Torchwood - Children of Earth... it's all over!

So here's a bit of a look-back & review...

Episode 1...

 

Absolutely f*****g EXCELLENT... AWESOME BEYOND BELIEF!!! 

We do know how to make great TV here in Wales!!! Torchwood - 

the BEST EVER EPISODE BY FAR... I just can't wait until tomorrow

for Episode 2!!!

Already totally excited about Torchwood tonight, but worried 

sick about Jack, who I don't want to end up as some living

head on a machine or worse. Seems a bit grim.

I'm assured that Captain Jack does not end up as a living head

in a bowl of chemicals - and that he does appear in the rest 

of the series. UPDATE: Chris Chibnall & the BBC 'delighted' with

Monday's viewing figures - 5.9 million, excluding repeats this week

on BBC2 & 3. Awesome news, addding significantly to the argument

for more TW beyond the current mini-series!

Ready for Day 2...

NEWS: I asked Chris Chibnall (TW writer) if he was happy with last 

night's viewing figures: "It's a *great* number, (5.9m) esp in summer & "genre". Other new BBC1 dramas getting c. 4-5m. I bet the team are

ecstatic!" Will there be any more Torchwood? "I'd *guess*: too early

to say. Takes 'em a long time to decide, once whole week's figures are in. Need lots of patience..."

Day 2...

I was told by a Torchwood insider that tonight's show 

would be 'even better' than Monday's masterpiece. I didn't believe 

him - as Monday was indescribably awesome. 

Tonight - F****NG EXCELLENT!! What a show - unbelievable... 

I don't have the language to convey my thoughts adequately!! 

Amazing!

Torchwood **UPDATE** Last night's explosive episode was 

watched by 5.6 million people, making it the most watched

program on Tuesday evening - an amazing success for the 

TW team. Tonight's show promises to be even more exciting

still, with high-octane action and the arrival of 'them'! 

Can't wait - it's gonna be AWESOME!... 

Bloody fantastic... the dog's b*****ks! Phew!

Going into exile mode... hot choc made & ready to drink... 

lights low... HDTV on... Surround sound switched on & bass 

boosted... phones off... door locked! Must be time for 

TORCHWOOD! Watch out for a THRILLING show - and a 

SPECTACULAR, high-thrills, cliff-hanging ending!! Enjoy! 

(TW-CF OUT!!)

Day 3...

Yet another AWESOME episode of Torchwood tonight - not 

as explosive as Monday & Tuesday's offering, but terrifyingly

cold, tense and shockingly unexpected! Turns out that Jack 

may be the key to all of this - and those creatured look pretty

bloody hideous too. Hate the projectile

vomit!!

**UPDATE: 5.9m watched TW this shlow!!** Penultimate

TW tonite: can't wait - it's gonna be AWESOME!!

QUOTE from a TW writer / producer: "I think tonight's is

my favorite episode of Torchwood Children of Earth - 

one scene in particular I've watched over & over again!" 

Well, what more can I add to that!!! So much looking

forward to the show - but feeling a bit ropey with a fever...

Day 4...

Terrible, terrible show. Ianto is dead - the future of the 

world is totally bleak & I'm crying like a baboon after 

Torchwood tonight. So deep, dark & depressing. Totally 

chilling and very frightening. The air of menace was palpable - 

and I can't see a way out. The look on Jack's face when 

Ianto died just set me off. 10/10 for the show - the best

I've ever seen, but so, so bleak.. ... Tissues!

Now I've stopped howling... TW tonight was, without bias,

the BEST TV show I've ever, ever seen. The depth, the 

quality of writing & production really was at the pinnacle 

of excellence, & far ahead of what many of us expected

from our favorite TV show. The mood was black - and bleak,

hopeless perhaps, and evil without precedent, and I was left

genuinely gutted and shocked by the outcome. Great, but sad

TV from Wales.

Spoke to TW: My usual sources are totally tight lipped - 

not even air is escaping. Can't believe CF Bay is destroyed

& Ianto dead: convinced there'll be a major turnaround 

somehow. The Doctor comes back? The Rift has some

'hiccup' & the past is restored? Jack pulls a flanker? 

Another species of aliens help? We'll find out tonight - 

but what suspense!

Torchwood's over. Awesome TV and an absolutely

fantastic show, but very, very depressing - what Jack

did to his grandson & daughter beggars belief, and the

cold finality of the last scenes were not what I wanted

- or expected. I don't expect to see it back - that was

too final, and it looks as though ratings of 6M plus 

stand for nothing.

Still cooling down & crawling out of my depressive 

pit after the end of Day 5. A total masterpiece, 

genuine 9.5/10 quality TV, with fantastic action, 

story and overall plot. Menace was massive and 

tension & stress was present thru'out. Only the 

lack of cheer lost it a 10: I was left genuinely 

numb as the credits rolled. As for the future - 

I'm not sure if RTD will do it again. Time will tell!

Am I right? Am I just too depressive & too emo?? 

Is Torchwood genuinely dead in the water - or will it

be back?

Well, time will tell... I'll post if I hear anything!