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DVD : Torchwood: Complete BBC Series 1 Box Set [2006]
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Rating: 
- Don't buy it just 'cos you like Dr Who!
Being immensely impressed with the new Dr Who, I was naturally intrigued by a spin-off from the same team. I shouldn't have bothered. What a load of old tut. There's every cliché in the book, right from the opening credits with the line of serious people walking ever-so-determinedly in slow motion towards the camera.
I sat through 4 or 5 episodes, of which only one was amusing (the nymphomaniac) then stuck the lot back in its box and returned it for a refund. (Which Amazon promptly paid, so I'm not complaining!)
Rating:
- Torchwood! Go on treat yourself to something different.
Some of you when you hear that it has been made and produced by the Dr Who lot may be expecting a sort of Dr Who-esque style sci-fi with more adult references. Torchwood is so much more than you average sci-fi genre programme. It has very new and innovative stories. An excellent cast and deeply embedded character profiles which all are shown throughout the series.It aims to add a human and deeply reflective response to situations when the occur. Sometimes the explicit adult sequences that happen may at the times appear a bit too much and over the top, but nonetheless it makes for interesting viewing. I would defintely recommend Tourchwood to you all. It is a quite refreshing programme disimillar from you typical American sci-fi shows and I think you will enjoy it. It has the charm of Dr Who but is shown through a manner fit for its adult viewers.
Rating: - Odyssey
I just have to say I love the Torchwood series. Captain Jack and Gwen Cooper are the two that catch my interest. The show has me asking are they going to do it or aren't they lol. But I have 1 questions is the Uk version of the Show Dvd Different than the US version?
Rating:
- Awful Writing, Bad Acting, Big Disappointments
Like other Dr. Who fans I had high hopes for Torchwood, and it is fertile ground for a sci-fi series. However, the first series rarely delivers during its run of thirteen episodes. Other than the main character of Captain Jack, any other of the actors could have easily been replaced with a chunk of wood and the show would have been much improved.
The real fault for this painful to watch show lies with the production team, who didn't seem to make any right choices when developing this series. I found particular fault with their decision to make the Torchwood team a bunch bickering, self-obsessed, petty individuals who couldn't work together or stay focused on the investigation at hand in any of the episodes. In most of the story lines Torchwood are their own worst enemy more than any of the external threats they are trying to deal with. Torchwood watches more like a daytime soap with creatures than a sci-fi show, and a poorly written soap at that.
Rating: - Avoid like Plague
Steer away from this really third class spin-off. It's waste of time and money. It's badly done, terrible actors, some really bad special effects, very thin plot, and above all what happened to the humour? It's a lame attempt to generate some extra cash using a well established name of Dr. Who. Script and dialogues are so very flat and boring that it makes even the dullest of the new Dr. Who series episodes look far more interesting.
- Don't buy it just 'cos you like Dr Who!Being immensely impressed with the new Dr Who, I was naturally intrigued by a spin-off from the same team. I shouldn't have bothered. What a load of old tut. There's every cliché in the book, right from the opening credits with the line of serious people walking ever-so-determinedly in slow motion towards the camera.
I sat through 4 or 5 episodes, of which only one was amusing (the nymphomaniac) then stuck the lot back in its box and returned it for a refund. (Which Amazon promptly paid, so I'm not complaining!)
Rating:
- Torchwood! Go on treat yourself to something different.Some of you when you hear that it has been made and produced by the Dr Who lot may be expecting a sort of Dr Who-esque style sci-fi with more adult references. Torchwood is so much more than you average sci-fi genre programme. It has very new and innovative stories. An excellent cast and deeply embedded character profiles which all are shown throughout the series.It aims to add a human and deeply reflective response to situations when the occur. Sometimes the explicit adult sequences that happen may at the times appear a bit too much and over the top, but nonetheless it makes for interesting viewing. I would defintely recommend Tourchwood to you all. It is a quite refreshing programme disimillar from you typical American sci-fi shows and I think you will enjoy it. It has the charm of Dr Who but is shown through a manner fit for its adult viewers.
Rating:
- OdysseyI just have to say I love the Torchwood series. Captain Jack and Gwen Cooper are the two that catch my interest. The show has me asking are they going to do it or aren't they lol. But I have 1 questions is the Uk version of the Show Dvd Different than the US version?
Rating:
- Awful Writing, Bad Acting, Big DisappointmentsLike other Dr. Who fans I had high hopes for Torchwood, and it is fertile ground for a sci-fi series. However, the first series rarely delivers during its run of thirteen episodes. Other than the main character of Captain Jack, any other of the actors could have easily been replaced with a chunk of wood and the show would have been much improved.
The real fault for this painful to watch show lies with the production team, who didn't seem to make any right choices when developing this series. I found particular fault with their decision to make the Torchwood team a bunch bickering, self-obsessed, petty individuals who couldn't work together or stay focused on the investigation at hand in any of the episodes. In most of the story lines Torchwood are their own worst enemy more than any of the external threats they are trying to deal with. Torchwood watches more like a daytime soap with creatures than a sci-fi show, and a poorly written soap at that.
Rating:
- Avoid like PlagueSteer away from this really third class spin-off. It's waste of time and money. It's badly done, terrible actors, some really bad special effects, very thin plot, and above all what happened to the humour? It's a lame attempt to generate some extra cash using a well established name of Dr. Who. Script and dialogues are so very flat and boring that it makes even the dullest of the new Dr. Who series episodes look far more interesting.