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I could've sworn we had Starz, but we don't. We do have Teh Technology, though, so I sat down yesterday afternoon to check out what RTD had done with my beautiful bride-in-my-own-mind in the season premiere of Torchwood.
I'll save the real spoilers for the end, but I had trouble believing that this CIA chick was my dear Claire. Tentative rather than tenacious. Her voice- just not right somehow. And blonde. What was with THAT? Worse, poured into a form-fitting business suit with fuck-me heels. Worse still, pulling the standard Action Series Fallacy by running away in said FM's. Worst of all, running away from ( spoilers start here )
But then things started getting REALLY confusing. A few minutes later, she returns to her CIA post, answers the phone and for the first time I hear her referred to by name. That's not the name of Lauren's character- whatwith? IMDB-clicky-clicky, and.... that's not Claire. She's not even IN this episode.
I do, however, now know who she will be appearing with, and for, in the series once she does show up. That would be the Evil McEvilpants played by Bill Pullman, who I almost didn't recognize, either.
All in all, an interesting premise- worth following. I don't think I need to get into the backstory all that much to understand what's going on, but in general, it reminded me more of an X-Files episode than anything resembling Doctor Who.
( The rest of the spoilers )
From here, though, I guess I'll just see where it goes. There's enough to hold me, but more than a few things that might fold me, especially if Jilly turns out to be too minor, too annoying, or just too unClairey.
I'll save the real spoilers for the end, but I had trouble believing that this CIA chick was my dear Claire. Tentative rather than tenacious. Her voice- just not right somehow. And blonde. What was with THAT? Worse, poured into a form-fitting business suit with fuck-me heels. Worse still, pulling the standard Action Series Fallacy by running away in said FM's. Worst of all, running away from ( spoilers start here )
But then things started getting REALLY confusing. A few minutes later, she returns to her CIA post, answers the phone and for the first time I hear her referred to by name. That's not the name of Lauren's character- whatwith? IMDB-clicky-clicky, and.... that's not Claire. She's not even IN this episode.
I do, however, now know who she will be appearing with, and for, in the series once she does show up. That would be the Evil McEvilpants played by Bill Pullman, who I almost didn't recognize, either.
All in all, an interesting premise- worth following. I don't think I need to get into the backstory all that much to understand what's going on, but in general, it reminded me more of an X-Files episode than anything resembling Doctor Who.
( The rest of the spoilers )
From here, though, I guess I'll just see where it goes. There's enough to hold me, but more than a few things that might fold me, especially if Jilly turns out to be too minor, too annoying, or just too unClairey.