Torchwood (witty pun that escapes me goes here)

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I do love a good sci-fi themed day on the blog, so Torchwood seems like a fairly sensible place to start my own offering. I have to say that for me, the first series of Torchwood lacked something. Although each character was lovable in their own way and events were genuinely surprising and engaging, I never really believed in the team. From the first minutes of the start of the brand new second series I felt a love for Torchwood that only a blowfish alien could instill in me; with it, a tongue-in-cheek comedy that never really found its stride in the first series. The show always had the greatest potential in its fabulous writer's and production team, but it really feels to me now that Torchwood has become a entity all of its own, rather than the 'adult Doctor Who' as described by so many casual viewers.

'Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang' was a wonderful opening to series two and has fully ensured that I will be in front of BBC2 every Wednesday at 9pm for the foreseeable future. James Marsters as Spike...I mean Captain John, was surprisingly excellent and it was lovely to see him not pining after Buffy. If my eyes do not deceive me, it looks like he may be returning later in the series as hinted by the trailers at the end of the episode; 'citing!

Although Jack, Ianto, Gwen, Owen and Tosh are essentially the same characters it was kind of nice to see them all integrate properly as a team without the need for exchange of various fluids. No doubt we'll have plenty of that later on in the series though, which can only be a good thing!
Not wanting to waffle, all I can really say is Brilliant. Shamelessly brazen, yet at times self consciously reserved, Torchwood has finally achieved unashamed fantastically watchable entertainment, which really, is the whole point.

As a bit of a last thought, I must just mention how in love with Eve Myles (plays Gwen Cooper) I now am. Anyone who can appear on Loose Women and be genuinely beguiling and charming whilst talking about John Barrowman's famous phallus is wonderful in my opinion. I warn you, this is probably not the first 'I love Gwen' speech to come from me!