Originally Posted By markymouse RE the mini episodes, go to youtube and type "BBC Doctor Who time space" or something like that. They are called "Space" followed by "Time." I think the charity, Comic Relief, has them posted on its official channel.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Slightly off topic, but I wondered if the US fans got the Sarah Jane Adventures or K9. The kids are addicted to both over here.
Originally Posted By Labuda "If you don't want to pay for premium cable, you should look into iTunes. I'm able to watch each episode the day after it's US broadcast, for a 99 cent rental. I bet Torchwood will be in on it too." OOO, GOOD IDEA! I'm not a fan of Dr. Who but I LOVE me some Torchwood!
Originally Posted By u k fan Well things are getting very interesting now. I don't want to spoil anything for those that are behind - and I'd only be guessing, but it looks like what a lot of people have suspected might be coming true. Saturday's episode is looking like it'll be epic!!!
Originally Posted By u k fan I didn't watch it - as far as I can gather it had nothing to do with Doctor Who and I don't think K-9 was even in every episode!!!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo K9 has his own series, where he lives with a student. It is quite good, and aimed at kids. K9 was also in the Sarah Jane adventures yesterday (along with the Slaveen).
Originally Posted By markymouse K9's show - correct me if I got this wrong - was a situation where the character was licensed to an Australian company that produced a K9 show without any other references to the Doctor Who universe.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Yes and no. there have been some Dr Who referrences, but it is licenced to an Australian company.
Originally Posted By Scutr Some of the Sarah Jane Adventures seem to be available on dvd here in the states through Amazon.com. Along with some Dr Who and Torchwood audio adventures on cd. I've also run across a couple of animated Dr Who episodes voiced by David Tennant. I have yet to see the last 2 eppies of the season as Comcast has been slow to post them On Demand. (I won't sit through commercials to watch them in "real time")(spoiled, I know) I could catch them online, but hey, I'd much rather watch 'em in HD on a 40" screen than on a 17" monitor... And YESS! I already have Starz in my cable package! Torchwood!! Can't wait! (I've missed that coat...)
Originally Posted By u k fan Lol, I must admit I missed the first one as I was away, but I caught up last night!!!
Originally Posted By Scutr I've been watching Torchwood. I missed ep 2 though. I recently went back to school and my tv-watching is a bit hit & miss these days. It's great to see Jack, Gwen, & Rys again, but something seems to be missing from the show. Not sure if it's due to the downer of having lost Owen, Tosh, and Ianto or whether it's because this one seems to have become very "Americanized". I felt kind of the same way about the first couple episodes of this seasons' 'Doctor'. These people just don't belong on this side of the Atlantic. Really, if I wanted to see Americans.....or Canadians PRETENDING to be Americans (as is usually the case these days) then I wouldn't be watching the BBC in the first place. What do you think of the show?
Originally Posted By u k fan I've only seen up to episode 2. Ep3 was on tonight and I was out, but it's shown again on Monday. The jury's out for me. Episode 2 felt like pure filler and I think I'm also missing the old team. I'm not sure why they killed them off. I guess the idea is to show that no-one associated with Torchwood lives long, but to kill all 3 so quickly seemed OTT. I agree about the Americanisation. It feels a bit like round pegs in square holes, but hopefully that will pass. I hope we get a standard series next year though as if they're not careful they'll alienate the viewers by changing things too much. Much has been made over here about a sex scene involving Capt. Jack in Ep3 as it's been cut in the UK edit!!!
Originally Posted By Scutr Oh really? Without going into too many details since you haven't seen ep 3 yet, the shots of Jack having sex with a bartender he picks up are intercut with shots of the FBI agent having sex with a woman. I'm curious whether they cut the whole thing or just cut the gay sex shots out? They were pretty graphic, but no worse so than (heterosexual) stuff I've seen in "Game of Thrones". (on HBO)
Originally Posted By u k fan I saw Ep 3 last night - we didn't get the hetero sex scenes either. We got a scene with Jack asking the guy about protection and then later the scene with him in bed on the phone to Gwen. With the Rex scenes we went from him kissing to them being laid in bed discussing her mum dying. And this is in the liberal UK!!!
