"Bloody Torchwood," grunted an old lady at the start of the show's second season, as she witnessed the gang pursue an alien blowfish in a sports car. Thirteen episodes later, it's a comment that deserves to be upgraded. "Bloody amazing Torchwood" is far more appropriate. Blatantly using classic Buffy as it's model (not a bad thing at all), Torchwood gained the all important fun factor.
A vast improvement over its debut season, this year's episodes have tickled many a rib, caused plenty of jaws to drop and probed the most defiant of tear ducts - all thanks to a winning blend of action, emotion and humour. Just witness the hilarious shapeshifting antics at Gwen's wedding, followed soon after by the powerful tale of a teenage boy whose trip through the rift has left him scarred, drastically aged and tortured by memories of his . . .
A vast improvement over its debut season, this year's episodes have tickled many a rib, caused plenty of jaws to drop and probed the most defiant of tear ducts - all thanks to a winning blend of action, emotion and humour. Just witness the hilarious shapeshifting antics at Gwen's wedding, followed soon after by the powerful tale of a teenage boy whose trip through the rift has left him scarred, drastically aged and tortured by memories of his . . .
- 4/13/2008
- by Ben_Rawson-Jones_imdb_@digitalspy.co.uk (Ben Rawson-Jones)
- Digital Spy
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