Torchwood (a clever anagram of “Doctor Who”) is the award-winning spin off from Doctor Who that stars Scottish actor, John Barrowman, as Captain Jack Harkness and Welsh actress, Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper.
2011 saw the show take off to America for an all-new series titled Torchwood: Miracle Day. It was received by millions worldwide and left everyone hungry for more. The series saw the story of the day when the human race stopped dying over a ten episode period.
However, now in the care of American TV company, STARZ, the BBC no longer have any power over bringing the show back. The only person who does is its creator, Russell T Davies. He’s given many interviews on the subject and none of them lead us to believe the show will be returning anytime soon. He claims it was “personal reasons” that brought him back to Wales.
Let’s take a look at the ways in which the show could return if RTD decides to start it up again…
4. Torchwood: Series Five
The show could continue as series five. Miracle day was seen as its fourth series so it’s only reasonable to say that another full 10 to 13 episode run would be the show’s fifth series. Miracle Day ended openly so it’s feasible for the show to return in the same format with Jack, Gewn and Rex carrying on over in America with a new Torchwood.
I’d welcome the idea of a new story each week, though I personally thought Miracle Day dragged on too long. I’d also like to see some of the Miracle Day writers return, as well as the Series 1 and 2 writers return, just to see how they would handle the new characters. With Torchwood being Welsh, filmed in Wales and consisting of a Welsh cast, surly now (between Dr Who and Torchwood) they must have used every corner in Wales to film.
By keeping the show in America, the writers might feel they have more freedom and possibilities. Miracle Day proved STARZ are backing the show 100% with all the support they gave and the budget that was laid out for the show. This might upset the UK fans to see the show leave it’s birthplace, but if we want what’s best (which I certainly do) then perhaps it’s time the show spread it’s wings and explored the outer world. It works all the time in Doctor Who?
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Miracle Day was BAD!! Children of Earth was maybe the best SF I have ever seen on television. Stunning and very moving..
Miracle day was worse than rubbish, Children of earth was rubbish. You could have them 2 as a Jack dream. And reboot it after series 2 in which he got caught after meeting the Doctor (David Tennant)
Any scenario will work with me as long as it is set in the UK, with Jack as a true leader and if, and only if, Ianto is back. A reboot after season 2 would be good, Tosh and Owen or new characters as good as them would be a bonus, no Gwen would be an asset but is not mandatory as long as she doesn’t get too much screen time.
Did Jack go away after series 2? Or did he stay? Whatever, They should reboot after Season 2 set it Cardiff, have Gwen, Ianto, Jack obvi. Dont forget the past characters. Have them leaving flowers on toshs grave. half way thru the series the WEEVILS are working and learning together and Owen is the leader, lost all memories, more like an animal than a human. Have capt John in it, not as a gay guy more as a playboy.
I would like to see Torchwood come back, but i would also like to watch a version of the show that didn’t let me down every single time i watched it. every episode i’ve ever seen has been like if you took the worst episodes of RTD era Who, and stretched them into two seasons (i admit i haven’t watched children of earth and only saw the first episode of miracle day). overall i am willing to accept a return of the show but only if RTD can take an honest look at his own work and focus on what made it good, and try to phase out his negative writing quirks.
Children of Earth was the best sci-fi on television in recent memory, which makes Miracle Day that much more disappointing. If it had been shortened to five episodes, it could have been a worthy successor. So many brilliant ideas, wasted on under developed characters. I am actually okay with it not coming back. Why won’t Steven Moffat bring Jack back in Who proper? He created the character after all. Maybe Jack is too closely related to the RTD era?
Great ideas! I would welcome the return of Torchwood in any format. My idea to reboot Torchwood would be a Steampunk Torchwood: Take the story we saw in the Season 2 episode “Fragments” of how Jack came to work for Torchwood and have weekly adventures with him, Alice Guppy and Emily Holroyd. The set could be Steampunk with the Victorian era setting and all the wonderful gadgets that the Torchwood team would use.