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Torchwood 2×12 – Fragments

25 March 2008 Rob Buckley Post a comment

 

 So there I am, bleating on about how you can always rely on Torchwood‘s show runner Chris Chibnall to produce an offensively bad piece of rubbish, when up pops Fragments, which can be described as lying in the "Okay" to "Pretty good" range of the writing spectrum.

¡Madre mia!

What’s up! Have I entered some sort of parallel universe?

No, no, dear friend. Although at first sight it might appear that something hitherto unexplainable has just occurred, further examination will reveal that the natural laws of physics and writing are still in effect. 

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Torchwood 2×12 – Fragments

25 March 2008 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

 

 So there I am, bleating on about how you can always rely on Torchwood‘s show runner Chris Chibnall to produce an offensively bad piece of rubbish, when up pops Fragments, which can be described as lying in the "Okay" to "Pretty good" range of the writing spectrum.

¡Madre mia!

What’s up! Have I entered some sort of parallel universe?

No, no, dear friend. Although at first sight it might appear that something hitherto unexplainable has just occurred, further examination will reveal that the natural laws of physics and writing are still in effect. 

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Review: Torchwood 2×11 – Adrift

21 March 2008 Rob Buckley 11 Comments

 

There are two things you can rely on in life:

  1. The BBC messing around with its schedules. Gits. As Stu_N points out elsewhere, it looks like they’re clearing the decks for an April 5th start to series four of Doctor Who, so that means accelerating the broadcast of Torchwood. So BBC3’s showing episode 12 tonight and the finale’s next Friday, with a similar BBC2 schedule, which screws up my carefully planned out schedule. So screw it, I’ll review them as they come out on BBC3. There’s always the iPlayer if you haven’t got Freeview.
  2. Chris Chibnall. Occasionally, he might produce something that’s acceptable, providing he sticks within his limits. But when he tries to show range (why, Chris? You’re off to do Law and Order: London. You’re going to be doing the same script, every episode, for the next 15 years, if you’re lucky), he produces something absurdly bad, like Adrift.

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Review: Torchwood 2×10 – From Out of the Rain

20 March 2008 Rob Buckley 17 Comments

 

Oh bugger. And they were doing so well. Okay, last week‘s was a bit arse, although fine as comedy. But this week’s was a bit dull really and just a touch silly. 

Which is odd, because it was a PJ Hammond script. I remember coming out of last year’s PJ Hammond episode wondering how they managed to balls up what should have been a classic and it’s happened again.

I’ve worked it out though. I know what’s wrong. 

They haven’t got Shaun O’Riordan.

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