Quotes About Torchwood vs. Real Life

[crabby_lioness]

I described Torchwood to a retired civil servant yesterday, telling her about the Head Office with over 800 people and the Rural Outpost with 5.  She laughed in recognition, "27,000 people for the Main Office, and everywhere else 1 person for 27,000 people.  That sounds familiar."

Eandh left this wonderful quote on the OG forum, ""Having worked in

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[fajrdrako]

And most shows are tamer than Torchwood. I wonder why.

[damalan]

Because if they put in everything real life demands of pressure-cooker working environments, every minute of every episode would be made up of rows, reconciliations, back-stabbing and sex. We'd never see an alien at all! ;)

[crabby_lioness]

You mean that's not what happened? XD

[damalan]

Well, there were Weevils as well. ;)

So overall pretty authentic! (And this is what Torchwood Three manages with 5 people. Imagine what went on in the Torchwood Tower?! It's amazing they ever found time to run the Ghost Shift.)

[crabby_lioness]

Remember how blase they were about Adeola and her beaus? ;)

[damalan]

No wonder only 800 people needed such a huge building. There must have been floors of 'liaison suites' :)

[fajrdrako]

That's what the plastic-curtained construction areas were for.

[damalan]

Construction. That's a new euphemism.

Would that make Jack a 'master builder'? ;-)

[fajrdrako]

Construction. That's a new euphemism.

It all involves erections, right?

Would that make Jack a 'master builder'? ;-)

Mastery is the name of the game. Whatever game.

[damalan]

It all involves erections, right?

Well, not always - ask Tosh and Mary...

[fajrdrako]

Point.

[fajrdrako]

Couldn't the alien get involved in the rows, reconciliations, back-stabbing and sex?

[crabby_lioness]

"Carys?" "Mary?" Bilis? And that's excluding the tech!

[fajrdrako]

Of course!

Did the emotion-viewer in "Ghost Machine" only deal with fear? If it could be reset to different emotions - and I suspect it could - just think of the possibilities!

[crabby_lioness]

Gwen pulled up happy-memories at her flat, so no. But fear is a strong emotion that's easy to pick up. Of course, it's not the only strong emotion....

[fajrdrako]

My case rests!

The thing could be a porn-viewer, and it just happens that the last alien to use it had a kink for fear.