Fox Will Be Developing a U.S. Version of Torchwood (The Dr Who Spin-off Show)

Totally a good thing!

Thanx @ JOSH/TEA!!

Holy JOSH really?? Damn is that dome thing actually in CARDIFF?

LANS @ It will man!

DOG @ All the DR WHO fans will! ; D

...if no one else, but looks like theres a big market for it, so i reckon it got a good chance of success!

"I really enjoyed the first two series' but the third one was pretty awful IMO! Still, this could be interesting...good find LEE! :)"

That's kinda funny.I've mostly heard that people disliked the first two series, yet thought the third one was a vast improvement.I personally liked all series.I don't think it would be a good idea for him to star in the new one, though.Isn't there going to be a new series of the British version?

Never seen Torchwood, cool concept though. You know us Americans, we always have to make something bigger!

Tea - LMAO! Wrong... but funny. I'm just worried they'll go for all action and dump the suspense and fantastic plots that make Torchwood what it really is! Plus - is mianstream America really ready to see an omin-sexual leading man? Think about it folks, Americans CLAIM to be progressive, but let's face it - the country was founded by PURITANS ('nuff said!)!

oh, and at least were not fcking SOCIALIST!!!!!!!!.... not yet anyway :)

Tea-will your girl let you take your penis out of her purse for that long? Don't forget we Americans make things quicker too, so be careful whatcha ask for

Necrosage - BBC America wanted it (it IS a British show after all). The BBC apparently didn't renew the license with SciFi and kept it for their American division. They DO carry both 'Doctor Who' and 'Torchwood'. If you don't have it, try YouTube. All of the shows are on there (if you don't mind watching them in 10 minute segments). You'll also be able to see any new ones (usually 24 hrs after they've been broadcast in the UK) as they come out - looooong before BBC America transmits them here in the States!

Enjoy!

logan@ peace brother.:) i havent been back to that thread since my last post cause i didnt want to fight anymore. funny thing, my wife is related to al gore and he actually called the house the day of the wedding....trust me i speak less about that issue at home than i do here :)

i agree the 2 offices are apples and oranges. and i dont think most americans will watch torchwood the way it is, otherwise they would just put it on. they will definately have to americanize it to some extent. but i think most of us, especially those of us who love comics and sc-fi would be ok with the lead character, as long as the rest of the show is good. but it would be different for sure, but different doesnt mean bad. as i said, the offices are different and they both fcking crack me up. although i will admit i am biased towards the american one. and i lived in kansas for several years so i know what you mean about the midwest :)

JOSH @ Ooops yeah that silver long thing lol, that looks pretty cool, probably why the bbc picked it!!

Thanks for the info man, hey you ever been there, as you live only 25 mins away??

Longaneil @ I liked that DR WHO 1996 TV movie!! ; P

Guardian - As always, I bow to your superior knowledge. I always thought it was Fox's fault ('Who' knew - no pun intended). With that in mind - who knows Superdog, maybe this will be a huge hit (fingers corssed)!

LEE, yeah they were active in more than london, but most have been killed off, though in the scenes with Mickey and Martha from the last special it does seem that have regrouped. I'd love to see more of Mickey, so I hope that's where this version goes.

And I don't know about superior Logan, I just devour anything Who related. I just love the show. As for Torchwood 4, it's only known that it was lost. But judging by the locations of the other three it has been speculated to have existed in Ireland as the other branches are located in the other parts of the UK.

The character Yvonne Hartman said in the Doctor Who episode 'Army of Ghosts', "The Torchwood Institute has a motto. ‘If it’s alien, it’s ours’. Anything that comes from the sky, we strip it down and we use it, for the good of the British Empire." Supposedly there is/was a Hub in India(? - if you listen to the audio books), which would make sense considering Torchwood was originally created by Queen Victoria to protect England against alien threat. India WAS a British colony (and so was the good ole' US of A for that matter). Torchwood US could work under that premise (PROVIDED that the writers respect what's cannon!).

Dog - My condolences to you and your your wife about your 'relations' thing (LOL!).

Guardian - Did you get my e-mail? Can you confirm any of it?

logan@ thanks man. and good catch on the possibility of one being in the u.s. makes perfect sense. if they do it it should be a "spinoff" style the way you suggest, have the u.s. division, as opposed to trying to remake it as the u.s. one is the main one and it was created to protect the president from aliens. but thats probably what they'll do.

Guardian - Well, who's to say that #4 isn't in Ireland and that Torchwood US could be #6 (if you count India). Remember, there was a time when the phrase "The sun never sets on the British Empire" was true! For all we know, there could be splinter Hubs in China, Australia, South Africa, etc., and if so, Torchwood would truly be a 'global' power.

True about Mickey, Martha and Jack, though I thought the two 'love-birds' were somewhere in the UK in 'The End of Time'. The problem with M & M is that they're freelancing now, with no affiliation to either UNIT OR Torchwood (though I'm sure Martha still has 'connections'). I'd LOVE to see those two as new additions to Torchwood Cardiff (they ARE short a doctor and a IT person now that Owen and Tosh are gone). Maybe Rhys could be the new 'Ianto' to round out the team. He DOES have a vested interest in Torchwood, considering his wife/mother of his child IS the second-in-command there (thought I can't picture Gwen ever sharing with Jack...)

Torchwood is RTD's baby, that's why I heard he left DW to completely run the Torchwood show from now on. I imagine Davies being an exec producer in the US version (for continuity's sake - one can only hope).

In any case, the e-mail (which you didn't get) concerns the upcomming 'Doctor Who' series 5. I've heard numerous rumors about the internet that it will start sometime in March, with the possibility of the season being split in two - one half shown in the spring and one half in the fall. Unfortunately, the BBC is being its usual tight-lipped self and non saying mum about anything (as far as I can tell). Have you heard anything?

Also, I stumbled on this at the Sylvester McCoy website. SUPPOSEDLY it's a 'SPOILERS' page for the upcoming series. Don't know if I put too much faith in it (but it IS Sylvester McCoy's site). The trailer is way cool and it DOES makes for very INTERESTING reading - especailly the part about 'M01 Doctor Who MOVIE' ('TIME WAR'...?! ....McGann?!! ...Eccleston?!!! ...Tennant?!!!! ...on the big screen???!!!! ...TOGETHER????!!!!! Oh, be still my beating hearts!). Have you heard anything? PLEASE tell me you heard SOMETHING!

http://www.sylvestermccoy.com/newdoctorwho/

@#$!!! I HATE NOT KNOWING!!!!! There was talk of a DW movie awhile back. Supposedly it was going to be a one-off (separate from the series), similar to the 60's movies with Peter Cushing. There was even speculation that Catherine Zeta-Jones was going to play an assistant (me-ouch!). I hadn't heard anything more on movie plans since then, until today on the McCoy site.

I KNOW - The Doctor is HUMAN?! The TARDIS isn't dimensionally transendental?!! WTF?!!!! The plastic Dalek sets were pretty cool though...

With most of the primary filming 'in the can' for series 5, you'd think the BBC would give us fans a SMALL break and at least let us know when to program the DVR's! I've been checking the official website every day for SOME news, but I think my bosses are catching on (surfing the web is frowned on where I work).

As for another Doctor Who movie that's the first I've heard...and I agree it would be amazing!! However other than the McCoy site you listed I can't find another source, neither the tardis wiki nor imdb can confirm it. Which is strange as they're all about rumors.


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