Critic Reviews
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Rob Owen
There are a fair number of leaps of logic in the light-hearted Torchwood and mysteries abound. The special effects are generally decent and the writing and characterizations leaps and bounds better than in "Flash Gordon," "Eureka" or "The Dresden Files," to name just a few pathetic contemporary sci-fi shows. |
| 83 |
Entertainment Weekly Ari Karpel
After a riveting pilot, this third episode is more of a run-of-the-mill procedural, but thanks to the charismatic Tom Cruise-y Barrowman, this Captain Jack will get you bi tonight. [21 Sep 2007, p.76] |
| 80 |
San Jose Mercury News Charlie McCollum
Torchwood is grand fun and great adult entertainment. |
| 80 |
Kansas City Star Aaron Barnhart
Torchwood is so much more tricked-out with talent and visual wizardry, moves at such breakneck speed and makes such demands on its viewers that it leaves most American TV shows in its dust. |
| 80 |
TV Guide Matt Roush
Torchwood, a cheeky and often startlingly adult spin-off. |
| 80 |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer Melanie McFarland
There's a lot to love about Torchwood, especially for fans of the early days of "The X-Files," when it was more of a clever horror anthology series and the alien conspiracy had yet to take over the plot. |
| 80 |
Hollywood Reporter Ray Richmond
A new BBC America sci-fi/thriller that's so good and unsettling and creepy that even grumps like myself can't help but be in its thrall. |
| 80 |
Philadelphia Inquirer Tirdad Derakhshani
Torchwood doesn't disappoint: After tonight's slam-bang premier, subsequent episodes only get more outrageous. |
| 80 |
Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd
A dark and splendid "Dr. Who" spinoff with overtones of "Men in Black" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." |
| 80 |
Orlando Sentinel Hal Boedeker
The adult show supplies shocking twists. The tone ranges from passionate to campy to scary. |
| 70 |
Variety Brian Lowry
Briskly paced if relatively unimpressive in its sets and effects (one "alien" more than anything resembles a Vegas showgirl), Torchwood has the fixings of a thinking-man's sci-fi series that doesn't take itself too seriously. |
| 30 |
Newark Star-Ledger Alan Sepinwall
It at times seems like a pornographic parody of "The X-Files." |
| 30 |
The New York Times Ginia Bellafante
Torchwood is a world I wouldn’t mind seeing erased. |
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