Torchwood: Series 4 - "ready to go"

Cameron K McEwan

The third series of Torchwood hasn't even aired yet but the next one is prepared. And there's some news about the upcoming episodes...

Published on Jun 12, 2009

Last night saw a preview screening of the the first installment of Torchwood: Children of Earth at the National Film Theatre. The episode, titled Day One, was followed by a 'Q & A' with the show's creator, Russell T Davies.

During the session, Davies revealed that the fourth series is "ready to go" but is entirely dependent on how the third series performs. The showrunner also revealed that he would be willing to do the show for the next ten years and wanted more crossovers with its 'parent' show, Doctor Who. RTD also added that The Doctor is mentioned in the last episode of Torchwood: Children of Earth.

So far, early reviews - mainly posted on the social networking site, Twitter - are very positive with words like "awesome" and "brilliant" being bandied about whilst others have suggested that the opening episode is the best hour of Torchwood so far.

No definite date has been set for the UK transmission but Torchwood: Children of Earth will start broadcasting in North America on July 20h. The DVD/Blu-Ray release is set for July 27th.

Users Comments

Re: Torchwood: Series 4 -
Posted By Davros 1 June 13, 2009 03:02:04 PM

What we would all love to know is... Torchwood series 5 back to the normal run of 13 episodes or another 5 episode long special or the likes. I vote full series, now Ashes to Ashes & Primeval have finished their is bugger all to watch :-(

Re: Torchwood: Series 4 -
Posted By Davros 1 June 13, 2009 03:02:48 PM

And by series 5 I did of course mean series 4!

Re: Torchwood: Series 4 -
Posted By stuxmusic 1 June 14, 2009 11:05:20 AM

It'd also be good to pick up a new character or two (but not all at once, gradually)

Re: Torchwood: Series 4 -
Posted By fishboy 1 June 17, 2009 03:21:15 PM

does this mean the americans get to see torchwood before us. thats outragous its made with our licence fees,why should they get this before us. they get all there own shows before us because there made there. i dont think the bbc gives a stuff about its audience.

Re: Torchwood: Series 4 -
Posted By fishboy 1 June 17, 2009 03:40:41 PM

im glad torchwood are doing a proper story arc this time,and not before time either. but why are we only getting 5 episodes of torchwood,with doctor who only doing a few specials this year it seems a strange decision to make. can anyone enlighten me?

Re: Torchwood: Series 4 -
Posted By Dingbatty 1 June 20, 2009 08:28:17 AM

@fishboy -- I'm pretty certain that the UK gets all of our (the USA) shows as soon as we do, via bittorrent.

Re: Torchwood: Series 4 -
Posted By Dingbatty 1 June 20, 2009 08:31:02 AM

And vice versa.

Re: Torchwood: Series 4 -
Posted By tomservo 1 July 9, 2009 09:11:04 PM

@fishboy - unless I'm mistaken, the article says the US get this on 20 July. We started watching it on 6 July. Please read things carefully before making rash comments, or giving yourself a hernia :-)

Re: Torchwood: Series 4 -
Posted By tomservo 1 July 9, 2009 09:13:28 PM

Oops - hit the button too early lol! I meant to add that a UK show will always air before it is sold to the US (and vice versa) so not setting a transmission date does not mean we will get it later. It's just that clearly the US can schedule much quicker than we can lol!

Re: Torchwood: Series 4 -
Posted By HafsaM12 1 July 24, 2009 12:53:33 PM

i thinks torchwood is awosom and they should make a series 4 and they should make a new twist and make it better than all of them (torchwood rocks and always will)

Re: Torchwood: Series 4 -
Posted By ilurvdtennant 1 July 25, 2009 02:56:39 AM

It is strange that they are cutting back on both Torchwood and Doctor Who, especially considering they are very popular shows. I really hope they come back for a FULL series 4 that isn't only 5 episodes, though Children of Earth was extrememly amazing.

Re: Torchwood: Series 4 -
Posted By 23skidoo 1 July 26, 2009 04:24:11 PM

Re:ilurvdtennant They weren't cutting back on Doctor Who. It was a planned "gap year" to allow the new production team to get established (and it's apparently been in the works since at least 2007). Read Davies' book The Writers' Tale. DW is back with a full season next year. And if Davies is hanging around for more Torchwood (so much for him retiring from the Who franchise, huh) then I'd expect to see another full season of TW, though likely not till 2011 since you'd think they'd be filming the new season by now if they were doing one for 2010.

Re: Torchwood: Series 4 -
Posted By HughKingsley 1 August 4, 2009 08:00:56 AM

@fishboy and the rest - grateful American here. We're just glad the show airs here at all. I hope you DO always get first viewing rights.

Re: Torchwood: Series 4 -
Posted By Broken111108 1 October 7, 2009 01:56:20 AM

@HughKingsley Absolutely Agreed! Torchwoood is an amazing show, and honestly, American's are lucky that we're allowed it here in The States. I mean, honestly, if it weren't for BBC America, I wouldn't watch TV at all. *Sigh...* We put out such crap shows these days. :(