TV Choice Awards 2007

Last night at the British TV Quick and TV Choice Awards Torchwood managed to grab a award for its first series. Torchwood won the award for Best New Drama. I'd like to take the time to congratulate Torchwood for all it's success and to wish them the best of luck for there second series.

Russell T Davies Interview

In the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine Russell T Davies (Torchwood Creator) tells Benjamin Cook about the second series of Torchwood below are some extracts from the magazine.

"The first episode of Series Two is rip-roaring, It's the sexiest adventure we've ever done, and Chris Chibnall's finest hour. I know there are certain sections of fandom who'd love us to say, 'We've completely revamped it, and reinvented all of the characters,' but we haven't, actually."
"We like those five characters," Russell continues, "We love that cast; there are still no two-parters in it, we're keeping one-off stories each week, some sad, some funny, some lively, but a general sense of fun. Why don't they have more of a laugh?"

Aswell as a interview with Russell theirs also news that episode 7 of series 2 of Torchwood will be written by Matt Jones whereas Joseph Lidster will write episode 8. Also there is interview with production designer Edward Thomas, who talks about the challenges of filming Torchwood in HD. He also talks about the design process behind the stunning Hub set.

Richard Briers To Appear

Actor Richard Briers revealed on BBC News 24 that he will be appearing in a episode of series 2 of Torchwood. Richard was being interviewed about the remastered Charlie Chaplin films but he said he read the script and it scared him. Talking to Michael Parkinson on BBC Radio 2 he added that he will play a 90-year-old man rehearsing for the end. Richard once appeared in Doctor Who where he played The Chief Caretaker in the 1987 story Paradise Towers alongside Sylvester McCoy.

The Weekly Adventures of Torchwood Down Under

Greetings Woodies, since its premiere in Australia I have endeavoured to bring you advertising from Down Under. This week is no exception. Below you will find Channel 10 Australia's promotion for episode 7 "Greeks Baring Gifts". In addition to this, I've also got another Australian review for you from The Age "Green Guide". This one, a lot more favourable than the last one from Ann-Maree Bellman as featured in my previous post.

Fergus Sheil has a lot better to say of the show, and doesn't fill his review with why? He loves adding humour and also shows us his Welsh side, in his closing statement. The review goes as follows . . .

'Torchwood
Channel Ten, 9.15pm

This anagrammatic Doctor Who spin-off for big kids has an impressive commitment to making Cardiff look like a cosmopolitan centre. Who would have guessed that the Welsh capital was the sort of place where fashionable young alien-hunters could enjoy chic shopping, same-sex kissing and hot clubbing when not reviving the dead with an oven mitt? Torchwood is the square-jawed, time-travelling, special operations answer to cosmic criminality that the Welsh have promised for so long. Tonight, Toshiko (Naoko Mori) meets a woman at a bar who gives her a strange mind-reading pendant. When Tosh puts it on, she is overwhelmed by the thoughts of others and by a sudden desire to tap into her new friend's orgasmic energy. The other members of the Torchwood gang are left pondering the connection between a centuries-old skeleton and a strange metal contraption unearthed side-by-side in a field. As they say in the valleys, "cymerwch ofal rhag ofn i chi brynu cath mewn cwd" - take care lest you buy a cat in a sack.'

OK that's Fergus Sheil's view, hopefully he will be doing next weeks one as well. Otherwise we will yet again have to suffer Ann-Maree Bellman's drivel, of 3 paragraphs worth of why? Enjoy the video below. 'Til next time Woodies peace, and may The Age promote Fergus Sheil.

Australian Trailer for S1E07 "Greeks Baring Gifts"



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Behind The Scenes Of Torchwood

On The Friday Night Project last Friday which John Barrowman was presenting there was footage of Torchwood filming inside the Hub. In this clip we saw where Captain Jack sleeps and also we got to see James Marsters filming. This clip can be seen below.

John Barrowman On Live Earth

A few weeks back John Barrowman appeared on the Live Earth Concert where he chatted about various things that we should do to help the environment. This particular interview can be seen below along with David Tennant, Johnathan Ross and Graham Norton talking about John.

More For Martha

According to the latest DWM it says that Martha will not have much swearing in her lines or sex. But there’s a nice feisty relationship between her and Owen though.....

Also it says "When Martha comes into Torchwood, a huge story kicks off that covers three episodes and she’s very involved in that. She comes in as a bit of an expert"...

