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| Chris Chibnall | .... | co-producer (26 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Russell T. Davies | .... | executive producer (25 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Julie Gardner | .... | executive producer (24 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Richard Stokes | .... | producer (19 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Catrin Lewis Defis | .... | associate producer (18 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Sophie Fante | .... | assistant producer / producer (8 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Peter Bennett | .... | producer (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Brian Minchin | .... | assistant producer (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Terry Reeve | .... | associate producer (4 episodes, 2006) |
| Marcus Prince | .... | associate producer (2 episodes, 2006) |
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| Lynsey Muir | .... | second assistant director / third assistant director (14 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| James Dehaviland | .... | second assistant director (10 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Nic Britz | .... | first assistant director (8 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| David Chalstrey | .... | third assistant director (6 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Steffan Morris | .... | first assistant director / second assistant director (5 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Rhydian Evans | .... | first assistant director (4 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Richard Harris | .... | first assistant director (4 episodes, 2008) |
| Rhian Salisbury | .... | third assistant director (3 episodes, 2006) |
| Peter Bennett | .... | first assistant director (2 episodes, 2006) |
| Guy de Glanville | .... | second assistant director (2 episodes, 2006) |
| Nick Rae | .... | first assistant director (2 episodes, 2006) |
| Nick Brown | .... | first assistant director (2 episodes, 2008) |
| Marco Ciglia | .... | first assistant director (2 episodes, 2008) |
| Pru Mettyer | .... | second assistant director (2 episodes, 2008) |
| Suzanna Shaw | .... | first assistant director (2 episodes, 2008) |
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| Stephen Nicholas | .... | chief supervising art director / supervising art director (18 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Will Pope | .... | stand-by carpenter (17 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Mark Cordory | .... | property maker / props / ... (13 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Matthew North | .... | art department coordinator (13 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Clare Keyte | .... | production buyer (13 episodes, 2008) |
| Matthew Hywel-Davies | .... | construction manager (12 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Stuart Wooddisse | .... | props master / property master (7 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Brian Henry | .... | stand-by prop / stand-by props (6 episodes, 2006) |
| Charlie Malik | .... | props storeman / storeman (6 episodes, 2006) |
| Jonathan Marquand Allison | .... | art department production manager (6 episodes, 2006) |
| Nick Thomas | .... | property master (6 episodes, 2006) |
| Libby Uppington | .... | assistant stand-by props (6 episodes, 2006) |
| Beverley Gerard | .... | stand-by art director (6 episodes, 2008) |
| Adrian Anscombe | .... | art department op. manager / art department manager (5 episodes, 2006) |
| Arwel Jones | .... | stand-by art director (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Jackson Pope | .... | stand-by props (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Phil Shellard | .... | stand-by props (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Ben Austin | .... | design assistant (4 episodes, 2006) |
| Ian Bunting | .... | concept artist (4 episodes, 2006) |
| Scott Fisher | .... | construction chargehand (4 episodes, 2006) |
| Peter McKinstry | .... | concept artist (4 episodes, 2006) |
| Matthew Savage | .... | assistant art director / associate designer (4 episodes, 2006) |
| Dafydd Shurmer | .... | stand-by art director (4 episodes, 2006) |
| Cathy Featherstone | .... | stand-by art director (3 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Penny Howarth | .... | props maker (3 episodes, 2006) |
| Julian Luxton | .... | designer (3 episodes, 2006) |
| Ben Morris | .... | production buyer (3 episodes, 2006) |
| Al Roberts | .... | design assistant (3 episodes, 2006) |
| Keith Freeman | .... | stand-by rigger (2 episodes, 2006) |
| Penny Harvey | .... | designer (2 episodes, 2006) |
| Nicholas Robatto | .... | props maker (2 episodes, 2006) |
| Lisa McDiarmid | .... | stand-by art director (2 episodes, 2008) |
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| Julie Ankerson | .... | foley artist (31 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Howard Eaves | .... | sound effects editor (31 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Doug Sinclair | .... | supervising sound editor / sound supervisor (31 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Kelly-Marie Angell | .... | foley editor / assistant sound editor (17 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Paul McFadden | .... | sound editor / dialogue editor (15 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Tim Ricketts | .... | dubbing mixer (13 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| John Fewell | .... | foley artist (13 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Jeff Matthews | .... | sound recordist (11 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Peter Jeffreys | .... | dubbing mixer (10 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Jeff Welch | .... | boom operator (9 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Dave Baumber | .... | sound recordist (7 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Will Everett | .... | foley editor (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Julian Howarth | .... | sound recordist (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Bryn Thomas | .... | sound assistant (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Matthew Cox | .... | assistant sound editor / dialogue editor / ... (4 episodes, 2009) |
