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Because I spend far too much time listening to the radio, I heard the news that Torchwood is getting a kiddie-friendly version.

Basically Torchwood without the swearing, sex and violence.

I think this is really odd, but according to John Barrowman it's because they get loads of letters from kids who aren't allowed to watch it.

Wonder if they'll still include all the implied Janto ... ?

You never know xd

And we will get the nudity, but we were never promised it. All John said was that if they paid him enough he'd definitely get it off. And if it was meant to happen this series then it still will, just not in the Pre-Watershed Repeat xd

xD

The kid I babysat asked me loads of questions when we watched Captain Jack Harkness. He's about 5, I told him not to tell his mum. Luckily they're pretty liberal parents.

It's uncomfortable trying to explain when a 5 year old asks you 'are those two men fighting?'

It's not, but I think I'm giving them a head start in life.

Baby sitting is my way of corrupting children, they'll probably all end up like me.

(I so should've been a boy, really. I have very little interest in feminine things. :<)

watershed version its gonna be 2 minuits long because after theyve chopped the swering sex and scary bits lol its gonna be nothing there lol

doctor who is kiddies torchwood! thats the whole point they made torchwood for the rampant sex and language lol for mummies and dadies!!!!

I'd have to agree that I don't see much point in making a child friendly Torchwood. It seems to me that the themes are mature as well as some of the images/language, and while I would have had no problem watching Torchwood as a child, I don't think cutting some of the language and violence makes it appropriate for children from a conservative parent's view. Someone mentioned it earlier, but take Countrycide- cannibalism and chopped up body parts aren't exactly the norm for children's television even if they don't show the most gory scenes.

Torchwood was created, as The Last Lord of Time said, to be an adult Doctor Who. It is so in themes, language, violence and sexual content/implications. It's illogical to turn it into a children's show. If children are complaining that they cannot watch it, they should be talking to their parents not moving to get a pre-Watershed edited version. I figure even an edited version will end up being controversial- it's best to just keep the show as is.

Also, on a similar note, the UK began showing Angel, a spin-off of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. They decided (against the creator's wishes) that Angel must be a children's show, and put it on pre Watershed. The episodes are only around forty minutes each, and some episodes had up to nine minutes cut to make them child-friendly. Cutting that much out of an already short episode destroyed the plot, made it almost nonsensical, and takes away from the art of the film. I don't want to see that happen to Torchwood, which appears to be so carefully constructed and has so much in single episodes.

*cough* I guess you can tell I've been discussing this with a couple of Proffs. My apologies for the semi-rant.

Torchwood kids, interesting i know that there is a fanfcition out there where all of the characters are in high school