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Torchwood: Complete BBC Series 1 Box Set [2006] | ![Torchwood: Complete BBC Series 1 Box Set [2006]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41SRW8HqOpL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Directors: Brian Kelly, Colin Teague
Actors: John Barrowman, Burn Gorman, Naoko Mori
Studio: 2 Entertain Video
Category: DVD
List Price: £54.99
Buy New: £17.16
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Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 361
Format: Box Set, Dolby, Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Items: 7
Running Time: 630 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.5 x 1.5
EAN: 5014503225322
ASIN: B000VA3JFW
Theatrical Release Date: October 2006
Release Date: November 19, 2007
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Amazon.co.uk Review
While occasionally clumsy in the way it goes about things, the first season of Torchwood ultimately makes good on its promise to be a science fiction programme for an older market. So while it's spun out from the more family-friendly Doctor Who, it does carve out an edgy, entertaining niche for itself. The programme follows the adventures of the Torchwood agency (who we met in far more prestigious form at the end of Doctor Who's second series), a small team led by John Barrowman's Captain Jack Harkness who investigate the extra terrestrial and the paranormal. And across the thirteen episodes of this maiden season, they have a lot to look into, from the likes of a sex-craved alien and cyberwoman, through to cannibalistic foes and strange, spooky fairies. Admittedly, particularly in the early stages when Torchwood is finding its feet, there are a few missteps, and a little too much side-indulgence in exploring material that the more mainstream Doctor Who wouldn't allow. But it'd be to your folly to write Torchwood off: by the time it gallops into the second half of this first season, the quality is strong, the storylines are interesting, and the show proves to be a real winner. Intertwining with the narrative of the main Doctor Who show, Torchwood nonetheless then works as an independent programme in its own right, replete with a strong cast of characters (led by the terrific Barrowman) and scripts that have more of an experimental edge to them. It's certainly one of the most interesting science fiction shows Britain has produced in the last decade or two, and there's much to enjoy again and again in this box set. --Jon Foster
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| Customer Reviews: Read 31 more reviews...
 Don't buy it just 'cos you like Dr Who! October 5, 2008
Bob Monroe (Italy)
Being immensely impressed with the new Dr Who, I was naturally intrigued by a spin-off from the same team. I shouldn't have bothered. What a load of old tut. There's every cliché in the book, right from the opening credits with the line of serious people walking ever-so-determinedly in slow motion towards the camera.
I sat through 4 or 5 episodes, of which only one was amusing (the nymphomaniac) then stuck the lot back in its box and returned it for a refund. (Which Amazon promptly paid, so I'm not complaining!)
 Torchwood! Go on treat yourself to something different. September 21, 2008
Claire Bo (Birmingham Uk)
Some of you when you hear that it has been made and produced by the Dr Who lot may be expecting a sort of Dr Who-esque style sci-fi with more adult references. Torchwood is so much more than you average sci-fi genre programme. It has very new and innovative stories. An excellent cast and deeply embedded character profiles which all are shown throughout the series.It aims to add a human and deeply reflective response to situations when the occur. Sometimes the explicit adult sequences that happen may at the times appear a bit too much and over the top, but nonetheless it makes for interesting viewing. I would defintely recommend Tourchwood to you all. It is a quite refreshing programme disimillar from you typical American sci-fi shows and I think you will enjoy it. It has the charm of Dr Who but is shown through a manner fit for its adult viewers.
Odyssey August 20, 2008
Timothy L. Wilks (NY USA)
I just have to say I love the Torchwood series. Captain Jack and Gwen Cooper are the two that catch my interest. The show has me asking are they going to do it or aren't they lol. But I have 1 questions is the Uk version of the Show Dvd Different than the US version?
 Awful Writing, Bad Acting, Big Disappointments August 8, 2008
David Gibson
3 out of 8 found this review helpful
Like other Dr. Who fans I had high hopes for Torchwood, and it is fertile ground for a sci-fi series. However, the first series rarely delivers during its run of thirteen episodes. Other than the main character of Captain Jack, any other of the actors could have easily been replaced with a chunk of wood and the show would have been much improved.
The real fault for this painful to watch show lies with the production team, who didn't seem to make any right choices when developing this series. I found particular fault with their decision to make the Torchwood team a bunch bickering, self-obsessed, petty individuals who couldn't work together or stay focused on the investigation at hand in any of the episodes. In most of the story lines Torchwood are their own worst enemy more than any of the external threats they are trying to deal with. Torchwood watches more like a daytime soap with creatures than a sci-fi show, and a poorly written soap at that.
Avoid like Plague July 28, 2008
Cyber (U.K.)
1 out of 11 found this review helpful
Steer away from this really third class spin-off. It's waste of time and money. It's badly done, terrible actors, some really bad special effects, very thin plot, and above all what happened to the humour? It's a lame attempt to generate some extra cash using a well established name of Dr. Who. Script and dialogues are so very flat and boring that it makes even the dullest of the new Dr. Who series episodes look far more interesting.
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