Torchwood Casting Call

[Ithica]

Torchwood - Outside the government, beyond the police, tracking down alien life on Earth and preparing the human race for the future because the 21st century is when everything changes...and you've got to be ready.

This is a casting call for a thread I’m thinking about starting. It will be based off of the television program “Torchwood”. The Torchwood Institute was formed to research and combat alien threats to Great Britain. Torchwood 3 is based out of Cardiff and monitors the space/time Rift that runs through the city. They combat aliens and gather alien technology that comes out of the Rift.

In the television program, the Rift was opened and became unstable. The Rift was eventually closed. For the purposes of this thread, the result of the Rift being opened and unstable caused the opening of another Rift. This requires the creation of Torchwood 5. Because it is an entirely new group, to participate in this thread it isn’t required that you know much, if anything, about the series. There are many directions to take this story that involve many potential things like aliens running amok, strange technology hijinks, and time traveling mayhem.

There are many different possible characters from Leader (if you are familiar with the series) to second in command, doctors, computer specialists, general support, scientists, psychologists, weapon specialist, and whatever else your twisted little mind can think up that can fit in. Your character can be oblivious to the existence of Torchwood, a new recruit, or sent from the Torchwood institute to help set up the new group. These are just some suggestions for characters so feel free to create your own and PM me if you need help.

Anyone interested?

 

[rengadeirishman]

Id be happy to play. i dont know anything about the series, but hey, it has fighting, and thats what i do best. Ill try to rite some more later, but its 5 am here and im beat.

 

[fiftyonesheep]

I'm in

 

[ultimate_nerdslut]

Ok, I'm in... is this kind of like the Jagged thread... only better cause I know you'll be on and make sure we don't wander off into a strange direction?

 

[Angelus]

Count me in. I have been wanting to do a sci-fi thread lately.

 

[ultimate_nerdslut]

Count me in. I have been wanting to do a sci-fi thread lately.

I know huh? I was hoping for more action in the other one but Jagged hasn't delievered unfortunately.

 

[Angelus]

I know.... I was going to join Jagged but then thought better of it.

 

[ultimate_nerdslut]

Ithica is awesome... she'll take care of us... yay *bounces* I have never seen the show but this should prove to be worthwhile.

 

[Angelus]

I haven't seen all of it but what I did see was a very good show. This should be a good thread.

 

[fiftyonesheep]

so is this going to have a core rule system for simulating real and random events or is it all just role play?

 

[ultimate_nerdslut]

so is this going to have a core rule system for simulating real and random events or is it all just role play?

lol no idea... but it'll be fun!

 

[Angelus]

Haven't got a clue, but I'm sure it will be a good thread to be a part of.

 

[fiftyonesheep]

good enough for me

 

[rengadeirishman]

Ultimate-you and i both know that devin could have all the action she wants

but yea im going to give jagged a good stern talking too

 

[Khadgar]

ithica, i've never seen the show, but would it be similar to some sort of "rifts" setting? if you've ever heard of the game lol

 

[PoliteSuccubus]

Hi!

This sounds fun, room for one more?

I've never seen the show but I can google like mad!

 

[Ravenloft]

Isn't Torchwood in Dr Who?

 

[Hikari]

Isn't Torchwood in Dr Who?

That's what I thought.. must be a spin off.. I The Doctor..

 

[Ravenloft]

I do too, I wonder where the hell all the new episodes are...
Gonna miss Rose...

 

[PoliteSuccubus]

Hi HO WIKI and AWAY!

Torchwood is a science fiction drama television programme, created by Russell T. Davies and starring John Barrowman and Eve Myles. It deals with the machinations and activities of the Cardiff branch of the fictional Torchwood Institute, who deal with supernatural occurrences. An initial 13-part series was commissioned by the BBC as a spin-off from the long-running science fiction series Doctor Who with which it is closely interlinked. On 12 December 2006, the BBC announced that it was renewed for a second series.[1] The programme is produced in-house by BBC Wales, whose Head of Drama Julie Gardner serves as executive producer alongside Davies.

