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| Quote: | I wonder whose hand that was the Jack tried to save after the girl threw it and the glass jar it was inside of onto the ground. His response while holding the moving hand was as if it were a good friend or love of his life was dying... | I'm finally now catching up with this series, and have watched the first 5 eps.
Re: the hand, don't know if this comes up later in the season, but it was obvious to me from its first appearance in the pilot that the hand in the jar is the Doctor's severed hand from the Christmas Invasion.
I can't help making comparisons between Torchwood and Angel either, and it frustrates me no end how amateur and shallow Torchwood is compared to Angel, even though I never thought Angel was as good as Buffy. It's not really a fair comparison though, few people can put together a series as well as Joss Whedon - if I expected every series to meet his standard, I'd never be able to enjoy TV ever again.
The 5th episode Small Worlds is the first decent ep I've seen in the series, and even it had problems. I feel they are trying far too hard to be a more "adult" show than Doctor Who by throwing swearing, graphic violence and sex into the show, rather than trying to make a sophisticated show that appeals to adult audiences. I feel the stories so far have been simplistic and obvious, and the characters (even the leads) very one dimensional. I didn't have particularly high expectations for this show, and yet so far I've been disappointed. It just isn't working for me ... I don't get the sense that the series is going anywhere, that RTD really thought the concept of Torchwood through very far. I don't even care much for Captain Jack in this series, he's not the same colourful character he was during his time with the Doctor. __________________ "Before I go, I just want to tell you you were fantastic, absolutely fantastic. And you know what? So was I!"
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