So apparently there’s this show called Torchwood. Have you heard of it? Yeah, no one told me about it either. I had to discover it all on my own. And by “all on my own” I mean “anytime I mentioned anything — regardless of its relationship to television and/or science fiction — my dancing monkeys in the comment section managed to steer the conversation towards Torchwood and yelled at me for not watching it until they just couldn’t stand it anymore and the original dancing monkey himself John (who will henceforth be referred to as the bearer of all good things) sent me a copy of the first season”:
Wasn’t that awesome of him?! And nice handwriting, right? Anyway, it’s now one of my very favorite shows and I devoured the first three episodes in a single sitting. It’s fantastic! It’s geeky like Star Trek, but… like… how can I put this delicately? THEY HAVE SEX! And make out! A lot! Guys and girls! Guys and guys! Girls and girls! Seriously! It’s like they combined two of my favorite things! Science fiction and living vicariously through other people’s sex lives!
And when they’re not making out or saying cleverly sexual things like that time they were investigating the death of a guy who died right after sex with an alien that fed on male orgasms (seriously!) and Captain Jack said “Looks like he came and went.” there are some really great stories, with an emotional impact and connection to the characters that I was feeling after just three episodes!
Thanks again to John, the bearer of all good things, for sending it to me! Oh fine, and thanks to Polt, Tam, Dave S, digkv, Bernd, Ryan R, Chris, another Chris, Mark, Lance, Dee Loralei, ExAstrisScientia, Jum, Lunzie, Crunchy Carpets, Sven, and Scott for recommending it!
I believe the existence of Torchwood is not a secret, but their exact nature is. The other cops in Cardiff seem to think they’re a special investigative team of sorts, but are unaware of their actual purpose.
Ryan R.: I think Sarah Jane is split since it is directed toward younger viewers. I don’t mind it too much as it makes it quicker to watch.
Nic…Enric…..whateveritisthismoment: DJ was only 1 mistake. The second season faltered in a number of areas. But still, you have me convinced. I’ll start catching up with Ugly Betty tonight.
Yay! Mission accomplished. Now if only Craig would force his mother to watch too….
FDot: I wait for both parts to come out, so I have two weeks between viewings.
I just receives Torchwood via Netflix – how timely! Now I can join the monkey conga line.
Oh yay Michelle. Clapping coming from up north. Damn, everyone will be a convert soon.
Join us for worship at the Cardiff Church of Our Gentleman of Mysterious Sorrow. Times for Mass varies depending upon how the spirit moves.
Free parking in the rear for those named Ianto or Jack.
Dave S.: In some countries, you could be shot for making a statement like that.
I think Torchwood is like a CSI thing or special OPS or what have you. Everyone knows about it, hardly anyone knows exactly what they do. And yeah, I think that changes as the series progresses, which it would. I mean, you couldn’t have all these crazy things going on in cardiff and NOT have anyone notice.
Unless they put that amnesia stuff in the water supply…
I rode through Cardiff once, back in 1995. Don’t remember much about it, cause the other three people in the car, all English, were continually mocking me for the way i said Cardiff. (It’s CAH-diff, not CARD-iff).
HUGS…
Dave S.: more like free parking the rear OF Jack for Ianto, or vice versa….
Oh STOP….Like I was the ONLY one thinking it! Puh-Lease!
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LOL Good one Polt.
I should really blow off London in Feb and go to Cah-diff just so I can go to that place by the water where they film it. Kind of a Torchwood pilgimage.
You’re so creative today Dave. Finally a church I’d go to.
Polt: Your a smart boy — that’s exactly what I was getting at.
john: Cardiff no-doubt being one of those places!
I’m sorry — CAHdiff. It’s CAHdiff, DAHling.
Hmm. In my search for CAHdiff landmarks related to Torchwood, I found this. The Torchwood drinking game:
1. Every time there’s an unnecessary aerial shot of Cardiff, take a drink.
2. Every time Jack refuses to reveal any background information, take a drink.
3. Every time there’s some sex and/or violence that’s been seemingly randomly added on, take a drink.
4. Every time you look at Owen and think “his face looks a bit odd”, take a drink.
5. Whenever there’s some bisexuality, take a drink.
6. Whenever Gwen thinks she’s not good enough to be in Torchwood, take a drink.
Tam: “Every time you look at Owen and think “his face looks a bit oddâ€, take a drink.”
There are times when I look at him and think he’s great looking, and then other times he’s looks positively skeletal. Not kicking him out of bed though.
7. Every time someone mentions Torchwood in the Puntabulous comments section, take a drink.
Except for Enricearoni.
LOL Good one Michelle. Actually if you go to the blog I got it from there are tons of really funny ones in the comments. One is drink a whole case when Jack shags a Weevil.
http://www.mattdeegan.com/2006/10/30/torchwood-drinking-game/
Tam: Hilarious!
And Owen looks like a frog.
Tam: I wouldn’t blow off London, cause it’s really cool….but a day trip to CAHdiff wouldn’t be out of the question. And I love the drinking game. Although, Michelle M.: I fear if THAT were part of it, everyone would be terribly drunk before ten o’clock in the morning. Each and every morning.
HUGS…
Dave S.: Owen does NOT look like a frog. oh, he’s not terribly attractive mind you, but not a frog. And, yeah, I can’t come up with a better comparison than a frog, but still, not a frog.
