Secret feelilngs...

There is always a struggle, a striving for something bigger than yourself in all forms of art. And even if you don't achieve greatness, even if you fail, which we all must, everything you do in your work is somehow connected with your attitude toward life, your deepest secret feelings.- Rex Harrison, 1908 - 1990

Wishing on a star...

Read this today on afterelton:

Speaking about the fall of civilization, James Marsters says that’s what Caprica is about – specifically the fall of the American Empire. He should know, since he’s joining the series as the fanatical leader of the monotheists. Oh, and he says he’s open to coming back to Torchwood, or anything else Russell T. Davies wants.

I don't know if I want to watch Caprica, but I do know I want to watch Captain John come back to Torchwood, oh yes, please, please, please! And I hope Russell T Davies wants that, too.

Big plans for Torchwood...

On the saveiantojones community on Livejournal, crimson_bride quoted a twitter post:

For those asking re Torchwood at the Pierhead event, Piers Wenger said there were "big plans" for it that he was not able to talk about yet. (Piers Wenger is Executive Producer of Dr Who and Head of Drama at BBC Wales, Julie Gardner's replacement.)

I don't know what the Pierhead Event was, but I know where it was - This building, familiar to us all from Torchwood, and just the sight of it has me chortling, "I've been there! I've been there!" Nice memories.

Anyway, Piers Wenger said this thing. I wonder what, if anything, he has to do with it. Wikipedia lists him as the Executive Producer of Doctor Who and Sarah Jane Adventures, but not Torchwood, which (presumably) is going to the US and which (presumably) will have Russell T Davies as producer. Unless things are not as they appear.

One of my happy fantasies is that there would be two different Torchwood series, one filmed in the US and one filmed in the UK. With Eve Myles starring in one and John Barrowman in the other. Or maybe with Barrowman in both; and Freema Agyeman, too. A girl can dream.

It probably means nothing. "Big plans" might just mean that they intend for Torchwood to exist somewhere, somehow. They're hardly going to say "we're thinking small this time", and if they did, Russell T Davies would eviscerate them. No; it could be as meaningless as Barrowman's "I know nothing, and that's all I can say". And I don't see any reason to think "big plans" means anything with regard to Ianto Jones, but then, I'm one of the fans who doesn't really want Ianto Jones saved.

Me, I want James Marsters back as Captain John. I want Captain Jack to meet the Eleventh Doctor in a really, really good story. I want to see Alice Carter again in a good role and I want Gwen to show what she can really do, given the chance, after Children of Earth. It would be greedy to ask for Myfanwy back too, wouldn't it?

Mostly I just want an announcement that Torchwood is coming back, and soon.

FIC: Torchwood (drabble) - Waiting

Title: Waiting
Author: fajrdrako
Fandom: Torchwood
Characters: Captain Jack Harkness/Captain John Hart
Challenge: tw100, challenge: leek/leak
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Not mine, no claims, all property of the BBC.
Notes: Reference to characters in Torchwood 2x01 "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang". Cross-posted to my Dreamwidth account, my lj, tw100, and to guns_n_poodles.

( Waiting )