torchwood

[Stigmata]

well, he raped a man and a woman in the very first episode

He got off with them courtesy of some alien rohypnol- not quite as bad as that.

 

[belboid]

I doubt that would have been their opinion (if they weren't fictitious characters...)

 

[Iguana]

He got off with them courtesy of some alien rohypnol- not quite as bad as that.

He did intend to rape the woman. It was only when her boyfriend tried to rescue her that Owen decided to snog the boyfriend rather than get beat up.

 

[ViolentPanda]

He got off with them courtesy of some alien rohypnol- not quite as bad as that.

So he intended to (to use a rather crap neologism) "date-rape" them.
The point is he had to dose them with some alien drug to get any action.

 

[Iguana]

The point is he had to dose them with some alien drug to get any action.

Except the repugnant little toad didn't. Only weeks later Gwen was letting him sweat all over her. Tosh pined after him for years. And then 50's pilot woman had an intense affair with him, though she did fly back into the rift into an unknown fate almost immediately after.

 

[belboid]

And then 50's pilot woman had an utterly unbelievable and cringeworthy affair with him,

corrected for you

 

[ViolentPanda]

Except the repugnant little toad didn't. Only weeks later Gwen was letting him sweat all over her. Tosh pined after him for years. And then 50's pilot woman had an intense affair with him, though she did fly back into the rift into an unknown fate almost immediately after.

Read. Slowly.
He. Had. To. Drug. The. Couple. In. The. Bar.
It's also plainly obvious, if you re-watch the episode, that the implication is that it isn't the first time he's used the alien drug/pheromone/whatever to get himself a piece of arse.

 

[Iguana]

Read. Slowly.
He. Had. To. Drug. The. Couple. In. The. Bar.
It's also plainly obvious, if you re-watch the episode, that the implication is that it isn't the first time he's used the alien drug/pheromone/whatever to get himself a piece of arse.

Maybe he'd also used it on Tosh, Gwen and 50's pilot? It would explain a lot.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Maybe he'd also used it on Tosh, Gwen and 50's pilot? It would explain a lot.

IIRC Jack locked it up in "the vault", so we'll just have to blame Tosh's incarceration by UNIT for her bad taste, and Gwen's ancestor having been possessed by aliens for hers.
'50s pilot woman though, she's got no excuse, the mad dingbat!

 

[scifisam]

Read. Slowly.
He. Had. To. Drug. The. Couple. In. The. Bar.
It's also plainly obvious, if you re-watch the episode, that the implication is that it isn't the first time he's used the alien drug/pheromone/whatever to get himself a piece of arse.

I'm a bit confused - is this Jack you're talking about?

 

[belboid]

no, Owen

 

[ViolentPanda]

I'm a bit confused - is this Jack you're talking about?

No, I'm talking about gurning frog-faced mofo, AKA "Owen".

 

[scifisam]

Ah. I'm kinda glad I didn't watch seasons 1 and 2, then.

 

[8den]

No, I'm talking about gurning frog-faced mofo, AKA "Owen".

 

[ViolentPanda]

You look at that picture, and you can almost hear the bastard go "ribbit", can't you?

 

[QueenOfGoths]

You look at that picture, and you can almost hear the bastard go "ribbit", can't you?

He is King of the Frogmen

 

[Corax]

Oh. I quite liked Owen. Didn't see the date-rape episode though.

 

[T & P]

Oh. I quite liked Owen.

Can't say I did myself. Found him miserable, devoid of charisma and boring.

And the missus tells me really ugly as well.

 

[andy2002]

Can't say I did myself. Found him miserable, devoid of charisma and boring.

And the missus tells me really ugly as well.

He became a bit more interesting after he died (the first time) and the story of how he joined Torchwood in the first place was pretty good, too. A pretty terrible character apart from those modest peaks though...

 

[PursuedByBears]

Finally watched all the episodes on sky plus... excellent and a fantastically downbeat ending.

Torchwood has had it's faults and ridiculous moments but that was great, especially the Jack/Doctor parallels... everyone he cared about will die while he remains...

 

[Private Storm]

Damnundblast, had the last episode of Children of Earth recorded and went to watch it....and feckin' TiVo has cocked up and recorded something else. No worries I think, iPlayer to the rescue. Not so, they only have the 1st episode. How the hell does that work, surely they should have the later episodes, rather than the 1st one?

Gutted of Brixton

 

[rubbershoes]

torrent it

 

[ddraig]

Ianto obsessives on the case

poor dab Ianto

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8166655.stm

Fans aim to save sci-fi character

The website, SaveIantoJones , includes an option to donate to the BBC charity in honour of the character.

Campaigners say Ianto's passing has left them "as sorrowful and hurt as any death of a person close to us".

They add: "Though we, his devoted fans, still hope that he'll come back (it's still sci-fi, and in sci-fi, death can be reversed, can't it?), we mourn him.

http://www.saveiantojones.com/

awww

 

[Corax]

"as sorrowful and hurt as any death of a person close to us"

If I was 'close to' any of these muppets I may find that a wee bit offensive. It's like the twats that described Diana's introduction to concrete as 'like one of my family's died'.

 

[DotCommunist]

oh come the fuck on, is this for real?

What's next? a bring back fucking Adric campaign?

 

[Corax]

bring back fucking Adric

I must have missed that episode.

That Doctor, he's such a rogue.

 

[punkrockfaggot]

So are we agreed? Owen = Date-rapist?

 

[RubyBlue]

So are we agreed? Owen = Date-rapist?

What? I loved Owen

 

[DotCommunist]

What? I loved Owen

he used alien rohypnol spray to bone his victims

 

[andy2002]

Apparently TW has been picked up for a fourth season...

http://www.comicmix.com/news/2009/07/25/exclusive-torchwood-picked-up-for-another-season-by-bbc/