Freema Begins Filming

According to Freema Agyeman.com, Freema is to begin filming today for her guest appearance in series 2 of Torchwood. Freema plays Martha Jones in the hit series Doctor Who and she will appear in a few episodes of the second series of Torchwood. If you happen to see Martha filming for Torchwood please email poppr@hotmail.co.uk. Also if you would like to learn more about Doctor Who please visit Bad Wolf PR.

The Not So Glorious Australian "Countrycide" . . .

Strange title for post, yes Woodies? Well there is a purpose to it. Along with my usual posting of Australian Promos, this one comes with a review as well. Ann-Maree Bellman of "The Age - Green Guide (TV Magazine Lift-out)" has this to say about tonight's episode "Countrycide". Not very flattering to our gang, and quite obviously not impressed by the show so far.

The review goes as follows . . . . .

"Torchwood
Channel Ten, 9.30pm

It's Famous Five Go Camping meets The Blair Witch Chainsaw Massacre when the team venture into rural Wales to investigate a series of disappearances. The new take on Doctor Who has been marvellous TV, so it was a given I'd follow one of its characters, charming conman Captain Jack Harkness, to this darker, sex-obsessed spin-off. This episode is scary in a horror-by-numbers way, especially as we're not sure yet whether the writers are willing to kill off main characters, but somewhere in the midst of the gore fest, I stopped thinking Who, and started thinking Why? Why are they investigating this one? Why so angsty about their work when they could up and leave? Why are these scared and confused misfits Earth's last defence? Why all the leaping around corners with guns? Why has Jack Harkness gone all Jack Bauer on us? Why are the characterisations so confused? Why does Torchwood possess all the technology on the planet (and off it) but have ancient-looking army tents? Why, in fact, don't I keep my regular appointment with the Doctor, but let Torchwood slip into the rift?"

Well that's Ann-Maree Bellman's take on Countrycide and Torchwood as a whole. All she seemed to state all the way through the review, was why? Why indeed Ann-Maree would you waste readers time with something so condescending and trivial, as what you have written. Perhaps Ann-Maree what you really need to do is watch the episode again, it was truly one of the highlights of the first season. Maybe Ann-Maree you need to take advice from the old idiom, "If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all". I am sure most readers of this blog, would agree with me 100%. Anyway here is the trailer, you've heard enough from me today so make your own judgement on it.

Australian Trailer for S1E06 "Countrycide"



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Marster Is Spotted

As reported earlier by Torchwood PR James Marsters will be appearing in series 2 of Torchwood. Well thanks to Spacy Gal from the Outpost Gallifrey Forum we know have a report and pictures of Torchwood filming. Here's what she has to say:

Wow, what a night! My friend Sue and I were around Mermaid Quay last night and were walking back through Roald Dahl Plas when we saw some trucks turning up. We realised that TW were going to be filming there, so of course we decided to hang around and watch, feeling really excited! Lol.Nothing happened much until about 12.30am. We saw some trailers near the Millennium Centre, and one had "Jack" on the door. A while later John Barrowman turned up, as did James Marsters! The crew set up to film the two of them doing a scene in the plas. We watched them filming the same scene for a couple of hours and saw them all laughing and joking with the crew. It was great to see James wearing another period military uniform. Very different to Jack's, I might add.

A while later Gareth David Lloyd turned up, wearing a lovely pin stripe suit, pale pink shirt and blue striped tie. One of the friendly security guards we'd been chatting to for the past couple of hours knew we really liked Gareth. He went straight over to Gareth and said spoke to him. Next minute Gareth started to walk straight over to us!! He shook our hands and said "Hi, I'm Gareth" - as if we didn't know! Lol. He spoke to us for a bit and then we asked if we could have our photos taken with him. He said "sure, of course" and posed with both of us separately. We had our arms tightly around his waist

Then, Naoko, Eve and Burn all turned up to film a short scene in an old fashioned London hackney cab! All of them (except John) climbed into the cab and they were filmed driving by. Then they all left, except for John, who went back to his trailer for a quick break. As Gareth was leaving he walked back over to us and said "Lovely meeting you ladies, have a good night". He was so adorable!

As the crew started to pack up, the SUV shot by, on the way to the next location.John was then driven off to another nearby location to film one final scene. We could have gone to see him film that too but decided to call it a night, as it was about 4.30am and tiredness finally started to hit us! Lol. We'd seen much more than we'd expected that night anyway, so we were happy! We called a taxi and headed straight home. Exhausted now, going to get some sleep in a minute, but simply had to post our report and some of the pics Sue took.

