predatrix has the entire run of Torchwood on her digital recorder, just for me. Finally watched the opening episode. So now I know why there were all those wet knickers across LJ when Captain Jack appeared...
And it only took the odd pointed remark about having half the hard drive taken up with things I was taping for her before she started to watch them, too...
Torchwood is a spinoff from the new Dr Who series. Captain Jack Harkness first appeared in Who, but is now working for the Torchwood Institute on Earth, defending the planet against Out There. He's actually from the 50th century, and not so much bisexual as flirts with anything and everything regardless of species never mind gender.
He's also very, very pretty.
And I missed the first series of Who on account of being geographically challenged, so I've been having to listen to the drooling from British and Australian friends for the last two years while trying to avoid spoilers.
And I still have not seen the final epsiode, so I do not know the actual context of this delicious m/m snog posted by Erastes last month:
Thank 'ee kindly. I suspect I'm going to skip a few episodes in the middle and go straight for the last couple, to avoid getting spoiled. Because it is clear that there is squee, and sooner or later someone on my flist will forget about cut-tags.
He was a lot livelier in Doctor Who, so if you missed that you missed the best of him. I think Jack's one of those characters like Avon who work better as a sidekick.
Re which episodes to watch:
Everyone except steverogerson thought episode two was complete crap (he liked it because of the explicit het).
Three (Ghost Machine) you'd better watch because Gareth's in it.
Four (Cyberwoman) is plot significant but has fairly major spoilers for the end of the Tennant season of Doctor Who - but perhaps you did see that? It has more Ianto than most, though I was disappointed because it didn't take him in the direction I hoped.
Five (Small Worlds) is the fairy one, which a lot of people liked.
Six is Countrycide, which a lot of us would skip.
Seven (Greeks Bearing Gifts) isn't essential, but has some nice f/f.
Eight (They Keep Killing Suzie) is the first really worthwhile one.
Nine (Random Shoes) some people liked and some of us loathed. It was basically a reprise of "Love and Monsters" from the Tennant season.
Ten (Out of Time) got an enthusiastic reception and had Jack's first good scene.
Eleven (Combat) isn't important.
Twelve (Captain Jack Harkness) is your must-see.
And Thirteen (End of Days) you might as well see if you've got that far.
So I'd say focus on 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, or if you're really pushed for time 1, 8, 10, 12.
Thanks. That's going to be very useful. I did see Random Shoes when I was watervole's before Christmas, and thought that I liked it but wouldn't want more than one episode per season like that.
As long as it's just explicit het in ep 2, and not hairy het...
Never mind. predatrix has just insisted on telling me the complete plot of one of the episodes I wanted to see, the better that I may know why I should watch it, so now I don't need to...
This has already been pointed out to me. Alas, I don't think it's actually feasible to invite myself to stay with any of my Cardiff-area friends. Not that I wouldn't shamelessly do so, but there's a limit to what I can manage when I'm trundling a large suitcase around the railway network.
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Date: 2007-01-05 08:26 pm (UTC):-)
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Date: 2007-01-05 08:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-01-05 08:56 pm (UTC)He's also very, very pretty.
And I missed the first series of Who on account of being geographically challenged, so I've been having to listen to the drooling from British and Australian friends for the last two years while trying to avoid spoilers.
And I still have not seen the final epsiode, so I do not know the actual context of this delicious m/m snog posted by Erastes last month:
http://erastes.livejournal.com/77042.html
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Date: 2007-01-05 09:01 pm (UTC)Sounds like a really entertaining show. I've heard of Dr. Who before, but I've never seen it. Thanx for explaining it to me Jules. - shari
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Date: 2007-01-05 09:23 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-01-05 09:38 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-01-05 10:15 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-01-05 10:50 pm (UTC)Do NOT miss the one about fairies.
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Date: 2007-01-05 10:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-01-05 10:57 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-01-05 11:26 pm (UTC)http://www.johnbarrowman.com/
He's recently redone it, so the beefcake shots are gone.
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Date: 2007-01-06 09:31 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-01-05 11:57 pm (UTC)Re which episodes to watch:
Everyone except
Three (Ghost Machine) you'd better watch because Gareth's in it.
Four (Cyberwoman) is plot significant but has fairly major spoilers for the end of the Tennant season of Doctor Who - but perhaps you did see that? It has more Ianto than most, though I was disappointed because it didn't take him in the direction I hoped.
Five (Small Worlds) is the fairy one, which a lot of people liked.
Six is Countrycide, which a lot of us would skip.
Seven (Greeks Bearing Gifts) isn't essential, but has some nice f/f.
Eight (They Keep Killing Suzie) is the first really worthwhile one.
Nine (Random Shoes) some people liked and some of us loathed. It was basically a reprise of "Love and Monsters" from the Tennant season.
Ten (Out of Time) got an enthusiastic reception and had Jack's first good scene.
Eleven (Combat) isn't important.
Twelve (Captain Jack Harkness) is your must-see.
And Thirteen (End of Days) you might as well see if you've got that far.
So I'd say focus on 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 12, or if you're really pushed for time 1, 8, 10, 12.
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Date: 2007-01-06 09:34 am (UTC)As long as it's just explicit het in ep 2, and not hairy het...
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Date: 2007-01-06 09:48 am (UTC)Some people need a cut-tag in real life. :-)
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Date: 2007-01-06 09:50 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-01-06 10:55 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-01-06 11:29 am (UTC):-)
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Date: 2007-01-06 10:18 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-01-06 10:27 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-01-06 10:48 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-01-06 01:52 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-01-06 02:02 pm (UTC)