Torchwood!

I had one of those Doctor Who fanboy moments today, the sort of fanboy moment that only comes along once every so often.

To give you some background: As soon as the last series finished, RTD said that there would likely be another over-arcing phrase in series 2, along the lines of 'Bad Wolf'. Some insider info posted on the Who forum Outpost Gallifrey (always to be taken with a pinch of salt) claimed that this new word would be 'Torchwood' - which, boys and girls, is an anagram of 'Doctor Who'. Now, there were allsorts of theories running wild about what 'Torchwood' would be, some said it was an alternative Universe Doctor, nobody knew.

Then, yesterday night, the BBC Doctor Who new series page had the following phrase 'Prepare for the new word order'. Everything went into full overdrive, everyone expected an announcement of some new villain.

Cut to this morning, I get a text from Dad, asking if I'd heard about Torchwood yet, 'not yet' was my reply - my cue to run to the PC for answers before I left for London. After many attempts, Dad had finally come up with the goods! A bit of Who news I didn't know! (Lee, you're off the radar mate, you've let yourself down with a frankly poor performance).

So, what is Torchwood?

Let me quote RTD himself from this mornings Independent if I may:

"Torchwood will be a dark, clever, wild, sexy, British crime/sci-fi paranoid thriller cop show with a sense of humour - the X Files meets This Life. It's a renegade bunch of investigators charged by the British government to find alien technology that has fallen to Earth"

And who's the star of this series? Why, Captain Jack of course!! Hurray! A new, proper Who spinoff is long overdue, and Capt' Jack was an excellent character. 13 45 minute episodes, to be shown on BBC3....