Russell T Davies is to write a sci-fi paranoid thriller in a major new commission for BBC Three, it was announced today by Stuart Murphy, Controller of BBC Three.
‘Torchwood’ is a 13-part series aimed at a post-watershed audience and has an organic link to Doctor Who.
"Torchwood is a British sci-fi paranoid thriller, a cop show with a sense of humour,” says Davies. “It’s dark, wild and sexy, it’s the X Files meets This Life. It’s a stand-alone series for adult audiences which will have its own unique identity. I have just begun working on the scripts with a team of writers and cannot wait to see the results."
The series is set in modern-day Cardiff and stars John Barrowman as Captain Jack from Doctor Who; it’s in the Christmas special and second series of Doctor Who that the story of Torchwood – a renegade group of investigators – is seeded. However no stories will cross over between Torchwood and Doctor Who. Each 50-minute episode is self-contained and it is likely to be transmitted later next year.
“The renegades investigate human and alien crime, as well as alien technology that has fallen to earth,” says Murphy. “’Torchwood’ is sinister and psychological – Russell was really keen to play with your head – as well as being very British and modern and real.
“Torchwood is a major commitment for the channel; its subject and tone is a perfect fit for BBC Three. At its centre is warm, human relationships and the overcoming of adversity,” says Murphy.
Filming will begin early next year in Cardiff. The executive producers are Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner, Head of Drama in BBC Wales.
Torchwood follows the success of Bodies, Conviction, Outlaws and Casanova, with which the channel has begun to establish a reputation for cutting edge British drama.
Torchwood is a BBC Wales commission for BBC Three.
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