Torchwood Returns and is Flaming Hot

Torchwood is back and started very strong. The premiere was the stuff that classics are made of. I was so supercharged by this that I had to record a short bit on it.
Torchwood and Man Kisses
Torchwood is back!!!

Hands down; the best scene is the kiss/fight scene between Jack and Captain John Hart.


I'm getting ahead of myself. The episode begins with a man with a blowfish head driving a sports car down the street. He's not all bad because he lets a little old lady cross the street without running over her. His chivalry was short lived when the Torchwood teams hunts him down and kills him.

There was some blah, blah, blah, then Spike/ Captain Hart/ John Marsters shows up. The kiss caught me off guard but I loved it. The two hot guys fought then had a beer. Men...
I still don't understand how Captain Jack is gay in real life but still manages to make me hot under collar. Very strange.

Captain Hart is how Captain Jack was went we first encountered him; very Ferengi like. Hart killed a woman for a diamond and tricked the team into helping him find it. He betrays them, gets the diamond but it is booby trapped. If hart doesn't get the team to help him, he will die. He manipulated them into saving him. They do and he leaves. It sounds straight and to the point but the dialogue was fantastic. James Marsters added fun and excitement to the return of Torchwood.

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I can't say that much for the next two episodes of the season. They were good and well written but a bit too dark and depressing. One involved a lady that didn't know she was a sleeper alien assassin. She ended up waking up other cell members and almost did some serious damage. Yes, yet another apocalypse. Intriguing but not fun.

The third episode was a time travel circle jerk that was Toshiko heavy. Her character is never fun. I wish they put her on a stripper pole or give her some laughing gas for once. It would be cool to see her let down her hair and get wild. The episode was a touching story. We even got a nice Torchwood™ walk down a hallway but the science in this one just was too distracting and left too many unanswered questions. Too many things were glossed over. I didn't understand how Torchwood kept the soldier frozen in 1839 when Cryonics* wasn't even invented. They say they woke him up every year to see if it was time for him to fulfill his destiny. Why? Under what instruction? How did that key work? What was it's origin again? Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention. Who knows? I do know that again, this episode was good technically but not fun.

Get it together guys.
Next week, Rhys might discover what Gwen does for a living. This ought to be interesting.


*Perhaps they used alien tech. *rolls eyes*

James Marsters on Torchwood! Wooo!!!

James Marsters is another guy that I'd watch read his mail. And now!!! He's going to be on the same screen with the gay but delicious Captain Jack Harkness. RAWR!!!! This episode will be worth waiting for.

Former Buffy the Vampire Slayer cast member James Marsters will guest-star on Torchwood, the Doctor Who spinoff series, when it returns to BBC America for a second season in January, the network announced.

Other guest stars include Alan Dale (Ugly Betty) and Doctor Who co-star Freema Agyeman, who will reprise the role of Martha Jones.

The second season of Torchwood debuts on BBC America on Jan. 26, 2008, at 9 p.m. ET/PT, not long after it premieres in the United Kingdom.

I can't wait for the upcoming season of Torchwood! I've been going through Doctor Who withdrawal. (ha ha) I heard that the Sara Jane show is on but I haven't heard any feedback on it.

Doctor Who

I can't believe how WONDERFUL season 3 (or 29) of Doctor Who was. There was one weak episode and it wasn't really all that weak. The entire season was on the edge, clever and funny storytelling.
As far as my favorites, I'm still torn between the Shakespeare episode and the scary statue episode. I love the episodes with The Master and the Paradox machine. Not to mention my favorite character Captain Jack Harkness. I'm such a fag hag for him :) Martha's character development was a real surprise and treat. I'd really like to see a short comic book run of her travels of the world during the year away from the Doctor.

I also don't think that The Master is dead. His "companion" was the one who shot and killed him. I'm sure there was some sort of catch behind that.

Can't wait 'til Christmas.

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Lipstick Aliens 17 Lost, Torchwood, Eragon, Smallville, Games and Ships

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Lynne and Cat return to kick off the first episode of Lipstick Aliens for 2007. Lynne catches up on Babylon 5 during her Christmas break. Favorite space ships anyone? The girls talk hot and heavy about Torchwood. Cat's cat makes an appearance. The Heroes feedback was tremendous so they talk about that and listen to voice mails. Next, we find out what Santa brought Lynne and Cat. Lynne reviews Eragon and Cat anticipates the return of Smallville. Finally, there's discussion about comic book shop experiences. The ladies close with talk of Lost and a song by Bare Naked Hurley.

LINKS

- Torchwood
- Babylon 5
- Heroes
- Podcast Peer Awards
- Podcast Pickle
- WoW Proudmore server Lynne's name Wintershart
- Second Life Cat's name Trinity Hartunian
- Smallville
- Eragon
- Lost
- Bare Naked Hurley

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Legal Downloads in UK

from Gallifreyan Embassy:

It may no longer be necessary to use "other means" to get Doctor Who episodes outside the UK.

Outpost Gallifrey today confirmed a story coming from Business Wire involving a new partnership between BBC Worldwide and Palo Alto-based company, Azureus.

