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Torchwood: Children Of Earth Photos

NOW that Torchwood: Children Of Earth has aired on both sides of the pond, thought I'd share with all my readers the remaining press photos that I did not use with my previous Torchwood entries. Enjoy!

[caption id="attachment_2202" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) falls for a trap set by Dr. Rupesh Patanjali (Rik Makarem). Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption]   [caption id="attachment_2210" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Government civil servant Bridget Hastings (Susan Brown, center) tries to make sense out of the chaos unfolding around her. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2207" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The new "temp," Lois Habiba (Cush Jumbo) becomes one of Torchwood's most trusted allies against the threat of the 456. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2211" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Johnson (Liz May Brice) is charged with eliminating Torchwood. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2213" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Gwen (Eve Myles) has a chat with prospective Torchwood candidate Dr. Rupesh Patanjali. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2216" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Ianto (Gareth David-Lloyd) and Rhys (Kai Owen) create a diversion! Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2218" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Ianto, Gwen and Jack settle into their new base of operations - the Hub 2. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption]

 

[caption id="attachment_2219" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Jack "borrows" some transport! Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2220" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Ianto and Jack come face-to-face with the 456. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption]

 

[caption id="attachment_2225" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Jack hopes Gwen can carry out what looks like his final order from him to her. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2223" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Gwen tries to stop the government from taking Ianto's niece and nephew along with their friends. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2227" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Gwen watches as the children around her "transmit" a message to the 456. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_2228" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Jack has no choice but to use the children of Earth to fight back against the 456, but at what cost? Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] As noted above, all photos courtesy of and copyright of the BBC, so please no unauthorized copying r duplicating of any kind. Thanks!

Gareth David-Lloyd Talks About Torchwood: Children Of Earth

[caption id="attachment_1862" align="aligncenter" width="284" caption="Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones in Torchwood: Children Of Earth. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] SPOILER ALERT!! - Continuing the Q & A series leading up to the BBC America broadcast of Torchwood: Children of Earth (July 20th @ 9 p.m. EST/PST). Responsible for the team's caffeine consumption, Ianto Jones turns defender of the Earth, as actor Gareth David-Lloyd reveals. In Torchwood: Children Of Earth, the quiet coffee maker finds himself out of his comfort zone. But it doesn't take him long to find his stride and soon is right at the heart of the action. GARETH DAVID-LLOYD - I absolutely loved filming this series. There are so many scenes that are memorable, but the one that does come to mind is crawling through the wreckage after a huge explosion. We filmed it in a quarry and used real pyrotechnics. It was really hot and I had to climb up he side of this quarry.  It was the first time in my career I felt like a proper action hero. It's one big adrenalin rush after another. I enjoyed it more than ever as I had the chance to be a bigger part of the action. I found the five-episode storyline effective. There's one emotional journey throughout. I think people will be more scared by this series. There's a real seriousness to what's going on. Although the format of the series has changed, the impact and effect of Torchwood remains the same: GDL - There's just as much human drama as there is Science Fiction in this series. I can't want to see the entire thing. It has this race against time element to it. As each episode goes by, the pace increases and it gets faster and faster - like a roller-coaster - and it's a real adrenalin ride. [caption id="attachment_1863" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Dr. Rupesh Patanjali (Rik Makarem) and Ianto confront a child possessed in Torchwood: Children Of Earth. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] As the series has developed, so has the character of Ianto Jones: GDL - I think Ianto has changed quite a lot since the series first began because of everything that's happened to him. He lost everything he loved at one point, and then realized that all that was left for him was Torchwood and Captain Jack Harkness [John Barrowman] - they had to replace the hole in his life. He's learnt to be less guarded and be more like himself - a bit more content with himself as a person. The relationship between Captain Jack and Ianto also undergoes a transformation, with the two growing ever closer: GDL - It was nice to film those elements of the series. As it panned out across previous series, the relationship between Jack and Ianto has been quite organic. So it was nice that we get to the stage in series three where they are going through all the usual couple difficulties. I think the way it's been done is extremely real. [caption id="attachment_1864" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Ianto tries to piece together the mystery of Torchwood: Children Of Earth. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] The alien threat facing the future of humanity, the 456, is nothing the team has ever encountered before. And hidden beneath the reality of the situation is the fact that one of the team is hiding a dark secret. GDL - I think every character goes through the process of thinking about giving up. We're lucky they don't all think about giving up at the same time. The good thing about the team is that they've got each other to pull them out of the darkness. [caption id="attachment_1865" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Could Ianto be hiding something from his teammates in Torchwood: Children Of Earth. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] As noted above, all photos courtesy of and copyright of the BBC, so please no unauthorized copying or duplicating of any form. Thanks!