| Simon Koelmeyer | .... | unit sound recordist / sound recordist: second unit (3 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Peter Gleaves | .... | adr mixer (3 episodes, 2009) |
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| Neill Gorton | .... | creature effects and prosthetics designer / prosthetics (8 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Peter Hawkins | .... | prosthetics and animatronic effects floor supervisor (8 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Rob Mayor | .... | creature effects and prosthetics supervisor / prosthetics (6 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Martina Hawkins | .... | creature effects and prosthetics administration manager (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Karen Spencer | .... | creature effects crew (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Kate Walshe | .... | creature effects and prosthetics coordinator (5 episodes, 2009) |
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| Sara Bennett | .... | compositing supervisor / 2D artist (26 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Nicolas Hernandez | .... | CG supervisor / 3D supervisor / ... (26 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Russell Horth | .... | digital compositor (26 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Jean-Claude Deguara | .... | CG supervisor / 3D artist / ... (19 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Jenna Powell | .... | visual effects coordinator (17 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Barney Curnow | .... | visual effects supervisor / on-set visual effects supervisor (15 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Marie A. Jones | .... | visual effects producer (15 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Arianna Lago | .... | digital compositor (13 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Neil Roche | .... | animator / 3D artist (8 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Astrid Busser-Casas | .... | digital compositor / 2D artist (5 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Andrew Guest | .... | digital effects artist / 3D artist (5 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Kim Phelan | .... | visual effects coordinator (5 episodes, 2006) |
| Will Pryor | .... | digital effects artist (5 episodes, 2006) |
| Natalie Stopford | .... | visual effects coordinator (5 episodes, 2006) |
| Charlie Bennett | .... | digital matte painter (4 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Will Cohen | .... | visual effects producer (4 episodes, 2006) |
| Dave Houghton | .... | visual effects supervisor (4 episodes, 2006) |
| Adam Burnett | .... | CG artist (3 episodes, 2006) |
| Joseph Courtis | .... | 2D artist (2 episodes, 2006) |
| Bronwyn Edwards | .... | 2D artist / senior compositor (2 episodes, 2006) |
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| Steve Hopkins | .... | electrician / lighting technician (16 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Dave Fowler | .... | gaffer (14 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Gafin Riley | .... | practical electrician (13 episodes, 2008) |
| Micky Reeves | .... | gaffer (11 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Steve Slocombe | .... | best boy (9 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Keith Freeman | .... | rigger / stand-by rigger (8 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Elliott Gilhooly | .... | camera trainee (8 episodes, 2006) |
| Martin Stephens | .... | camera operator (8 episodes, 2008) |
| Christopher J. Reynolds | .... | focus puller: "a" camera / first assistant camera: "b" camera / ... (7 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Llyr Evans | .... | best boy (7 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Alwyn Hughes | .... | camera operator / focus puller (6 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Gareth Hughes | .... | camera operator (6 episodes, 2006) |
| James Moss | .... | camera operator (5 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Dai Hopkins | .... | grip (5 episodes, 2006) |
| Clive Baldwin | .... | grip (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Jonathan Cox | .... | electrician (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Ben Griffiths | .... | electrician (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Tom Hartley | .... | camera assistant (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Mark Hutchings | .... | gaffer (5 episodes, 2009) |
| James Leigh | .... | camera operator (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Steve Rees | .... | focus puller (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Jamie Southcott | .... | focus puller (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Jon Vidgen | .... | camera assistant (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Gareth Williams | .... | electrician (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Duncan Fowlie | .... | focus puller (4 episodes, 2006) |
| Mani Paliwala-Blaxter | .... | assistant camera / camera assistant (4 episodes, 2006) |
| Anna James | .... | first assistant camera / focus puller (4 episodes, 2008) |
| John Truckle | .... | gaffer (4 episodes, 2008) |
| Warwick Drucker | .... | additional grip (3 episodes, 2006) |
| Suzanne Sanders | .... | best boy (3 episodes, 2006) |
| Chris Davies | .... | best boy (3 episodes, 2008) |
| Albert James | .... | practical electrician (3 episodes, 2008) |
| Marc Covington | .... | focus puller (2 episodes, 2006) |
