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"Lost Souls (Torchwood Radio Dramas #1)" by Joseph Lidster

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Story: 2 stars. Set directly after season 2. Jack, Gwen and Ianto are still dealing - or not dealing - with Owen and Tosh's deaths when Martha asks for their help. How they feel is shown in their short chats with her, Martha namely hasn't seen them since their friends' funeral. I especially liked her conversation with Jack. I also liked the tight bonds between the three main characters. The story's setting is quite intriguing: the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. But the creature itself... I found it slightly lacking, to be honest.

Narration: 5 stars. John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd and Freema Agyeman, they all do amazing jobs! It's like following a real TW episode with your eyes closed. It's fantastic! John Barrowman has a beautiful voice!

To sum it up: This would have been a pretty average episode of TW but I liked that it showed us how the characters dealt with their tragedy.

Ausiello posted a very spoilery interview with Russell T. Davies about Torchwood: Children of Earth, so don't read if you haven't seen the show yet, but there was a part, not spoilery, that I made me totally laugh my ass off:

"I thank them for watching the show and I recommend they go watch Supernatural, because those boys are beautiful. And don’t tell me they’re brothers. [Laughs] Not in my mind."

*g* I actually laughed out loud.

My flist exploded with the news about ( spoilers for CoE part 4... )

I finished watching TW and let me tell you - the last ep of S2? I cried my eyes out, like for real *sniff*

( My spoilery thoughts... )

Does anybody know if the show was renewed beyond Children of Earth?

This episode was simply hilarious! There were so many funny quotes and scenes - like Ianto dancing with Jack instead of with Gwen! And the quotes:

Jack: Yeah, and the Lone Ranger didn't have a thing with Tonto!

Ianto: That's what I love about Torchwood - by day chasing the scum of the universe, comes the night you're the wedding fairy!

Ianto: He's got a point.
Jack: What is it with you? Ever since Owen died, all you ever do is agree with him.
Ianto: I was brought up to never speak ill of the dead.

I admire Rhys, though. That man has the patience of a saint!

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Also, I'm making a new SGA mood theme. It's so much fun!

I've started watching Torchwood again - yes, I still have seven (now only six) episodes to go. From a year ago. Go me.

So, I've watched ep 207, that "reaper" episode, and it was surprisingly scary. And good. I didn't remember the show being this engaging. It's funny what tricks your memory can play. This episode reminded me a lot of Supernatural - let's solve a problem by creating a bigger one, go us! XP

On a shallow note - Cpt. Jack is a gorgeous, gorgeous man *nods sagely*

According to TVGuide.com, BBC has only green lit five hours of Torchwood for the show's 3rd season, adding that there could be more. I mean, huh? Only five hours? Five eps? Executive producer Julie Gardner said: "We've decided to do a five-part mini-series, one big story that will run during one week." I mean, a mini-series is better than nothing at all, right? But still... *sigh* Well, at least they didn't cancel it, right?

Thank you for the link, sharona1x2!

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SGA fic rec time!
MCSHEP --> "Fading Skies" by Diamond-Raven. After John is badly wounded while serving in Somalia, he and Rodney have to learn how to make a serious physical disability a part of their lives. Words: 60.000+

This fic is a complete AU in which John and Rodney meet during their freshman year at the university. They get together but then John, who joined Air Force to pay for his education, is shipped off to Somalia where his chopper is shot down and he suffers a terrible injury - he becomes a paraplegic. But Rodney refuses to give up on him and they both have to accommodate. It's a really great story with painful details about what exactly does it mean to live with a paraplegic. Some people might argue that John is rather OOC in this story but he's still 25 and he just suffered a horrible injury after all. I like the fic very much!

( Spoilers for Numb3rs ep 4x14 )

Fast national ratings for this episode: 9.59 mil., last week's fast nationals: 9.91 mil.

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Torchwood star's in time to save friends: Two pensioners today revealed how dashing TV star John Barrowman proved a real life hero.

If I didn't love John Barrowman yet, I would adore him now *vbg* Thank you for the link, suzvoy!

Yay, I found some audiobooks to Torchwood and they are read by the cast themselves! So far, I found three, read by John Barrowman, Eve Myles and Burn Gorman. I think that's a great idea to let the cast read the books!

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And now me pondering the writers' strike...

I'm not sure I want the strike to end. No, hear me out. Even if it ended this week, they wouldn't be able to film more than two or three eps, four would be pushing it - Kripke's words in his latest interview for TV.com. And he also said that he had no intention to speed up the progress of the mythology storyline, that they would just find a good place for the season to end and continue the main story in S4.

So, looking at it that way, we would probably get some MOTW eps with some character/mythology development, no huge revelations or plot twists or the resolution of Dean's deal or anything like that. We would probably get the eps that the writers were already working on before the strike started, with some minor changes here and there.

But! While we would receive three eps of our show, other writers would be able to work on pilots for new series. And if TPTB pushed hard, they would probably get them on paper in time. And that could cause trouble for SPN because, let's face it, the CW isn't all that excited about the show. And if someone offered them another Gossip Girl, they would drop SPN like a hot potato! But if there were no pilots at all, the CW would just have to renew SPN for S4.

So, it's 2-3 eps vs. a whole S4...

And that's just me spouting about SPN. The same goes for Chuck and other TV shows that don't really do well and stay on the bubble all the time...

ETA: As I was saying about the pilots and "weak" shows...

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Sunday was Superbowl Night, right? Did you see the CW's ratings for Sunday night? O.O

CW aired CW Now (Viewers: 349,000; A18-49: 0.1/0), a repeat of Aliens in America (Viewers: 435,000; A18-49: 0.1/0), Life is Wild (Viewers: 749,000; A18-49: 0.2/0), and a repeat of Crowned: The Mother of all Pageants (Viewers: 727,000; A18-49: 0.2/0).

This is really really bad for the CW! As one of the forum members of Pifeedback said: "All I can say for the CW is...OUCH! How much longer are they gonna let Ostroff blorq it up?" I really don't get why they keep Ostroff there, really. I mean, the overall TV ratings dropped approximately 20% (20% of viewers DVR stuff), but these numbers are ridiculous. She cancelled Everwood because she wanted to try something "different" that didn't stay on air even 6 eps, they keep neglecting their 2nd best rated scripted show to promo GoGi (not that it helps the show's ratings)... One really does have to wonder.

So, Torchwood was watched and very much enjoyed!

( Spoilers for ep 2x01 )

This makes me want to do a Torchwood S1 marathon. To get in the mood, you know? I was very happy with this ep!