Torchwood – in terms of plot development, acting and a real story, it was inferior to various versions of Star Gate, Star Trek, Babylon Five, Chuck or A Town Called Eureka. It was just full of promise that it did not deliver unfortunately. The trouble with the Torchwood plot development was it was full of promise at the beginning; unfortunately as the story developed by episode three the writers simply ran out of ideas and jumped for the easy option of simply telling the aliens to go home. What the writers failed to answer satisfactorily was why the aliens had come to earth and why they wanted the children. Instead we had the story focus on further character development of the Torchwood team. If the BBC is serious at making any more episodes of this series I suggest they read some science fiction for some new exciting new ideas from such writers as Brian Aldiss, Stephen Baxter, Peter F. Hamilton, Neal Asher, and George Mann etc. Though I suspect like many literati who work in the media they despise the often outstanding work of current science fiction and regard it as an inferior form of writing .http://www.oxfordprospect.co.uk/Oxfordcinema.htm
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