The first two episodes of Torchwood premiered on 22 October 2006 at 9 p.m. on BBC Three and BBC HD with all subsequent episodes of the first series shown at 10 p.m. every Sunday evening; each episode was repeated on BBC Two every Wednesday at 9 p.m. The post-watershed airings provide more adult content than found in the traditionally family-oriented Doctor Who. The second series will premiere exclusively on BBC Two.[1] According to actor John Barrowman[2] and executive producer Julie Gardner[3], it will likely air in 2008
The title "Torchwood" is an anagram of "Doctor Who". The name was used as the "codename" for the new series of Doctor Who while filming its first few episodes and on the 'rushes' tapes to ensure they were not intercepted.[4] Davies connected the name of Torchwood to an idea for a modern British telefantasy programme in the style of American dramas like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel that he had been developing before he began work on Doctor Who.[5] The name was subsequently used in the series, leading to this spin-off.

The series is set in Cardiff, some time after the Doctor Who series two finale, setting it in 2007 and later in early 2008 ahead of its actual air date. It follows the Wales branch of a covert agency called the Torchwood Institute which investigates extraterrestrial incidents on Earth and scavenges alien technology for its own use. To paraphrase Torchwood Three's commander-in-chief, Captain Jack Harkness, the organisation is beyond the government, the police, and the United Nations. Their public perception is as merely a 'special ops' group.

The main writer alongside Davies is Chris Chibnall, creator of the BBC light drama show Born and Bred. Other writers include P.J. Hammond, Toby Whithouse, Doctor Who script editor Helen Raynor, Cath Tregenna, and Doctor Who cast member Noel Clarke, who gained acclaim for his screenplay for the film Kidulthood. Russell T. Davies wrote just the first episode.[6][7]

In a 17 October 2005 announcement, BBC Three controller Stuart Murphy described Torchwood as "sinister and psychological...As well as being very British and modern and real." Davies further described it as "a British sci-fi paranoid thriller, a cop show with a sense of humour...Dark, wild and sexy, it's The X-Files meets This Life."[8] Davies later denied ever making this comparison, instead describing the show as "alleyways, rain, the city".[9] As Torchwood is a post-watershed show — that is, after 9.00 p.m. — it has more mature content than Doctor Who. Davies told SFX:

"We can be a bit more visceral, more violent, and more sexual, if we want to. Though bear in mind that it's very teenage to indulge yourself in blood and gore, and Torchwood is going to be smarter than that. But it’s the essential difference between BBC One at 7 p.m., and BBC Three at say, 9 p.m.. That says it all — instinctively, every viewer can see the huge difference there."[6]
According to Barrowman:

"I don’t do any nude scenes in series one; they’re saving that for the next series! I don’t have a problem with getting my kit off. As long as they pay me the right money, I'm ready to get out my cock and balls."[10]
Davies also joked to a BBC Radio Wales interviewer that he was "not allowed" to refer to the programme as "Doctor Who for grown-ups".[11]

BBC Three described Torchwood as the centrepiece of their autumn 2006 schedule.[12]


Cast
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Regular characters

The Torchwood team assembled. Clockwise from top left: Gwen, Suzie, Ianto, Owen, Toshiko and JackTorchwood, unlike its parent programme, centres around a team instead of a single character and companion(s). The show is based around Torchwood Three, the Cardiff branch of the Torchwood Institute, tasked (among other things) to keep an eye on the space/time Rift that runs through the city, and whatever washes through it. Torchwood Three is a team of five operatives, led by Jack Harkness (John Barrowman), with Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) as the "new girl" who joins in the first episode and acts as a point-of-view character for the viewer. Aside from the team, one recurring character is Rhys Williams, Gwen's live-in boyfriend, who is unaware of the nature of Gwen's new job.

