Torchwood returns next week, bigger and better than ever thanks to the BBC hopping into intergalactic bed with the Starz channel in the US. Rachel Mainwaring caught up with stars John Barrowman and Eve Myles, who reveal their passion for the show is as big as its new budget
When Russell T Davies planned to take his Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood to the United States, he wanted it to be big and brash. And that’s exactly what he’s got.
With helicopter chases and complicated fight scenes, Davies promises the new series is about as thrilling and dramatic as a science-fiction story can get.
It tells a central story of Miracle Day – a day when, suddenly, all across the planet, no matter what happens, no-one dies, leading to the dormant Torchwood paranormal investigation teams to pick up where they left off.
And it’s a story creator Davies was eager to tell.
“The premise of the whole 10 episodes is that one day on planet Earth no-one dies,” he says.
“And the next day, no-one dies and the day after that, no-one dies.
“People keep getting hurt. They age, anything could happen to them, but they just don’t quite die and they just linger.
“It is basically an overpopulation storyline, massively accelerated because the NHS and the hospitals in America start running out of room.
“ICU wards are full and there are no spare beds. It’s taking a very high concept story of what happens when no-one dies, all wrapped up in a whopping great thriller that still has helicopters chasing people down the beach and things like that.
“It’s not just a think-piece; there is a great big conspiracy thriller and Torchwood has to pull itself back together and the team are immediately on the run because people know they have the answer.”
Davies reunites his two main stars, Eve Myles, as feisty policewoman Gwen Cooper, and Captain Jack Harkness, played by John Barrowman, as they try to rid the world of a new alien phenomenon.
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