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New "Torchwood: Children of Earth" goodies

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Brian Juergens

The BBC has released a press kit for the upcoming Torchwood Series Three, and in it are some goodies about everyone's favorite gay/omnisexual alien-fighting couple, Captain Jack and Ianto Jones. Here's what gay series creator Russell T Davies has to share about the fellas:

The relationship between Captain Jack and Ianto has developed. Was that something you'd be planning for a while?

"Not planning, as such, it just grew naturally out of the scripts and performances from John and Gareth. And it's such a rich area – the sheer will-they-or-won't-they tension of two men getting closer.

"But, again, you can come to Torchwood as a new viewer and follow their relationship from the start – you won't get lost! And it's honestly a pleasure to write for two such fine actors – they make the whole process a delight."

Local fave Gareth David-Lloyd, who plays Ianto, adds: ""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.""

Additionally, John Barrowman says that Children of Earth is "one of the darker Torchwood storylines" (yay!) and from the previews, which are filled with creepy, alien-controlled children, I don't doubt it.

If you haven't yet seen the trailer that was released a few weeks back, I've reposted it below. July can't come fast enough!

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    • Submitted by
    Brian Juergens
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 07:59.
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    Elliot's picture

    YES!

    Submitted by
    Elliot (222 points) (44 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 08:14.

    Won't be long now..."Children of Earth" looks like it's raising the bar for the show this season and I can't wait to watch...on HD, no less...

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    Liz T's picture

    exciting

    Submitted by
    Liz T (8812 points) (1835 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 09:29.

    exciting stuff

    :-)

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    Whitetee's picture

    http://www.pizquita.com/noti

    Submitted by
    Whitetee (3088 points) (667 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 09:36.

    http://www.pizquita.com/noticia14075.html

    More pics

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002COR56O/ref=dm_sp_alb?ie=UTF8&qid=1245013004&sr=8-16

    Torchwood: Children of the Earth OST (Be careful there will be spoilers in the titles.If you don`t wanna know,don`t click.)

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    Shizuma's picture

    Uh-oh.

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    Shizuma (396 points) (86 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 15:58.

    Those song titles are really ominous.

    Ianto Jones; The Ballad of Ianto Jones; Requiem for the Fallen; He Was a Good Man...

    Damn, those comments about Ianto possibly dying have made me super paranoid and a little depressed.

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    Rich's picture

    From the spoilery review i read of the first ep of S3...

    Submitted by
    Rich (1009 points) (232 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 09:39.
    Two words come to mind...HOLY SHIT!
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    Shizuma's picture

    ...

    Submitted by
    Shizuma (396 points) (86 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 15:48.
    Link? Details? Maybeplz?
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    Rich's picture

    It was the last link to a Live Journal...

    Submitted by
    Rich (1009 points) (232 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 19:52.

    that was posted in a message to the "This Week in Torchwood" Yahoogroup.

    I deleted the message,sorry.

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    adriskrayzee's picture

    Does anyone has the last pic

    Submitted by
    adriskrayzee (235 points) (57 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 10:08.
    Does anyone has the last pic on a bigger resolution?
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    Bald_Jason74's picture

    My Thoughts Exactly

    Submitted by
    Bald_Jason74 (95 points) (22 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 11:44.

     Can we get that in higher resolution?  It's hot. 

      I'm excited for Series 3.  But I'm worried about Ianto (my favorite character).

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    love_jackianto's picture

    Now if only we knew when it's going to be on.

    Submitted by
    love_jackianto (285 points) (69 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 11:31.
    That looks great. The only thing I'm worried about is that their putting in all this Jack/Ianto stuff so people will feel bad when Ianto dies (I haven't read any spoilers, it's just a feeling I have).
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    Bald_Jason74's picture

    The Same Feeling...

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    Bald_Jason74 (95 points) (22 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 11:49.

    It's airing in the United States starting July 20th and will be released on DVD on July 28th.

     

     I'm worried about Ianto too, as I've had the same feeling, for months now.  If he does die, it won't be a deal breaker for me, but it will suck, because he's been my favorite character on the show since the first episode back in October 2006. 

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    If they kill Ianto...

    Submitted by
    Psionycx (7936 points) (1610 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 22:33.
    ...without also killing that miserable cow Gwen then it would be a deal breaker for me. So let's hope it doesn't happen.
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    love_jackianto's picture

    It wouldn't be so bad if she wasn't so badly written

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    love_jackianto (285 points) (69 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-06-17 10:46.
    I doubt they'll kill Gwen, because she's the 'heart of the team' and RTD's favourite character. Too bad the writers keep saying she's the 'heart of the team', but we hardly get to see her supposed compassion. Don't get me started on all the times in Series Two that Gwen made the SAME mistakes she did in Series One, just so they could move the plot along.
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    Psionycx's picture

    No, it would stink like old time movies.

    Submitted by
    Psionycx (7936 points) (1610 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-06-17 18:25.
    You know, killing off the gay lover to get him out of the way so that the leading man can finally be with the woman he would have otherwise been with?  Very old school, and that's exactly what it would feel like if they killed off Ianto.
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    love_jackianto's picture

    it would stink like old time movies... priceless.

    Submitted by
    love_jackianto (285 points) (69 posts)
    on Thu, 2009-06-18 11:20.
    Old school and very cliched; if I wanted to see the leading man and the leading women get together I would watch pretty much EVERY OTHER t.v. show. The fact that I've never been able to see any sexual chemistry between Jack and Gwen (they do have nice platonic chemistry) doesn't help.
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    sarah's picture

    Deal breaker

    Submitted by
    sarah (952 points) (247 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-06-17 09:05.
    If he dies is total deal breaker for me. He was the reason I kept watching after the first episode.
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    Me too. Ianto's my favourite

    Submitted by
    love_jackianto (285 points) (69 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-06-17 10:40.
    Me too. Ianto's my favourite character on the show (next to Tosh), so I've been waiting since series 1 for him to die; most of my favourite characters have a habit of ending up died.
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     I'm worried about Ianto

    Submitted by
    love_jackianto (285 points) (69 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-06-17 10:52.

