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# Torchwood: Season 1

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Product Description          Bonus Content:Commentary on Every Episode Deleted Scenes Outtakes Featurettes: Welcome to Torchwood Torchwood on the Scene Torchwood out of this World Torchwood: Sex, Violence, Blood and Gore Torchwood on the Road The Team and their Troubles Torchwood: Moments in the Making The Captain’s Log Torchwood On Time Torchwood Declassified, the entire series (14x13’) 5.1 Surround Sound]]>             .com          More than a spin-off of the Russell T. Davies incarnation of Doctor Who, the BBC series Torchwood is a wholly enjoyable blend of drama, science-fiction thrills, and mature subject matter that never fails to deliver its main purpose: to entertain on a weekly basis. John Barrowman, who captured the imagination of Who fans during the Christopher Eccleston and David Tennant eras as 51st-century adventurer Capt. Jack Harkness, returns as the dashing, immortal time traveler; here, he's the head of Torchwood, a covert organization that investigates extraterrestrial and supernatural events on Earth without the help of the British government or United Nations. Eve Myles is a police constable who joins the team after discovering them in the middle of bringing a stabbing victim back to life (in the debut episode, "Everything Changes"), and she brings a decidedly human touch to the Torchwood team's tech-driven investigations. Among the mysteries encountered over the course of the 13-episode series: an alien gas that absorbs humans during sex ("Day One"); a half-human, half-Cyberman female with a connection to Torchwood support man Ianto Jones (Gareth David-Lloyd) in "Cyberwoman"; a rash of cannibalistic murders ("Countrycide"); a very different kind of fairies than the ones of legend ("Small Worlds"); and most impressively of all, a skyscraper-sized demon that threatens to plunge the Torchwood team--and the world itself--into chaos ("End of Days," which features an off-screen cameo by a certain Time Lord). What separates Torchwood from the most modern television science fiction (save, say, Heroes and Battlestar Galactica) is the frankly adult tone of the series: The violence is plentiful and occasionally graphic, and there are frequent bedroom couplings between the team members and supporting players. There's also a maturity to the relationships that exceeds the usual scope of sci-fi, most notably in the affecting "Captain Jack Harkness," which sends him back to the London Blitz, where he meets and falls in love with a handsome American pilot who happens to share his name. Their love affair, like the majority of Torchwood's "grown-up" storylines, is handled with taste and real emotion. Extras on the First Series are remarkably plentiful; six of the seven discs include entirely new behind-the-scenes featurettes that explore the main characters and their major story arcs, location shooting, the impressive SUV that the team drives, and the show's extensive special effects and alien creations. Barrowman also contributes a very funny "Captain's Log," which invites viewers to join him on one of the final shooting days of the series. The entire seventh disc is given over to Torchwood Declassified, the 13-part program which explored each episode on BBC Three and the BBC's Torchwood website. Commentaries are offered for all 13 episodes, with Davies, Barrowman, Myles, Burn Gorman (who plays Torchwood's medical officer, Owen Harper), David-Lloyd, producers Richard Stokes and Julie Gardner, and various episode writers, directors, and producers all lending their voices. A small battery of deleted scenes and outtakes, as well as previews for DVD releases of other BBC programs, including Doctor Who and MI-5, round out this impressive set. --Paul GaitaStills from Torchwood (click for larger image)

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## Customer Reviews

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    Great show
  

*by R***Y on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on May 14, 2023*

I hate shows like Dr. Who, and any really British action, suspense or comedy film really. The only reason I got all the seasons of this TV Series is because the main character is gay! And, that's pretty unheard of either in Britain, and especially in Hollywood!However, the show really surprised me, the writing was tolerable to good, the direction was acceptable to good, but the acting and character development was surprisingly excellent, most of the time anyway. Although a few of the extra's were kind of bad.But, OMG, a gay main character! And, who didn't even try to hide it, just ingrained into the story!In any case, the story kept me entertained and watching. My final judgment is that this is truly a really really good TV Series!

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    Torchwood Season One--The Dark Reflection Of The Doctor
  

