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Post by caroline on Oct 23, 2006 0:27:31 GMT 1
Hey, wasn't it great when they... just kidding, Stu.  (Thread to be continued in earnest when our beloved leader has viewed and digested.) In the interim, yay or nay, board dwellers? It's a hearty yay from us.... |
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Post by stuhuggett on Oct 23, 2006 7:32:18 GMT 1
I can wait 'til Wednesday!
Heard John Barrowman on Radio 1 the other day, referring to potential fans of Torchwood as "Woodies". Whatever could he mean..?
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Post by carrie forgot to sign in on Oct 23, 2006 7:40:39 GMT 1
wasn't it great when......it finished?
lordy.
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Post by caroline on Oct 23, 2006 13:29:51 GMT 1
You know your problem? You've got no sense of humour... ;D
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Post by carrie on Oct 23, 2006 17:54:16 GMT 1
i've been told that before,
so i beat tom into agreement in an attempt at credibility.
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Post by caroline on Oct 26, 2006 18:47:09 GMT 1
Why the silence on Torchwood, Mr Stu? Am finding it a little unsettling...  |
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Post by marcusjr on Oct 26, 2006 19:17:30 GMT 1
Hollyoaks In The City, Baywatch Nights, Torchwood ?
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Post by stuhuggett on Oct 28, 2006 13:25:52 GMT 1
'Cos I didn't see it 'til Thursday evening, and have been in London since then! Will post more later, but my favourite bit was definitely the pub fight to 'We Are The Pipettes'!
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Post by stuhuggett on Nov 9, 2006 13:31:44 GMT 1
Ooh, that was particularly grisly last night! How many shots of the dead surgeon did we need? Bloody tense though. Bit Metropolis, bit Bride Of Frankenstein.
Also:
1st episode - Always good to see someone you've been led to believe (cf: the Radio Times that week) will be a regular character, killed-off at the start.
2nd episode - 5 minutes of lesbian snogging, followed by "Oh no, you have to be a man!" Gratuitous! But I liked that they didn't make the teenage woman particularly glamorous or sexy (as in guff like 'Species')
3rd episode - Didn't make a hell of a lot of sense really: I wish they'd done more with the evacuee etc. Still, a bit ghostly.
Who's still watching it then? Next week looks John Wyndham -tastic.
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Post by stuhuggett on Nov 18, 2006 20:24:04 GMT 1
Ooh, scary fairies!
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Post by stuhuggett on Nov 23, 2006 8:40:19 GMT 1
Urgh, messy!
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Post by lee on Nov 23, 2006 17:29:59 GMT 1
Must admit I've not been completely won over by the show so far. Watch out for the Toby Whithouse episode (I think its 7) - very lovely man doing the new act comedy circuit in Brighton.
He told me writing lines for K9 was the hardest bit in Dr Who.
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Post by stuhuggett on Nov 23, 2006 19:31:27 GMT 1
"Negative", "Affirmative", bish-bash-bosh, five-grand, what's the problem?!
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Post by stuhuggett on Nov 30, 2006 13:19:46 GMT 1
Hmm, didn't seem like they were working with a complete script last night. I found it quite disappointing, but then I was watching it sober for a change. The only bit that made me jump was when the woman started speaking with a scary alien voice (that, incidentally, had disappeared as soon as she actually changed into an alien...)
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Post by caroline on Dec 6, 2006 13:45:12 GMT 1
Watched it last night, and it was goood. Unreservedly so. Like, Dr Who good. Woot!
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Post by stuhuggett on Dec 7, 2006 13:16:39 GMT 1
I agree, that was one of the cleverer ones they've done, with a whole lot of twists. Dunno if the plot would stand-up to too much scrutiny (the 'Pilgrim' stuff was a bit brushed-by), but it swept you along.
But what was the title of the episode, 'They Keep Killing Suzie'? That's a precis, not a title! Almost a Friends title, in fact.
