Torchwood - The Complete First Season

Pros: Wicked good stories with the budget to make them come alive.

Cons: Sometimes a bit cheesy...but that's the way I like it.

The Bottom Line: This BBC series is bold and innovative, and loves testing the barriers. They take chances, but so far, none of them has fallen through. Watch it.

Review: Torchwood is a spin-off, and an anagram, of Doctor Who, the brilliant British SciFi series. Torchwood is a secret organization that exists 'apart from the Government, outside the police, and beyond the United Nations.' Their job is to protect the ...

Pros: great characters, good stories, intriguing new aliens, good continuity

Cons: more time spent on the characters than the aliens and other crisises

The Bottom Line:

I don't guarantee you'll like this if you like the new Doctor Who, but I suggest you check it out if you can handle the adult themes.

Review: Spun off from the wildly successful resurrection of the Doctor Who series. Torchwood is the name of the series as well as the name of the secret (or it seems, not-so-secret) agency of the British government first developed by ...

Pros: Lots of action! Interesting premise.

Cons: Lots of sex, same sex too. Expensive set.

The Bottom Line: Great Start! Twice as expensive as other sets.

Review: The second season of Doctor Who produced two spin off series: Torchwood and the Sarah Jane Chronicles. Torchwood is set in the doctor who universe, but it isn't a kid's show. It is called a "post watershed" show. The title role is Captain Jack ...

Pros: More John Barrowman, more Captain Jack backstory!

Cons: Unnecessary sex and swearing added simply to seem "adult".

The Bottom Line: A weak start to a series that has so much potential and yet manages to piss it all away.

Review: There's a little television show over in England called Doctor Who - perhaps you've heard of it? Well, the show is so popular that the BBC has done spin-offs - several, in fact. Doctor Who Confidential, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Totally Doctor ...

Pros: several excellent episodes, most of the time travel works, pretty good special effects

Cons: sensationalistic, many episodes dreadful, often goes for sex and violence over story

The Bottom Line: When Torchwood gets it right it can be brilliant. When it doesn't, it's dreadful. Be ready to wade through the muck and the mud to find the gems.

Review: I absolutely loved the character of Captain Jack Harkness in his Doctor Who appearances. Torchwood gives Jack his own show fighting evil aliens right here in present day Wales at the sight of the Time Rift created in Doctor Who. If ...