...Dr Who spin-off: Captain Jack gets his own series.

…from the BBC site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4349120.stm

Interesting… I liked Captain Jack as a character, but wasn’t always impressed with Russell Davis’s writing…although it will keep me going until the next series of Dr Who!

Lots of bi-sexual stuff then. If they went that way on a kids programme then they’ll definitely go that way for a series “aimed at adults”.

Usually when they try to expand on a popular series it fails. Hopefully this will be the exception as I’ve a lot of time for all things Who but let’s not forget the K9 stand alone series.

Sweetness: I liked Captain Jack as a character and think he’d work outside Doctor Who.

Course, a lot of his charm was the way he interacted with Christopher Eccelson(spelling?) so we’ll see…

I predict it is going to be a stinker.

I mean, “Torchwood”, could it be spelt out any clearer? It’s practically a porn-name.

Well the name choices were always going to be limited whilst using an anagram of Doctor Who.

I dunno… “Hot Rod Cow” sounds like it’d be fun.

I prefer Hoot Crowd :wink:

What exactly does “post-watershed” mean? I saw that little phrase used in the interview with the BBC-3 folks.

On terrestrial TV in the UK, there is a rule that “adult” themes (e.g. nudity, rude words, violence - the sort of thing you get on HBO shows) should be confined to times when children ought not be watching. The cut-off time is 21.00 (9 p.m.), which has always been know as “the watershed”.

For subscription channels, the watershed is 20.00 (8 p.m.).

BBC3 is a non-subscription digital channel, so the 21.00 watershed applies.

K9 doo, doo, doo. :slight_smile:

But really, I am hopeful about this new series.

Got it now. Thanks a bunch.