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From Slice of SciFi:
If it were up to John Barrowman, he’d played his popular character Captain Jack Harkness until he was 90. The character, first introduced in “Doctor Who” and now the center of the spin-off series, “Torchwood” will return to screens later this year for a five-episode third season. The story will be a week-long mini-series according to reports, though details on the plot are being kept underwraps.
And while Barrowman is happy to be reprising his role as Captain Jack, he told the UK’s “The People,” he’d like to see a longer season next time.
“I’d rather do a series of 10 or 13 episodes because it’s a lot of work for just five,” Barrowman said.
“The next series is about Torchwood fighting the government rather than just aliens and is a lot darker,” he hinted. “Jack has to make a decision no parent – that’s a big hint – should have to make.”
Barrowman also said the series is being “toned down” a bit for distribution overseas–especially in the United States.
“We’re not swearing or doing anything close to the bone because it’s been a huge success in the US and the networks won’t accept it with all that stuff in it,” he said.
However, the new toned down nature of the series won’t keep Barrowman from shedding his clothes on camera.
“I’ll still be getting naked and it will still be saucy – but it’s done with taste,” he said.
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From Seat42f:
Filming for the third season of BBC AMERICA’s highest rated series ever, Torchwood, has begun in Cardiff, Wales. From creator Russell T Davis (writer of Doctor Who, Queer as Folk), the hit sci-fi series is scheduled to return in 2009 with the third installment titled Torchwood: Children of Earth.
The new season sees the Torchwood team embarking on a single action-packed adventure as they battle for the future of the human race against the fiercest force they have encountered.
The highly-motivated team is John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness, Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper and Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones. Other regular cast involved in their high-octane adventure are Kai Owen as Rhys Williams, Gwen’s husband, and Tom Price as PC Andy.
Special guests in the five part series are Peter Capaldi (Doctor Who, The Thick Of It, Skins), who plays the role of Mr. Frobisher a civil servant who is hiding a terrible secret, Paul Copely (Coronation Street, The Bill) as Clem the survivor still haunted by his past, and Liz May Brice (Bad Girls, The Bill) as Johnson the cynical covert government agent determined to expose Torchwood.
Russell T Davies said, “The new series of Torchwood is hugely bold and promises to be bigger and better than ever the audience is in for an amazing ride. This series is one big serial and the most ambitious story we’ve ever made, and we’ve got plenty of surprises in store.”
Julie Gardner, Head of Drama, BBC Wales, said, “We hope to make Torchwood a gripping and surprising TV event with storylines that push our team into greater danger and sacrifice. Joining our main cast are some fantastic guest artists who will only add to making this unmissable TV.”
On September 16, 2008, BBC Video unleashes to U.S. stores, Torchwood: The Complete Second Season, a fully-loaded 5-disc DVD set with over three hours of bonus features ranging from deleted scenes and outtakes to Torchwood Declassified featurettes and more.
This past April, both Seasons One and Two of Torchwood debuted in the Top 10 for Top TV Seasons on the iTunes Store and continue to be a hit for the online digital store.
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