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yea cause the BBC wants to cut off it's cash flow from the biggest consumer in the worldOriginally posted by Replicator Todd View PostComment
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Some details on Series 4 of Torchwood:
Torchwood: The New World
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 - Posted by Marcus
Starz have published more details of the upcoming Torchwood co-production with BBC Worldwide. The series is due for transmission in the summer of 2011.
SERIES SYNOPSIS
When C.I.A. agent Rex Matheson investigates a global conspiracy, he finds himself unearthing a threat which challenges the entire human race. The answers seem to lie within an old, secret British institute, known only as Torchwood. But Torchwood was destroyed, years ago, and the keys to the institute are held by its only two survivors - former Police Officer Gwen Cooper, who has long since disappeared along with her husband and child, and the mysterious Captain Jack Harkness, a man whose history seems to stretch back centuries.
With Rex under attack from all sides, in both the US and the UK, he soon discovers there are forces at work within every level of society, determined to stop Torchwood's return. As a chain of events across the world links together the most disparate and unlikely individuals - including a surgeon, a killer, senators and CEOs - a new Torchwood team takes shape. But this time, the threat is much closer to home, as they realize that their greatest enemy is mankind itself...
CAPTAIN JACK HARKNESS (John Barrowman)
Jack looks like a hero. But he's so much more than that...
He's American, handsome, with a killer smile and a classic coat. But you don't expect heroes to be this much fun. He's witty, fast, subversive and there's a reason for that glint in his eye - he'll sleep with women, he'll sleep with men; if aliens invade, he'll sleep with them too. Got a problem with that? Tough! His dashing style hides a secret. There are mysteries about Jack - a man going under his name seems to have a history stretching back to World War 2, or even earlier, to the Nineteenth century, the Eighteenth...
Truth is, Jack Harkness is immortal. A fixed point in time and space. The only one of his kind. For thousands of years, he has never been able to die. When killed, he comes back to life - seconds later. Though his tragedy is, he feels every death. It hurts - and so does the passage of time. He can never love anyone for too long, because he will always lose them. As a result, he's lived many lives. He's been a conman, a thief, an adventurer - though more a rogue than a villain, because his perspective on human life makes him appreciate this world all the more.
Jack once ran the Torchwood Institute, a British organization dedicated to fighting the strange and bizarre. He was king of his own little world for a while, the happiest he'd ever been. But Torchwood fell. His friends were killed. The Institute closed down, and Jack disappeared, to start yet another of his many new lives. And yet... The only thing that could call Jack Harkness back is his unstated love for Gwen Cooper. And when a new, epic danger affects the whole planet, Jack finds himself back at the center of events, fighting not just for his own life, but for everyone on Earth. But this time, are the stakes too high?
GWEN COOPER (Eve Myles)
All Gwen wants is a quiet life. Honest.
She's Welsh, lives in seclusion, far away from the city, on a cliff top in the wilds of South Wales with her devoted husband, and baby Anwen - it's a rural idyll. And it's a lie. Gwen is in hiding, because she once lived the most extraordinary life. She was the heart and soul of an organization called Torchwood, a freelance band of fighters who fought the strange and unexplained. She was a defender of the human race.
But no more. Torchwood was destroyed. Her colleagues died, or fled. And Gwen hid herself away, for the rest of her life, to protect her loved ones. But knowing, just knowing, that one day trouble would come calling again.
She lives the ultimate double life: the funny, salty, earthy woman who loves home and family, combined with the tough, ruthless warrior, who loves the thrill of the fight. She's both selfish and selfless. And never doubt it - when Gwen's in a crisis, she is magnificent. Gun in both hands, baby strapped to her chest, she'll run and fight and never give up.
It's passion, in the end: Gwen's all about passion. She loves her man, she loves her child, she loves this mad old world, and maybe she loves Captain Jack Harkness just a little too much. But when the events of this story push Gwen to the limit, she'll need to call on resources she never knew she had, to take action and make the most terrible decisions, on behalf of all mankind.
REX MATHESON (Actor TBD)
He’s 28, the golden boy.
Has been, all his life. Harvard education, fast-tracker in the C.I.A., destined for success. Though he’s never taken it easy – Rex hustles, seduces and campaigns to get where he is today. He can talk his way into anything, then charm his way out, fast. He’s made a lot of enemies, but his friends and lovers would defend him to death. His choice of career is significant. Someone like Rex could make a fortune in Wall Street, or Hollywood. But choosing the C.I.A. says a lot about him: that for all his swagger, he does believe in justice. And will fight for it.
Slowly but surely, we see him make friends. He’s thrown together a bunch of people known as Torchwood, the only people who might have the answer to a global mystery. To Rex, at first, they’re a bunch of freaks. Welsh women and World War 2 Captains, what’s that about?! But as they race from one crisis to another, dodging assassins, blackmail, corruption and conspiracy, from Washington to Wales and the slums of Shanghai, Rex forges friendships in the heat of fire. He learns to trust his new colleagues. And they realize that this dangerous, dazzling, reckless man is the best friend they could ever have, in a world going to hell.
They frighten us, men like Rex. We wish we were him; we never will be.
Original article here: http://gallifreynewsbase.blogspot.co...-world_18.htmlLast edited by Alan; 18 August 2010, 09:13 AM.
