctor said himself that Gallifrey exploded in a ball of flame. It all very timey wimey wibbly wobbley. The end result is the same. No more Gallifrey. To SAVE the universe. At great personal cost. How is that different from what Jack did?

I think the Jack we’re going to get is akin to the Ninth Doctor … angry, bitter, searching for something … I’m really excited about this announcement and eager to see where they take Jack and Gwen (who I love … poor girl, gets no love on this board!) next.

No According to Wiki “BBC America is distributed in association with Discovery Networks”. Now you know why only certain shows are on this channel – its like TNT, or TBS with a bit of “British” theme. I’m sure soon they will have wrestling or something non-Brit to homogenize this channel like the rest of the cable networks.

Actually TW was much better when on HDNet – no commercials/edits and great full HD. BBCA can go jump in the lake to put it nicely.

Great news! I am curious to see where they will go/continue with it.

If the “creative” team didn’t have a tendency to kill characters just for shock value we wouldn’t need to ask for a reset that often…
Anyway I will not watch if Ianto is not back because I don’t want to get attached to new characters who will die because people die young in Torchwood….

BBCA is distributed to American cable and satellite companies using Discovery as a distribution system. (Like an independant film company getting a major studio to distribute its film)

BBCA is a BBC network, although with its own management and budget. It’s like NBC and USA networks, which are both owned by Universal, but have separate management and budgets.

Ditto. Most shows are on average 6-8 episodes. On several interviews, Chris E (Doctor 9) would say that, for him, he did two series not one since 13 episodes is twice the norm for a single year. This way, for me at least, the quality can be maintained a bit better (unlike for US shows where it wobbles throughout a season since it is 22-24 shows).

Well, call me a sap, but all three deaths had me reaching for the tissue box. Deaths, resurrections, whatever–best series I’ve ever watched. Can’t wait for the return.

I feel your pain! I pay for a whole “level” just to get BBC America to see Torchwood! Grrrrr

Since Russell T D*ckhead is running Torchwood, and NOT Dr. Who, I doubt their paths will ever cross.

My understanding is that it would have included Jack and that they would have downplayed his omnisexuality.