"Torchwood: Children of the Earth" comes west

I've been hooked on Torchwood since season one and this five-ep special is *awesome*.

It manages to combine comedy, sci-fi and some truly upsetting moral dilemmas, and Gwen Cooper is a hottie.

Y'all are in for a treat.

I've been looking forward to this for so long.  I haven't stopped watching Torchwood since I saw it on day one. So glad they decided to make the spin off of Doctor Who.

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... And for those familiar with the UK Bad Girls series: that's where you recognize Liz May Brice from.

Enjoy!

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"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind." (Dr. Seuss)

WOW!!!!! For anyone who has never seen Torchwood before, this is a great way to be introduced to it. For those of us who are old fans, we are finding out lots of new information about the team and we are introduced to a prospective new member. (She's lovely) There are bombs exploding, children under the control of aliens, a female anti terrorist who wants Torchwood destroyed and a naked Jack. And this is all in the first two episodes.

I have seen the whole series and I'm not saying anything other than you REALLY don't want to miss this. 

Enjoy!!!

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Never been a fan of Gwen, but this season she was AMAZING

Jack, honest to god, incredible.

Ianto, i adore Ianto. Some of his lines were hilarious. Picking aliens things out of dead people aint that special but look, HE BROUGHT HIS OWN TUPPERWARE! XD

i couldn't decide who i liked more out of the new characters. Lois continues the Doctor Who tradition that Temps are pretty much the un-known heroes of the world. But Ianto's brother-in-law stole it for me. Brass, abrasive, borderline offensive, he is the epitany of the modern council estate British man. Yet, he is also capable, reliable and of some moral standing.

This season is great and also a total head-f*ck. If you ain't seen it yet you're in for an insane time.

Day 5 is/was on youtube. Some of it was pretty disturbing, but from what I've seen of Torchwood, it has always been darker than Dr. Who.

I'll definately be watching either way. Jack is one of my favorite characters in the Dr. Who franchise.

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Watced this when it was on BBC and it's brilliant! It get's darker as the days go on and I found day 5 a bit upsetting but it's very very creepy-you must watch!!

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Torchwood CoE = BEST PIECE OF TELEVISON EVER!!!

And Gwen totally owned every episode, she was amazing.

I have only ever been a casual fan of Torchwood - hated Owen, Tosh was dull. However, this 5 part series was just superb. Some of the best TV drama, never mind sci fi, in ages. This is also a great place to start if you haven't watched the series before as it is really a fantastic, fast paced political alien thriller! Some of the more fervent fans were upset at the death of some characters, but for me, the whole mini series was just brilliant tv (although the last 10 mins were a slight letdown)

USA viewers, watch this, you are in for a treat!

I have been in love with Torchwood since the beginning and I can't wait for this new season. Eve and Liz on-screen together will surely spin a fan fiction or two. However, I'm sad to return to a show with out Tosh and Owen. I'd always hoped those two would find their way into one another's arms. So sad it didn't work out that way.

I think this season will prove to be one of many surprises.

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i absolutely LOVE torchwood whenever i see it - i'm not much of a tv watcher so i only get round to seeing any programmes on bbc iplayer or elsewhere on the internet. but anyway, this is an epic mini series. it's also a really mean thing to do to me - only five episodes?? although, thinking about it, i'm not sure if i could take any more intensity and brilliance on either an emotional or psychological level.

to all gwen detractors - i think she's gorgeous and sweet, personally, and in this episode her character is really set free and, to be clichéd, shows what she's made of. an aside, does anyone remember her brief, cruelly cut short by extraterrestrial fuel needs, makeout with that hot girl possessed by said extraterrestrial? hot. and she already had me at her first "what's occurin'?" - the cutest welsh version of your american "what's up?"

and to MsWoo, isn't she just?? (although her breasts look "factually inaccurate" (and possibly dangerous) in terms of her role as HRH Princess Margaret).