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Post by stuhuggett on Dec 21, 2006 13:26:44 GMT 1
I was just about to ask if anyone videoed last week's episode (the car-crash/ghost one) 'cos I missed it when I was watching Dean at Le Pattie Cafe, but as soon as I started typing the sentence I realised I missed last night's as well (through going down Smugglers for Rumiko & the John...)
Bollocks, I was doing so well.
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Post by carrie on Jan 1, 2007 19:16:15 GMT 1
omg!!!!!!!!!! we (just tom and i, barney has gone home) watched the sarah jane adventures and it was so much better than torchwood. better script,acting,depth to characters, everything. and it wasn't toooo dumbed down for the kids, although the story did revolve around aliens in fizzy pop. but it was really good........and they managed to fit in the line '...if that's your mum then you need to go on jeremy kyle....' and everyone knows there's no beating a good jeremy kyle joke.
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Post by stuhuggett on Jan 2, 2007 13:42:52 GMT 1
Definate Sunny Delight/Smithkline-Beecham attack. Caroline detected misogyny on the writers' part, in Sarah-Jane's childlessness & the factory-owner being female, but I rather think this is missing the wood by looking at the trees.
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Post by stuhuggett on Jan 4, 2007 13:33:44 GMT 1
Torchwood finale then? Big 'Yay!' from me. First half, very Sapphire & Steel. Second half overdid the Captain Jack's resurrection bit, but that 500ft demon was great (even through a black&white snowstorm on my portable). Vworp-Vworp!
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Post by carrie on Jan 4, 2007 17:47:20 GMT 1
oh i forgot to watch it
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Post by lee on Jan 4, 2007 19:41:23 GMT 1
I thought they overdid everything. But I did think the old man was pretty scary....
None of it made very much sense - was it just everything pre riff opening that went back to normal? Why weren't the team affected?
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Post by stuhuggett on Jan 17, 2008 0:58:43 GMT 1
I'm not gonna read Caroline's other 'Torchwood' thread, as Carolyn says it contains spoilers (I was watching 'Help!' on BBC4 this evening instead). Maybe tomorrow!
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Post by caroline on Jan 17, 2008 11:45:11 GMT 1
I dispute the fact that it was a spoiler (which I would define as the revelation of some crucial plot point that 'spoils' the show for you, if you know it ahead of time...) - it was an observation regarding a nice (and incidental to the plot) touch. But I can't properly argue my case without 'spoiling' some more, so respond at your leisure, after you've watched it... |
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Post by carolyn on Jan 17, 2008 13:22:38 GMT 1
I think Stu sees any mention of things that happen on Doctor Who or related as Spoilers hence my advice for him to steer clear. We may well watch it tonight anyhow on the amazing IPlayer (I don't work for BBC - promise).
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Post by caroline on Jan 17, 2008 14:10:26 GMT 1
Eh...Michael agreed with the spoileryness of my observation, so I shall hush my mouth until everyone's up to speed...* (Stu- I couldn't find a Torchwood thread last night, hence starting a new one. Once you've seen it, and can safely expose yourself to my shocking revelation, could you transfer it to this one, or delete it, or summat, with your mod superpowers, please?) *except to observe that despite the fact that the man is sex on legs, James Marsters has an unfortunate helmety hairdo which appears to have followed him from 'Buffy' into this. But I can forgive him... |
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Post by stuhuggett on Jan 17, 2008 19:00:53 GMT 1
Suprisingly, there doesn't appear to be an Administrator option of merging threads on these boards, so I'll probably just leave it up, or lock it if you prefer.
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Post by stuhuggett on Jul 7, 2009 8:26:17 GMT 1
I'm not impressed by the Home Office's computer security in last night's Torchwood, but I do like their passwords.
What with the location of the psychiatric hospital, RTD must've been spending a lot of time in East Sussex recently (or that's just where his AA Road Atlas fell open in the script meeting).
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Post by stuhuggett on Jul 9, 2009 10:26:24 GMT 1
Liking the very Radiophonic noises the 4-5-6 are making in Torchwood - scary! "We Want A Pony"  |
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