It's been good to have some feedback over the Torchwood post. I think that what I would like to do is to go through each episode and give a little feedback over what I thought and what the theological/biblical aspects of each week and the series as a whole has been. Mark has talked of it being a 'visceral' experience - for me Torchwood has been important - one of the few TV series, apart from West Wing, which has kept me watching throughout and trying to catch the reruns as well if I have missed something. It has given me nightmares on occassions as well as a sense of deep deep peace. It has sparked off biblical allusions and frustrated me about the way that our culture is going...so I think it might be good to get some of this of my chest/head and to do some theological reflection/NT thinking on it. After all, Mark is right - is it biblical allusion or just some other form of allusion. Certainly Ianto's recitation of scripture suggests that they were going for biblical allusions in the last episode. Can I see others elsewhere???
Pete
Pete,
Thanks for this excellent summary of Torchwood - I had identical conversations with my friends following on from the episode.
I am left pondering what is going on in the world of Russell T Davis - I think there is a bible study is each episode of Doctor Who season 1 - Father's Day being case point.
Where is there the resource to continue such threads, however? Do they exist anywhere yet?
To use such cultural references well, rather than disappearing into the hermeneutical cavern that results in, 'it's a bit like Jesus'
Posted by: joanne | January 07, 2007 at 12:26 PM