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.

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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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"

It's not my Girlfriend, I promise . . .

G'day Woodies,

Cyberman back again with yet another Australian promo. This time covering episode 4 "Cyberwoman". During this episode we all learnt that Ianto had been harbouring an active cyberman or in this case cyberwoman, inside the Hub. He had also acquired a cyber conversion unit, all this had been done behind the backs of the rest of the team. Bad, bad Ianto. The cyberwoman turned out to be none other than his girlfriend Lisa, who had only been partially upgraded.

This trailer again features unnecessary Australian voice overs, which for some reason end up being added in virtually all advertisements down under. This episode has actually already screened, the promo you are about to view was shown on its air date around an hour before the show. I hope you like it.

'Till next time Woodies peace, and keep your eyes peeled for filming in the Cardiff area.

Torchwood Australian Tonight Promo S1E04 "Cyberwoman"



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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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Captain Trailers

With The Last Of The Timelords and John Barrowman's last appearance on Doctor Who for now airing in just under a day its not surprising that their has been alot of clips released today in preparation for the last episode of series 3. A clip was shown on the morning TV show GMTV as well as their being one shown on the children's TV show Totally Doctor Who. These two clips can be watched below.

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.

Day One Australian Promo

Back again Woodies, with another Australian promo for Torchwood. This time around with one for the strangely titled second episode, Day One. Channel Ten in Australia, which screens Torchwood Monday nights at 9.40pm, is absolutely hammering the advertising for the show. Hey we don't mind do we? It gives us things like this, enjoy. 'Til next time Woodies.

Torchwood Australian S1E02 Promo 1 (30 Seconds)



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Number Three

Back again Woodies, with an additional Australian promo as promised. This one is only 15 seconds in duration, but packs a lot of action into a small time frame (no that wasn't a "time" joke). If there are any more of these prior to Episode Two, this will have to do, after all you've probably seen all of the footage in them any way.

This trailer although it has a similar preview picture (allocated by youtube) is different to what has been seen so far. It does contain similar scenes to those already posted, but is much faster paced. Enjoy. 'Til next time Woodies, peace and be patient Captain Jack returns tomorrow.

Torchwood Australian Trailer 3 (15 Seconds)



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More Aussie Eye Candy

G'day Woodies, I'm back with another 30 second promo for Torchwoods Australian premiere. This one focuses on the Gwen (Eve Mlyes) and Jack (John Barrowman) dynamic, perhaps in an attempt to keep the public guessing. I hope you all are enjoying these videos, and I will continue to bring you more of these as they air.

For the time being though enjoy this one, another will follow shortly. The next one is only 15 seconds. 'Til next time Woodies, peace

Torchwood Australian Trailer 2 (30 Seconds)



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Australian Eye Candy

Hello Woodies. Today I have a special treat for you, the 30 second Australian Promo for Torchwood. This is one of two, the other one will be posted later. The trailer advises us that Torchwood will now premiere at 9.40pm on Monday 18th of June 2007. The show had been previously been advertised for 9.30pm.

A bit of Whoniverse, rescheduling. Lets hope it doesn't start a trend of being aired later each week. Enjoy. 'Til next time Woodies, peace.

Torchwood Australian Trailer 1 (30 Seconds)


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Jumping Jacks It's Jack Who's Back

Any massive John Barrowman fan will surely have noticed that at the end of last weeks episode of Doctor Who entitled Blink that in the next time trailer their was a familiar face appearing. This was of course the face of John Barrowman aka Captain Jack Harkness who is to appear in this Saturdays episode 11 of Doctor Who. The episode is called Utopia and it supposedly will explain to us how Jack got back from the Game Station in the far future all the way to Cardiff in the present day. But wait Hubbers theirs more as Jack is not only going to appear in this weeks episode he is also set to appear in episodes 12 and 13 called The Sound Of Drums and The Last Of The Timelords. In episodes 12 and 13 which are the last two of series 3 of Doctor Who he will be acting along side David Tennant (The Doctor) Freema Agyeman (Martha Jones) and John Simm (Harold Saxon) now theirs a cast we dream of seeing. But if you still want more John Barrowman then he is set to appear in tonight's episode of Blue Peter which is a Doctor Who special. Below is the Next Time Trailer from last weeks episode of Doctor Who, The next time trailer for Doctor Who Confidential and also the Jacks Back clip from The Johnathen Ross Show.

Australian Promo

Lots of whispering and Captain Jack, that's what Woodies have started to see for Torchwood airing late at night on Channel 10 in Australia. This promo which only goes for 10 seconds contains one major spoiler for Everything Changes, without even showing the scene. The commercial takes the unusual step of announcing that Jack can't die, before the first episode has aired.

Perhaps this was done to give Channel 10 a different angle with their marketing, as Doctor Who is shown on ABC TV (Channel 2) in Australia not 10. This promo is not shown in perspective, hopefully someone will post another version on YouTube. For the time being though, it will have to do here it is, enjoy.



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John Barrowman and Johnathan Ross

If you were watching last Friday's Johnathan Ross Show then you would have surely noticed that John Barrowman was being interviewed. He spoke about Any Dream Will Do, his return to Doctor Who and there was a mention of Torchwood in there too. The interview was hilariously funny as are all of Johns interviews. The interview can be seen below.

Part 1


Part 2

John Barrowman Gets Loose

Below is the interview form John Barrowman recent appearance on Loose Women. Although it was very short it still was long enough to include plenty of flirting. Enjoy the video.