Torchwood: what the creators say...

[fajrdrako]

Julie Gardner: "The joy, for me, with Torchwood, is that it's a show that, every single years, has reinvented itself.... I do think it's fun working on a show that reinvents itself constantly. We're looking at all of this, whether another serial arc, or possibly something else."

What, necessity is the mother of reinvention?

Russell T Davies: "I’m fairly confident the series [will continue] in some shape or form. I will just sit down and invent new stories and characters -- that's what I’ve spent my entire life doing." [Interviewer:] Wait a sec, new characters? Jack will continue to be the show's central hero, right? "Oh, I would think so. I would hope so. He’s absolutely fundamental to Torchwood."

Gad - the way these people can tease.

Comments

[cleverthylacine]

I hate shows that reinvent themselves all the time. Like Heroes. I enjoy TW mostly because I don't care about anyone on it too much and can be amused at whatever bizarrity they think up; on Heroes I made the mistake of caring quite deeply about a character (portrayed by my favourite actor, in ways that were reminiscent of my favourite character ever, only easier for people who aren't me to like than my favourite...) and that fucking hurt.

I want a consistent world and consistent characters. Let the reinvention be in new plots and ideas about the things they face.

[fajrdrako]

I hate shows that reinvent themselves all the time. Like Heroes.

Hmm. I stopped watching Heroes (possibly temporarily) not because of the reinventions, but because it was boring me. Ditto Lost. Torchwood has yet to bore me - or Doctor Who, either - though there have been good episodes and bad. Two things could make me stop watching: boring me (no chance of that so far), or upsetting me so much I no longer feel the sense of pleasure. They almost did that with the Doctor Who episode "The Last of the Time Lords", but I recovered and got over it. (Don't want to watch it again, mind.)

. I enjoy TW mostly because I don't care about anyone on it too much and can be amused at whatever bizarrity they think up

I like the bizarre plots, but I do love the Torchwood characters very much - some of them particularly. And I'm watching because of character, not plot. Captain Jack is the one I love most, but I also love many others, some of whom only appeared briefly and will probably never be seen again.

I'm all for reinvention in new plots. Not sure about reinvention of... whatever Julie Gardner means. For a while it puzzled me, and seemed a bad thing, that from one episode of Torchwood to the next we didn't even know what genre to expect - horror? romance? comedy? I got used to that. And that's another kind of reinvention.

I loved just about everything about COE, including its consistency of tone.