WRITTEN BY JAME GROSS
This story would have made a very good episode I think for big fans of Torchwood to enjoy. It had a nice setting that tapped into modern and historical thinking. Even if that thinking is highly racist.
The crush of Jack's past once again overwhelms the people of his life in the present. And the despair and slaughter of humanity in flesh and thought is what I love about Torchwood overall and Golden Age does that in spades.
Everyone doesn't get to live, minds are not changed to the good, and the sun isn't shinning brighter the next day. When Torchwood does that, I think Torchwood puts shows like Fringe into the place they deserve to be as shows trying REALLY REALLY HARD to be clever when Torchwood just goes for the spine and rips it out.
The story isn't very long and left me wishing it had more to it but after that first thought of wanting it to be longer, I came around to seeing that the story worked for the length that it was. Even though you only briefly get to meet each character, each character is captured in the writing and acted out very well.
Golden Age felt like a sprint but it was a jog in a very nice park (with hanging skeletons) and when you got to the exit of the park you wanted to look back but it was over, gates closed, and you just had to love what you had experienced and that was ok with me.
3 out of 5 stars
Review by Brian C. Williams
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