Torchwood news from the BBC...

[fajrdrako]

There is another BBC press release about series 2 Torchwood.

I'm looking forward to seeing Martha with the Torchwood team. I don't buy it that she has 'outgrown' the Doctor - that's too dismissive of them both. It will be nice to see her new professional capacity, though. (Especially in tandem with Owen. He is sooo outclassed.)

Davies says, "she joins Torchwood at a point when everything is going to change for one of them." Oh, what a tease he is.

As for Richard Briers as "a reclusive millionaire who is the keeper of alien secrets", sounds like Van Statten from "Dalek". I approve. Or are we looking at the collector trying to buy the alien eye on eBay in "Random Shoes"? I'd like that: I'd like the sense of continuity.

Comments

[raissad.livejournal.com]

I don't buy it that she has 'outgrown' the Doctor - that's too dismissive of them both.

Based on your reactions to what RTD has given us with Martha, so far, I expect you and he are going to have a permanent fan writer vs. creator disagreement over this point, unfortunately.

[fajrdrako.livejournal.com]

Yes, I think so. And I can live with that, quite happily! Partly because, as a fan, I have the right to emphasize what I like and de-emphasize what I don't.

But even more, because Davies' vision of the characters and situation is necessarily fluid - it's one of his great strengths as a writer and creator. The situations in the series are not static - they are evolving to such an extent that I realize how static they are in many other TV shows, how refreshing it is to see the characters in the show grow and evolve, while still being true to themselves.

So when Davies (or Agyerman) says Martha has outgrown the Doctor, what they really mean is that she has grown within herself, independently of the Doctor. That, I agree with.

It's all semantics.