Review by: Kevin Bachelder (Tuning In To SciFi TV)
*** Spoiler Warning ***
What follows is a review of Torchwood: Children of Earth Day One. It contains spoilers about the Day One episode so only proceed if you want to know what happened.
When I first heard that series three of Torchwood would be a single story set over five episodes/nights I was a little apprehensive. I’ve been a fan of Torchwood from the very first episode “Everything Changes”. However, I must admit that I enjoyed series one more than series two. I believe that might be because of the serious turn the show took in series two due to the loss of Owen and Tosh. I thought the series two story lines were well done but I wasn’t sure that was the Torchwood that I wanted to see. So I was very pleased to see that the opening of this episode jumped right into the story by giving us a bit of a mystery and taking us back to 1965 where we see some children walking into a bright light. Was this a reference back to a previous storyline? At this point we’re not sure but it certainly got me caught up in the story right away so I forgot my previous concerns and just jumped right into things.
Moving back to the present day we get to see several examples of children just stopping in the middle of their normal activities. Since this is the first time we’ve seen this it seems nothing more than just ‘odd’. The children don’t stay this way for long but long enough for Gwen to witness this happening and for the government higher ups to have become aware of it as well.
I found myself enjoying the quick introductions of several new characters such as Rupesh, a doctor that Ianto and Jack encounter on one of their missions. We also meet Mr. Frobisher, the civil servant and his secretary Bridget. They just happen to have a new temp named Lois who started work today. Think she might play a key role in our story? Time will tell.
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