Series 4, I don't care. Mr. Davies has proved by the last two series that all he is capable of doing is the same old plot again and again, kill off series regulars. Heaven help us if the BBC continues to fund his feeble efforts. Please I hope they spend their funds in development of more entertaining programs than Torchwood as we last saw it.

Season 4 isn't confirmed. All RTD said is that he knows how to pick it up, and that he has some storylines. The BBC will decide whether to buy another series.

Sorry, once your show tortures a 10-year-old to death on screen while his mother screams in horror, it has passed out of the realm of "entertainment." Life is too short to be depressed about the deaths of people who don't exist. I wish John Barrowman and Eve Myles the best of luck (but not RTD,) but I won't be watching.

being the cynical type (living in the US and watching our national self-destruction has something to do with that) i have decided THIS is all a cunning plan. the only thing that possibly could get me over ianto's death-by-cowardly-writers was the threat of the show ending or barrowman not participating. so here's the plan: work fans up into a lather and by the time y'all get around to airing series four (what we'd call series four, which would be a year or two away i suspect, right?) we'll all be mindless zombies in deep withdrawal. after all, what else is there to watch?

At this point it would be a tough sell to get me to watch S4 but I wouldn't even consider watching with Davies in charge.

Bring back the writers and producers from the first 2 series... or even someone new (and make sure they watch the first 2 series before they start to write.. its clear Davies didn't before he sat down to write children of earth). Unless I'm mistaken, the only Torchwood episode Davies wrote prior to children of earth was "Everything Changes" (which had been another pilot that he couldn't sell on it's own that he "reworked" into a Dr. Who spin-off).

I had alot of issues with children of earth-- the inconsistent characterizations and plot holes showed a lack of focus and an astounding amount of laziness-- would it have been that hard to watch S1 & S2 before writing children of earth? The story had alot of potential and could have made an intresting political statement if it had been done better (honestly, it would have stood better on it's own rather then as a "Torchwood" story). I wasn't happy with Ianto's death, but I would have been able to swallow it had it been part of a tight, well-written story-- instead it feels like Davies was looking for a way to shock the audience so we wouldn't notice 1) the inconsistencies from the prior series 2) the illogical leaps in the action & characters behavior 3) push as many emotional buttons as possible to get ratings that probably would have been just as good if he'd told a Torchwood story (rather then the depressing political commentary he probably could only get on air by with the name "Torchwood" attached).

S1 & S2 were fun, campy, entertaining stories that occasionally made us think. Yes, there were often inconsistent characterizations and plot holes (which didn't bother me as much as they were spread across smaller stories and the caliber of the actors made up for alot)... but S1 & S2 never pretended to be a great epic story that is brilliant because Davies wrote it (we know that... he told us so).

"I'm sure RTD can write several episodes before breakfast, and they'll all be brilliant because he says so.
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Ha! I agree!

Sorry, no further interest in Torchwood, season 4 or anything else, including magazines, books or tie-ins. After killing off three characters in five episodes, there's nothing left to get excited about. Not interested in Gwen and Rhys cozy at home with the wee one, Gwen singlehandedly fighting off the alien threat, any new and 'improved' configurations of Torchwood or, most of all, the redshirt of the week, but I'm sure it'll all be brilliant because Davies says so, and good luck with that map for Torchwood.

I'm sure RTD can write several episodes before breakfast, and they'll all be brilliant because he says so.

As for me - doubtful that I'll watch because it sounds as if he's set on writing about Gwen, Rhys, the baby, and Jack - and I'm just not interested in seeing Gwen balance fighting aliens and motherhood, or torn between Rhys & Jack, or with a bunch of redshirts who'll die at the end of the series. Thanks, but no thanks.

Without Jack, I'm not watching!

Nobody from former fans don't want kill Russell so stop it!! Not from saveiantojones campains.

Pfft. I really, really couldn't care about a season four with Gwen and Rhys and baby and ooh isn't it a lovely time with all RTD's favourite characters. I can't see any point watching it if everyone is just going to die; and as for Jack... why, perchance, is Jack coming back? He's left the galaxy, and god knows he has no real reason to return to Gwen.

I'd only want to see Torchwood if it went back to the initial team - Tosh, Owen, Suzie, Jack (and possibly Ianto, though he'd not be involved much), because they'd have so many interesting stories to tell. I can't deal with just Gwen. She was the only character who never really interested me, and now she's running the show. (Shall we place bets now on whether she ends up dead, like everyone else, at the end of the series? I don't think so, somehow).