Trailer for the

'Weeping

Angels'

We chose this clip because we both thought it was an episode

that was really memorable and scary.

• Special effects man Mike Tucker (who is

responsible for the model work), director

Graeme Harper and costume designer Barbara

Kidd are the only crewmembers to have also

worked on the original show.

• When the first series was being made,

television pirates were desperate to acquire

the preview tapes. One of the people in the

office had the idea of labelling the tapes with

the anagram "Torchwood" rather than "Doctor

Who", as a security measure to disguise the

tapes when they were delivered from Cardiff

to London. Writer Russell T. Davies liked this

idea so much that it later inspired him to use

it as a title when creating the spin-off series,

"Torchwood"(2006).

• Except for obvious scenes, most of the

location shots are done in Cardiff, Wales in

place for London. The one show set in Cardiff,

"The Unquiet Dead," was filmed in Swansea,

mainly due to the fact that no buildings

currently in Cardiff were built during that

episode's time, 1869.

• The series is recorded on single

camera video and then in post

production it is 'filmised', a digital

process designed to make it look like it

was made on film.

• Each 45 minute episode takes

approximately 3 weeks to shoot. The

hour long specials can take up to a

month to shoot.

• It’s interesting and funny. I like the sci-fi genre and so this

is the main reason why it appealed to me in the first place.

I also like how each episode, although continued on from

the previous, is completely different so I never get bored

when watching it.

• I like it because it has a different storyline every time and

it’s not predictable.