"You could have saved her! You're worse than anything locked up down there! One day, I'll have the chance to save you...and I'll watch you suffer and die!"
Episode 4: Cyberwoman.
Companions: Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper, Toshiko Sato, Owen Harper and Ianto Jones.
Air Date: 5th November 2006.
Ianto has a dark secret, tied to the basement of the Hub — a secret he will protect at any cost: a semi-converted Cyberwoman! Will Torchwood Three fix things in time before the Cybermen, ripe from battle with their greatest enemy, the Doctor, convert the world?
When Torchwood was first announced I did wonder whether there would be much in the way of a crossover between the two shows. Unfortunately Cyberwoman is pretty much it, at least for a while. Where Ghost Machine was a vehicle to showcase Own this story gives us a side to Ianto that we needed. Unfortunately Ianto just seems to be a bit of an idiot when the chips are down and his "love" for a girlfriend almost converted becomes a problem. He knew what went on at Canary Wharf the year before so why risk this? We also learn that Owen has a bit of a thing for Gwen. This storyline continues for a while as a side issue for them.
I would have preferred more interaction with the Whoniverse through Torchwood but we don't really get it. I'd have loved for them to have to deal with Silurians under the Welsh hills or something to that affect. But we don't get it which is a shame.
In Cyberwoman we get to see a bit more of Torchwood's resident pterodactyl but it still doesn't explain why they have one.
Cyberwoman is the first disappointing episode but since the first three are so good, I can't fault it too much.
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