Outcasts is dire so far. All that whispering exposition in corridors. Clearly no budget. Although it won't be any more expensive than Torchwood, they could have made that in Britain, no need to get some second rate cable company to pay for it.

The new names mean nothing to me either, although I do remember Newman, none of them are interesting enough to draw me in. I also have a strong feeling this is too American for BBC1. I can see they are filming the first episode in Wales to appear British, but the rest is LA and with an American cast. I know Outcast is filmed in South Africa, and there were two South African actors, but the rest are British, and because the location is supposed to be a planet (crap planet, no monsters or evil alien Overlords in sight. ) I think they can get away with that. I can't see it surviving on the BBC at all. With RTD leaving it, I would either agree with your cancellation prediction, or it gets relegated to a cable show, like Spartacus, which is shown somewhere, and has some well known actors, but maybe a few hundred thousand viewers, if that.

I really don't like this colon: shit title business. It's like The Bill or something, always seems a bit desperate to me.