TW Series 4 Announced - no American reboot, but it's going to be 'bigger and bolder than ever'

[a_silver_story]

Torchwood series 4 Announced


According to the quote in the article, it's going to be 'bigger and bolder than ever' (what? again? Bigger and bolder than ever ... again? FFS! 'bigger and bolder' doesn't exactly translate well. Look at Jurassic Park II and the TRex in San Diego! May have been bigger ... certainly wasn't 'better'.)

Thankfully not an American reboot (thank Christ they dropped that idea), but it will be a ten episode, three-way production between BBC Cyrmu, BBC Worldwide and American network Starz with RTD, Julie Gardner and Jane Tranter in charge. Instead of being based in Cardiff, it's going to be all over the place in 'international locations'.

Just what the Torchwood fans wanted. Definitely. Without a doubt. I mean, one of the things we LOVED about CoE was that it wasn't in Cardiff, right?


Why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why, why can't they just FUCKING. STAY. IN. CARDIFF? And WTF? Gwen's still in Torchwood? Does she lose her baby somehow? Surely Gwen isn't so irresponsible (okay - she's had her moments, but when it comes to kids, parents generally have some form of clarity) as to continue work for Torchwood with a dependent child? I mean ... it's not like she KNOWS RTD will NEVER EVER kill her ....

Maybe she'll just be wandering around in the background like Donna did in the End of Time, with no discernible or real reason for being there other than LOOK AT THE POPULAR ACTRESS! LOOK! WE DIDN'T FORGET HER AFTER WE BALLSED UP HER STORYLINE!

And JACK - sending Jack off-planet at the end of CoE always confused me. Cuz ... there was no way they weren't gonna bring him back. What a waste of my screen time.


JACK: I'm going. I can't ever return here. This planet is a graveyard to me.

[an appropriate amount of plot happens (though probably not very much, really)]

JACK: IMMA BACK, AND IT'S GONNA BE BIGGA AND BETTA THAN EVARRRRR!




Maybe series four will be Jack taking Rhys, Gwen and Baby around all the places he visited on his six months travelling after torturing his grandson to death.


Despite my instantly negative reaction, I will have to give it a go. There is the teeniest, tiniest smidgen of chance that it might actually be worth the time and effort. My biggest drawbacks are a) WTF NOT IN CARDIFF? WHY WHY WHY??? WHAT ABOUT THE RIFT?

REMEMBER THE RIFT???????

and b) RTD is writing again. Could he at least have a beta this time? Please? Maybe a continuation whiteboard to go with his new, shiny, US office?

Cuz ... srsly ... USA can keep him.



EDIT: As iantogodeo pointed out, there's no mention of Kai Owen or Tom Price. Maybe Rhys and Andy ran away together with Gwen's baby, and that's why it's vaguely sane for Gwen to still be with Torchwood. Rhys + Andy= Rhandy. CSI: Cardiff could still happen.

Comments

[kiraclara.livejournal.com]

I read the article and was "Wait your waiting for money from the US?" Okay I understand= recession. Everybody has to cut back on a few things.
I'm still mourning the loss of a great television character, so I don't know if I will watch the new series. I can't believe it's already been a year since CoE. (denial!)I hoping they bring Ianto back. HOPE is on my knees praying.
It's a little weird that they will move the show around the world. I mean for all we know the rift covers the entire world, but who's guarding Cardiff. Hope these new characters are worth it.
Still mad at RTD killing three MAJOR characters within a four or five episode span.

[a-silver-story.livejournal.com]

The Rift is through the middle of Cardiff, and the only time it's ever reached outside of it is when it was splintering at the end of S1. Compared to the globe, the Rift isn't that big - hence the tiny outpost in Cardiff.

And even if the new characters are worth it, I'd be too busy wondering when they're going to die suddenly to get attached to them :(

[kiraclara.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Agh. Damn you RTD making me confused about the new series.

[arixtotle.livejournal.com]

I'm just wondering if they're going to pull the "since the TARDIS used the rift to pull the Earth back to where it belongs it got bigger" card or something.

[theorclair.livejournal.com]

And even if the new characters are worth it, I'd be too busy wondering when they're going to die suddenly to get attached to them :(

Which is why a new season concerns me. Unless there's a reset.