{"id":9847,"date":"2006-10-20T13:03:48","date_gmt":"2006-10-20T20:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/10\/20\/carrying-a-torchwood.html"},"modified":"2006-10-20T13:03:48","modified_gmt":"2006-10-20T20:03:48","slug":"carrying_a_torchwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/10\/20\/carrying_a_torchwood.html","title":{"rendered":"Carrying a <i>Torchwood<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Torchwood\" height=\"162\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/Torchwood.png\" width=\"248\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>The BBC has formally <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/wales\/6063922.stm\" target=\"_blank\">premiered<\/a> the series <em>Torchwood<\/em>, a &#8220;grown-up&#8221; sexy urban SF spin-off of <em>Doctor Who<\/em>.  The ties to DW are numerous, from the starring role of Captain Jack (renegade time agent \/ con man from Series 1, as well as multiple references to the Torchwood Institute in the current series.  The show <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/nolavconsole\/ukfs_news\/hi\/newsid_6060000\/newsid_6068900\/nb_wm_6068958.stm\" target=\"_blank\">looks<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/1\/hi\/entertainment\/6069574.stm\" target=\"_blank\">sounds<\/a> interesting,<br \/>\nand, if it succeeds in the UK, I trust SciFi (or maybe even BBC America) will pick it up over here.<\/p>\n<p>(*sigh*  And I&#8217;m probably the last person who realized that the title of the spin-off is an anagram of the parent series.)<\/p>\n<p><small><\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boulderdude.com\/2006\/10\/not_your_fathers_doctor_who_sp.html\" target=\"_blank\">BD<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BBC has formally premiered the series Torchwood, a &#8220;grown-up&#8221; sexy urban SF spin-off of Doctor Who. The ties to DW are numerous, from the starring role of Captain&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media-tv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11102,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/04\/10\/out_with_the_old_in_with.html","url_meta":{"origin":9847,"position":0},"title":"Out with the old, in with the new","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 10-Apr-07 9:57am","format":false,"excerpt":"I mentioned a few days back how BBC America will begin showing more contemporary BritTV, including Torchwood. \u00a0This article details the sea change at BBCa, and how making room for...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/media-tv"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":11345,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/09\/17\/torchwood.html","url_meta":{"origin":9847,"position":1},"title":"Torchwood","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 17-Sep-07 7:29am","format":false,"excerpt":"We've watched two episodes now (\"Everything Changes\" and \"Day One\") of the Doctor Who spin-off, Torchwood.\u00a0 First impressions: The Good The conceit of a \"special operations\" group, accountable (so...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/media-tv"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/torchwood.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12046,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/12\/03\/tv_review_torchwood_serie.html","url_meta":{"origin":9847,"position":2},"title":"TV Review:  Torchwood, Series 1","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 3-Dec-07 7:58pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The first series of Torchwood wrapped up on BBC America this past weekend, and ... ... well, maybe we'll hop below the cut for those who haven't seen it...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/media-tv"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/torchwood.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11827,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/01\/24\/torchwood_returns.html","url_meta":{"origin":9847,"position":3},"title":"Torchwood returns","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 24-Jan-08 10:21pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Series 2 of Torchwood begins on BBC America Saturday nights (for those with the cable, recording capabilities, and inclination).\u00a0 (And that just reminds me again about how happy my...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;TV&quot;","block_context":{"text":"TV","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/media\/media-tv"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/torchwood.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":12140,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/11\/07\/tv_im_watching.html","url_meta":{"origin":9847,"position":4},"title":"TV I&#8217;m Watching","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 7-Nov-07 10:22am","format":false,"excerpt":"We watch about 90-95% of our TV off of our DVR, which seems fairly remarkable.\u00a0 So what is it I'm watching these days? 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