# UK Dopers - Torchwood? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 23, 2007, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-torchwood/416608 "2007-08-23T06:00:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Leechboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9fc348/32.png) [@Leechboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leechboy)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-torchwood/416608/41 "2007-09-16T21:42:46Z")
My wife dutifully watched the entire run of the shite. I gave up after episode four, which contained some of the worst acting & writing I’ve seen in a long time. It singlehandedly managed to destroy one of the more interesting characters in the crew. Captain Jack is wasted in this series. ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-torchwood/416608/42 "2007-09-17T05:14:36Z")
It’s a bit like Rilo Kiley’s _Under the Blacklight_, or rather like MTV’s _The Hills_ - pretty, but stuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiid. As in stoopid. Well, more careless than stupid. Hell, even from _Day One_ on, careless plots, plot-holes the size of planets…Still, it has potential. As for toning it down, no. First, it’s “Doctor Who with sex”. Second, it’s specifically designed for showing after the “BBC Watershed,” or whatever, where they’re specifically allowed to include the naughty bits. They need to darken it a bit, include less gratuitous sex, and add a couple of SD to the script IQ. ---
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-torchwood/416608/43 "2007-09-17T14:31:10Z")
[QUOTE=Steve Wright] _Torchwood_ had lots of shots of John Barrowman posing in his RAF surplus gear, and apparently hoped we would all be enthralled by that and wouldn’t notice the plot holes. Sorry. [/QUOTE] Funny, it’s working for me. 😉 Seriously, John Barrowman is so goddamn cute I’m fine watching this for now. Though from this thread it seems that the show gets worse as it goes on, and there’s a metric ton of new shows coming on in the next few weeks that I want to see, so this may fall by the wayside. At the moment though, eye candy and occasional laughs are enough. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-torchwood/416608/44 "2007-09-17T15:13:37Z")
'im indoors looked at Torchwood, muttered “gay Dr Who” and wandered off. It was amusing, nowhere near as good as Dr W, but a pleasant diversion on a Saturday afternoon (when I watched it on the TiVO). ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-torchwood/416608/45 "2007-09-17T15:26:41Z")
[QUOTE=Steve Wright] Let us not speak of _Hyperdrive_. (Seriously. Let’s not speak of it. If we all ignore it, maybe it will go away.) [/QUOTE] I liked Hyperdrive. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-torchwood/416608/46 "2007-09-17T15:32:59Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Of course the newer Dr. Who is on the Sci-Fi channel, it is only a half year behind the BBC. [/QUOTE] It’s also on BBCA, thankfully, and I’ve finally been able to watch “New Earth” and “Tooth and Claw”. Still haven’t seen “Christmas Invasion” though. ---
**Author:** ![NailBunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@NailBunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NailBunny)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-torchwood/416608/47 "2007-09-17T15:40:25Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] It’s also on BBCA, thankfully, and I’ve finally been able to watch some of the episodes that I missed. Still haven’t seen “Christmas Invasion” though. [/QUOTE] Last week on BBCA they played _Christmas Invasion_ like 20 times, I’m sure they’ll play it again at some point…if at all possible though watch it on DVD, as they cut out a good 20 minutes or so of pretty important plot. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-torchwood/416608/48 "2007-09-17T18:35:27Z")
I’m still with it after Day One. Maybe Brits are immune to it, but Eve Myles’s accent melts me. I’d share a plot hole with her any day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-torchwood/416608.md?page=2)