     I'm worried about Ianto too, as I've had the same feeling, for months now.

    Well, if you look at that promo picture above, Jack and Gwen are both looking forward (into the future), but Ianto is looking down at the ground. They might be trying to tell us something, plus my favourite t.v. characters tend to end up dead.

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    purple_squirrel's picture

    eeheeeee yay i missed S2

    Submitted by
    purple_squirrel (270 points) (72 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 12:05.

    eeheeeee yay

    i missed S2 though :( i hope they show the repeats on iplayer while they show this series!) - i saw some of S2 though, James Marsters and his kiss!!! was S2 good? my fave's from S1 were the faeries one, the pendant one and the Cpt Jack one

    who is that news woman, the blonde one? she seems SOOO familiar!

    ________________________________

        "there's always time for a burrow..."
    "We're getting fired, fired, fired, firedddd"

                 *** meep meep! ***

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    Whitetee's picture

    You can

    Submitted by
    Whitetee (3088 points) (667 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 13:34.

    check out Steven Frank`s recap here:

    http://www.afterelton.com/TV/torchwood

     

    season 2 was a bit hit and miss for me.A few episodes were just plain awful,while some others(like the first few & last few) were excellent.

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    w00t

    Submitted by
    Kosk (25 points) (8 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 13:21.

    Two things happened.

    I got goosebumps & I got the feeling a movie is in the works after watching that trailer. 

    The part with Gwen recording the "End of the World"... was...a spectacular scene. I'm excited.

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    kcwin's picture

    Who is the other hot guy?

    Submitted by
    kcwin (210 points) (51 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 13:22.

    Who is the other hot guy? Let Gwen retire, and have him join TW.

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    Whitetee's picture

    I was actually thinking about it

    Submitted by
    Whitetee (3088 points) (667 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 13:50.

    Ever since I learned that *Eve Myles is pregnant* and what it meant for a new season of Torchwood,is she not coming back?

    http://www.whatsontv.co.uk/drama/torchwood/news/torchwood-star-eve-myles-is-pregnant/5743

    It should be around five months at this time.

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    s4

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    sarah (952 points) (247 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 16:42.
    IF BBC decided to make a 4th series, it wouldn't start filming before next year. Eve would have plenty of time to have her baby and get back in form by then.
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    sarah's picture

    that pic

    Submitted by
    sarah (952 points) (247 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 16:39.

    When I first saw that pic last Friday my first reaction was: DOOM! because I couldn't help linking it with rumors that had been around for months now

    Then reading the ST tracklist was: DOOM again. Look at the titles!

     

    I'd like to be excited about s3 but I'm just getting sad about it all.

     

    Maybe it's true that what BBCA wants is make noise with COE, then start the American Torchwood with James Marsters. I don't care about TW without its welshness and its Ianto, and I care even less about John Hart.

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    Knickie's picture

    Personally, I think the

    Submitted by
    Knickie (4010 points) (818 posts)
    on Tue, 2009-06-16 20:59.
    Personally, I think the whole Cardiff and Rift thing has been done to death. By Season 2 it was already beating a dead horse. And although I prefer Captain Jack with Captain John, I like Ianto 1000% more than the insufferable Gwen. If they can't get Martha back and have to have a female -- GET A DECENT ONE! Someone strong and with actual skills. Someone like Tosh without all the baggage they dumped on her. And don't kill Ianto. HE is the actual "humanizing" character on the show, not Gwen. He's the one people relate to.
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    And don't kill Ianto. HE is

    Submitted by
    love_jackianto (285 points) (69 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-06-17 10:55.

    And don't kill Ianto. HE is the actual "humanizing" character on the show, not Gwen. He's the one people relate to.

    Oh, I've been saying that for years.

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    Who's the cutie with Ianto?

    Submitted by
    Glenn (870 points) (190 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-06-17 04:50.
    Who's the cutie with Ianto?
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    Rik Makarem

    Submitted by
    sarah (952 points) (247 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-06-17 09:01.
    Rik Makarem: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2514637/ who plays a young doctor in S3. If you start reading about him, be warned you'll be very spoiled.
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    David Tennant at San Diego Comic Con

    Submitted by
    scorpio54 (267 points) (62 posts)
    on Wed, 2009-06-17 11:55.

    Russel T. Davies and David Tennant will be at this year's San Diego Comic Con!!

    http://www.newsarama.com/comics/060917-SDCC-Who.html

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    Elliot's picture

    I Don't Think So

    Submitted by
    Elliot (222 points) (44 posts)
    on Thu, 2009-06-18 08:47.

    It would be very unwise of the writers to kill off another beloved character after the way S2 ended.  Far better to rebuild the team as a result of overcoming this crisis rather than to whittle the team down even more.  This is Torchwood, not 24. 

     

    "When the people fear its government, that's tyranny.  When the government fears its people, that's liberty."

    - Benjamin Franklin

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    New trailer from UKTV in

    Submitted by
    Whitetee (3088 points) (667 posts)
    on Thu, 2009-06-18 12:27.

    New trailer from UKTV in Australia. A longer clip Gwen's recording as seen briefly in previous trailer. Mentions of The Doctor!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enSjozL01lI

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