Other characters who have appeared in more than one episode include Tom Price as PC Andy, Caroline Chikezie as Lisa Hallett, and Louise Delamere as Diane Holmes. Toward the end of the first series, the character of Bilis Manger was introduced as a villain. It has not been indicated whether these characters will reappear in the second series.

Before the programme's debut, publicity materials prominently featured Indira Varma as Suzie Costello among the other regular cast members, giving the impression that she would appear beyond the first episode. However, Suzie was unexpectedly killed off at the end of the first episode, though she has appeared once since as a villain.

Torchwood is filmed and set in Cardiff. Russell T. Davies told the South Wales Echo, "With Doctor Who we often had to pretend that bits of Cardiff were London, or Utah, or the planet Zog. Whereas this series is going to be honest-to-God Cardiff. We will happily walk past the Millennium Centre and say, 'Look, there's the Millennium Centre.' "[26] The makers of Torchwood deliberately portray Cardiff as a modern urban centre, contrasting with past stereotypical portrayals of Wales. "There's not a male voice choir ... or a miner in sight," said BBC Wales Controller Menna Richards.[27] Conservative MP Michael Gove described the debut of Torchwood as the moment confirming "Wales' move from overlooked Celtic cousin to underwired erotic coquette."[28][29]

The team's headquarters, referred to in Doctor Who Confidential as the Hub, is beneath Roald Dahl Plass in Cardiff Bay — formerly known as the Oval Basin. This is where the TARDIS landed in the Doctor Who episode Boom Town and is the location of the spacetime Rift first seen in The Unquiet Dead. The Hub itself is around 3 storeys high, with a large column running through the middle that is an extension of the fountain above.

 

[Kirano_kun]

Wow, polite... did we really need the whole article? Anyway, may I get in on this thread? Sounds like fun.

PS- The original doctor who who was the best. CGI is over rated. I miss the fish suits...
How many versions have they made anyway?

 

[PoliteSuccubus]

I skipped some bits...!

Like the cast and the bits about the director's whatever...

 

[Kirano_kun]

... ... Okay...

???

 

[Ithica]

I'm so happy that there has been this much response to this thread. I have been gone for the last week but I will try to reply to all comments.

ultimate_nerdslut...you are a sweetie ,

I don't picture it being like Jagged's thread. No military school and I'm usually on at least once a day so I'll be more involved. I doubt Jagged and I have the same ideas for plots. I'm hoping you will wander off into strange directions but I will try to make sure everyone gets a chance play along. Like Jagged's thread, sex will be allowed but if it starts being the only thing going on, more than a page or two, then you will be asked to move it.

Fiftyonesheep...

you asked if this was going to have a core rule system for simulating real and random events or is it all just role play. Umm, not really sure what you are asking so I'll have to go with that it is all just role play. The standard disclaimers apply... if you decide to god mod or kill off someone without their permission you will be spanked. Anyone who acts like an ass and holds up the story will be verbally lashed. Have fun .

Khadgar...

I've never heard of the game rifts.

PoliteSuccubus...

Thanks. If anyone wants to learn more about it wiki it. With the majority of the respondents being unfamiliar with the series then the thread will not be dependent upon having seen the series.

Kirano kun...

They are on the tenth Doctor now. The ninth and the tenth are my favorite but I haven't really watched any of the other ones. The ninth Doctor is now on the t.v. series Heroes, he is the invisible man guy.


Hopefully within the next couple of days I will get the thread up an running. Feel free to start posting ideas for your characters and I'll help you if adjustments are needed.

 

[Angelus]

Okay, I thought of a character and hope he fits in

Name: Eric Tyler
Age: 24
Disposition: Very helpful and friendly although has his dark moments and falls into bouts of depression.
Description: 5'9", athletic build, short sandy blonde hair, brown eyes.
History: Eric was once a police officer but something happened to him and he was taken by some alien force. He has a gap of two years in his memory and cannot recall what happened to him although he has several nightmares that might be memories trying to come back to him. He has just been recruited into Torchwood and is eager to prove himself.
Skills or Role: Clean up duty.