MY RANDOM WHO AND TORCHWOOD PREDICTIONS

[tencrush]

I've got a few random predictions floating around my head, so I thought I'd spew them out here for posterity. They're based on absolutely nothing, apart from vague gut feelings.

• Moffat's Who will have TWO companions. Boy/girl. Mainly because Moffat can't resist being a bit different and can't help injecting a bit of sitcom-esque bitching and UST into the TARDIS, which, having logically taken the Doctor-has-a-penis thing to its zenith, would have to involve two other people. Moffat's great strength is writing for multiple characters, he needs various personalities to bounce around and I am nearly 100% certain about this prediction.


• The girl will be a Sally Sparrow-esque capable mix of clever and ballsy and cute, I wouldn't actually rule out Sally Sparrow herself, just because Moffat's a joker like that. The boy will be Ianto. Okay, so that last bit's about 80% wishful thinking, but I'm not ruling it out completely because I'm just... not.


• Jack will leave Torchwood at the end of TW series 3. This ties in with my prediction that Jack and Ianto will split up during series 3, but possibly for reasons you're not expecting. John is actually leaving Torchwood behind, but I have a hunch he features in one of the three Who specials, as I believe Jack's story will be tied up BEFORE the eventual regeneration. I don't believe Jack will ever interact with Eleven.


• Taking all those things together, yeah, Torchwood as we know it is coming to an end after series 3. I don't actually believe anyone is interested in taking the show any further, specifically I don't believe John or Eve are interested in doing another series, and I think retooling it is NOT actually an option. This whole idea of a family-friendly show called "Torchwood" in the BBC's early saturday evening slot is NOT going to happen, the BBC would be far too nervous about leading the kiddies it's aimed at astray when they innocently ask Santa for the series one and two dvd's for Christmas. It's not happening. Torchwood will be disbanded at the end of series three, the Hub, blowed up and revealed to the world, will stay blowed up. ETA Again: the possibility of a BBC1 post-watershed thing is still there, yes, but I'll wait and see if Bonekickers gets recomissioned to see if Beeb1 is really aiming for a prime time LOLDrama slot, and even if they ARE doing so, that would involve, like Bonekickers, a 6-episode run, 8 at best, and I don't think Barrowman would be willing to sign for that short a series.


That's it. That's my view of where this is going. I have these urges sometimes to just post things up so I can point at them later and tell people I was right, and this is one of those times. Don't take it as anything more than that. And no, I don't know any more than you do about anything at all.

ETA:
• I wasn't going to put this in because I thought it was too weird, but the more I think about it, the more sense it makes, and because dick_grayson seems to be on a frighteningly similar wavelength, I'm going to go for: Voluntary retconning for Ianto at the end of TW series 3. For some reason or other to do with his family. It just seems to sit right for me somehow, and I think it's when we'll finally find out what's going on with him and Jack and to what extent. The reason I didn't want to put it in is because it's eerily similar to Donna's story in Who S4, and I figured it didn't make sense to do that again, but the more I think about it, the more I realise that sort of thing hasn't exactly stopped them before. The reason I think it might happen is because it's a good way to put Ianto on ice as a character, but not rule out a possible return somewhere in the franchise at some point in time. So, yeah, I'm definitely putting this one in. That is my S3 ending prediction.

Comments

[louisema.livejournal.com]

End of Torchwood would make me cry, mainly because there is no WAY they'll finish it satisfactorily. We will never know what the deal with Janto is. We will always be left with the nasty feeling that Gwack might not be a figment of our imaginations (or even, we'll have it CONFIRMED in the LAST EVER EPISODE, damn).

I don't want Jack to leave - I don't think Torchwood would work without him, despite my opinions on Harkness-as-lead-character. More Captain John would be excellent, but again I think he's the same sort of wouldn't-work-as-a-main-role part.

[love-jackianto.livejournal.com]

'End of Torchwood would make me cry, mainly because there is no WAY they'll finish it satisfactorily.'
Yeah, but than I've always felt that their relationship has been unsatisfying; look at how much screen time Rhys/Gwen has gotten compared to Jack/Ianto.

'(or even, we'll have it CONFIRMED in the LAST EVER EPISODE, damn).'
Don't say that too loud, you might give RTD ideas.

[louisema.livejournal.com]

Rhys/Gwen is boring, but also safe and apparently necessary to prove how wonderfully in love they are - which, considering how every other episode we get meaningful looks between Jack and Gwen, is probably actually the case.

You're right about not saying things too loud :)

[love-jackianto.livejournal.com]

'Rhys/Gwen is boring, but also safe and apparently necessary to prove how wonderfully in love they are...'
Yeah, it's kind of funny that the writers keep talking about what a 'normal' relationship Rhys/Gwen have, when you consider that she's lied to him (as far back as the very first episode), cheated on him (just because the writers seem to have forgotten Owen/Gwen doesn't mean I have), ret-conned him and used him as a doormat (if Jack had said he wanted her in KKBB, Gwen would have taken that ring off so fast).

[louisema.livejournal.com]

I really hate it when the writers try to retcon the audience. The fans have a collective memory of EVERYTHING anyone's ever said in the show - and we WILL pick up on it if there are continuity errors.

And yes, if Jack had said he wanted her, she would have never gone home.