*by S***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 23, 2009*

Looked at in the whole of his work, Russell T. Davies used his run as executive producer of Doctor Who (2005-2008) to expand the universe surrounding the Time Lord.  Using the Doctor Who anthology as a jumping off point, Davies was able to build the premise that brought Elizabeth Sladen back into the Family of Time as a more mature Sarah Jane Smith...and through the first two series of Doctor Who, built the foundation that led to Torchwood; using "The Unquiet Dead" , "The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances" and "Bad Wolf/Parting Of The Ways" from Series One; then "Tooth And Claw" and "Army of Ghosts/Doomsday" for establishing the hows and whys for the Institute.  It's obvious that the BBC decided that that, in spinning off one of the characters from a reimaging of The Doctor, the one that HAD to be spun off was Jack Harkness.  As portrayed by John Barrowman, Captain Jack was too handsome, too tragically heroic, too charismatic...and too adventurous (Both in his work and his off hours) to NOT have a storyline built around him.  In many ways, Captain Jack is another vision of the Doctor; sort of an off-kilter reflection that one might see in a Hall of Mirrors.  Jack is immortal but wishes for death, a leader who demands his team follow his leadership yet keeps secrets of his past (Their future) from them...Barrowman has matured Jack from his introduction...SOME.  Certainly, he is a more severe and understanding human in Cardiff than he was during his time on the TARDIS...and this plays out over the 13 episodes.  Barrowman's equal in this series is the brilliant Eve Myles as the police constable turned Torchwood police liaison Gwen Cooper.  Cooper, a descendant of the housemaid Gwyneth from "The Unquiet Dead" (Something that was retconned in Series Four of Doctor Who), observes Torchwood reanimate a corpse in the series opener ("Everything Changes"), and begins a winding trail to--oddly enough--becoming somewhat of a "Companion" to Jack.  Myles is an oddly attractive woman--once she gets out of the PC uniform and into regular clothing, she has a wonderful body with that odd gap between the front of her upper teeth--which somehow makes her more human and appealing.  Gwen's adjustment to working at Torchwood--the sequence in "Ghost Machine" in which Jack teaches her how to user firearms--makes Gwen almost seem a natural for the unique mission of Torchwood.  The rest of the Torchwood team--the medical specialist Owen Harper (Given an angry, arrogant edge by Burn Gorman--at least until "Out Of Time"), the computer/systems specialist Toshiko Sato (Naoko Mori, played as a bit of a wallflower save "Greeks Bearing Gifts"; in which we find out she holds a torch for Owen) and the administrative specialist Ianto Jones (Gareth Lloyd-Davies, who never seems to have a hair out of place or his suit out of joint--well, except for "Cyberwoman" and "Countrycide") round out Torchwood Three.  Torchwood is a series that delves into the seamier side of Doctor Who's world.  The basic premise of the Torchwood Institute--a first line of defense on Earth against aliens (Aliens in this case defined as beings from other planets AND dimensions in time and space) allows for the issues that might inhabit any law-enforcement unit--relationships (How Gwen cannot tell her boyfriend, Rhys Williams, what she does...or as the season goes on, who she's sleeping with), the usage of what the team garners through the rift, and the potential for corruption from those items.  This is the theme of the first episode, in which the usage of one of the items...and it's corruptive, corrosive nature...leads to the death of one member of the team...and opens up the spot that Gwen fills.  From then on, the season veer wildly--aliens consuming bodies during sex, devices opening portals to the past, cannibals, fairies that aren't all sweet and nice, mind reading devices...oh yeah, and demons looking to consume all life.  Overall, Torchwood is a wonderfully different take on the Whoniverse.  It is at times sadder, a little more visceral, and definitely more intense.  Barrowman and Myles give the series a heft and weight that couldn't be displayed in Doctor Who.  But that weight and intensity is why Davies gave this series a run...and it works.  Highly recommended.

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    Dual review - Disks and Show
  

*by T***2 on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 9, 2020*

Disks:From the seller "Videoreef" (in case it may show different for  you) -These are from everything I can see Genuine and Authentic BBC productions and they are Region 1 disks (they work in the USA - they are hard to find).There was NO shipping damage to mine, they were WELL packed (Thanks!)The overall package is "mid grade" (not to the standards of the limited edition Star Wars on BR, but not as cheap as some of the really low budget TV show conversions either).  The box is thin cardboard, easy to blemish, and the folder inside is not too bad - but will wear fast.The disks (6 of them) are held in plastic retainers in a "book binding" type arraignment (unsure of how well that will wear with any real use).  The plastic trays use a type of molecular bonding material that require a sonic screw-driver to remove the disks; the sonic part does not work, you simply beat the plastic tab in the center until the disk falls out.Disks themselves are heavy (good quality) and have a well printed photo-op type shot on each one.Video Quality is top notch.  video bitrate is 16K (could be hardware limited), I have good hardware (but not super high end) and I have not seen a single artifact on the shows.  Audio is again top notch, not ATMOS (but it was not around then).Overall the media and show is well worth what I paid.The Show itself.The show is a spin-off, side show if you will; from Dr Who.  It is REALLY geared for adults and is less child friendly than its roots.  There is a lot of provocative (sexual)  type scenes; traditional and non-traditional and some 'risky' visuals (though it is no where near dancing with 'how much can we get away with') .  There are some very complicated relationships that transition throughout the series, IMHO it helps hold the show together.  The basis is a "Alien Police Force" kind of thing, with  a touch of "dangerous space trash" collection (the Cardiff Time-Rift).  While (my favorite new Dr) never shows up, there is a thread of that story line kept well alive in the show.With all that; the show is not so complicated as to lose viewers between episodes as they can stand alone (in most cases), there will be a few details that will be lost but not so much that you can't understand each as a stand alone story.  The Caveat with that is the last 2 seasons (only mentioned for posterity here) as they are multi-part movies.Overall the series is a perfect example of good British Science Fiction.  They are able to keep on the non-offensive side of same sex relationships, open mindedness with the equality of men and women (not to leave out non-traditional definitions there either) - - Without - - trying to go so far as to push some agenda (to become offensive) and destructive of the story-line.Its sad that shows like this don't last long enough (IMHO).

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