Torchwood doesn't do things by halves, does it?

[sarren]

I had a rant all ready about how come the only female Dr Who writer, Helen Raynor is so crap? She wrote Daleks in Manhattan, the only episode of Dr Who I never bothered to go back and watch the end of after I'd had a corrupted file. And then, I thought, she wrote Torchwood 2.04 Meat. Which is not a bad plot, but is terrible for the way it regresses Tosh into a pathetic, colourless wuss, after she'd had finally had such an interesting, fulfilling role in the awesome, fabulous 2.03 To the Last Man.

I eat my words. Turns out Helen Raynor wrote To the Last Man - one of the handful of Torchwood episodes that demonstrate what this show is really capable of. *hearts Tosh*


2.04 Meat was written by Catherine Treganna. Who also wrote 2.05 Adam.



Me, I'm still traumatised. I was really, really hoping that Torchwood would stay the hell away from the subject of rape, but no, this time they violate all five of them, making it clear that they knew what they were doing by the violence and horror that's inflicted on Ianto...

..and then took their memories so there are no consequences!!!

AGAIN!!!

They tackled the subject of rape AGAIN and avoided consequences AGAIN!!!

I AM REALLY CRANKY ABOUT THIS.