Eve Myles Talks About Torchwood: Children Of Earth

[caption id="attachment_1849" align="aligncenter" width="200" caption="Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper in Torchwood: Children Of Earth. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] SPOILER ALERT!! - Continuing the Q & A leading up to the BBC America broadcast of Torchwood: Children Of Earth (July 20th @ 9 p.m. EST/PST). The show's leading lady, Eve Myles, who plays Gwen Cooper, sits down for a chat. Eve Myles landed her dream role in 2006, when she was given the part of feisty Gwen Cooper in Torchwood, which Russell T. Davies created especially for her. EVE MYLES - I was so excited when I got the scripts. It's a five-hour psychological action-packed thriller. With a movie, you're looking at maybe 90 minutes of action, but with this new series of Torchwood, we've got five hours. It's an event. It's not just the third series, where everybody is used to what Torchwood is, this series will actually terrify people. For Eve, the new series and the single storyline across all five episodes felt like the right evolution for Torchwood. EM - We've tipped the series on its head and given people a whole new format. It's a completely different style of Torchwood, and is exactly what we should have done. It feels brand new all over again. It's exciting and it's positive. [caption id="attachment_1851" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Gwen and Dr. Rupesh Patanjali (Rik Makarem) are on the run in Torchwood: Children Of Earth. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] Of Gwen's role in the team she says: EM - Gwen is still the heart and emotion of Torchwood, but she also realizes the responsibility she has as a member of the team. Everybody's got to lose something to gain something, and as harsh as Gwen comes across sometimes, if she wasn't, people would die. She's got a huge responsibility on her shoulders. A few years ago she was working as a young police woman in Cardiff. A couple of years later, here she is saving the world with Captain Jack (John Barrowman). One way or the another something has to give. Viewers will see Gwen forge a close relationship with Clem, played by Paul Copley - the survivor of an horrific ordeal who is still haunted by his past. The scenes Eve Myles filmed with him proved to be a major highlight for the actress. EM - He's absolutely fantastic. I was completely overwhelmed - he's so right for the character. Gwen inevitably becomes his guardian because that's what Gwen does - she's Torchwood's social worker. She's a social worker who can run and fight and stand in her own corner and win. With Clem, she has this incredible desire to protect him. She's his protector and he's the key to what's going on. [caption id="attachment_1852" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Paul Copley as Clem in Torchwood: Children Of Earth. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] In contrast to the tender moments of some of the scenes she filmed, there was still plenty of high-octane action for Eve - a self-confessed adrenalin junkie. Of the action-packed scenes, Eve Myles says: EM - It's the best part of the job for me. It's the only job where you can really push yourself. We've got the most amazing team - you know you're in safe hands. You go through things a thousand times before it ever happens. In rehearsals, you don't have the pyrotechnics, you don't have the explosions - so when you actually do the take, you get the realness of it - it's all genuine. It's real shock, fear - every kind of emotion you can think of that would come if you were really caught up in that. I'm an adrenalin junkie, so it's the perfect job for me. But for Eve, the adrenalin-fuelled action is on the back burner as she is five months pregnant. Having just completed filming for the new BBC One drama Framed, in which she stars opposite Trevor Eve, she is now taking time out to concentrate on her pregnancy.

EM - I'm not working now until the baby is born. I've worked continuously recently, but now it's my time to concentrate on the baby.

[caption id="attachment_1853" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Eve Myles with her co-stars Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto Jones) and John Barrowman in Torchwood: Children Of Earth. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] As noted above, all photos courtesy of and copyright of the BBC, so please no copying or duplicating of any form. Thanks!

