Bill Pullman Joins ‘Torchwood’ as Regular

COMMENTS (51)

• Why are some people worked up about the name “Jones”? It’s not exactly an unusual name — in fact, it’s the most common surname in Wales, second most common in England, and fifth most common in the United States.

  Comment by Calli Arcale — Friday December 17, 2010 @ 7:43am PST  Reply to this post

  • Because it is tasteless in the context?

    Comment by Pat — Tuesday December 21, 2010 @ 7:17am PST  Reply to this post

• Gwen is perfect the way she is – I wouldn’t change a thing.

  Comment by Fi — Friday December 17, 2010 @ 6:51pm PST  Reply to this post

• “Today is our independance day….” oohhh the irony….

  Comment by Alix — Sunday December 19, 2010 @ 4:51pm PST  Reply to this post

• completely agree. think positive, people. I think it’s exciting news, can’t wait to see what b.pullman does with the role (which sounds a bit a scary but interesting)

  Comment by Nanny — Tuesday December 21, 2010 @ 7:51am PST  Reply to this post

• TNW has little to do with the original Torchwood (I loved Torchwood, especially the S1 and 2). However, don’t have Starz won’t see it and it looks like I’m not going to miss much.

  Comment by Syl — Tuesday December 21, 2010 @ 3:49pm PST  Reply to this post

• I am working on season 4 and trust me, you will not be disappointed

  Comment by sophie — Tuesday December 28, 2010 @ 5:04pm PST  Reply to this post

• being a barrowman and torchwood die-hard, i’m devastated by what i’m reading. torchwood was a great concept that readily referred to dr. who characters and had numerous prior episode tie-ins and references. why would they try and create a show with no recognition of its roots? i’m very fearful that they’ll destroy a great show.

  Comment by suzan — Thursday December 30, 2010 @ 3:49pm PST  Reply to this post

• Actually you could do worse than get the Starz package for a few months – $13 – eight channels in HD – eight in 480p.

  Gwen Cooper is a great heart to the show. Always believable. Always Passionate.

  Jack (Barrowman) remains an overexposed, boring “arse” of a man neither compelling or interesting, but in between bouts of overacting will no doubt have “omni-sexualled” sex at the most inoportune moments because he is such a lovable cad, apparently.

  So far, its lack of ethnic casting is “shameful”. Before shooting really begins, perhaps Russell will see beyond his myopic three race limit(aliens aside)and his perpetually clumsy attempts at inclusiveness and draw from the real melting pot that is America. We shall see!

  The Right to Die, the right to live, Fatalism, Nihilism: All of Russel’s favourite “bag o’trick’s”.

  Of course I will be watching!

  Comment by James Mac — Tuesday January 11, 2011 @ 9:24pm PST  Reply to this post

  • I think you’ll find that most of Wales (where Torchwood is set) isn’t that racially diverse. Reflecting the general racial mix of an area isn’t racist.

    But do you know what? I think RTD probably didn’t even give racial mix THAT much thought. Gasp! Shock horror! He just picked a few characters. One of them happened to be Chinese. Later on Martha joins the team. She happens to have dark skin.

    You see the thing is when you REALLY get over racism it ceases to be an issue.

    Or he could deliberately pick a highly multicolour cast just to keep the small minded oversensitive types happy….

    Comment by Tim — Friday March 25, 2011 @ 10:13am PDT  Reply to this post

    • Just out of interest, which three races are you ACTUALLY referring to?

      Comment by Anonymous — Friday March 25, 2011 @ 10:23am PDT  Reply to this post

• IMHO… I am always sad to see “Smart Sci-Fi Shows” just out right cancelled to oblivion… (i.e. Total Recall 2070) This could be merely a reboot of an already FANTASTIC Show!!! I find myself more outraged over the rumors of Johnny Depp playing Dr. Who in a Dr. Who Movie! as a fat dumb and hapy American myself – Keep The Doctor a Brit I say!

  So I will give American Torchwood its customary latitude for its first season – give them a chance to see where they want to go. OVER ALL, I am glad to see Torchwood still kicking!

  Comment by Patrick in Florida — Wednesday July 20, 2011 @ 8:15pm PDT  Reply to this post