New Torchwood Books For 2009

A new set of Torchwood books will be heading to bookstores near you next year. That is, if you live in the United Kingdom or Ireland (just thought I'd point that out). The BBC release three stories every year, and have done this twice before. The new books in next year's set are titled 'The House that Jack Built', 'Bay of the Dead' and 'Into the Silence'. All three feature just Captain Jack, Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones, following the very emotional departure of Toshiko Sato and Owen Harper earlier this year. All three of them will be in the third series, an epic five-part story, entitled 'Children of Earth'. You can see the book covers below, and they are due for release on the 21st of May 2009, costing £6.99 each. More information will follow shortly, with synopses.

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A Dalek Is Cast

Torchwood Magazine, released last Thursday, has confirmed that a familiar face, or voice, has been cast in the third series of Torchwood, entitled Children of Earth. That person is Nick Briggs, and you should know him, because he is most well known now for doing all the voices of the Daleks for the whole of the new series. He doesn't just do Daleks either. He voices the Cybermen, Judoon and also the Nestene Consciousness. Nick Briggs will be appearing in the flesh, instead of just his voice being heard, but it has not yet been announced the character he will play. Peter Bennett said, "He gave a spectacular audition, but I'll keep you guessing about who he'll be playing for a little while yet." It is fantastic when we don't see the full face of actors who take roles in Doctor Who and it's spin-offs, because they can come in at any time, and the viewers might not even know who he is. And even if they have appeared before, like Gwen, it's all Sci-Fi, so anything can happen!

"I know that Russell, Julie and Andy have always appreciated Nick's acting talents. They have been keeping an eye out for the right part for him over the years, and finally the time has come!"

Another cast member has also been revealed to be played by Nicholas Farrell. Farrell played Aubrey in Chariots of Fire, and more recent films like Pearl Harbour and Amazing Grace.

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Torchwood Wave 1 Figures - Packaging

Pictures of the packaging, thanks to SciFi Collector, for the new Torchwood figures has now been released. The first wave, which these pictures are of, consist of the figures Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper, Cyberwoman and a Weevil. Note that a packaging picture for Captain Jack has not yet been released. The packaging is quite different from the Doctor Who ones, and is mostly in a yellow colour, and has a picture of the character in the bottom left. The actual figure is in the middle and in blister packaging. The Torchwood logo is spread across the top with 'Poseable Action Figures' written underneath. The 'T' logo is also on it, in the middle. The figures are highly detailed, just like the Doctor Who ones, and are fully articulated. The pictures of all the figures can be seen here, on their website. What do you think?

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Double Woody

A new box-set for Torchwood has been announced, that is comprised of the first and second series. The set should feature all the special features and such previously released on the separate sets. The cover, which you can see to the left, has a white promotional background, with a red T logo, and the normal logo at the top. At the bottom is the whole Torchwood team from the two series, Jack, Gwen, Ianto, Tosh and Owen, but not Martha. The DVD box-set contains twenty-six DVDs, and is due for release on 10th November 2008, at the RRP price of £59.99. More details should follow shortly.

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Torchwood Books Released

The second set of Torchwood books were released today. They are from BBC Books, just like the Doctor Who ones, and come in hardcover only at the moment. The three books are 'Pack Animals', which is written by Peter Anghelides, and features Jack, Gwen, Ianto, Tosh and Owen. 'Skypoint' is written by Phil Ford, and features the same characters and 'Almost Perfect' is written by James Goss, but only features Jack, Gwen and Ianto. It is therefore presumably set after the events of Exit Wounds, the last episode of Series 2 of Torchwood. Will you buy the books?

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The Hub Begins...

A Torchwood Convention, that was announced a while ago, has started its three-day run today. It is a very long event, compared to most conventions, and is held at the Park Inn Hotel in Northampton for this weekend. There are two nights contained within the price, at the venue. There are many Torchwood guests that will be appearing, naming only a few, John Barrowman, Naoko Mori, Gareth David Lloyd and Kai Owen, as well as Paul Kasey, Sara Lloyd Gregory and more! You can visit the official site for the event here. I hope whoever is going has a great time!

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More Books A'Cometh

New Doctor Who and Torchwood Books have been confirmed for release in 2009. The title, 'The Krillitane Storm', seems to suggest a returning monster, that were last seen in School Reunion, the Krillitanes. Other books from the Doctor Who range have also featured past monsters and villains such as the Sontarans. We do not know yet whether these books will feature the Doctor alone, or with a new companion, but I'll keep you updated. Below you can see the titles of the new books and the writers, but synopses have yet to be revealed;

• The Taking of Chelsea 426 by David Llewellyn
  
• Autonomy by Daniel Blythe
  
• The Krillitane Storm by Christopher Cooper
  

The Torchwood books are comprised of ‘Into the Silence’, by Sarah Pinborough, ‘Bay of the Dead’, by Mark Morris and ‘The House that Jack Built’, by Guy Adams. These follow on from two sets of three books released in the past, but these will only feature Jack, Gwen and Ianto. You can view the synopses below;

Into the Silence
Written by Sarah Pinborough
The body in the church hall is very definitely dead. It has been sliced open with surgical precision, its organs exposed, and its vocal cords are gone. It is as if they were never there or they've been dissolved... With the Welsh amateur Operatic Contest getting under way, music is filling the churches and concert halls of Cardiff. The competition has attracted the finest Welsh talent to the city, but it has also drawn something else - there are stories of a metallic creature hiding in the shadows. Torchwood are on its tail, but it's moving too fast for them to track it down. This new threat requires a new tactic - so Ianto Jones is joining a male voice choir...

