Russell T Davies Talks Torchwood, and a Message for Thieves

"That is the benefit. You know, you have a completion to it. You have a whole. You have arcs that you know will complete. And some characters might die. Some characters will live. It gives it, you know, a proper beginning, middle, and end. And obviously we hope there will be further series of "Torchwood" after this, but it is worth pointing out that these ten episodes have one story which is answered within those ten episodes. It is a miniseries in that sense, that it comes to a very definite end. If there's a new version of "Torchwood" after that, we will have a brand-new story that can start again."

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