TWM?

Thanks to Kasterbourous, Torchwood PR can now reveal that there is soon to be a Torchwood Magazine. This magazine will apparently be published in 2008 to run with series 2. The magazine will be produced by Titan and will include a comic. Titan also hold the rights to produce Torchwood graphic novels. It will also most likely feature news, reviews and behind the scenes on the latest Torchwood episodes. If you didn't know there is already a Doctor Who Magazine (DWM) which is released on a monthly basis.

Long Time No See

As their has not been much to post about in the Torchwood World I'm afraid i have recently not been posting as much as i would have liked to. I have meanwhile been spending most of my time on my two other blogs (Bad Wolf PR and John Simm PR). This however I intend to change as I will try to post as much as I can on this blog.

Moving on even though Torchwood Series 2 is still quite a long wait until it airs memories of Series 1 still live in the form of fan made music videos. Below is a fan video made by Mark from Tardis and Torchwood Treasures. This video is called Heyo Captain Jack and the song is called Heyo Captain Jack. Enjoy the video.

Those Fairies . . . .

Its becoming a challenge now Woodies, to put something up here that you haven't seen previously elsewhere. I have posted Australian trailers here for you before, and this post will not change that pattern. Just for a change though, Channel 10 Australia has decided to alter the format of their trailers.

This one is for "Small Worlds" the fifth episode of season one, you know the episode with evil fairies. Now a lot of you out there probably know some yourselves, but they're not all evil. Sorry bad joke, any way this new format of 10's seems to have upped the pace a bit from their previous ones. I hope you like it. For some reason 10 is still advertising it as a new series, how many episodes will it take for this to change? I wonder. My next challenge is to find you a trailer for Torchwood in a foreign language.

I actually thought I would have been able to do this for you today, as Torchwood has just started screening in Mexico this week on Canal 22 (presumably Channel 22). Torchwood will be screened twice weekly on Mondays and Wednesdays there. If this site has any Spanish speaking people reading this, please reply to the post in the comments area I would like some confirmation. 'Til next time Woodies peace, and beware the fairies are apparently making a return in season two (or so rumour has it).

Australian Trailer for S1E05 "Small Worlds"

Doctor Who Episode 13 Last Of The Timelords

Last Of The Timelords was The Last Episode Of John Barrowman's Doctor Who appearance and of course it finished in the usual finale fashion. The story continues one year on from The Master starting to take control of earth where now Earth is fully conquered by our Lord and Master. Meanwhile stories travel that only Martha Jones can defeat the Master. Also in this jam-packed tale we learn the truth about the Toclafaine and why they will make the Doctors hearts break. The Toclafaine are in fact the humans that the Doctor helped rescue in the first part of this 3 part epic which the Master went back to the future to change them.
As the story continues we eventually realise that Martha has not travelled the world to get the parts for a weapon to kill The Master she has in fact travelled to tell a story about one fantastic man named The Doctor which eventually contributes to The Masters terrible end. At the dying end we learn that Captain Jack Harkness was once called The Face Of Boe which leads suspicions that he is in fact The Face Of Boe we know and love and this would explain why Boe knows there's another Time Lord. This story also sees the end for now to the amazing Martha Jones who has travelled with The Doctor all the way through Series 3. Overall I would give this episode a 10/10.

100TH Post - Yay, streamers, party whistles and all that!

Hello Woodies,

its the Cyberman back again to treat you with some more video, from way down south. Way, way, down south, that is. Today I have for you yet another Australian Promo for Torchwoods' series one screening. This is the second promo for for S1E03 "Ghost Machine" and goes for only 14 seconds.

A lot you are probably saying to yourselves, I love these video postings but I can't save them. Well the people over at Real Networks have thankfully solved all of your problems there, in there latest release of Real Player. Real Player 11 Beta now allows you to record streaming video, and yes that means most YouTube videos. You can obtain the software from this link here, try it out for yourself.

Next up, some actual news with full confirmation today from the BBC about Freema Ageyman (Martha Jones from Doctor Who) making an appearance in 3 episodes of Torchwood Series 2. It will be interesting to see Freema and John Barrowmans on screen chemistry again, after 3 episodes together in series 3 of Doctor Who. Many fans after watching "The Last Of The Time Lords" would of been wondering if Martha was leaving the series.