Bay of the Dead
Written by Mark Morris
When the city sleeps, the dead start to walk... Something has sealed off Cardiff, and living corpse are stalking the streets, leaving a trail of half-eaten bodies. Animals are butchered. A young coupe in their car never reach home. A stolen tugboat is brought back to shore, carrying only human remains. And a couple of girls heading back from the pub watch the mysterious drivers of a big black SUV take over a crime scene. Torchwood have to deal with the intangible barrier surrounding Cardiff, and some unidentified space debris that seems to be regenerating itself. Plus, of course, the all-night zombie horror show. Not that they really believe in zombies.

The House that Jack Built
Written by Guy Adams
Jackson Leaves - an Edwardian house in Penylen, built 1906, semi-detached, three storeys, spacious, beautifully presented. Left in good condition to Rob and Julia by Rob's late aunt. It's an ordinary sort of a house. Except for the way the rooms don't stay in the same places. And the strange man that turns up in the airing cupboard. And the apparitions. And the temporal surges that attract the attentions of Torchwood. And the fact that the first owner of Jackson Leaves in 1906 was a Captain Jack Harkness...

The Doctor Who books are set for an Autumn release next year, and Torchwood on 29th May! Covers and more information shall follow shortly.

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The Next Torchwood Villain?

Recent rumours have been flying around about the new monster or villain for Torchwood. This should be for next year's series, entitled Children of Earth, and we think that there might be more than one evil being. We're beginning to have suspicions of a character played by Liz May Brice. In recent photos, mostly taken on the set of the explosion of the Torchwood Hub, she is dressed in a militaristic-looking uniform. In the pictures, she is standing over the exploded material, and is thought to be 'hunting down Torchwood'. She looks like she wants to get rid of them, but unfortunately for the team, they've got much worse things on their mind. At first, people thought that she was a new member of the Torchwood team, as she was dressed very similar, and looked important, but now it seems that she has ordered the hub destruction! According to the Sun, she is a 'shady government agent' and is named as 'Johnson'.

In other news, the interview with Russell T. Davies answering your questions was broadcast yesterday live on the BBC News Channel, and if you want to watch it again in full, or because you forgot to watch it, see it here!

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Torchwood Series 3 - New Casting News

New cast for the third series of Torchwood, Children of Earth, have been revealed, thanks to the BBC and the new issue of Torchwood Magazine, that was out yesterday. It reveals many new names of actors and actresses and the parts they are going to play. Children of Earth will be a 5 hour long story shown in five parts broadcasting on consecutive nights of one week in spring. It is currently being filmed, and lately it has looked like the Hub has been blown up. More news on that here, but below is the news on casting;

• The multi-talented Peter Capaldi will play John Frobisher, "a civil servant who is hiding a terrible secret," in the actor's second trip to the Doctor Who universe. Familiar to fans as Caecilius in The Fires Of Pompeii (written by Children Of Earth writer James Moran), Capaldi has also appeared in Peep Show, Skins, Prime Suspect and The Vicar Of Dibley, and even won an Oscar for Best Short Film in 1995. But he is probably best known for another political role: spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in sitcom The Thick Of It.
  
• Paul Copley is a familiar face from series as diverse as This Life, Hornblower and Coronation Street, while his warm Northern tones can be heard on Channel 4's How Clean Is Your House, and the Big Finish Doctor Who audio Spare Parts. In Torchwood: Children Of Earth, Copely will play Clem, "the survivor still haunted by his past." Copely has also appeared in The Lakes, Shameless, Life On Mars and Gruey, while his big screen credits include The Remains Of The Day and 1975 Alfie sequel, Alfie Darling. 
  
• Liz May Brice is best known for playing convicted murderer Pat Kerrigan in ITV's cult drama Bad Girls, but is no stranger to sci-fi, with big screen roles in Resident Evil and AVP: Alien Versus Predator to her name. As a child actor, she appeared alongside Helen Mirren, Tim Curry, Kenneth Branagh and Diana Rigg, and more recently has been seen in Holby City, Hustle, Casualty and Peep Show. In Children Of Earth, she plays Johnson, a "cynical covert government agent determined to expose Torchwood."

So, what do you think of the new castings?

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Farewell, Old Hub!

The picture above was made by me, but pictures thanks to Alun.Vega and Shelly

New set reports and images have been released from fans watching the new series for Torchwood filming in Cardiff. Lately, a strange rectangular object has been lurking around in the middle of Cardiff Bay, and many fans thought, and maybe hoped, might have something to do with the destruction of the Torchwood Hub, following rumours that this might be true. As the days went on, they started to put lots of objects and various different materials on top of it, now we know, to look like the whole of the Hub had been blown apart, with the ground bursting open with rubbish. From where you could see, it didn't look much like it had, as it was just some starnge, random thing in the middle of the bay. The picture on the right of the picture above hopefully shows what you will see on screen, and looks spectacular. This series really is looking promising! This is thought to happen nearer the end of the story, but does this look like the end of Torchwood. It looks even more likely when we here that John Barrowman, who plays Captain Jack, isn't present on the scene. People who were seen were Eve Myles (Gwen Cooper) and Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto Jones) who had got a cut on his cheek. Little is known about what will happen in the story, but it looks great!

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