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So this is Torchwood…

Just how many “cinematic” shots of Cardiff can one BBC Three drama sustain? Just how many night shoots? From the looks of Torchwood, a lot of them.
Some of the shots did manage to make Cardiff look glorious and cinematic, particularly the sweeping helicopter shot of Captain Jack - so good they kept using it [...]

Tooth and Claw’s car-crash ending

I never thought I’d see wire-fu on a British TV show, let alone Doctor Who, of all things. But there it was. And it looked spectacular. I’ve been playing it back and forth over and over again.
Spoilers live beyond here…

X-Files! in Cardiff! with Captain Jack!

BBC NEWS | Doctor Who spin-off made in Wales
Bloody hell. Sounds like an X-Files set in modern-day Cardiff starring Captain Jack in a quasi renegade UNIT-type organisation investigating alien goings-on in Cardiff. Which seems strange since the last time we saw him, he was trapped on an Earth-bound space station in 200,000.
Still, if Cardiff is [...]