- In this new series, re-join Captain Jack, Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones, who are still coming to terms with the death of two of their closest friends, Tosh and Owen. This time the Torchwood team are faced with their fiercest threat to date – one which throws the future of Torchwood and the entire human race spiraling into danger. They battle against the odds but do they stand a chance of saving mank
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 07/28/2009 Run time: 300 minutes Rating: NrAfter two engagingly frothy seasons of action-packed science fiction TV, the Russell T. (Doctor Who) Davies-produced Torchwood takes a decidedly dark and thoughtful turn in its abbreviated third season miniseries, Children of Earth. Here, Captain Jack Harkness and the Torchwood Three team, still reeling from the deaths of two of its key members in the previous season, investigate a outbreak of hypnotic chanting by children across the globe. The phenomenon heralds the arrival of an invading alien force, the 456, who plan to destroy the human race if 10% of the Earth’s children are not given to them. Captain Jack and his cohorts must find a way to stop the 456’s plan, but encounter formidable obstacles along the way, including enemies in the British Home Office and Jack’s own past, which is intertwined with the 456. Penned in part by Davies, Children of Earth does an impressive job of bringing the Torchwood characters and mythology into a more complex and mature storyline (which borrows and elaborates pleasantly on John Wyndham’s novel The Midwich Cuckoos and its film adaptation, Village of the Damned). Dedicated fans of the series may decry some of Davies’ decisions regarding some of the show’s characters (and new ones are introduced here), but most should enjoy this attempt to bring weight and suspense to the Torchwood universe. The double-disc DVD contains all five episodes of Children of Earth (which were broadcast on consecutive nights on the BBC and its affiliated stations), as well as a 31-minute episode of its companion series, Torchwood Declassified, which addresses the season’s production (and under no circumstances should be viewed prior to watching the episodes). –Paul Gaita
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March 12, 2010
#1
I have seen the trailers and this looks like it’s going to be fantastic. Can’t wait for it to come out.
March 12, 2010
#2
All I can say is this show and script do NOT speak for everyone in England, Europe or others around the world. It is a very blatant and open attack on those whom don’t share the writer’s views. Seriously, if that’s all he can write about then get a job on one of the social web/blog sites and spew forth your liberal agenda there. Now I would not mind it if it was more generic like the ones made back in ’50s that were a general overall, makes you think sort of thing, but this is absolute rubbish. If you want to make a political movie fine, but leave SCI-FI out of it and also don’t destroy the work and characters that were created before which most people like.
For those thinking I don’t like Torchwood, I do, but as others have said, this is NOT Torchwood or any sort of good science fiction at all. It is merely a guise for someone that has been given the power to write and direct what they want to make a statement out of their own personal views.
March 13, 2010
#3
I’ve been a fan of Torchwood from it’s first episode. I enjoyed the first two seasons. I knew from the very beginning of Children of Earth that while it might have some of the same actors as my beloved series playing characters dressed and named like ones I loved it wasn’t the same. There was none of the fun in it there had been in my series. If it’s dullness wasn’t enough, it was also full of ridiculous plot holes. Whether Russell T. Davies some time announces he intended it to be an alternate universe, that is certainly how it felt to me. I hated it, but it did give me incentive to revisit my Torchwood.
March 13, 2010
#4
Torchwood is a great series! This description is from the BBC America Shop web site:
1965: Twelve children are gathered together on a deserted hilltop, before being surrounded by a harsh, bright light… and then they are gone!
Today: All over Earth, children stop moving. Stop playing. Stop laughing. Stop everything. Then, as one, they begin to speak with the same voice, announcing to the governments of the world the imminent arrival of a new alien threat. “We Are Coming, We Are Coming…”
As the British Government closes ranks, it issues a death warrant against Captain Jack and Torchwood. Now forced to flee for their lives, it becomes clear to the Torchwood team that this isn’t the aliens’ first visit to Earth, and a terrible price is going to be paid for sins of the past…
March 13, 2010
#5
Children of Earth is a stand alone 5 part series that takes place with characters we know and love but it is not just another series of adventures nor is it a real part of Dr Who. I just watched it on TV and I was riveted in spite of the usual cheesy BBC special effects (Smoke, goo, invisible magic hardware, etc.). It was chilling to see another side to the wonderful Captain Jack making him less one-dimensional. So characters got killed off. This is not the first time that happened in a series. I hope the BBC does not call it a day but looks at the show’s rating and thinks again.