“Torchwood – Children Of Earth” Is Underway!!!Posted on Tue, Jul 07, 2009
Finally Torchwood – Children Of Earth is underway on the BBC in the UK. It was suppose to premiere on BBC UK and BBC America simultaneously, but I guess they decided to drop that idea. Luckily for us hear in the states, there are things like Bittorrent and Rapidshare which make the files available (albeit not the most legal). Part 1 started last night and kicked the 5-day event off with an Epic bang. It continues tonight and onward through to Friday.
(from The Independent) For the uninitiated, Torchwood is a spin-off from, and indeed an anagram of, Doctor Who, created by the excellent Russell T Davies. The Torchwood Institute itself is meant to be an organisation countering extra-terrestrial threats, set up by Queen Victoria, no less, which I take to be a waspish joke from Davies, the gag presumably being that the old dear didn’t believe in lesbianism, but was quite prepared to accept the existence of little green invaders from outer space. I might have that wrong, but certainly Davies is happy to let his own homosexuality inform his writing, most notably in Queer as Folk, but also with a homoerotic sub-plot in Torchwood: Children of Earth, which last night yielded a fleeting yet passionate gay kiss. Jon Pertwee will be turning in his Tardis. Or perhaps looking at his frock coat and flamboyant scarf and wondering whether he missed something.
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