Post by matthewsee on Jul 23, 2011 21:08:06 GMT -5
Dead of Night:
Written by Jane Espenson who is also a co-executive producer.
Jane Espenson’s past experiences with writing dark episodes for the Whedonverse fits well here for Torchwood.
Written by Jane Espenson who is also a co-executive producer.
Jane Espenson’s past experiences with writing dark episodes for the Whedonverse fits well here for Torchwood.
Jane Espenson is the co-creator Warehouse 13, a series that is not unlike Torchwood. The presence of a warehouse in Dead of Night is perhaps Espenson making a sly reference to Warehouse 13 since Jack, Gwen and Rex seeing the bigger inside of the warehouse is similar in presentation to how the two main characters of Warehouse 13 saw that titular warehouse for the first time. This plus the fact that the current season of Warehouse 13 is currently being shown in the US simultaneously to Miracle Day.
Unexpected but delightful reference Jack makes of the TARDIS when saying the warehouse was bigger on the inside than the outside.
Knew what those two cops whom Oswald ran into were intending to do with him as it was obvious from the expression on their faces.
Noticed that the preacher on TV was played by George Murdock. Murdock is the latest actor to appear in both the Doctor Who and Star Trek universes. In Star Trek he appeared in the TNG two-parter The Best of Both Worlds. Other sci fi credits include The Six Million Dollar Man, the original Battlestar Galactica, The X-Files and Smallville.
Lovely first scene of Gwen and Esther together without the boys around.
The Torchwood contact lenses make their appearances here for the third season in a row.
Gwen’s infiltration of PhiCorp, a medical institution is similar to Martha’s infiltration of another medical institution the Pharm in Reset.
After the intenseness of the first two episodes things seems to have settled down for this third episode of the season. Apart from the revelation of PhiCorp and the drugs in the warehouse, things really develops during the daytime scenes. Perhaps that is what the title Dead of Night alludes to and that is there is a calmness of the night of this episode, a chance to reflect on things and the emotional moments was delivered very well.
Unexpected but delightful reference Jack makes of the TARDIS when saying the warehouse was bigger on the inside than the outside.
Knew what those two cops whom Oswald ran into were intending to do with him as it was obvious from the expression on their faces.
Noticed that the preacher on TV was played by George Murdock. Murdock is the latest actor to appear in both the Doctor Who and Star Trek universes. In Star Trek he appeared in the TNG two-parter The Best of Both Worlds. Other sci fi credits include The Six Million Dollar Man, the original Battlestar Galactica, The X-Files and Smallville.
Lovely first scene of Gwen and Esther together without the boys around.
The Torchwood contact lenses make their appearances here for the third season in a row.
Gwen’s infiltration of PhiCorp, a medical institution is similar to Martha’s infiltration of another medical institution the Pharm in Reset.
After the intenseness of the first two episodes things seems to have settled down for this third episode of the season. Apart from the revelation of PhiCorp and the drugs in the warehouse, things really develops during the daytime scenes. Perhaps that is what the title Dead of Night alludes to and that is there is a calmness of the night of this episode, a chance to reflect on things and the emotional moments was delivered very well.