...not having watched the Highlander TV show, I get the impression that in terms of quality and slashy dynamic, it and Moonlight are perhaps cut from the same cloth?

Er, I'm not exactly unbiased about the quality of Highlander but I would put the tv show above all but the first movie, and certainly above Moonlight. Possibly not far above, and often the plots did not rise above Monster Immortal Of The Week, but there were tons of eye candy dressed in marvelous period costume to make up for it in variety. Hmm, it occurs to me that my ability to make this assessment in this company is likely to be hindered by the fact that I watched Highlander and loved it long before I saw Buffy, which has certainly raised my expectations. I would put the best of Highlander above the lesser episodes of Star Trek: Voyager and yet it did not reach quite as high as Voyager could.

As for Sophia Myles' American accent, she's good enough that it took me a couple minutes to place her. Don't think she hits it as brilliantly as Hugh Laurie's House, but certainly less cringeworthy than the "Americans" on Doctor Who barring Captain Jack, of course.

Next season: Can't help but wonder if Martha Jones will return to Torchwood

Well, Issue four of Torchwood magazine confirmed that the 45-minute Torchwood radioplay, to be broadcast in June or July, will be set after series two (so no Owen or Tosh), and will star Freema Agyeman.

(Unfortunately, my understanding is that radiation doesn't work that way -- it would be more like being microwaved, wouldn't it?)

My brother's a nuclear engineer, and he found he whole thing laughable. I didn't pay attention when he was explaining why, because I don't really care.

I would be totally down with Martha joining the cast, if they went that way.

I guessed there might be an opening for a new Torchwood medic back when the finale aired.... And yes, somebody at BBC Wales seems very concerned about keeping Freema busy.

I'm sorry to hear that she won't be back for this season of Who.

Actually, she's in next week's episode (she was in the trailers), and then at least two more.

DW 4.3: another very enjoyable episode, with great characters and guest stars.

DW: The previews for next week's episode excited me a whole lot more than this week's episode did.

My brother's a nuclear engineer, and he found he whole thing laughable. I didn't pay attention when he was explaining why, because I don't really care.

I did think it kind of strange that anything would vent into a control room, at any time, emergency or not.

Who 4.3: I thought that was very classic Who, especially wrt Donna's comment of not knowing who/what was right. Do you think the comment about the Doctors song being nearly over was about the end of the series? In the near future?

DebetEsse, regarding your comment about the song being over; there have been a few hints, including what the augers/soothsayers said in Pompeii (something about "her" to the Doctor, and about something being on her back to Donna - can anybody remember the exact quote?). According to Wikipedia, the music playing when the Ood mentioned the Doctor's song was the Rose-Farewell music. I think we're already building up to the finale, à la Bad Wolf/Mr. Saxon.

Also, does anybody else think that there might actually be something in the bees disappearing? Or is that just a big, buzzy red herring ?

Yeah, I assumed that the "she" in that one was Rose, and recognized it as a similar pronouncement to what the Face of Boe said at the start of last year.

It would be wicked cool if they did tie in the bees. But I don't know how they'd do it well (hmm...maybe there's a bee collective brain buried somewhere.)

Also, does anybody else think that there might actually be something in the bees disappearing?

I thought that was just a joke.

I thought that was just a joke.

More like a reference to current events, if that is what you mean. Link to article on topic in whitefont: [link] There was an episode of Nova on it, which suggested that they are disappearing not due to one single cause but multiple causes - environmental toxins plus pathogens such as fungi and mites plus malnutrition from lack of variety in the diet due to being turned out to pollinate single-crop farms. There may have been other causes into the bargain that I do not remember.

Unless you meant the references to it were meant to be pop-culture current events jokes rather than a set-up for the season finale's Big Bad . In which case I totally just rambled on beating a dead beehive horse.