Torchwood Magazine #17

Issue #17 of the official Torchwood Magazine was released last Thursday, including a 10-page interview with Russell T Davies, interviews with Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto Jones) and Paul Chequer (Eugene from 'Random Shoes'), how the 456 was created, Part 3 of comic-strip 'Broken', and much more. Click the cover image to enlarge.
CHILDREN OF EARTH UNCOVERED!
The latest 100-page issue of Torchwood magazine gets under the skin of the five-night television spectacular, kicking things off with a sensational interview over ten pages with the show’s creator Russell T Davies. Check out this page for all the information on the new issue, including our farewell to Ianto (right), stunning behind-the-scenes features, and lots more!

NICK ABADZIS PENS TORCHWOOD COMIC STRIP
Award-winning comic book writer and artist Nick Abadzis makes his Torchwood magazine debut in the latest issue. The author of the acclaimed graphic novel Laika writes part three of Broken, in which Gwen is plagued by ghosts of Torchwood past, with illustrations by Paul Grist.

IANTO JONES 1983-2009
Seeing Ianto Jones die in Captain Jack’s arms on Day Four of Children of Earth was a moment that many Torchwood fans will never forget. In the latest issue of Torchwood magazine, we pay tribute to the coffee boy made good, and Gareth David-Lloyd shares his thoughts about Ianto’s dramatic exit from the show.

RUSSELL T DAVIES
“I could write you scene one of season four right now.”
So says Russell T Davies in a comprehensive interview in the latest issue of Torchwood magazine. We’d been trying to pin Davies down for over a year, and having got his attention, it wasn’t an opportunity we were ever going to approach lightly. With no stone left uncovered, we grill the man who invented Torchwood on why Ianto had to die, what he thinks about politics, and what could be next for the show.

MAKING A MONSTER
Torchwood magazine brings you a sensational line-up of behind-the-scenes coverage of Children of Earth in the latest issue, including a close-up account of the making of the 456. Russell T Davies’ brief, as outlined by the script, was to make “a huge, three-headed, eyeless beast, with raw, wet skin, like its flesh has been stripped.” Find out how Millennium FX went about meeting the challenge, with exclusive photography from their workshop and the Floor 13 set.

RANDOM SHOES REVISITED!
Torchwood magazine continues to look back at the trailblazing first series of the show in the latest issue. Remember when Torchwood ‘fan’ Eugene Jones found himself invisible and where he always wanted to be: sitting alongside Gwen Cooper in the Torchwood SUV? We revisit Random Shoes, first aired way back in December 2006, in a comprehensive episode guide. Plus, we talk to actor Paul Chequer, who guest starred in the episode as the naive but lovable Eugene.

Torchwood Magazine #17 is available across the UK for £4.99.

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SJA Series 3 Episode Titles

All the titles of the stories in Sarah Jane Adventures Series 3 have been revealed in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine. They are as follows...

3.1/2 - 'Prisoner of the Judoon'
3.3/4 - 'The Mad Woman in the Attic'
3.5/6 - 'The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith'
3.7/8 - 'The Eternity Trap'
3.9/10 - 'Mona Lisa's Revenge'
3.11/12 - 'The Gift'

What do you think about these titles? What are your theories on Series 3?

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Georgia Joins Casualty

It has been reported that 24-year-old actress Georgia Moffett (The Doctor'sdaughter in the real world and Whoniverse) has been signed up for a role in BBC One's long-running medical soap Casualty as a junior doctor in September this year.

Casualty is the longest running emergency medical drama series in the world. It was created by Jeremy Brock and Paul Unwin, first broadcast in 1986. The programme is based around the fictional Holby City Hospital and focuses on the staff and patients of the hospital's Accident and Emergency Department and even has its own spin-off show in the form of Holby City.

Georgia is one of four newcomers joining the 24th series of Casualty, along with Laura Aikman, Steve Miller and Will Sharpe.

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Who Do you Think You Are?

Freema Agyeman - better known as Martha Jones in Doctor Who and Torchwood - is set to appear in the BAFTA-nominated BBC series Who Do You Think You Are? in the next season, the eighth. Freema has been seen filming in Ghana. A source said...

"The show has been renewed for 2010 for an unspecified number of episodes. Possible subjects include Konnie Huq, and David Schwimmer who have filmed episodes. Also thought to be appearing is TV presenter Yvette Fielding and former Doctor Who star Freema Agyeman who has been seen with a film crew in Ghana. Also, Piers Morgan has apparently been thought to be taking part in the next series."

Also, in other news not in the Doctor Who world, the first series of a US version of Who Do You Think You Are? is in pre-production now. Some famous people confirmed for this series are Sarah Jessica Parker, Susan Saradon and Friends star Lisa Kudrow.

Will you be watching this?
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Murray Asked to Stay

The Doctor Who special San Diego Comic Con panel took place last week and Murray Gold, Doctor Who's music composer from 2005, was there in the audience - the panel (David Tennant, Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner and Euros Lyn) even pointed him out.

Apparently the person who sat next to Murray asked him whether he will be composing the music for Series 5, following rumours that he was stepping down after the 2009 specials. Murray's answer was that he had been asked to stay on.

The exact quote from the person next to Murray is...
"I was lucky to sit by Murray at the Doctor Who panel @ Comic Con. I asked him if it was true that he was leaving the show. He replied that he's been asked to stay on. He's a very nice guy. The show would be immensely fortunate to have him stay with it."

Do you think Murray will stay? Do you want him to stay?

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Desperate Barrowman Housewife?

John Barrowman - otherwise known as Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who and Torchwood - has revealed recently on Chris Moyles Radio 1 breakfast programme that he's in discussions to star in the US hit TV show Desperate Housewives. John said, "I'm off to Los Angeles on Sunday again. I probably shouldn't say this but I've got a meeting with the execs of Desperate Housewives - can you believe it, I'm going to be a Desperate Housewife!"

The Chris Moyles show producer Aled Haydn Jones asked if he could come with him to Los Angeles, John joked, "You can come and be my lover, Aled!" Moyles wasn't having any of it, and instead asked if he could come and be his "roly-poly gardener". Barrowman replied: "You can be the roly-poly gardener or the handyman with the big butt crack!"

What do you think of this?

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