Torchwood (2006) starring Eve Myles, John Barrowman, Naoko Mori, Burn Gorman. BBC sci-fi production tells the tale of a secret organization known as Torchwood, which monitors alien incursions into Earth-space from a small city (Cardiff) in England. The premise is rather silly, but it's meant to be fun, not serious. In the first two episodes, contained on this disc, policewoman Gwen Cooper (Myles) stumbles onto the clandestine group and makes the acquaintance of its leader, Captain Jack Harkness (Barrowman), an American. In Gwen's first day on the job -- after being hired by Torchwood -- she accidentally releases an alien entity which kills its victims by having sex with them. Unfortunately, there's not much sci-fi and lots of low-fi in the action... typical of a low-budget series. Grade: B
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