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Theta Sigma said:The latest news and developments on the spin-off series.
http://www.torchwoodtv.blogspot.com./
"First things first, this breaking news item was originally posted on www.bbc.co.uk/news but the item mysteriously vanished after a couple of hours or so (Torchwood operatives are obviously wanting to keep this one secret for a while!), but alas, we Woodies cannot be silenced. This move though does question the honesty of the following story, but I believe it to be the truth, so without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, let me present Gwen, at long long last...Eve Myles!"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/02/24/29846.shtml
In the Doctor Who DVD boxset in the special feature The Adventures of Captain Jack, John Barrowman was interviewed about playing Jack and I assumed this was recorded before the announcement of Torchwood as it ended with him saying this:
"I would love if Captain Jack had his own series. I think that would be, for me personally, that would be awesome, that would be cool. But whether or not...it would have to be... It would have to be another kind of time dimension in parallel or what would be kind of cool. 'Cause then you could do all these, kind of specials where they meet, boom! And then they go off again. I'd love that. Yeah, I could see Captain Jack with his own... Yeah, I could see Captain Jack with his own TV show! Hell, yeah!"
Torchwood to debut in October says Russell T Davies as Outpost Gallifrey reports:
"In an interview for the US Sci-Fi Channel's Sci Fi Wire, executive producer Russell T Davies singled out both a start date for production on the spinoff series Torchwood as well as a likely date for transmission. "We start filming in May, and we should be on in this country [England] in October," Davies tells Ian Spelling. "So we'll have two shows running simultaneously, which will be fun." Says the article, "Davies, who will oversee Torchwood while maintaining his Doctor Who responsibilities during the filming of that show's second season, described Torchwood as a 13-part science fiction series for adults. (Torchwood is an anagram for Doctor Who.) 'Doctor Who airs in this country at 7 o'clock at night, so it gets the whole family watching,' Davies said. 'Torchwood is Earth-based. It takes one of the actors who was very popular from the first [season] of Doctor Who, who is called Captain Jack Harkness [John Barrowman]. He was in five episodes and was hugely successful as a companion to the Doctor [Christopher Eccleston].' Davies added: 'He's a bisexual con man. Hooray! We need more bisexual con men on our television screens, I think, don't you think? Bisexual con men from the 53rd century, what could be better? He was so enormously successful that we've created a spinoff for him.'""
CBC becomes co-production partner:
http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=4&article=29877
"BBC sci-fi thriller finds partner
MIP NEWS: The BBC's latest sci-fi thriller, Torchwood, has picked up CBC as a coproduction partner, it was announced in Cannes today.
The Canadian pubcaster, which is already a copro partner on series one and two of Doctor Who, has also agreed to partner a third season of the Timelord's adventures. Series two is due to air on CBC in fall 2006.
Sci-fi crime series Torchwood (13x50') is scripted by Doctor Who scribe Russell T Davies, and follows the adventures of a team of investigators, led by the enigmatic Captain Jack (John Barrowman), who use scavenged alien technology in the UK to solve alien and human crimes.
Torchwood and Doctor Who are both produced by BBC Wales for the BBC in association with CBC.
Gün Akyuz "
Torchwood Filming Next Week:
From Outpost Gallifrey-
"According to a brief comment by John Barrowman today's installment of ITV's "This Morning," which Barrowman has been filling in as guest host all week, Torchwood, the Doctor Who spinoff series he and Eve Myles will star in for the autumn, begins filming "next week". There is currently no official word from the production, but this is indication that the series will film during the off-time for Doctor Who (which starts filming its third series in July). Barrowman also noted that the series would be "more adult, more saucy and I drive around in a big vehicle," and he commented that his character would soon be an action figure: "Yes I am going to be an action figure! I proofed it last night and it should be on the shelves soon." (Thanks to Chuck Foster, Stuart Jackson)"
Very interesting indeed. Thanks TS.