Oh come on!

Seriously...you guys really want us to wait until 2008 for more Battlestar? Fine. Good season ending cliffhanger, though. Thanks. But wait there's still one more Cylon, isn't there? And are these guys really Cylons? I think you are just playing with us. Enjoyed the Jimi Hendrix references despite the fact we have to wait nearly a WHOLE FREAKING YEAR for BSG to return! 2008 should be a lovely year for Scifi with the return of Torchwood, the upcoming Star Trek movie and of course the return of BSG. In the meanwhile to amuse ourselves, let's have a poll! In fact let's have two!

Updates!

Battlestar Galactica has been renewed for a fourth season! YAY! Read more about it here. And this fall there will be a BSG game coming out for the Xbox and the PC. Extra cool.

Season 10.5 of SG-1 will be on Friday, April, 6, 2007. Catch a seek-peek here.

Stargate Atlantis will be returning to the SciFi channel on Friday, July 14, 2007.

Doctor Who returns to the BBC this spring. So we, here in the Colonies, will probably not see the Doctor until the fall.

Torchwood Season One has finished. The BBC says they will be renewing the series. However, the new episodes will not be out until 2008. In the meanwhile, will we see Torchwood here in the US? It seems that is still very much up in the air. Robert and I have watched all of the first season. If you can get your hands on the episodes, do. I stand by my original verdict. It’s good. I hope someday Torchwood will cross the pond to America.

Also, we here at SCIFIPUNDIT are feverishly preparing for Starfest in April. The website is being updated on a daily basis now. Check out it.

Lastly, I have one request of the SciFi channel. Would you be so kind as to forgo the wrestling show, please? Pretty please? I can forgive for all your transgressions in this matter. Why? Because you are good enough to bring us one of the best shows on TV as well as several other really good ones. And maybe if you could make better movies, too. Thank you.

Torchwood

Perhaps you have read or heard about the Doctor Who spin off called "Torchwood". Well, my friends and gentle readers it is a darn good show. It features the character Captain Jack Harkness who you may remember from the new Doctor Who. The BBC says it is a "dark, clever, wild, sexy, British crime/sci-fi paranoid thriller cop show with a sense of humor". It is all this and more. The sexual content of this series may preclude it from ever making an appearance on TVs in the US. I haven’t had much success finding any information on Torchwood coming to the States other than a snippet briefly mentioning an interview with Julie Gardner, Torchwood and Doctor Who’s executive producer. In the interview she neither confirms nor denies future broadcasts of Torchwood in the US. So I will leave it to your own devices to get your hands on Torchwood episodes.

Will this be a worthwhile spin-off? I believe it will. Think of a cross between X-Files, Men in Black and Doctor Who then you will have a good idea of what to expect. Torchwood is a secret British government organization but this series follows the branch in Cardiff. We go along for a ride with a group of five investigators, all with varying talents and skills, tasked to keep the Earth safe. They do so by collecting alien technology, thus ensuring the Earth will be protected from future alien (or otherwise) threats. As of today I have only seen about five episodes. Within these episodes there has been everything from an alien coming to Earth to subsist on orgasmic energy to fairies to cannibalism. Torchwood’s characters are not super heroes nor do they come close to being supreme in any way. They are ordinary folks making bad decisions and showing weaknesses that are easily exploited. Their leader, Captain Jack, is a different matter. He seems to process super human abilities. First and foremost, he can not die. While every episode sheds a little more light on Jack I am unsure if he knows the origin or is unwilling to divulge the cause of his immortality.

Torchwood is very graphic and very sexual. Everyone’s sexuality seems to be in a constant state of flux. Jack even admits to being pregnant in the past. There is a heavy emphasis on women “snogging” (read: kissing). And then there are plenty of weapons to be had. They are stockpiling them like an American Militia. A comment made by one of the characters saying "I'd like to see CSI Cardiff” was quite tongue in cheek. No doubt CSI would have a hard time dealing with the rift in space and time running through Cardiff as there is all matter of bad creatures and events coming through this crack.

While this overall concept that has had its time again and again, I am finding Torchwood enjoyable. After all, it IS British, there is lots of humor AND it’s sci-fi! I can get behind that. You may also notice Torchwood is an anagram of Doctor Who. Those astute brits! And because I like this show and hope to see it air here in the States one day, I am adding a Torchwood section in our links.