‘Torchwood’: Pro-American TV — From the BBC

by Leigh Scott

I think I’ve found the most pro-American show on television.  True to form, its not produced in Hollywood.

Growing up, I was obsessed with “Dr. Who.” In the seventh grade I wore a Tom Baker style scarf to school every day (Baker and Davidson are my favorite “Doctors,” if you understand what that means, feel free to have it at in the comments). I thoroughly  enjoy the “reboot” that currently airs on the SyFy channel and recently stumbled across its spin-off “Torchwood.”

“Torchwood” is an odd blend of “CSI,” “The X-Files,” and “Buffy The Vampire Slayer.” It follows the adventures of Torchwood, an above-top-secret agency that monitors alien activity on earth. Their headquarters in Cardiff is above a “rift,” a sort of rip in time and space that lets creatures from other planets and dimensions, as well as other time periods, in and out of our world.

On the surface, the show is very British.  The slang, inside jokes, and references are undoubtedly more entertaining to the BBC audience than to the U.S. Syfy Channel audience.  There are even references to Welsh characters dreading crossing over into England.  That’s how inside it is.  Clearly, its not made for us. (more…)

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Posted Jul 14th 2009 at 5:14 pm in Reviews | 180 Comments