Oh I didn't watch that one either, I was left not caring very much after they killed off Tosh, Owen, and Ianto :( But still I can see John Barrowman's point that there doesn't seem to be any real reason why Torchwood isn't treated as a bigger deal by the BBC. It always seemed to be a big ratings success, Children Of Earth was moved to BBC1 and did massively well for them, yet there was even a two year gap after that
For me Torchwood died with Ianto one way or another, I never even finished "Children of Earth", so I don't really care at all, but I mean: BBC "cancelled" or rather ended "Musketeers" as well even though there would have been more stories to tell and the ratings were good, so there's that...
Yeah I was done after Children Of Earth too, not just for Ianto's death (although that really really sucked), but it also pretty much irredeemably ruined Jack's character for me as well. It was a good mini-series, it just left me with no interest in following Jack's character any more after that, especially with all of the regular cast dead as well
It just seems odd to me because TW always more than held its own in the ratings, COE especially reached their biggest audience yet, so I can understand why John Barrowman is questioning what the hold-up is. I suppose you're right that you never really know why these decisions are made though
/For me Torchwood died with Ianto/ - Yes! Like, theoretically I'd be all for more Torchwood, loved the hell out of the show, but with half the cast dead would it be Torchwood anymore? Because season 4 clearly wasn't it despite their best efforts... :(
Yeah I remember that series 4 was pretty much promoted as a US reboot, they can never really get back the original feel of the show from series 1 and 2 at this point. Children Of Earth was already a pretty radical change
They should never have killed off so many members of the core cast...
But yes, it was always Chibnall & RTD's baby, so it'd be up to them. Maybe Barrowman meant to imply that once Moffat leaves Chibnall takes over, and then *he* might push for more Torchwood?
Who knows. Mostly I feel sorry for Moffat, he doesn't need the added hate.
Honestly I wondered if John Barrowman was making a dig at Steven Moffat because of not being back on DW since he's been in charge, he obviously enjoyed playing the character and seemed annoyed in the past about not being invited back for the 50th anniversary celebrations, maybe he's decided that Steven Moffat has something against the character? But it seems bizarre to imply that Moffat would have any reason to block Torchwood as a show
It probably is mostly just a case of RTD being too busy, and I suppose that the BBC don't want to commission any more TW without him
Yeah I used to really like him when he first appeared on DW, but since then I've been a bit put off by him tbh with some of the stories coming from the set, he just comes across as really full of himself.... It would be nice to see Captain Jack again at some point though
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It just seems odd to me because TW always more than held its own in the ratings, COE especially reached their biggest audience yet, so I can understand why John Barrowman is questioning what the hold-up is. I suppose you're right that you never really know why these decisions are made though
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They should never have killed off so many members of the core cast...
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But yes, it was always Chibnall & RTD's baby, so it'd be up to them. Maybe Barrowman meant to imply that once Moffat leaves Chibnall takes over, and then *he* might push for more Torchwood?
Who knows. Mostly I feel sorry for Moffat, he doesn't need the added hate.
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It probably is mostly just a case of RTD being too busy, and I suppose that the BBC don't want to commission any more TW without him
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Not cool, Barrowman. :/
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I'd still love to see Torchwood return though, and I agree it's odd the BBC doesn't follow up on such a good show.
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