Under terms of the deal, Azureus will provide a peer-to-peer platform by which the BBC can push DVD-quality content into computers worldwide.

Shows included in this deal are: Red Dwarf, Strange, Invasion Earth, Doctor Who, Fawlty Towers, Coupling, Keeping Up Appearances, League of Gentlemen, and Ideal. The list is expected to keep growing.

The client which will carry this content out of the UK is currently codenamed "Zudeo". It's presently a standard feature of some iterations of the Linux OS, but will be available as a free download to other operating systems early next year. The content itself is likewise slated for 1Q 2007 availability.

What is not clear in the announcement is precisely which part of the Doctor Who catalogue will be made available in this way. Though it is likely that older episodes might be made available, the fact that Invasion Earth is making its US debut via this method may mean that the BBC will allow the newest episodes of Doctor Who to debut on broadband as well.

Hmmm. Will this mean that I can stop flying to the UK every week to watch Torchwood and Doctor Who?

Torchwood Doesn't Get Axed!

from SciFi Wire:
Torchwood Gets Second Season

The BBC reported that it has ordered a second season of Torchwood, the hit Doctor Who

Doctor Who creator Russell T. Davies also created Torchwood (an anagram of Doctor Who), which is set in Cardiff, Wales, and centers on an extra-governmental team of investigators who use alien technology to solve crime, both alien and human.

Filming for the second season (called a "series" in Britain) is due to start in Cardiff next spring, and the programs will air later in 2007 in the U.K. spinoff series, which will air on BBC Two in the United Kingdom. The series is produced by BBC Wales; the first season, starring John Barrowman as immortal time-traveler Captain Jack Harkness, has broken ratings records on BBC Three.

All in all, the first season isn't a bad season. There were a few noticeable holes here in there but I'm really happy that this show didn't get canned. It will have room to grow and that always gets a "yay".

Lipstick Aliens 14 Aussie SciFi, Robin Hood, Dr. Beckett, Touchwood

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This week's show is jammed packed with all sorts of sci-fi goodness. First, Lynne tells us about how it feels to finally have the SciFi Channel in Australia. We talk about all of the goodies; Sliders, Quantum Leap, Buffy, X-Files, Medium, Dead Zone, Star Trek, Stargate, Tripping the Rift, Farscape, Babylon 5, Lexx, Cleopatra 2525, The Others and more. She even discovers shows Cat hasn't heard of called Sea of Souls and Mysterious Ways. We talk about actors being recycled in science fiction shows. We discuss our "Paying for Autographs" poll. We also get into "Touchwood", BBC's Robin Hood, Hobbit rumors and more of Cat's Second Life antics.

We talk with Dr. Carson Beckett to talk about his feelings.
-Special guest voice of Russel from The Ramble With Russel Podcast.

Also, we check in with our friend Cale from Plot Pulse. We also get a thoughtful message from Doug with Geek Acres and a wacky message from Swedish Sci-Fi writer A.R. Yngve.

Next week: Scott Sigler.


Links:

-Australian SciFi Channel

-BBC's Robin Hood

-Saving Carson Beckett

-Hobbits To Isengard Video

Lynne, Russel and Cat on the Enterprise Bridge in Second Life

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Capt. Jack Returning To The Doctor

Quick copy and paste job.

from SciFi Wire:

John Barrowman, who plays Capt. Jack Harkness on the Doctor Who spinoff series Torchwood, confirmed to SyFy Portal that his character will return for a multi-episode arc during the upcoming third season of Doctor Who. "I will be in [season] three of Doctor Who," Barrowman said in an interview. "I will be in the last three episodes of four episodes, and the scripts are being written as we speak, because I just got a text from [Doctor Who executive producer Russell T. Davies] telling me that he's finishing the script [in which] Jack returns."

Barrowman first appeared as Capt. Jack in the Doctor Who episode "The Empty Child," and remained on the show through the end of the first season. He later reprised the role in Torchwood, which premiered in October and is currently airing in the U.K. on BBC Three.

Hopefully, we'll see some of his sassiness return. On Torchwood, he's been kinda stale and stuffy. I want to see the fun Captain Jack again!

With any luck, we'll resolve this hand-in-a-jar business.

....look at the "jeans" on that guy!!! WOOOOO!!!

Lipstick Aliens #10 Torchwood, Doctor Who, Lost, Sweeps, Paul from Who Cast

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This week we get hot and heavy with Paul from The Who Cast as we discuss the recent episodes of Torchwood and Doctor Who. We talk about everything from the Doctor's missing hand to rips in the space-time continuum. We also go over Lost, Sweeps Week, Universal's legal action against Serenity Fans and just a bit more on Zombies.


Paul's Old School Doctor Who Episode Recommendations
An Unearthly Child
Genesis of the Daleks
The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Inferno
Invasion
The 10th Planet


Links
- The Who Cast
- Doctor Who Online
- Torchwood Online
- Universal's Legal Action Against Serenity Fans
- Lost
- Sweeps Week



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