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List Of Torchwood Writers
''Torchwood'' is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. A spin-off from the 2005 revival of long-running science fiction programme ''Doctor Who'', ''Torchwood'' aired four series between 2006 and 2011. The show shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growing audience, moving from BBC Three to BBC Two to BBC One, and acquiring US financing in its fourth series when it became a co-production of BBC One and Starz. In contrast to ''Doctor Who'', whose target audience includes both adults and children, ''Torchwood'' is aimed at an older audience. Over its run, the show explored a number of themes; prominent among these were existentialism, homosexual and bisexual relationships, and explorations of human corruptibility. Series overview Episodes Series 1 (2006–07) Series 1 focuses on Gwen Cooper, her introduction to Torchwood, and meeting Jack Harkness; as well as introducing the characters of Owen Harper, Ianto Jones, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torchwood
''Torchwood'' is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. A spin-off of the 2005 revival of ''Doctor Who'', it aired from 2006 to 2011. The show shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growing audience, moving from BBC Three to BBC Two to BBC One, and acquiring American financing in its fourth series when it became a co-production of BBC One and Starz. ''Torchwood'' is aimed at adults and older teenagers, in contrast to ''Doctor Who''s target audience of both adults and children. As well as science fiction, the show explores a number of themes, including existentialism, sexuality and human corruptibility. ''Torchwood'' follows the exploits of a small team of alien-hunters, who make up the Cardiff-based, fictional Torchwood Institute which deals mainly with incidents involving extraterrestrials. Its central character is Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), an immortal con-man from the distant future; Jack originally appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Machine (Torchwood)
"Ghost Machine" is the third episode of the first series of the British science fiction television series ''Torchwood'', which was broadcast on the digital television channel BBC Three on 29 October 2006. Set in Cardiff, the episode involves a group of alien hunters called Torchwood discovering an alien machine that shows visions of strong emotional events from the past and future. Plot Jack, Owen, and Gwen, pursue Bernie Harris, a petty thief carrying something emitting an alien signal in his jacket, through the Cardiff streets. Gwen chases Bernie into a train station, and is able to grab his jacket but he gets out of it and runs away. Gwen discovers an alien device in the jacket pocket, and when she activates it, she sees a vision of a lost boy called Tom Flanagan wandering the train station in 1941. Torchwood try to find Bernie in Splott. Unsuccessful, they return to the train station to try the device again when Owen activates it while under a bridge. He witnesses Ed Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Tomalin
Paul Tomalin is a British television screenwriter. Career Tomalin served as story editor on ''Shameless'' in 2009 on the sixth series, as well as wrote an episode. He wrote the ''Torchwood'' episode They Keep Killing Suzie (2006), with Dan McCulloch. With Abbott, he contributed to police procedural drama ''No Offence'', and then wrote for the second series of the period crime drama series ''The Frankenstein Chronicles'' designed as a re-imagining of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel ''Frankenstein ''Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus'' is an 1818 novel written by English author Mary Shelley. ''Frankenstein'' tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a sapient creature in an unorthodox scientific ex ...''. References External links * Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British television writers British male screenwriters British science fiction writers British male television writers {{UK-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Keep Killing Suzie
''Torchwood'' is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. A spin-off from the 2005 revival of long-running science fiction programme ''Doctor Who'', ''Torchwood'' aired four series between 2006 and 2011. The show shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growing audience, moving from BBC Three to BBC Two to BBC One, and acquiring US financing in its fourth series when it became a co-production of BBC One and Starz. In contrast to ''Doctor Who'', whose target audience includes both adults and children, ''Torchwood'' is aimed at an older audience. Over its run, the show explored a number of themes; prominent among these were existentialism, homosexual and bisexual relationships, and explorations of human corruptibility. Series overview Episodes Series 1 (2006–07) Series 1 focuses on Gwen Cooper, her introduction to Torchwood, and meeting Jack Harkness; as well as introducing the characters of Owen Harper, Ianto Jones, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toby Whithouse
Toby Lawrence Whithouse (; born 5 July 1970) is an English actor, screenwriter and playwright. His highest-profile work has been the creation of the BBC Three supernatural television series '' Being Human''. He also created the Channel 4 television comedy-drama series ''No Angels'', the BBC America/BBC Two espionage drama series '' The Game'' and has written seven episodes for BBC One's ''Doctor Who''. His work on ''Doctor Who'' was primarily for the Doctors played by Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi. Early life After initially attending art college (SEEVIC) in Benfleet to become a book illustrator, Whithouse decided to drop out of the course and turn to acting as a profession, training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He was a regular in the cast of the early 1990s BBC One drama series ''The House of Eliott'' and had a small role in the 1993 film '' Shadowlands''. Whithouse also appeared on stage in the West End, co-starring with Gene Wilder in ''Laughter on the 23r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greeks Bearing Gifts (Torchwood)