Would be nice to have that alien spray thingee he had in like the first episode. Ooooo, the things (and the people) I could do with that….
So, now that I’ve got ALL in the world of Puntabulous watching Torchwood, should I now shift my focus to Skins?
HUGS…
8. Whenever Tosh is a superfluous character, take a drink.
9. Every time someone looks longingly out a window, take a drink.
10. Every time you think to yourself “I wonder what the pterodactyl from the first episode is up to?”
Craig: you see him every-so-often. Or rather, *it*. Of course, that would imply asexuality, which may also not be entirely accurate (who wants to get that close to it?). So I guess it could be a she. Or she could be a she. Or a he.
I’m sorry, what were talking about…?
Owen looks like a muppet. Its the mouth that looks like a slit with no lips to speak of. Very muppet like. But he looks kind of hot and brooding in the pic at the top of this post.
Craig: You could do better than Owen, but that isn’t saying much. I never understood the appeal. Ianto and Jack, sure. Hell, I’d let Jack take me to dinner, but Owen, no.
The pterodactyl does come back and if it is a he or a she or both, it would certainly fit into the story line well enough.
Thanks John! I’d go for Ianto, but I’m sure he’d already be rotisseried by Polt and Dave S by the time I got to him.
Im not sure Dave S. would be interested in any kind of rotissering of Ianto, but as for me, well, I’ll take him any way i can get him.
HUGS…
Craig: That was a mental image I *so* didn’t need. I’ll never watch Torchwood the same way again. Rotisseried, gah!
Polt: I don’t know, there is something a little amphibian, if not reptilian about Owen.
Rotisseried? Damn, I’m learning something new everyday.
Polt: Borrow the spray Owen was using in the first episode and Dave S. would be up for it.
Eh…Owen is a bit too skeevy for me and Ianto is spoken for. I’d be quite happy with PC Andy. I just wish he’d show up in more episodes.
FDot: I’m wondering if Andy will show up more in Season 3.
Tam: As someone who’s also seen the entire 1st and 2nd season, I too, wonder if he will…and we know why!
Now, now Bill, don’t be teasing the others.
Tam: My fingers are crossed, but Season 3 is so short, there can’t be enough Andy to keep me happy.
Dave s.: How can you think Tosh is a superfluous character?!! She’s my favorite character! Sure all she does is read the computer and does very little field work which makes you wonder why they just don’t automize the computer system or something but I’m sure she does some stuff that’s usefull. Like who’s going to lust after Owen if she’s not there, I mean seriously, no one is. See she has some sort of niche.
EnRicolaAllNaturalCoughDrop: Haha sorry to disappoint you but I’m not teaching a class, but I do believe we’re the same age. I’m a sophomore in college right now. See you don’t have to feel old, you just can’t feel as young.
digkv: EnRicolaAllNaturalCoughDrop – awesome.
Craig – we can send you stuff! Cool. How?
Seriously digkv? She’s your fave? Tosh annoys me to no end. Sure she’s kind of cute and sure she lusts after Owen (but Gwen shagged him) but she’s such a freaking door mat. Stand up for yourself girl. Don’t put up with Owen’s crap, maybe he’d like you then. She really needs a spine. I think she has no social skills. She always seems completely ill at ease and everyone looks at her like she’s weird.
Michelle M: Of course you can send me stuff!
Michelle M.: Thank you haha I spent a bit of time trying to come up with that one.
Tam: Ha yea but I’m one of those people who like the unlikeable characters I guess. She does piss me off sometimes at how she lets Owen treat her badly but there’s a naivety and innocence about her that I find endearing. Also, I like weird awkward characters that don’t really feel like they fit in, and her background story is very sad. Maybe I like her because I don’t really like Owen, I find him to be whiny and arrogant and how the hell does he get so many women when he’s mildly attractive at best.
Craig: OMG rotisseried? I just urbandictionaried that word up and wow haha. I thought this was a clean, family blog! Your non-porn watching self sure knows a lot of these dirty terms. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=rotisserie and also on a note: WATCH DR. HORRIBLE haha, give your Torchwood a pause and watch a Joss Whedon musical. Torchwood doesn’t mind, it’s only 2 seasons.
Digkv: I think its that whole “girls are attracted to the boys that treat them like crap” syndrome. And maybe he’s got “talents” that were never revealed. Perhaps he can give Craig a run for his money in the endowment department.
You just never know.
digkv: I’ll get to it. I promise! Perhaps this weekend.
Tam: LOL. As if!
Okay, is it bad that I DIDN’T have to use urbandictionary to know what rotisseried meant even though I’d never heard of it before? That means I’m a perv doesn’t it? Ack!
Craig: haha yay! I’m happy now! Awesome, I do hope you enjoy it Craig.
Tam: Haha hmm I don’t think that Owen is as tall as Craig so I’m thinking Craig might have him beat. Now that I think about it, I’m sure Tosh has that sort of disorder, she probably gets some strange pleasure from being ignored and mistreated.
Tam (again): You’re probably just more imaginative than me haha. I mean the definition is no big surprise I just really wasn’t expecting the word rotisserie to have such a dirty meaning or something haha. I guess food terms always have a second, sexual definition.
Craig: I finally got around to watching In Her Shoes based on your recommendation. I liked it.
Digkv: Well, you’re young. Once you’re as old and decrepit as I am you tend to look at everything in a “different” way. LOL
Ryan R: Great! I’m glad you liked it!