OK, where can I watch Torchwood on line?

[Broomstick]

Yes, I realize there are serious flaws in Torchwood. I don't care, I want to see Children of Earth anyway, and I find Barrowman to very hot eye candy. The fact that he's the only cast member I can understand 100% of the time he's talking doesn't hurt (whether or not what he says makes sense is another question....)

Having no access to cable or satellite TV, and no money for DVD's or the like, I am looking for a cheap way to get my fix of immortal oversexed jackass possibly to become giant talking head at some point in the future. (Stop looking at me like that, it's not like I'm talking about squidsex... or nasty tentacles... or... I'll be in my bunk...)

So.... IS there a place to see this on line that won't fuck up my computer? You know, a nominally safe website that isn't going to give my machine computer cooties? Alien sex is one thing, alien STDs quite another.

Stupid public TV - they gave up Live on Mars and Doctor Who (with an 18 month lag time) but not Children of Earth. Phoo.

[Questor]

I'm not aware of Children of the Earth being online anywhere legal. Netflix has the first two seasons (along with a lot of Doctor Who stuff) but that is a pay site.

[adam_grif]

Well, there are the obvious illegal options.

Of questionable legality is [REDACTED ~ NL]. I can direct you to the site, which itself is legal. However, it links to the videos of shows being hosted, some of which are legal and some are not. It's up to you. Usually, the videos are linked from [REDACTED ~ NL] or similar sites.

[mr friendly guy]

Sometimes [REDACTED ~ NL] has stuff. My bandwidth is currently exceeded so my connection is sloooow, so I haven't tried looking at it. The stuff is usually hosted from various sites including [REDACTED ~ NL], [REDACTED ~ NL], [REDACTED ~ NL] etc.

[NecronLord]

There's legal options, which is to wait for the BBC to repeat it, and then catch it on the BBC I-Player;

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/

However, as a foreign devil, you'll need to use a UK based proxy for that to work.

I believe that it's coming to Hulu in July too, which may allow you to watch it (I'm not sure how Hulu works).

Further advice to use illegal means is a PR2 violation, we'll be having none of that; if you folks want to send such links I suggest finding a way to send them that I can't see.

[adam_grif]

Uh, NL, you realize that [REDACTED ~ NL] is a perfectly legitimate website, that just sometimes has people upload videos they aren't supposed to, just like [REDACTED ~ NL] or any other video hosting site on the entire internet? The stuff from [REDACTED ~ NL] gets taken down just like [REDACTED ~ NL] get taken down, I was just using it as an example of what kind of video site it might be streaming from.

[NecronLord]

Uh, NL, you realize that [REDACTED ~ NL] is a perfectly legitimate website, that just sometimes has people upload videos they aren't supposed to, just like [REDACTED ~ NL] or any other video hosting site on the entire internet? The stuff from [REDACTED ~ NL] gets taken down just like [REDACTED ~ NL] get taken down, I was just using it as an example of what kind of video site it might be streaming from.

Oh, I realise, I just don't care. We won't be having this kind of talk. You want to encourage a change in the law, go ahead, you want to point people at illegal content, do it in private. I may or may not participate in piracy myself, and certainly don't support the existing copyright mess, but nonetheless, this thread is, in my perhaps over-zealous interpretation, a violation of PR2. This is not an underground forum, a topic discussing illegal ways of pirating content is not permissible.

[dragon]

You can easily find places by using Google, some of which are completely legal but the vast majority out are questionable even if they have disclaimer saying they are.

[Themightytom]

I realize you said money is an issue, but if you have a birthday coming up a netflix account would work as a gift, for 8.99 a month you can get only one movie at a time, but also unlimited digital access to movies online (or if you have an X box, or a blu ray) They have two seasons of torchwood, the four most recent Dr Who seasons and some of the older ones as well.

there's a one month free trial so you caould always jsut watch them over a month.

pretty much if you ever rent more than one movie a month, your coming out ahead because the number of DVD's you can watch per month are limited only by how quickly you can watch them and theen mail them.

