Torchwood: Children Of Earth

From The Crow Road to Children Of Earth, then, which as it turns out is a very natural shift. Something of a contraversial serial amongst Torchwood fans, this one, and I know there's a good argument that it's derivative, but nonetheless there's a lot to recommend it. It's got a bloody good cast, for one thing. Our new Doctor is oiliness personified as ever-so-slightly-creepy civil servant John Frobisher. Nicholas Farrell is brilliant as the spectacularly contemptible UK Prime Minister. Susan Brown, as Frobisher's right arm, bristles with cold efficiency and determination, ready to do whatever's necessary at a moment's notice. All in all, it's a hell of a fine series. Still not entirely sure that it's what I want from Torchwood, though. Good it most certainly is. The show that I fell in love with, it most certainly isn't.

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