A "sexy, funny" spin-off from the Doctor Who television series, is to be made by BBC Wales and set in Cardiff.
The 13-part sci-fi drama will be called Torchwood - an anagram of Doctor Who. Russell T Davies will also write and co-produce the "paranoid thriller".
Torchwood, which is aimed at adults, stars John Barrowman as Captain Jack - one of the main characters from the recent Doctor Who series.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4349120.stmLike the latest version of Doctor Who, which the BBC successfully relaunched this year, Torchwood will be based in Cardiff. Davies, who has just begun writing Torchwood, said the new programme would be aimed at adult audiences and would "have its own, unique identity". He said: "Torchwood will be a dark, clever, wild, sexy, British crime/sci-fi paranoid thriller cop show with a sense of humour - the X Files meets This Life," the latter a reference to the groundbreaking Nineties BBC drama about a group of young lawyers in Bristol.
http://news.independent.co.uk/media/article320110.eceI'm a little worried that it's being compared to "This Life" but it should be interesting all the same. More Dr Who is always welcome, even if it isn't really Dr Who :-)
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