On the fifth day of Torchweek

[redscharlach]

Trivia fact of the day:
As you might imagine, this week has been a bit of a drain on my trivia supplies, so instead, here is a delightful medieval drawing of an elephant. If you're curious to know what the heck is meant to be happening in the picture, it's explained over here, but I think its charm speaks for itself even if you don't know the

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[san_valentine]

Yeah, although on the whole it was a good story, I was disappointed in how the whole Alien-Demanding-Children thing (you know, the central plot) was resolved.
Surely Jack could have revealed the truth about 1965 at any time in the last 40+ years. So why try and destroy him now, when you really need him and his team ?
Once Torchwood got themselves together and started spying, they just didn't seem to have any plans about what to actually do. They got evidence to bring the government down but did bugger all about the aliens, which surely were the immediate problem. Jack and Ianto went to confront 456 by saying 'no'. Jack made a pretty speech he'd learned from the doctor about humans fighting the 456, but failed to suggest any practical way in which humans might actually do that. Alien simpply releases a nasty virus (which Jack should have remembered is their weapon of choice). Panic, deaths, Ianto dies - Torchwood FAIL.
And no, things didn't improve much on the last day. The alien was banished but there was no need for the Jack angst-fest. Losing Ianto should have been enough.

And why did PC Andy take his body armour OFF before getting into a fight ?

[redscharlach]

And why did PC Andy take his body armour OFF before getting into a fight?

In order to disassociate himself with the fascists who were trying to take the kids away, I think. Otherwise he might have got beaten up by the mob himself.

Everything else you point out is true. Torchwood IS as useless an organization as everyone else always thought it was, apparently. Great moral, there.