"Greeks Bearing Gifts" is the seventh episode of the first series of the British science fiction television series ''Torchwood'', which was originally broadcast on the digital television channel BBC Three on 26 November 2006. In the episode, a killer shape-changing alien called Mary (Daniela Denby-Ashe) has been stranded in Cardiff for nearly two hundred years. She seeks to retrieve a recently unearthed transporter so she can escape the planet Earth. Plot Torchwood is called to a building site where a centuries-old human skeleton and a rusted alien artefact have been discovered in the ground. Later, at a local bar, Toshiko meets Mary, a scavenger of alien artefacts that has been following Torchwood. Mary gives Toshiko a pendant that allows her to read minds; Toshiko promises to not tell Torchwood from whom she got it. The next day as Toshiko examines the pendant, she reads Owen and Gwen's minds, both having dismissive and contemptuous thoughts about her. She races home, only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Goddard
Andy Goddard (born 1968) is a Welsh director and screenwriter, best known for writing and directing his feature debut '' Set Fire to the Stars'' (2014) and directing and co-producing his second feature '' A Kind of Murder'' (2016). Goddard has also directed five episodes of the ITV period drama series ''Downton Abbey''. Life and career Goddard was born in Pembroke Dock, Wales and grew up on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. He later studied film, photography and television at Napier University in Edinburgh. Goddard's debut short ''Little Sisters'' was nominated for a BAFTA Award and won the Gold Hugo Award for Best Narrative Short Film at the 34th Chicago International Film Festival. The film went on to win the DM Davies Award at the Welsh International Film Festival and the Grand Prix in European Competition at Festival du film de Vendôme. His television work includes episodes of ''The Bill'', ''Once Upon a Time'', ''Torchwood'', '' Law & Order: UK'', ''Downton Abbey'', and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countrycide
"Countrycide" is the sixth episode of the first series of the British science fiction television series ''Torchwood'', which was originally broadcast on the digital television channel BBC Three on 19 November 2006. Set in a small Welsh village, the episode involves a village full of cannibals harvesting and butchering passing travellers every ten years. It was viewed by 1.22 million people. (select BBC3, 2006, November, 13 Nov - 19 Nov) Plot Torchwood responds to reports of 17 people missing within a 20-mile radius in the Brecon Beacons, using the mobile phone signal from the last disappearance as their starting point. While getting some firewood for the camp, Gwen and Owen encounter two hooded figures. They chase the figures but instead find a corpse. As the team investigates it, their SUV is stolen. Ianto tracks the vehicle to a nearby village; Jack believes the corpse was a lure to make them come to the village. Jack, Gwen, and Owen search the pub and nearby homes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter J
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Alice Troughton
Alice Troughton is a British film and television director known for her work on ''Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs. Career From 2006 to 2010, Troughton directed episodes of each of ''Torchwood'', ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', and ''Doctor Who''. She was only the second person (after Colin Teague) to direct episodes of all three shows, which are set in a shared universe. Despite their shared surname and common association with ''Doctor Who'', Troughton is not related to actor Patrick Troughton, who played the Second Doctor The Second Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. He was portrayed by actor Patrick Troughton. While the Troughton era of ''Doctor Who'' is well-remembered by fans an ... in the 1960s. Her directing in the franchise received positive reviews. Filmography Films Television References External links * An Interview with Alice Troughtonon the Merlin Locations website British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Worlds (Torchwood)
"Small Worlds" is the fifth episode of the first series of the British science fiction television series ''Torchwood'', which was originally broadcast on the digital television channel BBC Three on 12 November 2006. The episode involves the alien hunters Torchwood investigating a group of deadly fairies who intend to turn the Cardiff child Jasmine Pierce (Lara Phillipart) into a fairy. Filming took place in the villages of Radyr and Pentyrch in Cardiff North. Plot Jack is invited to a presentation on fairies held by his former lover Estelle, and brings Gwen along. Estelle shows the audience the Cottingley Fairies photographs, then compares them to photographs she had taken a couple of nights before. Jack and Estelle later discuss the photographs and the nature of fairies at her home. On the way back to the Torchwood Hub, Jack explains to Gwen that the fairies are creatures from the dawn of time and are not bound by linear time. He says that the fairies can be very dangerous. J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Strong (director)
James Strong is a British television and film director and writer, best known for his work on ''Broadchurch'' for which he was BAFTA-nominated for Best Director Fiction 2015. He trained at Granada TV and has directed episodes of the shows '' Holby City'' and ''Doctors'', as well as seven episodes of ''Doctor Who'' and two episodes of its spin-off series ''Torchwood''. His work on the ''Doctor Who'' episode "Voyage of the Damned" won him a BAFTA Cymru award for Best Director in 2008. In 2007, he directed the autobiographical documentary '' Elton John: Me, Myself & I'' and in 2008 he directed three episodes of ''Bonekickers''. He then directed '' Hunted'' and ''Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story'' and '' Silent Witness'' in 2010 followed by the feature film ''United'' and ''Downton Abbey'' in 2011. He was lead director and associate producer on ''Broadchurch'', which won six BAFTAs including Best Drama and for which he was nominated for BAFTA Best Director Fiction. Stron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
