Series 1 - is it any good

We've only had one release so far so really difficult to say. The story of the first relase was quite intriguing though I don't think Barrowman was terribly good as the main reader. John Sessions was very good.

It's shaping up to be a conspiracy piece involing extra trrestrial infiltration but the fat the next 5 releases jump around in Torchwood history mean it could end up being something quite differnt.

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I thought it was a great launch episode - fast paced, intriguing story and a good blend of narration and acting.

I quite enjoyed it. By the way, I also recommend listening to the 7 BBC Torchwood audio plays.

Wait, do you mean Series 1 BF, or Series 1 of the TV show?

3 releases in and I'm loving this series. Well worth purchasing.

I'm loving the Torchwood Big Finish Audios - but then again i loved the TV series and many of the original novels - so there was a high chance i was going to like it.

I agree with David that the first episode suffers a little bit from Barrowman, that said the script was strong, as was the supporting cast. Every episode since that has been stronger than the one that came before it. As someone who was generally on the fence about most of the TV Torchwood, I glad I trusted BF and bought this.

I'm in agreement with Nathan that everything after the first has been either good or great. Torchwood never had a singular tone or vision on TV due to changing channels every year. What was acceptable in Series 1 on BBC3 at 10pm was not acceptable on BBC1 at 9pm in THE prime time slot. Which I was fine about because much of what made the first series in particular "adult" was actually quite puerile. Swearing and sex are not anything I have an issue with on TV in the slightest but I hate when a show uses them just to be "edgy". Children Of Earth managed to be exactly what the show should have been all along without being juvenile.  It's teling that the worst series, the first, was the one RTD had the least day-to-day involvement with and it shows because his big thing in every show he's ever made is character and that was not on show in the 2006 series. Only the next year in the improved but still not great Series 2 did we really get to know who these people were.

On audio, I know what Mucky is saying about the scale but honestly, I think BF have knocked it mostly out of the park so far.  I feel like a Ianto fan after hearing Fall To Earth despite NEVER getting why people loved the character. That's purely down to BF. They made me care about him the same way they did about Mel or Tegan. Similarly Yvonne Hartman feels like a real character to me now. I'm not joking when I say I'd buy a series of her stories! Again - purely down to BF.

The one with Rhys and Gwen was probably closer to what we know as TV Torchwood (maybe because we've got two regulars) and I thought that was weaker than the Ianto and Yvonne stories but still solid. My issue with The Conspiracy, as Nathan said, is Barrowman himself. He's just quite lacking as a dramatic lead. His background lends itself to the fun, vibrant Jack but he just fails to convince as the more intense, brooding version. I think there's a reason he's in Arrow, for one. His acting style is very "CW". He's not a bad actor but not every actor has what it takes to be a lead, and not every lead could be a character actor.

But, Ive not heard Uncanny valley yet so I'm hoping Johnny B knocks me over in that one. I've perhaps known his work longer than just about anyone given I grew up with him hosting early Live and Kicking and The Movie Game nearly 25 years ago so I've known him, oddly, longer than probably anyone in the Whoniverse bar Sylv.