John Barrowman Talks About Torchwood: Children Of Earth

[caption id="attachment_1827" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness in Torchwood: Children Of Earth. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] SPOILER ALERT!! - Continuing the Q & A series leading up to the BBC America broadcast of Torchwood: Children Of Earth (July 20th @ 9 p.m. EST/PST). Today, John Barrowman a.k.a. Captain Jack, speaks! As the future of the human race hangs in the balance, Torchwood faces death and destruction and battles to protect the human race. After the potentially apocalyptic encounter, will Torchwood and the human race ever be the same again? JOHN BARROWMAN - Anybody who loves Science Fiction or a good drama will fall in love with Torchwood. It's action-packed, it's sexy, it's exciting, it's an emotional roller-coaster and you just want to sit back and get ready for the ride of your life. Of the new format to this year's series, John Barrowman says: JB - It's changed in the respect that in series one we were crawling, series two we were walking, and now in series three we're running. JB - We know what Torchwood is and we know what it's about - it's full of drama and action. JB - This storyline is one of the darker Torchwood storylines. Every time you turn a corner you don't know what's going to happen. And when you watch episode one you're going to want more and more and more. [caption id="attachment_1830" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Things go from bad to worse for Captain Jack (John Barrowman) in Torchwood: Children Of Earth. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] JB - You'll learn a lot about the characters in ways that you've never known them before. JB - If you like relationships then you're going to see the difference in Jack's and Ianto's [Gareth David-Lloyd] relationship as well as Gwen's [Eve Myles] and Rhys' [Kai Owen] - but you're also going to see the similarities. JB - The characters have evolved in ways because we're learning new things about them. It makes it really interesting for us to play as actors, and for the audience every episode will bring a new revelation. [caption id="attachment_1831" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Dr. Rupesh Patanjali (Rik Makarem) and Captain Jack team up to take on the alien threat in Torchwood: Children Of Earth. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] The new show format is also something John thinks will prove entertaining to the audience. JB - I think the one storyline works perfectly for this series. It's epic, it's pacy. The series will reveal that one of the Torchwood team is hiding a dark secret - a potential catalyst for even more action-packed drama. JB - One of the team is hiding a secret that will be a revelation to a lot of people - not only to the viewers watching, but to the team itself. It will be very uncomfortable for the characters. And people watching it will question why they did it. Will they be able to understand why they did it! But as in all things Science Fiction, as a series, we can touch on subjects that are not touched upon in a number of other dramas. [caption id="attachment_1833" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Jack and Gwen (Eve Myles) try to figure out what has happened to Earth's children in Torchwood: Children Of Earth. Photo courtesy of and copyright of the BBC"][/caption] The new threat faced by the team takes on a sinister theme, using the children of Earth as a conduit. JB - Anything that involves children doing stuff they are not supposed to be doing is creepy. I let my parents watch episode one and two with me and I watched their reaction. Normally they would get up during a show to get a drink or go to the bathroom, but they didn't move. My Mom and Dad - who are my biggest critics - were glued to the screen. We finished watching it and the following morning my Dad turned to me and asked, "When are we watching [episode] three?" If they don't like something I do then they will say it. They absolutely loved this. As noted above, all photos courtesy of and copyright of the BBC, so please no unauthorized copying or duplicating of any form. Thanks!

The British Are Coming!

[caption id="attachment_1491" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Guess who's coming to San Diego??? David Tennant as The Doctor in Doctor Who. Photo copyright of the BBC"][/caption] IN support of BBC America's U.S. premiere of four Doctor Who specials, The Doctor himself, David Tennant, will appear alongside writer/executive producer Russell T. Davies at this year's Comic-Con in San Diego. They will take part in a Doctor Who panel along with executive producer Julie Gardner and director Euros Lyn on Sunday, July 26th from 10 a.m - 11 a.m. PST in Ballroom 20. David will travel to Comic-Con fresh from the Doctor Who set, having shot his final scenes at the 10th Time Lord. He and fellow panelists will discuss the latest incarnation of television's longest running Science Fiction series and take questions from the floor. There will also be exclusive sneak peeks from the upcoming specials. Fans can visit the BBC America booth (#3629) to capture their own photograph alongside part of the Doctor Who set, as well as purchase exclusive merchandise including David Tennant figures. Fans of BBC America's highest rated show ever, Torchwood, which will have just completed the five-part special Children of Earth, will get to chat first-hand with the stars and makers of the show. Just 48 hours after the last episode, the series makes a return visit to Comic-Con with a panel featuring star John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness), writer/executive producer Russell T. Davies, executive producer Julie Gardner and director Euros Lyn on Sunday, July 26th from 2:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. PST in Room 6BCF. As part of the Torchwood panel, catch the talent from BBC America's most buzzed about new Science Fiction drama, Being Human. Creator and writer Toby Whithouse, plus lead actors Russell Tovey, Lenora Crichlow and Aiden Turner, talk about the inspiration for the show and what it's like to play three twenty-somethings with secret double-lives - as a werewolf, a vampire and a ghost. All four panelists will be signing exclusively at the BBC America booth on Saturday, July 25th from 3 p.m. - 4 p.m. PST. Cult comedy favorite and BAFTA-nominated The Mighty Boosh comes to Comic-Con for the first time to celebrate the airing of all three seasons on Adult Swim and the BBC's DVD release, just two days before the convention begins. Inspired by the Perrier Comedy Award-winning live comedy show, creators/stars Julian Barratt and Noel Fielding along with actors Michael Fielding, Rich Fulcher and Dave Brown will be onstage to discuss the magical, bizarre and exciting world of The Boosh on Friday, July 24th from 4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m PST in Room 6A. The hit UK comedy series follows crazy zookeepers Howard Moon and Vince Noir and was described by The San Jose Mercury News as "an acid trip fantasy-comedy [that] is seriously deranged and seriously funny."  This panel will be preceeded by a Mighty Boosh signing in the Autograph Area from 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m PST. Fans can also catch exclusive BBC America screenings during the convention with back-to-back episodes of Doctor Who and Torchwood. On Saturday, July 25th from 7:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. PST in Room 6A, key talent from Torchwood and Doctor Who introduce the last episode of the five-part series Torchwood: Children of Earth, and an advance viewing of Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead, the first of four specials starring David Tennant. Underground Toys (Booth #3949) will be selling its entire Doctor Who and Torchwood lines of toys and novelty items as well as once again introduce new limited-edition Comic-Con action figures that have never been seen before. As noted above, the photo of David Tennant is copyright of the BBC, so please no unauthorized copying or duplicating of any form. Thanks!