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PC Andy
Andy Davidson is a fictional character in the BBC television programme ''Torchwood'', portrayed by Tom Price. Andy, an officer with the South Wales Police, is a supporting character who first appears in ''Torchwood''s premiere episode " Everything Changes" and recurs regularly from thereon. Though initially only credited as 'PC Andy', the character's surname 'Davidson' was given in novels and online media and eventually confirmed by dialogue in ''Children of Earth'', "Day Three" (2009). Like Gwen's partner, Rhys (Kai Owen), Andy is used by the production team as an everyman character who grounds the series in a recognisable real-world setting. The character had originally been slated to be killed off in the first series, though the production team had a change of heart, believing him to work well as a supporting character. Both cast and crew, as well as professional reviewers have spoken of the character's role in providing comic relief and an outsider's perspective on the Torc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Davidson (Torchwood)
Andy Davidson is a fictional character in the BBC television programme ''Torchwood'', portrayed by Tom Price (actor), Tom Price. Andy, an officer with the South Wales Police, is a supporting character who first appears in ''Torchwood''s premiere episode "Everything Changes (Torchwood), Everything Changes" and recurs regularly from thereon. Though initially only credited as 'PC Andy', the character's surname 'Davidson' was given in novels and online media and eventually confirmed by dialogue in Torchwood: Children of Earth, ''Children of Earth'', "Day Three" (2009). Like Gwen's partner, Rhys Williams (Torchwood), Rhys (Kai Owen), Andy is used by the production team as an everyman character who grounds the series in a recognisable real-world setting. The character had originally been slated to be killed off in the first series, though the production team had a change of heart, believing him to work well as a supporting character. Both cast and crew, as well as professional reviewer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergeant
Sergeant (abbreviated to Sgt. and capitalized when used as a named person's title) is a rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and policing forces. The alternative spelling, ''serjeant'', is used in The Rifles and other units that draw their heritage from the British light infantry. Its origin is the Latin , 'one who serves', through the French term . The term ''sergeant'' refers to a non-commissioned officer placed above the rank of a corporal, and a police officer immediately below a lieutenant in the US, and below an inspector in the UK. In most armies, the rank of sergeant corresponds to command of a squad (or section). In Commonwealth armies, it is a more senior rank, corresponding roughly to a platoon second-in-command. In the United States Army, sergeant is a more junior rank corresponding to a squad- (12 person) or platoon- (36 person) leader. More senior non-commissioned ranks are often variations on sergeant, for example staff sergeant, gunn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrift (Torchwood)
"Adrift" is the eleventh episode of the second series of the British science fiction television series ''Torchwood'', which was first broadcast on BBC Three on 19 March 2008, and repeated on BBC Two one week later. The episode was written by series one and two head writer Chris Chibnall, directed by Mark Everest and produced by Sophie Fante and Richard Stokes. The episode featured the five initial series regulars John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Burn Gorman, Naoko Mori and Gareth David Lloyd plus recurring actors Kai Owen and Tom Price. The episode begins with the alien hunter Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) being called in to investigate a missing person case by her former colleague in the police Andy Davidson (Tom Price). When bereaved mother Nikki Bevan (Ruth Jones) starts a support group for missing people, Gwen realises the problem is widespread. She pursues the investigation against the wishes of her boss Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) and is able to track Nikki's son to an isol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Two
BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio channels, it is funded by the television licence, and is therefore free of commercial advertising. It is a comparatively well-funded public-service network, regularly attaining a much higher audience share than most public-service networks worldwide. Originally styled BBC2, it was the third British television station to be launched (starting on 21 April 1964), and from 1 July 1967, Europe's first television channel to broadcast regularly in colour. It was envisaged as a home for less mainstream and more ambitious programming, and while this tendency has continued to date, most special-interest programmes of a kind previously broadcast on BBC Two, for example the BBC Proms, no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (Torchwood)
"Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" is the first episode of the second series of British science fiction television series ''Torchwood'', which was broadcast on BBC Two on 16 January 2008. The episode features a guest appearance from James Marsters as Captain John Hart, the former colleague and lover of the alien hunter Jack Harkness (John Barrowman). In the episode, John double crosses Jack's Torchwood team as part of a plan to steal a diamond from a woman who was murdered. Chris Chibnall wrote the episode with the knowledge that Marsters wished to appear in the series, and has written the part of John Hart "absolutely" for him. The episode was filmed in Cardiff in July 2007. "Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang" was seen by four million viewers upon its original broadcast, with an Appreciation Index of 84, and was met with generally positive reviews in both the United Kingdom and United States. Plot Jack, after finding the Doctor and witnessing the end of the world, returns to his Torchwood team, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
End Of Days (Torchwood)