I have to say...die hard Torchwooder!! I have the first and second series on DVD and have been reading the Children of Earth info on Afterelton like a manic. I mean, you havn'e read a review untill you've read their Torchwood reviews.

I liked Gwen most of the time, though less when she tried to be in Jacks pants. She and Rhys are cute...and Ianto looks much better in Jacks pants anyway. Gwen is at her best, like Ianto, when she kicks ass. Therefore, CoE wins...though will the fans keep tuning in after the death of a nearest and dearest? I have to say I hope they do, but I think they have every right to be angry when they see the way CoE gos. I was; RTD is going to have to pull a rabbit out of a hat to make it run for 6 series, like he hoped.

another cruel death adside, though, Torchwood just gets better and better!!!!!

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PS: Doctor Who/Torchwood girls are hot!!!!

Children of the Earth was so brilliant. The best series of Torchwood to date. The writing was fantastic and the acting was brilliant. I also now have a crush on Cush Jumbo. I hope they bring her into series 4! Her character, Lois, was incredible. A really gutsy girl. BBC, I love you for making such a fantastic series!

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LOVE TORCHWOOD!!!

i have a thing for bbc america shows. :) 

These were the best episodes of Torchwood yet. And Eve Myles was BLOODY FANTASTIC! :)

I just hope this isn't the end of the show :(

The miniseries was phenomenal.  But there's more Torchwood out there.  A little while ago, they did 4 Torchwood radio plays, starring the same actors.  I listened to the first one, Lost Souls, last night, and it was amazing.  Like watching an episode of the show.  And they dealt a lot with Owen and Tosh being gone.

The other three are called Asylum, Golden Age, and The Dead Line.  I'm guessing they also provide a bit of a bridge between seasons.  If you get a chance to listen to them, you should.

Yes yes yes!

I can not. Wait. For. This.

I really hope ABC or something picks this up.

Ahh, I love Eve Myles! She's just absolutely gorgeous :)  

Seriously amazing show like! This season is just unreal, really reaaly tense and scary, better than a lot of high budget movies that are released in the cinema like. I love how it's set in Wales too, and I love the Welsh characters Ianto and Gwen.."What's occurring?!" haha, classic!

WOOOO!

I cried more than once at this series..

But then again I cry everytie I watch Watership Down yet I HATE rabbits.

Funny that.

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This really was an excellet series! I did get frustrated (and really upset) by the ending, but it takes great tv to make you care that much. But, yes: i cried a lot, laughed a lot, and then cried again for good measure.

Even if you're not traditionally a 'torchwooder', watch this series: its on a whole different level to series 1 & 2 (which I admittedly did love): its darker, hotter(!) and scarier. Enjoy!

MsWoo is SO right - Stephen's mum is the hottest...  you folks are in for a right treat this week - enjoy!

I'm a huge fan of Torchwood, and I play avidly in that fandom.  However, especially towards the end (and NOT just because of "the event" in part 4), I felt that this was poorly written.  Not as a story itself, because it was exciting and dangerous and all of that, but as a fan of the characters, I felt alienated by some of the decisions that they were making.  I don't like rooting against my favs, which is definitely what I was doing at the end, nor do I appreciate what appeared to me to be some radically out of characterness.

Best thing to come out of this was Johnson, though.  I'm rooting for her to come back.  She and Alice had my femslashdar pinging in there.  And Gwen, hoorah!  I was among those that found her to be, well, rather a slutbag (not simply because she was sleeping around, but because she was being unfair to Rhys) in the first series, but she grew on me in the second, especially post-wedding, and now I'm definitely on Team Cooper.

I just moved, and my new house doesn't have cable. Now I can usually live with this, since I don't watch TV, but Torchwood is practically my lifeblood! For months I have scoured the internet for any mention of season 3. I've been counting the days, even the hours! And now I have to wait until if comes out of DVD!

My god, I need to get a life...