"The Boob Tube" Archives
- Torchwood: “Cyberwoman”
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Finally, Torchwood begins to fulfill its promise. I liked the first three episodes okay (well, two of them, at least), but “Cyberwoman” brings together the more adult approach of the show with fallout from the second series of Doctor Who. This is also the first episode that treats alien technology as a real threat. It [...]
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- Torchwood: “Everything Changes”; “Day One”; and “The Ghost Machine”
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Torchwood is the new spin-off of the new Doctor Who, and the fact that it’s aired three episodes already makes it three times as successful as the last Doctor Who spin-off, K9 and Company. The central characters in Torchwood are the members of the Cardiff branch of the titular organization. They include Capt. Jack Harkness [...]
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- Torchwood: “Greeks Bearing Gifts”; “They Keep Killing Suzie” and “Random Shoes”
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In the seventh episode of Torchwood, “Greeks Bearing Gifts,” Toshiko is accosted in a bar by a woman who knows a lot more about Torchwood than anyone should. Though she should be more cautious, Toshiko is so relieved to have someone to talk to about her super-secret work that she lets the woman talk her into taking necklace that appears to let the wearer read other people’s minds. Oh, and she snogs with the woman quite a bit, which may be of equal importance.
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- Torchwood: “Small Worlds” and “Countrycide”
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In “Small Worlds”, the fifth episode of Torchwood, Captain Jack and the Torchwood team face the supernatural. What’s interesting is that unlike most occurrences of the supernatural in the Doctor Who universe no mundane or super-scientific explanation is given. Ghosts and Demons have shown up many times in Doctor Who (“Ghostlight,” “The Unquiet Dead,” “The Daemons,” “The Lucifer Pit”) but they almost always turn out to be aliens or the products of technobabble-heavy equipment. In “Small Worlds” all indications are that Torchwood is dealing with something truly outside the realm of science and consensual reality, or so Jack believes.
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