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Hmmm... Isn't 28 a bit on the young side for a CIA agent?sigpic
Long before you and I were born, others beat these benches with their empty cups,
To the night and its stars, to the here and now with who we are.
Another sunrise with my sad captains, with who I choose to lose my mind,
And if it's all we only pass this way but once, what a perfect waste of time.Comment
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Daleks named greatest monsters
(UKPA) – 6 hours ago
The Daleks have exterminated all challengers to be named the greatest monsters in the galaxy by sci-fi fans.
The metal-clad mutant race - first seen on Doctor Who in 1963 - triumphed over creatures from Star Trek, Lord Of The Rings and the Alien and Predator films.
They topped the list in a poll commissioned by leading sci-fi and fantasy magazine SFX.
Second place went to the green-faced and horned character Lorne from Buffy TV spin-off series Angel, while the creatures first seen in Ridley Scott's 1979 film Alien and later revived for sequels were third.
Also figuring in the list were Gollum from Lord Of The Rings (ranked fifth) and Gizmo from Gremlins, who was seventh. The hideous shape-changing nasty from The Thing which at one stage assumes the form of a severed head which sprouts spider-like legs was in eighth place.
Another Doctor Who foe, the Cybermen, were placed 13th.
More than 8,000 fans took part in the www.sfx.co.uk website survey as part of the magazine's 200th issue celebrations.
Copyright © 2010 The Press Association. All rights reserved.
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Ultimate SFX200 VOTE
Vote at the link...
http://www.sfx.co.uk/2010/08/18/the-...haracter-ever/
Who is your Favourite SF & Fantasy Character of all time?
The choices are - R2D2, the Daleks, Batman, Spock, Rupert Giles, The Master, Dr Horrible, Dracula, The Doctor, Sarah Connor.Comment
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'Doctor Who' wins sci-fi heroes poll
Thursday, August 19 2010, 4:52am EDT
By Morgan Jeffery, TV Reporter
Doctor Who has come top in a poll listing the greatest heroes in science-fiction film and television.
The Doctor was awarded the title of 'Favorite Hero' in the list compiled by SFX, beating Firefly's Malcolm Reynolds into second place.
The character has been played by eleven actors since 1963, with Matt Smith the current incumbent of the role.
Other high-ranking characters included Dean Winchester from Supernatural, Star Wars smuggler Han Solo and Ianto Jones from Who spinoff Torchwood.
Meanwhile, Who villain the Master also won top billing in a list of science-fiction's greatest villains. Actors to have played the sinister Time Lord include Roger Delgado, Anthony Ainley, Eric Roberts and most recently John Simm.
The rest of the top five consisted of Star Wars tyrant Darth Vader, Batman nemesis the Joker, Scorpius from Farscape and fellow Who foe Davros.
It was previously announced that Doctor Who villains the Daleks had come top in a poll listing the greatest sci-fi monsters.
Original article here: http://www.digitalspy.com/cult/s7/do...roes-poll.html
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Derek Jacobi's brief acting role as the Master didn't get a mention? What a load of bulls***!Originally posted by Alan View PostTeselecta: "Silence will fall when the question is asked."
Doctor: "And what is the question?"
Teselecta: "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"
Doctor: " *Brainfart* ".
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it still let me voteOriginally posted by Alan View Post
and i missed the win part. sarah should have won. 
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The Doctor won the Hero part of the poll. Sarah won the Heroine part of the poll. Then they go head-to-head with the other 8 polls winners for the Favourite SF & Fantasy character overall. The final winner has yet to be decided. So your vote for Sarah will still count PA. (Though I voted for The Doctor
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TARDIS Materialises 27 August!
20th Aug 2010
The title of the next Adventure Game has been confirmed as TARDIS and it's released on this site on Friday, 27 August.
It will feature monsters, terrifying new dangers for the Doctor and Amy and offers an amazing insight into the world's most famous blue box. It's also been announced that the game will give players the opportunity to pilot the Doctor's iconic time machine.
Lead Writer and Executive Producer, Steven Moffat, confirmed, 'Since 1963, kids have wondered what it would be like to control the TARDIS. Now we're handing complete control of the most powerful ship in all of space and time to a generation of children. Everybody duck!' He also told us, 'TARDIS is a brilliant, brilliant adventure. It's funny, touching, terrifying, amazing - everything a Doctor Who episode should be.'
The official press release promised, 'the game allows players to explore the Doctor's wondrous drawing room, featuring treasures and artefacts from his many adventures - a location specially created for the game, which will go on to form part of the Doctor Who canon'.
Matt Smith and Karen Gillan return as the Doctor and Amy and once again the game is executive produced by Steven Moffat, Piers Wenger, Beth Willis and Anwen Aspden (BBC Wales Interactive), alongside Charles Cecil. Music is by Murray Gold and TARDIS is written by James Moran whose previous credits include Torchwood, Spooks and the Tenth Doctor story, The Fires of Pompeii.
It's the third Adventure Game and will be available at no extra cost to UK households, simultaneously on PC and Mac from this site. Users outside the UK will be able to purchase and download it on its UK release date, 27 August.
We'll be bringing you updates and interviews as we get closer to TARDIS materialising!
Link to original article here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw/ne...etin_100820_01
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