trinityvixen | (no subject)

Just watched the first episode of Torchwood, so it'd definitely way too early to say I think I'm going to like this, but it definitely didn't suck. In fact, for a spin-off show, it was even better than expected. For all that it's a spin-off, it doesn't obnoxiously reference Doctor Who much. To understand the references Captain Jack makes in the first episode would require knowing what had happened in the first series of the new Doctor Who, but understanding the references isn't important. When he explains some of the after effects of, say, a TARDIS landing on a time rift, it doesn't make any sense to the girl he's talking to, and it doesn't matter. There's the potential that, as more is explained, more will be expected of the viewer in terms of having seen the first and beginning of second series Doctor Who, but I think I could even have faith they'll make it all right.

In other terms, I don't see why this hasn't grabbed many of the people on my friendslist who've seen it (

viridian, you would be the exception). It was well done, humorous, and mad. I think I'd enjoy it just the same if I hadn't seen Doctor Who first.