Comments | redscharlach: "We've just gone deeper than any other human, ever."

redscharlach

"We've just gone deeper than any other human, ever."

Jul 12, 2011 23:47

More Torchwood on the radio today, so here are ( some brief thoughts on Submission... )

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elethe July 12 2011, 23:01:12 UTC

Yeah someone recommended Cabin Pressure to me two weeks ago and I had a marathon listening session the other day with all the episodes available (on Youtube, although obviously there were no visuals except for the publicity still).

They are very enjoyable.

redscharlach July 13 2011, 20:44:28 UTC

Excellent, YouTube will be my destination the next time I have a large pile of ironing to do. (I like to give my eyes something to focus on, otherwise they get bored and start wandering the room aimlessly.)

fiwen1010 July 12 2011, 23:13:01 UTC

Blowing up the Severn Bridge is so ridiculous. A) No wonder the government wanted to shut them down. B) It takes 5 months for the damage done by a barge bumping into Battersea Bridge to be repaired. There's no way it would be open in time for Gwen to drive across it in CoE.

the_silver_sun July 12 2011, 23:38:30 UTC

Especially as if the dates from yesterday's play are anything to go by - Miss Carew 81, 1930-2011.

I know the Torchwood's middle name has never been continuity, but really making sure a pre CoE storyline actually has a pre CoE date you'd think would be kind of high up there on the list things to be checked for when this was being written.

fiwen1010 July 12 2011, 23:52:16 UTC

*Headdesk* Now that's just special. 2011 isn't just post-CoE, it's post MD as well.

the_silver_sun July 12 2011, 23:57:52 UTC

It's about as bad the the extra information stuff on the BBC website about the Electro cinema in From Out of the Rain.

Which was that the cinema closed down in 1977. 1977 really? so just how did Ianto's dad take him there to watch films when he was a kid? Cinema tickets, popcorn, time machine - a normal Jones family day out.

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neadods July 13 2011, 00:52:20 UTC

Cabin Pressure is an absolute delight from beginning to hopefully-long-from-now end. The only problem is that I listen while driving and I almost went off the road at the way they danced around all the Sherlockian nods.

redscharlach July 13 2011, 20:45:59 UTC

I like to listen while doing household tasks, and although I haven't burned my fingers on the iron yet, I fear it's a risk...

neadods July 14 2011, 01:20:44 UTC

A high risk - but you'll probably be laughing too hard to feel the pain for a while!

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brewsternorth July 13 2011, 16:18:13 UTC

Yeah, I anticipate being sad when "Newcastle" rolls around (it's the one ep BC wasn't in because the poor lamb had a nasty case of laryngitis and they didn't have time to re-record).

redscharlach July 13 2011, 21:03:42 UTC

I am sad at the lack of BC in the Newcastle episode, if only because the north-east of England is where I'm from, so it's somehow as if he's an exile from the land of me...

fide_et_spe July 13 2011, 06:08:14 UTC

Oh yes, Cabin Pressure is really quite funny. I listen to a lot of radio 4. I also find Clare in the Community funny as well.

I've enjoyed these radio plays, but yeah, the plots are terrible. Still some nice light banter, and it's lovely to have Ianto back, they have been fun.

redscharlach July 13 2011, 21:11:25 UTC

My expectations for Radio Torchwood were minimal, so by that token, they've been better than I expected. I still wish they could have been better, though.