First Impressions- Torchwood
August 14th 2007 23:04
I watched ‘Torchwood’ last night, the spin-off to ‘Doctor Who’. It hasn’t quite grabbed me just yet, but I’ll stick around and keep watching for a few episodes before I make my mind up. The new version of ‘Dr Who’ got my attention straight away. From the moment Christopher Eccleston’s Ninth Doctor said ‘Hi Rose’ I knew this show would be a regular on my viewing schedule. The Tenth Doctor, David Tennant is great, too. I didn’t think I’d like him, but he proved me wrong.
The production values and special effects have improved significantly in the new Who, but the acting remains as refreshingly B grade as it ever was. Doctor Who always boasted cheap sets, scantily clad bimbos, model-on-a-string special FX , acting on par with a high school eistedfodd (and I’ve seen my fair share of cringeworthy eistedfodd’s!) ; but it was all part of the charm. The storylines were often very good, despite the low budget production quality.
A lot of modern SF programmes rely too heavily on special FX , and not enough on story. Not all, obviously. Firefly is very good (though short-lived) and the new version of Battlestar Galactica is showing promise (I’ve only seen up to the first season on Foxtel’s Sci fi Channel). I find myself often going back to the classics (old Doctor Who, the original Star Trek, Blakes Seven) for a sci-fi fix.
So, Torchwood is worthy of a second try, I think. It might improve as it goes on. I wasn’t quite sure how Captain Jack Harkness survived the end of nu-Doctor Who Season 1 (when he was vaporised during the Dalek invasion), so he could appear in the spin off, but it will probably be explained later on.
The production values and special effects have improved significantly in the new Who, but the acting remains as refreshingly B grade as it ever was. Doctor Who always boasted cheap sets, scantily clad bimbos, model-on-a-string special FX , acting on par with a high school eistedfodd (and I’ve seen my fair share of cringeworthy eistedfodd’s!) ; but it was all part of the charm. The storylines were often very good, despite the low budget production quality.
A lot of modern SF programmes rely too heavily on special FX , and not enough on story. Not all, obviously. Firefly is very good (though short-lived) and the new version of Battlestar Galactica is showing promise (I’ve only seen up to the first season on Foxtel’s Sci fi Channel). I find myself often going back to the classics (old Doctor Who, the original Star Trek, Blakes Seven) for a sci-fi fix.
So, Torchwood is worthy of a second try, I think. It might improve as it goes on. I wasn’t quite sure how Captain Jack Harkness survived the end of nu-Doctor Who Season 1 (when he was vaporised during the Dalek invasion), so he could appear in the spin off, but it will probably be explained later on.
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Comment by AdamW
I like the new Who, though.
Adam