Torchwood, a BBC Wales production, is my new favorite show. OMG am I so obsessed with this show now!
Like, Battlestar Galactica, it's another example of SF/F/P done right. I was sceptical when this was recommended to me. It's a spin off of Dr. Who and even the newest Dr. Who is a little too cheesy for me. But I was going on a trip and I wanted something to watch on my laptop while trying to get to sleep while I was gone so I thought what the Heck. OMG It is so so so Fabulous!
Why you ask am I telling you this on a Romance writing/author's blog? Because it's good story telling, period. It's about an agency that works outside the lines to handle all the things that go bump in the Night like aliens and time shifts and evil fairies etc. The show centers around the Cardiff, Wales branch of Torchwood. Cardiff lays on a temporal rift so it sees a lot of action.
For a SF show there are very little special effects because that's not what the stories are about. The SF element is just the back drop for human drama that takes place.
Gwen is the main female character, a beat cop that's recruited into Torchwood when she gets caught up in there world on a case. The show follows her struggles dealing being thrown into a dangerous world she never knew existed.
Then there is the enigmatic, sexually fluid Capital Jack. I love this man or whatever he may be, time agent, immortal what have you. He's mysterious and ruthless and witty and sexy and everything you'd want it the leader of a covert team to save our world from the universe at large.
Check at out at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood_Institute and
BBC America -Torchwood
