Torchwood October 22, 2006
Posted by CamdenKiwi in : Reviews , trackbackFor years after I moved to England, I didn’t have a TV, and I never really missed it. You get out of the habit, and I listen to the radio, read books, surf the net instead of watching the telly. I did regret not seeing the occasional series, particularly the new Dr Who, and sometimes felt I’d missed an essential cultural experience, never having seen Big Brother or I’m a Celebrity. A few weeks ago, I finally succumbed and bought a TV dongle for the laptop, which gives me everything that’s available on Freeview, including the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and quite a few others.
Tonight, the first episode of the Dr Who spinoff, Torchwood, screened. Its good Sunday night viewing, very light, a bit silly but lots of fun and starring some nice eye candy in Captain John Harkness. It won’t have you hiding behind the couch, nor is it is compelling as the X Files, but its worth watching.
This first episode was a double bill, with PC Gwen Cooper being recruited to the Torchwood team after accidently seeing an evil alien tear the throat out of a hospital porter, and then an alien taking over the body of a woman and killing men by having sex with them. Its definitely beyond-the-watershed stuff, but not very serious, clearly aiming at those of us who liked Dr Who first time round and are still quite happy with simplistic plots so long as the aliens and gadgets are good enough.
I’m glad to see the BBC are making good use of my brand new TV licence fee.
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I didn’t know about these TV dongles. Not that I need one, we have enough televisions in our house considering how little we watch it but it’s always handy to know these things.