Well as we earlier confirmed here at Torchwood PR, this not the case at all. Martha Jones will be rejoining the Doctor mid Series 4, and also making an appearance in Torchwood. Great news, really (I am not going to say seriously here again, Channel 10 can do it for me). Any way the video . . . . . . 'Til next time Woodies, peace and now the wait for Xmas Who and series 2 Torchwood.

Torchwood S1E03 Australian Promo 2


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Martha In Torchwood, Australian Fan Club and other STUFF!

Hello Woodies, the Cyberman is back again with some more Australian trailer goodness for you. I would also like to welcome into the realm of Torchwood, possibly the first of many Australian Torchwood sites (besides the channel ten site), The Torchwood Fan Club Of Australia. The site has only been up for around a week, but has already gathered many members. On behalf of Torchwood PR, welcome Aussie Woodies!

For Australian visitors I would, encourage you to check out "Torchwood Declassified" in our links section. Declassified is a behind the scenes series shown in the UK only (at this stage), covering each episode of the show. Each Declassified runs for approximately 8 to 10 minutes and will give you all the ins and outs from the cast and crew.

Next up some news, relating to both Torchwood and its parent series Doctor Who. Regular visitors to Torchwood PR and BadWolf PR would be aware that a few months back, rumours were flying around the net regarding Freema Agyeman. The rumours were that she had been sacked from the series, this was later debunked by the BBC as being completely untrue. Well different rumours are now circulating about Freema, that she will only appear in a few episodes of Doctor Who series 4 (not the Christmas special which starts filming next week).

Apparently Freema will also be appearing in a few episodes of Torchwood. This begs the question does Martha return to Cardiff with Captain Jack? We will all know the answer to this within the next 24 hours, with the final episode of series 3 premiering tonight in the UK. The original article about this can be seen at the Mirror's website (UK newspaper).

The article also goes to on to mention Kylie Minogues' appearance in this years Christmas special. It also mentions that the Doctor will be getting a new companion, which I imagine Martha is quite jealous of. Regarding Marthas' Torchwood appearance (and I am only speculating here), I imagine she might pop up in the episode tentatively titled "Adam". As all Whovians would be aware, Adam is the only companion to be evicted from the Tardis Big Brother style. He was not happy about this when it happened, and his storyline has not really been bought to a conclusion. For this reason it is thought, the episode maybe about him. It makes sense that Martha would be ideal help to the Torchwood team, to assist Jack, Gwen and co.

This trailer is the "next time" trailer, featured at the end of episode two. Its 30 seconds in duration, and features all the usual Aussie voice overs. I hope you enjoy it. 'Til next time Woodies, peace and now the countdown commences to Jack's final Who appearance for the year.

Torchwood S1E03 Australian Promo 1



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Seriously Torchwood

Back again Woodies, patience paid off. Here I have for you Channel 10 Australia's Torchwood "Seriously" promo. This promo is one of a series of commercials featuring the channel's top shows, they are all done in the same style and feature black and white mainly. I guess that's what makes them serious, any way they are all fairly cool. This one is no exception, I hope you like it.

The promo features John Barrowman and Eve Myles both in character and is 10 seconds in duration. These "Seriously" promos are generally shown, in between programs. 'Til next time Woodies, peace and here it is.

Australian "Seriously Torchwood" Promo (10 Seconds)



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Day One Tonight Australian Promo

Hello Woodies, another Aussie promo for you today. This one is a combination of the previous trailer and Channel 10's "Seriously" promo. Its like several commercials in one, but stripped down to 20 seconds. I hope you enjoy this one, I will endeavour put up the "Seriously" Torchwood promo later which has both Eve Miles and John Barrowman. The seriously promos are done for many series in Australia (on 10), they do not contain any episode footage for (for non-Australians) but feature the actors giving their thoughts on things ............. seriously.

"Til next time Woodies peace, seriously!

Torchwood S1E02 Australian TONIGHT Promo 1 (20 Seconds)



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Last Of The Timelords Trailer

Last night we finally saw the last Next Episode Trailer for Series 3 of Doctor Who. This clip was shown just after the episode The Sound Of Drums where our faithful Captain put in a brilliant performance. The final next episode trailer of series 3 can be found below.

Jacks Back Number 2

For the second week in a row everyone favourite Captain is back on our screens. He once again returns with his old friend the Doctor and also Martha Jones. This episode is the second part of a three part finale of Doctor Who Series 3 and is called The Sound Of Drums. The Sound Of Drums will be shown tonight on BBC 1 at 7.15pm.