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Torchwood

think the Americanized ‘Torchwood’ sucks? brace for more

Mon, Aug 08, 2011
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Miracle Day might be awful, but as with lots of other awful television, people are watching it. So prepare yourself for more terrible TV produced as joint Starz-BBC projects…

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Torchwood: Miracle Day: Episode 4: “Escape to LA” (review)

Fri, Aug 05, 2011
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So many dull yet dreary questions raised by this episode! But perhaps the most pressing one is this: Is Esther the dumbest CIA agent ever?

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Torchwood: Miracle Day: Episode 3: “Dead of Night” (review)

Fri, Jul 29, 2011
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Thank you, Torchwood, for sucking so much I can’t even enjoy naked John Barrowman.

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question of the day: What are the makings of a great science fiction hero?

Fri, Jul 29, 2011
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SFX magazine recently conducted a poll to determine the Top 10 Sci-fi Icons Of All Time, and the just-published results are a tad surprising…

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Torchwood: Miracle Day: Episode 2: “Rendition” (review)

Wed, Jul 20, 2011
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I’m struggling here to have some fun with “Miracle Day.” Because otherwise I’d be crying.

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Torchwood: Miracle Day: Episode 1: “The New World” (review)

Thu, Jul 14, 2011
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No spoilers here, if you’re in the U.K. and you’ve been good and won’t see this episode till tonight, when it finally airs on BBC One. There are no spoilers because there’s pretty much no way to spoil this episode: it’s all setup… all the setup we’ve already heard about.

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oh noes! ‘Torchwood’ makes you think!

Thu, Jul 07, 2011
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It’s doomed. God forbid anyone be asked to think… and on a Friday night! Horrors.

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: reasons to hope for ‘Torchwood’: “Miracle Day”

Wed, Jun 29, 2011
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Yesterday I ran down the bad news about Torchwood: “Miracle Day.” But there are good reasons to look forward to it, too…

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‘Doctor Who’ thing of the day: in which we see the violence inherent in the system (re ‘Torchwood’: “Miracle Day”)

Tue, Jun 28, 2011
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There’s a lot of disturbing news about Torchwood: “Miracle Day” in recent days, and all of it is connected to the fact that this season, the show is a joint production with an American network.

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question of the day: Does American TV portray gays and lesbians better than British TV does?

Wed, Jun 01, 2011
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Not only should I not worry about how Torchwood: Miracle Day copes with Captain Jack’s sexuality, showrunner Russell T. Davies believes American TV has teh gay better than British TV…

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