Torchwood gets a makeover. [7 comments]

Kristina

For everyone sitting around twiddling their thumbs after the absolutely mind-blowing five episode miniseries of Torchwood that aired in 2009 (seriously, if you’re a sci-fi fan at all, go watch it. Torchwood: Children of Earth. You don’t even need to see the first two seasons of the show to understand it [though you should watch those too]), good news has been announced.

Season four of Torchwood is coming July of this year, and hype from critics has been nothing but positive.

The previously titled season, Torchwood: The New World has just been changed to Torchwood: Miracle Day, and the vague premise that creator Russel T. Davies has announced includes a world where the ability to die has disappeared. After the initial “eff yeah!” you feel upon hearing that news, just imagine, after you’re done dancing in the streets, how horrible that would be for life on Earth. Like, instant overnight population overload.

This season promises to have tons of action, fighting, drama and bad-assery, so I for one am stoked.

There has been a little bit of backlash about the show becoming too “Americanized”, but I think most people are just upset that many of their favorite characters died in previous seasons. Children of Earth was a vastly different show than the first two seasons, but it held its own, just like I believe Miracle Day will. It’ll also be airing on Starz rather than BBC America, which is a little odd, but as long as I get to look at John Barrowman, I don’t care what channel it’s on.

How To Talk To Aliens [Add a comment]

Tara

So you live in a small town and have been noticing some crop circles popping up in your farm. What do you do?

According to this chart, you should start brushing up on your math.

Take a look at the image that will help you prepare for the moment that you first contact aliens. It’s actually surprisingly informative and full of real-life, useful information that will make the whole abduction thing way less awkward.