Torchwood Series 1-3 on Blu-Ray

A collection of series 1 to 3 of Torchwood, on new Blu-Ray format.

I don't actually know much about Blu-Ray but I think it's a step up from HD. I can barley even imagine how great this would be!

Chandra.

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Multi-Series DVD Boxsets!

Two new multi-series boxsets have been announced. One contains series 1 - 4 of Doctor Who (But sadly not the specials) and the other contains series 1 - 3 of Torchwood.


They are both due for release on 26th October. You can pre-order them both from Play.com; the Doctor Who set costs £69.99 and the Torchwood set costs £44.99.

I'm not really bothered about these sets.
I've never liked these multi-series boxsets. Okay, they're great to start collecting the DVD's but then when you get the next series on it's own, it looks out of place on a shelf. However, if there's no fourth series of Torchwood I may get the Torchwood set.

It would of been better if, for the Doctor Who set, they had waited until all of the specials had been broadcast and included them so that we have the whole 2005-2009 era in one set.

I wonder if we'll see a SJA set after Series Three has been broadcast.

What do you think of these sets?

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Torchwood Encyclopedia Pictures

Below are the first pictures of the upcoming Torchwood encyclopedia:








You can pre-order the book which is due for release on 1st October from Play.com for £11.49 with free delivery.

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Torchwood 2010 Yearbook

Recently, Titan Magazines released some information regarding their upcoming Torchwood 2010 Yearbook including the cover for the publication (above). The book will feature new short stories, interviews with many members of the show's cast and crew, secrets from behind the scenes and much, much more. It's official synopsis is below;

Torchwood is an action-packed, adrenaline-fuelled sci-fi series following the adventures of a team of investigators, working for the secret organisation Torchwood, who use scavenged alien technology to solve present day crime - both alien and human. The team, led by the enigmatic, ever-watchful Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman reprising his Doctor Who role in this spin-off from the legendary series), are separate from the government, outside the police and beyond the United Nations. This full-color companion to the show contains behind the scenes secrets, cast and crew interviews and Torchwood short stories!

The yearbook will be released on the twenty eighth of August and will go on sale at an RRP of £9.99. It will have a total of ninety six pages and at the moment, plans have only been revealed to release the book as a hardback publication. It will be the second Torchwood yearbook to be released and it will follow on from the first which was released last year. Will you be buying a copy of this Torchwood 2010 Yearbook when it's released in all good book stores later this month?

Chandra.

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Russell on the future of Torchwood

Torchwood creator Russell T Davies has the future of the hit Doctor Who spin-off all planned out, he has told the new issue of Torchwood Magazine.

"I could write you scene one of series four right now", says Davies in a
revealing interview with Torchwood Magazine. "I know exactly how to pick it
up. I've got a shape in mind, and I've got stories. I know where you'd find
Gwen and Rhys, and their baby, and Jack, and I know how you'd go forward
with a new form of Torchwood."

The news will come as a tonic to fans of the show, which enjoyed runaway
success in the ratings when the latest series Children of Earth screened
over five nights in July this year. The dramatic finale and the death of
much-loved team member Ianto Jones had fans fearing the worst for the future
of the show, but Davies' positive comments will re-ignite hopes that
Torchwood will once again return to television screens.

Davies is also confident of writing another compelling series of Torchwood,
regardless of the format the BBC decides to choose for the show.

"If the BBC asked for another 13 one-part stories, that's what we'd do",
Davies goes on to explain to Torchwood Magazine. "I'm ready for anything,
but I think it works well as one continuous story. But if the BBC decide
they want 13 one-offs, I'll suddenly decide that's the best format in the
world!"

The prolific writer, widely credited with sparking the recent revival of
parent show Doctor Who, goes on to talk candidly about the origins of
Torchwood, and why he thinks the timing was all important for the success of
the show.

"It's been a very intelligent decision to make hay while the sun shines", he
says. "Look at the recession that's sweeping in now. If I'd tried to get
Torchwood off the ground now, they would say there's no money for it. So
while we had one very successful show, we made a strategic decision to push
our advantage. Julie [Gardner, then Head of Drama at BBC Wales] passionately
wanted a big, strong Welsh drama department but one show is not a drama
department, You've got to have more, so we did it while those doors were
open to us."

After Davies' incredible successes on British shores, where he has also
penned the acclaimed drama serials Queer as Folk and The Second Coming, the
writer is looking forward to his next challenge across the Atlantic.

Davies tells Torchwood Magazine he believes his trade is taken much more
seriously in the USA than it is at home in the UK:

"The attitudes towards drama there are very different, and their outlook is
more professional in terms of how they approach the job. I heard this
brilliant quote from [acclaimed British screenwriter] Frank Cottrell Boyce
recently, where he said that British writers are essentially amateur and
they want to go home or go to the pub, but in America they can¹t wait to go
in to the office."

You can read the full interview in issue 17 of the Torchwood Magazine which is released on Thursday at the price of £4.99.

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Torchwood: The Encyclopedia

Now you can discover every fact and figure, explore every crack in time, and encounter every creature that Torchwood have dealt with thanks to the new Torchwood Encyclopedia due for release on 1st October.

Included here are details of: The secret of the Children of Earth; Operatives from Alice Guppy to Gwen Cooper; Extraterrestrial visitors from Arcateenians to Weevils; The life and deaths of Captain Jack Harkness, and much more. Illustrated throughout with photos and artwork from all three series, this A-Z guide provides everything you need to know about Torchwood.

You can pre-order the Torchwood Encyclopedia from Play.com for £11.49 with free delivery.

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Torchwood Series 1-3 on DVD!

2Entertain recently revealed plans to release the first, second and third series of Torchwood in a collector's DVD box set. The box set will include all Torchwood episodes that have been broadcast to date and will feature all of the DVD extras and Torchwood Declassified episodes that were released on the single series Torchwood DVDs.
The Torchwood Compelete Series One, Two and Three DVD will be released on the 26th of October at a regular retail price of £59.99

Will you be buying this?

I personally don't like these multi series boxsets. If you then get the next series, it looks out of place.
I prefer to get each series individually.

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Listen to the Children of Earth soundtrack online

Please Note: This is no substitute to buying the soundtrack and I highly advice you do buy it.
The best deal I can find is at Play.com - £8.95 and free delivery of course.
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