Torchwood Review - Children of Earth/Series 3

So concluding my set of Torchwood reviews, comes my review of Children of Earth. As this series takes a very different format and approach than before and because it follows a continuous story with no filler episodes at all, I'm going to review the thing as one big film, rather than a series, because that's what it basically is in the end. Anyway, let's get to it:

So in 5 episodes, told over 5 consecutive nights and taking place after the series 4 regular episode finale of Doctor Who, Torchwood (now consisting of just Gwen, Jack and Ianto, all reprised by the original cast. Both Martha and Mickey were supposed to appear as well, but due to the unavailability of both of their respective actots, they have been written out) face their greatest challenge yet as an unknown alien, takes over the bodies of children all over the world, demanding that a certain percentage of them, is given to this menace. But as Torchwood try to find out how to sort this out, the British government are wanting them dead or contained within a secure facility as it's apparently their fault that this is happening (although it's later revealed to be Jack's fault only, not Torchwood as a whole). With the addition of Rhys to the team and a lot to do to save the world's children, can Torchwood deal with all this madness? watch the whole thing to find out, but be warned, it does involve a lot of deaths.

As a whole series that is best described as a five hour film more than anything, this was a great series and despite the budget cuts that the BBC gave them alongside Doctor Who and Sarah Jane Adventures, it paid off. It had me at the edge of my seat and it was very emotional towards the end. It has all things that make the show what it is, minus the Weevils and the obvious exits of cast members from the last series. Also despite its very short lived time on TV, it was a great series regardless. 9/10