[Admiral Killian]

Why don't you ask the great Google?

[Broomstick]

Just wanted to thank everyone who gave suggestions, both here and in PM's.

[Parallax]

The ABC (Australian channel) has a service called iView which might be useful, though you may need a proxy service if you're foreign. It has many shows that the ABC has previously broadcast for free and open viewing.
http://www.abc.net.au/iview

[Broomstick]

Why don't you ask the great Google?

Becuause not all sites brought up on Google are

1) unusable (many are region-restricted)
2) illegal
3) full of viruses and other shit to mess up your computer

I really do not enjoy any of the above.

As it is, I'm leaning towards Netflix, which not only would get me Torchwood but several other items I'd be interested in seeing. And I do have a birthday coming up.

[Themightytom]

Why don't you ask the great Google?

Becuause not all sites brought up on Google are

1) unusable (many are region-restricted)
2) illegal
3) full of viruses and other shit to mess up your computer

I really do not enjoy any of the above.

As it is, I'm leaning towards Netflix, which not only would get me Torchwood but several other items I'd be interested in seeing. And I do have a birthday coming up.

I Must Never Use This Power...For Evil.

[Questor]

As it is, I'm leaning towards Netflix, which not only would get me Torchwood but several other items I'd be interested in seeing. And I do have a birthday coming up.

Occasionally, they send out cards to give people for trials. if I get another one, I'll send you the code.

[Broomstick]

That would be generous of you - I can't sign up right now, I haven't worked since the first week of December and just can't justify any non-essential expense for anything right now. I sure hope I can earn some money soon (other than the $6.47 I got at the recycling center for scrap metal).

But my birthday is in March, so I think I can hold out until then and I convince someone in the family to gift me NetFlix.

[Broomstick]

Hot damn, my local LIBRARY has the DVD set!

Unfortunately, the waiting list for the item has "exceeded capacity" - well, I'll keep trying.

[Broomstick]

Got the library copy of T:CoE and, since I"m at home with a cold this weekend, watched it all.

Are we sure this is Torchwood? There didn't seem to be sufficient snogging and shagging, for one thing. Only one or two sloppy man/man kisses in 5 hours?

Did like the way they did the 456 alien, letting the viewer's imagination conjure all sorts of horrors.

Was I the only one who got this out of it? The people who were concerned at saving their own families at all costs were not helping to solve the problem but rather contributing to it, whereas the people willing to put their own or their families' lives on the line were the ones who actually solved the problem. Sort of a moral tale that when we hold ourselves more valuable than others we bring ruin, but when we realize that we are all equally valuable and are willing to self-sacrifice we solve problems, save the world, etc.

Alright, that was kind of squishy and ill-formed.... maybe it's the cold medication making me delirious. Anyhow, it was amusing.

[Thanas]

Got the library copy of T:CoE and, since I"m at home with a cold this weekend, watched it all.

Are we sure this is Torchwood? There didn't seem to be sufficient snogging and shagging, for one thing. Only one or two sloppy man/man kisses in 5 hours?

It was not intended to be Torchwood in the first place, Rtd wrote it as a new miniseries which then got turned into Torchwood.

And CoE only seems that great because Peter Capaldi is a brilliant actor IMO.

[Broomstick]

My Other Half was asking if there was going to be more Torchwood in the future, as Cap'n Jack sees to have gone walkabout - any word on that?

[Thanas]

Yes, there will be a fourth season. *shudder*

[Big Orange]

"Children of Earth" was an improvement over the earlier TW seasons by essentially becoming a different show.

[Stark]

Amusingly, it became the show it should have been originally.

[Broomstick]

I confess, though, that the "Torchwood declassified" extra feature on the DVD did make me gag - don't these people realize how pretentious they are, how self-absorbed? Oh, silly me - they're actors, a group with even larger egos than pilots.