"End of Days" is the thirteenth and final episode of the first series of the British science fiction television series ''Torchwood''. It originally aired on the digital television channel BBC Three on 1 January 2007, alongside the previous episode, " Captain Jack Harkness". The episode was written by Chris Chibnall and directed by Ashley Way. Continuing from the events of "Captain Jack Harkness", the episode involves the time-travelling clock seller Bilis Manger (Murray Melvin) manipulating members of a team of alien hunters called Torchwood into opening a rift in time and space which would cause the release of the demon Abaddon. The episode received three 2008 BAFTA Cymru award nominations, though none of them was won. Plot After Owen opened the Rift to rescue Toshiko and Jack, the Rift splinters, causing temporal cracks to widen, bringing individuals from different eras to the present day. Jack orders Torchwood to bring anyone that fell through time into Torchwood's vaults. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Chibnall
Christopher Antony Chibnall (born 21 March 1970) is an English television writer and producer, best known as the creator and writer of the award-winning ITV mystery-crime drama ''Broadchurch'' and as a showrunner of the long-running BBC sci-fi series ''Doctor Who''. Chibnall wrote five episodes of the series under previous showrunners Russell T Davies and Steven Moffat, and was also the head writer for the first two series of the spinoff ''Torchwood''. Early life and career Chibnall was brought up in Formby, Sefton, Merseyside. He studied drama at St Mary's University, Twickenham, subsequently gaining an MA in Theatre and Film from the University of Sheffield. His early career included work as a football archivist and floor manager for Sky Sports, before leaving to work as an administrator for various theatre companies. From 1996 to 1999 he worked as administrator with the experimental theatre company Complicite (where he met his wife Madeline), before leaving to become a f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Day One (Torchwood)
"Day One" is the second episode of the first series of the British science fiction television series ''Torchwood''. Directed by Brian Kelly, the episode was first broadcast on the digital channel BBC Three on 22 October 2006 with the series pilot, " Everything Changes", and later repeated on terrestrial channel BBC Two on 25 October. It was the first work in the '' Doctor Who'' universe to be written by future ''Doctor Who'' showrunner Chris Chibnall. The episode centres on Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) working her first case with the alien hunters Torchwood in Cardiff, when she lets loose a purple alien gas that survives on the energy of orgasms. Over the course of the episode, the team hunt for Carys before the gas kills her. Originally entitled "New Girl", the episode was written to interpret Gwen's "first day in hell". On the sex gas, series creator Russell T Davies stated "when we're launching a new adult science fiction drama, it's kind of inevitable you're going to do the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Torchwood Monsters And Aliens
This is a list of fictional creatures and aliens from the universe of the long-running BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', and spin-offs:''Torchwood'', ''The Sarah Jane Adventures'', ''Class'', '' K-9'' and ''K-9 and Company''. Note that this list only covers alien races and other fictional creatures and not specific characters, for individual characters see the lists in the separate articles below: * List of ''Doctor Who'' villains * List of ''Doctor Who'' henchmen * List of ''Doctor Who'' robots 0–9 The 456 The 456 served as the main antagonists during the third series of ''Torchwood''. They are unnamed aliens with whom the government of the United Kingdom made a deal in 1965; the 456 extorted twelve children in return for a cure to an Earth-bound virus which was about to mutate, although one child, Clement MacDonald, ran away and escaped at the last minute. When asked for their species name by John Frobisher, they chose to use the frequency th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BBC Three
BBC Three is a British free-to-air public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, covering all genres including animation, comedy, current affairs, and drama series. The television channel closed down in 2016 and was replaced by an online-only BBC Three streaming channel. After six years of being online, BBC Three returned to linear television on 1 February 2022. It broadcasts every day from 19:00 to around 04:00, timesharing with CBBC (which starts at 07:00). BBC Three is the BBC's youth-orientated television channel, its remit to provide "innovative programming" to a target audience of viewers between 16 and 34 years old, leveraging technology as well as new talent. Unlike its commercial rivals, 90% of BBC Three's output originated from the United Kingdom. Notable exceptions were '' Family Guy'' and ''American Dad'' (both of them originating in the United States). It an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Stokes (producer)
Richard Stokes is a British television producer and executive producer. In 2003, he was interviewed for the post of producer on the then in pre-production revival of ''Doctor Who'', but ultimately lost out on the job to Phil Collinson. Career He worked on ''Eastenders'' as a script editor towards the end of the 1990s and the early 2000s. After, he worked on ''Holby City'' as series producer (until 2005) and executive producer (2005–2006). He produced the first two series of the ''Doctor Who'' spin-off series ''Torchwood'' for the BBC. He was the producer and occasional writer of ITV's '' Law & Order: UK'' from series 1 to series 6, working with Chris Chibnall. He would go on to produce the legal drama ''Silk'' and another Chibnall production, crime drama ''Broadchurch''. In 2016, he produced ''Undercover'' for the BBC. He serves as an executive producer on ''Silent Witness ''Silent Witness'' is a British crime drama television series produced by the BBC, which focuses on a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Kelly (director)
Brian Kelly is a British television director. He has worked on several high-profile British television drama series, including ''Sea of Souls'', ''Taggart'', '' Monarch of the Glen'', ''Holby City'' and '' The Watch''. In 2006, he took charge of directing the first block of episodes of the ''Doctor Who'' spinoff series ''Torchwood''. In 2014 he directed several episodes of the STARZ Starz (stylized as STARZ since 2016; pronounced "stars") is an American premium cable and satellite television network owned by Lions Gate Entertainment, and is the flagship property of parent subsidiary Starz Inc. Programming on Starz consist ... drama '' Outlander''. References External links * British television directors Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) {{Tv-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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