{"id":76,"date":"2008-02-06T20:22:38","date_gmt":"2008-02-07T00:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.timelordz.com\/blog\/?p=76"},"modified":"2008-02-06T20:43:38","modified_gmt":"2008-02-07T00:43:38","slug":"torchwood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timelordz.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/torchwood\/","title":{"rendered":"Torchwood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.timelordz.com\/blog\/.\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/torchwoodlogo2.jpg\" alt=\"torchwoodlogin.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">We have been enjoying the second season of  <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Torchwood\" title=\"Torchwood Wiki Link\" target=\"_blank\">Torchwood<\/a>, currently playing on BBC 3 and your local bit torrent channel for everyone living outside the UK. The BBC page is<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/torchwood\/\" target=\"_blank\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Torchwood is a spin off from the new (and wonderfully done) re-installment of the classic show Doctor Who. The BBC has done a completely admirable job reviving this classic sci-fi show I enjoyed so as a lad &#8211; but this post is about Torchwood &#8211; which is definitely not Doctor Who.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Torchwood: Outside the government beyond the police. The 21st century is when it all changes &#8211; so you had better be ready.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.timelordz.com\/blog\/.\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/torchwoodlogin.jpg\" alt=\"torchwoodlogin.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">So describes Capt. Jack Harness, the leader of the Cardiff branch of  Torchwood. They operate with near complete impunity, doing what they can to protect earth from one pending alien disaster to the next. Jack is a time agent from the 26th century &#8211; though he was from the WWI era originally. Time has made him a touch edgy. (Click for larger images.)<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timelordz.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=79\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-79\" title=\"Jack Harkness\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.timelordz.com\/blog\/.\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/torchwood_jack2.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Harkness\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">While much of Doctor Who takes place on other worlds, Torchwood focuses on Earth &#8211; with its unique population and all its flaws we as humans all have. The characters are all pretty messed up people, and their job is not exactly helping.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">It is fairly violent and certainly illustrates the character flaws we as humans all have. The characters are all pretty messed up people, and their job is not exactly helping attain greater inner peace.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timelordz.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=80\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-80\" title=\"Torchwood Cardiff\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.timelordz.com\/blog\/.\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/torchwood_group02b.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Torchwood Cardiff\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">If you like good sci-fi with a bit of a bite to it, check out Torchwood. You&#8217;ll come away realizing that your life is a lot better than it could be.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have been enjoying the second season of Torchwood, currently playing on BBC 3 and your local bit torrent channel for everyone living outside the UK. The BBC page is here. Torchwood is a spin off from the new (and wonderfully done) re-installment of the classic show Doctor Who. The BBC has done a completely [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timelordz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timelordz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timelordz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timelordz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timelordz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.timelordz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.timelordz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timelordz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.timelordz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}