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View Poll Results: Please rate Torchwood 1x07 "Greeks Bearing Gifts"
10/10 - Brilliant 1 12.50%
9/10 - Fantastic 3 37.50%
8/10 - Great 4 50.00%
7/10 - Very Good 0 0%
6/10 - Good 0 0%
5/10 - Fair 0 0%
4/10 - Poor 0 0%
3/10 - Very Poor 0 0%
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Old November 26, 2006, 6:05 PM
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Torchwood 1x07 - "Greeks Bearing Gifts"

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Toshiko is given an alien pendant which enables her to hear other peoples' thoughts. As the rest of the Torchwood team puzzle over a centuries-old skeleton, the pendant forces Toshiko to question her commitment to Torchwood - is her new-found ability a blessing or a curse?

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Old November 27, 2006, 9:09 AM
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Blessing, I would love that power you could be like a superhero it would be amazing.
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Old November 27, 2006, 9:19 AM
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it was a wonderful Stroy line, VERY well written...I gave it a brilliant vote because I thought the ending was incredibly moving.
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Old November 27, 2006, 1:11 PM
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I thought it was a good episode. Nothing more however cause there wasn't much drama.
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Old November 28, 2006, 10:52 AM
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It seems that week after week I am amazed by the originality of Torchwood and this episode didn't dissapoint. I especially enjoyed the effects of when she pulls out that soldiers heart.
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Old November 28, 2006, 11:20 AM
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After finally watching it last night, I can say that I very much enjoyed this one. I thought the writing was very well done for all the characters, especially Tosh. Interesting to note it was done by the author of "School Reunion" from Doctor Who series two. Anyway, I gave this one a 9/10 because I think it deserved it.

Oh, and did anyone notice that Jack was just full of awesomeness for the entire episode?
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Old November 28, 2006, 11:26 AM
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I noticed I do think he is the best actor for the job and I also just found out he was gay did anyone else know??
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Old November 28, 2006, 11:33 AM
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Yes, we all knew that. It's been public knowledge for ages now.
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Old November 28, 2006, 11:42 AM
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I gave this a 9, much better episode than last week, I think the cast gave their best performances of the lot, especially John Barrowman. Though he is one of my favourite actors so I could be slightly biased .
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Old November 28, 2006, 11:44 AM
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I agree, MI7, the cast was on top form this time.
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Old November 28, 2006, 11:50 AM
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To be honest I'm not surprised that this episode was so good - I just discovered that it is the first (and unfortunately, only) episode this season written by Toby Whithouse, who also wrote the brilliant Doctor Who episode School Reunion.
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Old November 28, 2006, 11:58 AM
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Interesting to note it was done by the author of "School Reunion" from Doctor Who series two.
Which is exactly why I said that above, MI7.
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Old November 28, 2006, 3:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Ben Dawson View Post
it was a wonderful Stroy line, VERY well written...I gave it a brilliant vote because I thought the ending was incredibly moving.
"Greeks Bearing Gifts"

Nice pun

Sorry, I just had to say this before he edits it... (hah, as if he would have )

I'd have done the poll myself but I'm a bit ill at the moment. As always, I'll watch the Ep tomorrow on BBC 2 and let you know. I'm really missing out on my weekly Spooks dosage so Torchwood will have to be even better to make up for it.
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He just kept talking in one long incredibly unbroken sentence moving from topic to topic so that no one had a chance to interrupt him it was really quite hypnotic.

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Old November 28, 2006, 3:06 PM
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I'd have done the poll myself but I'm a bit ill at the moment.
Have some Tic Tacs!
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Old November 29, 2006, 5:11 AM
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I like the fact that each cast ember has a pretty much even part.
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Old November 29, 2006, 6:48 AM
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except Captain Jack, there isn't enough of him
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Old November 29, 2006, 9:21 PM
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That keeps him mysterious, which I imagine is what the writers want.

Oh, also, did anyone feel incredibly painfully sorry for Ianto in this one? I felt awful about how he felt so much pain all the time.
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I feel incredibly sorry for the whole series.
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Old November 30, 2006, 2:03 PM
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I feel incredibly sorry for the whole series.
Well that wasn't really what I meant... why is that?
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Old November 30, 2006, 2:07 PM
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Because I don't like it. And anything I don't like is a sorry sight to behold
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