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1. Cyberwomen in basement. (Eliminated by Gareth David-Lloyd himself (when asked).
2. Shooting team member in the head. (Also eliminated by GDL.)
3. Shit coffee. (Confirmed by GDL)
4. Actual fire (flames even)

5. Being put in the freezer.

6. Torchwood 4 - not fired by very lost.

7. Deleted.

8. Have a threesome, not invite Jack.

9. Being a plot device.

10. Bad sex with Jack (?)

11. WMD with maliciousness.

12. Never actually existing like Adam.

13. Stealing office supplies.

14. A vow of chastity.

15. Emotional meltdown

16. Not feeding Myfanwy.

17. Being competent with tech.

18. Offering Ianto better sex than with Jack (and not inviting Jack (to watch))

19. Not caring for mascot. 

20. Not letting Jack cheat in nake hide-and-go-seek.

21. Not being openminded.

22. Not filing paperwork/Fudging the paperwork.

23. Not telling Jack about a visit from the Doctor.

24. Not locking the Hub.

25. Not killing by accident.

26. Interferring with the Hand.

27. Not working weekends. 

28. Selling alien tech on eBay.

29. Destroying the two-million pound SUV. 

30. Demanding your human rights.

31. Not fuelling the SUV. 

32. Ordering something other than pizza. 

33. Being atomized into actual atoms.

34. Bad bedside manners unless you're Jack.

35. Destroying the coat.

36. Poor personal hygiene.

37. More competent than your superiors with tech (Tosh!!! R.I.P.)

38. Recreational misuse of the Rift.

39. Too much of a personal life.

40. Not allowing necrophilia if you are the corpse. 

41. Defrosting the corpses. 

42. Not getting Jack's good side when filming something illicit.

43. Lack of imagination. 

44. Not having a look (suit, leather, braces.)

45. Taking Janet for walkies.

46. Not wearing black in the SUV.

47. Stealing Jack's  man/woman/alien/office furniture.

48. Subtlety. 

49. Messing with the coffee machine. 
49b. Decaf
49c. Instant

50. Not revealing your secret history as a companion.

51. Not having a Doctor connection. 

52. Hiring P.C. Andy.

53. Not telling Jack about the motherfucking blowfish in the motherfucking sportscar/buggy. 

54. Letting the blowfish steal the SUV

55. Voting Saxon (John Simm rocks our world)

56. Cats are evil. 

57. Showing a Dalek a good time.

58. Taking the Risen Mitten on a joyride through the morgue. 

Anyone going?  It'll be a blast.

To begin, I'm going to be rational about this. Yes, John Simm may rock my life, but QaF had a life outside of Britain.

I have to say, the producers are pimping this like crazy when it gets leaked prior to airbrushing out things like harnesses to keep Sam and Annie on the roof.

I'm going to start with what they did right.

1) Redressing LA: Seriously, it looks like 1972.

2) Gene Hunt. He may be no Philip Glenister, but Colm Meaney is always a good time. Also, Colm Meaney clearly wasn't intimidated by the part like I think the Sam Tyler is. I just hope the producers don't soften him up much more.

3) Dialogue: Don't mess with what worked

4) Music: They must be paying a shit-load of rights' money.

5) The wardrobe

6) The present. As an opening, they shot it well.

7) The last scene with the little boy. It is very creepy.

8) The television: it's just as eerie as the original.

I am undecided on:
1) Sam Tyler. He's got the WTF-ness down, but emotionally, he's not reaching me. I'm hoping it's just terror of having such shoes to fill. On the other hand, he does sell that last scene on the rooftop.

After a week of constantly seeing the Barrowman whenever I turned on my television (How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? Various morning shows, feeling the need to rewatch Torchwood)  my TV just up and died on me.

I guess the pretty was too much. 

Damn you and your perfect genetic structure, Barrowman! 

Oh Dollhouse, why must you be a midseason replacement?

Clicky here for the Dollhouse trailer from dollverse.com.