| Tony Ephgrave | .... | electrician (2 episodes, 2008) |
| Paul Hanning | .... | first assistant camera: "b" camera (2 episodes, 2008) |
| Allan Hughes | .... | grip (2 episodes, 2008) |
| Rob McGregor | .... | focus puller (2 episodes, 2008) |
| Tom Olley | .... | electrician (2 episodes, 2008) |
| John Robinson | .... | grip (2 episodes, 2008) |
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| Brian Minchin | .... | script editor (20 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Carmelina Palumbo | .... | production coordinator (13 episodes, 2006-2007) |
| Ceri Tothill | .... | production accountant (12 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Julie Scott | .... | production executive (10 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Claire Thomas | .... | production secretary / script secretary (8 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Nicky James | .... | location manager / location scout (6 episodes, 2006-2009) |
| Vicky Cole | .... | script supervisor / continuity (6 episodes, 2006-2008) |
| Paul Davies | .... | location manager (6 episodes, 2006) |
| Neil Hodge | .... | head chef (6 episodes, 2008-2009) |
| Margarita Felices | .... | production secretary (5 episodes, 2006) |
| Hannah Simpson | .... | production coordinator (5 episodes, 2008) |
| Tom Evans | .... | runner (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Non Eleri Hughes | .... | continuity (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Alison Jones | .... | runner (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Clare Rutteman | .... | production coordinator (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Gareth Skelding | .... | assistant location manager (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Carole Wakefield | .... | assistant production accountant (5 episodes, 2009) |
| Llinos Wyn Jones | .... | continuity (4 episodes, 2006) |
| Kate Powell | .... | assistant production coordinator (4 episodes, 2006) |
| Helen Pugsley | .... | script secretary (4 episodes, 2006) |
| Endaf Emyr Williams | .... | senior production accountant / production accountant (4 episodes, 2006) |
| Nicola Brown | .... | runner (4 episodes, 2009) |
| Kath Blackman | .... | contracts assistant / assistant accountant (3 episodes, 2006) |
| Bethan Britton | .... | contracts assistant / assistant accountant (3 episodes, 2006) |
| Glen Coxon | .... | production runner (3 episodes, 2006) |
| Gary Russell | .... | script editor (3 episodes, 2008) |
| Llywarch Davies | .... | production runner (2 episodes, 2006) |
| Nicki Coles | .... | script supervisor (2 episodes, 2008) |
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It's amazing how a high-quality production can sometimes draw reviews that would be more appropriate to low-grade syndicated filler. Torchwood is, at the very least, an imaginative, well-acted, well-photographed and, more than anything, totally idiosyncratic series.
Many seem put off by the sex. Fortunately, that wasn't a problem for the show's writers. This is a series that neither glories in nor shies away from sex. Characters have believable sex lives, that affect their actions in realistic ways. Some episodes are frankly *about* sex, in a brilliantly science-fictional way. (Bear in mind, the series is very definitely *not* aimed at kids. These characters are adults, and the show is written for adults. That in itself is pretty refreshing!)
Some of the interactions may border on soap opera... but that's the format. It works. It's an ensemble show, and it's about how the private lives of relatively normal humans are transformed by extraordinary events. No, these characters aren't as cute and lovable as, say, the crew of the Serenity. They're thorny, often irrational. I love that about them. Like real people, they often act in ways that even their best friends can't predict. And as with real people, one develops an affection for their faults as much as their virtues.
Stories are clever, but not cerebral. This isn't Twilight Zone. It's not 'hard' Science Fiction. It's a 'pulp' show for adults who want to feel like kids for an hour. It creates a world where the bizarre is commonplace. The viewpoint character is a 'normal' policewoman... she moves into this strange world, adapting to its superhuman challenges and becoming addicted to its heady rewards. It's a highly involving formula... if you're the sort of viewer who often finds our 'real' world far too dull and predictable.
Like Doctor Who, Torchwood is a show that, on paper, shouldn't really work. At every point in Doctor Who's long, long run, nay-sayers have proved with inescapable logic that it can't possibly work: it's too violent, it's too dark, it's too silly, it's too intellectual... it's too expensive. Many of the criticisms have been mutually contradictory! The same seems to be true of Torchwood... it's an odd, angular beast, that doesn't really follow any established paradigm. Saying it's "like Angel," or "like the X-Files" really isn't very revealing. In SOME ways, it's like Gunsmoke. Or Bless This House.
I won't give Torchwood a 10/10. Yet. It could be tighter... I have the feeling the first season meandered just a bit. But considering the oddly discordant tone it's trying to hit, that's hardly surprising. It would be even more surprising if the show was able to attract more than a cult following. What does seem ironic is that the cult followings of other, genetically-similar shows such as Doctor Who seem largely unable to appreciate this one. Sci-fi and fantasy used to be about shedding one's preconceptions... now they're cults with preconceptions of their own.
To me, that only adds to the attraction. Torchwood isn't 'like' Doctor Who, or any previous show, in tone, style, pace or perspective. But it has the same essence... the same willingness to take chances, to forge a new myth unlike any other that's gone before. Even if it stumbles a bit at the start, I can't wait to see where it's going.