How do you like your aliens? Should they make you cry? Make you consider the human condition? Come after you with ray guns? Extra-terrestrials and television have a relationship that goes back more than half a century. Have we included your favourite show in our coverage of unforgettable aliens?

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Torchwood continues to go from strength-to-strength following the recent airing of its third season, a mini-series aired over five nights on BBC America entitled Children of Earth. Following the Torchwood team’s closest brush with catastrophe yet, creator Russell T. Davies talked with Entertainment Weekly’s Michael Ausiello to discuss the death of a much-loved character, and the show’s…

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Aliens are coming back to Earth after abducting a bus full of children in 1965. Oh, and the Hub just exploded with Captain Jack Harkness still inside. Must be Tuesday.

Never fear, because anyone who watches Torchwood knows that Jack can’t stay dead. Not only that, but both Gwen and Ianto have managed to escape the explosion and the subsequent attempts on their life by the evil Agent Johnson. One of the rare moments of comic relief in this series…

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When last we left the Torchwood team, they were still reeling from the deaths of two of their own and the return of their leader’s now-vengeful younger brother. The four radio plays in between have helped us whet our appetite but if you’re like me, you’ve been waiting with bated breath for the new season of BBC America’s top-rated import. Wait no more, as tonight begins a controversial five-night mini-season that will change the franchise forever.

If you’ve been watching…

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Torchwood : Children of Earth is the 3rd season and the third incarnation of Russell T Davies' Doctor Who spin-off show. With the third series, comes a new added impetous as Torchwood has moved to the BBC's main channel, BBC One. Over three seasons, Torchwood has never stayed on one channel, moving from premiering on the digital-only BBC Three for the first, and BBC Two for the second. With each series has come a slight reinvention of the product.…

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It was announced today that BBC America acquired the rights to air five Doctor Who specials.

The 2008 Christmas special, The Next Doctor, is set to air on June 27, 2009. Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead will debut in July, and Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars will be released later this year. The other two specials are slated for late 2009 or early 2010.

These specials will be the last for lead David Tennant, who will be replaced next season by Matt…

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It seems that John Borrowman, who plays Captain Jack on the BBC hit Torchwood, will have his first original Torchwood comic strip released in the newest issue of Torchwood magazine.  Borrowman wrote the new comic with his sister, and regular collaborator, Carole E. Barrowman.  The comic strip is titled Captain Jack and the Selkie and will be exclusively featured in the #14 issue of the bimonthly magazine, which hits newsstands tomorrow, March 17.

The tale follows Captain Jack as he faces a deadly…

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