10:04 I wish they could've kept this one in D::: It really shows the essence of both characters: Toshiko's sympathy and relatability to Ianto's loneliness and trauma - and how Ianto pushes people away in response.
On reflection RTD was very impulsive destroying the Hub. The show felt directionless and lacked an anchor after that point. The technology, the team. They WERE Torchwood too.
I do like Children of Earth & Miracle Day but I never agreed with Russell T Davies that the "Tech and the base and the gadges isn't Torchwood" because it really was. Series 1-2 might be the worst written but tonally it's more consistent. 3 + 4 on back to back viewings is very disjointed.
Not so different from those Irish folktales and poems about fairies snatching children and replacing them with one of their own (I think they're called "changelings")
The "456" are also in an episode of "Doctor Who" in "New New York", they then live in the toxic mists of the tunnels of transport, the "Doctor" says that it is one of the species which had a very high of civilization before regressing due to bad habits, season 3 episode 3 of "Doctor Who"
We know almost nothing about the 456. It's entirely possible that there was only one of them and they were using tricks to pretend to be a much larger force, like the Sycorax did. Unlike most doctor who villains the 456 have practically never been mentioned in the expanded universe material like Big Finish.
As much as I love Chibnall referencing the past in his run of Doctor Who, I'm glad he didn't bring the sex monster back. Things might have gotten really weird into the TARDIS.
Just finished re-watching T:CoE. It's still fantastic and would work as good sci-fi even if it wasn't attached to the Torchwood mythos. Sure, I see some plot holes now that I didn't see before: how does Gwen and the kids running away from the soldiers in the field know the 456 has been defeated in London, so they can stop and celebrate? The soldiers suddenly stop chasing them too and just stand nearby. Also, the 456 would never kill the entire population if they weren't given 10% of the kids because they would be destroying the thing they wanted, forever. Why didn't anyone see their bluff? I don't think it was written as a bluff, which seems odd. A better threat would have been "Give us 10% or we take 50%". Did anyone pick up on the fact that the 456 is clearly a junkie experiencing withdrawal, hence the puking and lashing out randomly. I don't think it was just because they have different ways of communicating! But I could be wrong. Anyway, despite some flaws and holes, it's still some of the best sci-fi TV I've seen in my 45 years. Thanks for sharing this. I haven't seen any behind the scenes T:CoE footage before.
The last 3 episodes of Season 2 of Declassified you uploaded aren't right. It says this is "Quid Pro Quo", but it is not. The actual episode of this name is about how they did the missing persons episode. Not about the life and deaths of Captain Jack...
Thank you so much for putting these videos up! And just in case anyone has a problem with me watching these, yes I do intend on buying the DVDs after watching these.
