UFO vs Torchwood

Has anyone noticed the similarity between UFO and
Torchwood - top secret clandestine organisation
dedicated to protecting humankind from alien
invasion?

grayshad0w wrote:
> Has anyone noticed the similarity between UFO and
> Torchwood - top secret clandestine organisation
> dedicated to protecting humankind from alien
> invasion?

If this is what I think it is, there were a few posts about it a few
months ago. Where I am, we didn't get to see Torchwood.

Oh wait, I just Googled, and this is not the short-lived US show I
thought it was.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood_Institute

Sounds good, but it's not UFO.

Paul

Yes, but in Torchwood the good looking guy is in charage. LOL

Nat

grayshad0w wrote:

similiar, not really, Ufo was tech, this has more of a
fanytasy feel to it, closer to Poltergeist the Legacy
--- grayshad0w <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Has anyone noticed the similarity between UFO and
> Torchwood - top secret clandestine organisation
> dedicated to protecting humankind from alien
> invasion?
>
>


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"Yes, but in Torchwood the good looking guy is in charge. LOL

Nat"
Oiy!! The best looking guy was in charge!! LOL. My opinion anyway.<grin>. Another Aussie I see. Nice to hear from you
Lyn
Wasn't Torchwood in Dr Who? Did they make a series from it?

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I really liked Dark Skies (1996 I think) which was produced in the US and
only lasted one season. I felt it was a suitable 'child' of the UFO idea of
bad aliens and trying to stop them - in the vein of The Invaders, UFO and
X-Files. BTW, off topic - I managed to score the entire 14 eps single season
of the 1974 Planet of the Apes series on DVD last night at Future Shop (here
in Canada) - I'd given up hope of ever seeing it available.

Pam the Canuck

P.S. I have three new stories on the SHADO Library, one of which is a
crossover with Stargate

--- In [hidden email], "rlchambers" <Sonstar58@...> wrote:
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> "Yes, but in Torchwood the good looking guy is in charge. LOL
>
> Nat"
> Oiy!! The best looking guy was in charge!! LOL. My opinion
anyway.<grin>. Another Aussie I see. Nice to hear from you
> Lyn
> Wasn't Torchwood in Dr Who? Did they make a series from it?
>
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>
Just to clarify...Torchwood was a spin off from the new Dr Who TV
series from BBC TV...Although this is only on Digital TV (BBC3) in the
UK at the moment. Also Torchwood is an anagram of Doctor Who!!
Howard Davies

--- In [hidden email], "grayshad0w" <grahamtownsend@...> wrote:
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> Has anyone noticed the similarity between UFO and
> Torchwood - top secret clandestine organisation
> dedicated to protecting humankind from alien
> invasion?
>
If that was the only similarity, you could include a whole slew of
other shows/organisations e.g. Stargate SG-1 (Stargate Command); Dark
Skies (Majestic 12); The Invaders (The Believers); War of the Worlds
(The Blackwood Project); both versions of Captain Scarlet (Spectrum);
not to mention Torchwood's parent show Doctor Who (featured U.N.I.T.,
which gets a couple of mentions on T/w.)
I probably have unintentionally left some out, but you get the idea.