3.01: Children of Earth - Day One

[ktabic]

Originally Posted by Moonbat

He can smell your hand to tell if your lying

I got the impression that what he could smell was aliens, so could believe her when she said she had met aliens, not that he could smell she wasn't lying.

Originally Posted by Moonbat

That is some smelling ability. Will it play a vital role in the 5 day drama?

Pretty certain he will still play a part (why else you he have escaped?). He might be the only background Torchwood will have access to, but the smell ability is just to weird for it not to be used again.

[Ursa major]

Not just weird, but quite nifty....


We're assuming (almost certainly correctly, but bear with me) that the fact that he calls it smelling and that he seems to use his nose - but that may have nothing to do with it - means that what he is experiencing is the result of chemical detection (like out own sense of smell).

The sense he's using may be quite different, but could be wired into the "smelling" part of his brain, i.e. he may have a form of Synesthesia (Synesthesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia).

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Moonbat

...is it scientifically possible to smell if someone is pregnant?...

I don't know if it is practical, but since the balance of female hormones change, and that might affect pheromones in the sweat, it might be possible.

I would tend to agree with Ursa that it is more likely a form of ESP. That would support what Lenny said - that the children weren't kidnapped, they were a reclaimed colony. We'll just have to see!

[Lenny]

I've got a screencap of the Torchwood Wiki (HD for the mega-win! ). Nothing new.

Here's a link, as it's a bit big for embedding.

[SJAB]

Originally Posted by Mary Hoffman

No, Gwen did not find the U/N and P/W on a post-it. She was told it orally by the female boss and made a note of it. Incredible but necessary.

Sorry, I must have missed that bit, just saw the post it note on the computer.

[Ursa major]

I recall being in a meeting in a senior manager's office (at another site, and he/she wasn't present, so I wasn't sure whose office it was) in the 1980s. The manager's username and password were typed on a postcard, which was selotaped to the top of the (dumb) terminal.


(It was unusual not to be using a proper meeting room, but even so....)

[Serenity79]

Well I have to say this episode was brilliant. I have attempted to watch Torchwood twice before, the first time the unbelievably rubbish alien put me off. The second time I only watched it for James Masters, being a huge Buffy fan, and almost got into it. This time I was avoiding it, but last week, I was tapping away on my laptop in the early hours and it was the only thing that looked remotely interesting. I was hooked and I watched the second episode last night.

I love the gay side of it, I think it makes a really refreshing change to see gay leads openly in a relationship. The reaction to their relationship by family members was really funny.

I have to admit to being a bit lost, because from the looks of it I've missed a couple of series', but I won't be missing anymore if I can help it.

I'm still hesitant about doctor who though, I've not watched it since I was a kid when I was scared off by nightmares of Daleks. (laughs nervously)

[pyan]

Ianto's not gay, you know - it's only Jack...

And Jack doesn't care, as long as it's warm...and even then, I'm not that sure it needs to be...

If you enjoy this series of Torchwood ( did you realise that Torchwood is actually an anagram of Doctor Who? ), even the darkest stories in the senior series shouldn't be a problem - TW is much more adult-themed than DW. Try to catch the David Tennent stories if you can: I think you'd like them...

[Serenity79]

Oops didn't know that Ianto wasn't gay, sorry guys.

[pyan]

Originally Posted by Serenity79

Oops didn't know that Ianto wasn't gay, sorry guys.

Keep watching, Serenity - there's more on the subject in the next three parts...

[TheEndIsNigh]

Originally Posted by Dave

I don't know if it is practical, but since the balance of female hormones change, and that might affect pheromones in the sweat, it might be possible.

I would tend to agree with Ursa that it is more likely a form of ESP. That would support what Lenny said - that the children weren't kidnapped, they were a reclaimed colony. We'll just have to see!

I would say it was absolutely possible. - Though perhaps not normally by other humans. In the past maybe before all that washing and perfume nonsense. When men were men and the caves were up for grabs by anyone with a big enough club and the will to use it.

Dogs don't go smelling each others privates for the fun of it.