I'm pretty sure Freema Agyeman and Noel Clarke have said they are never doing anything Whoverse again. I could be wrong. But anyway, such is TV. Writers get hamstrung by what they have to work with onscreen. :-(

This ep was written by Jane Espenson, who worked with Joss Whedon on most of his shows. There's a particular flavor to her humor that I get the impression she thinks is far more clever than it is. Husband and I looked at each other during that sequence and said to each other 'Goddamn Jane Espenson'.

That said, I'm enjoying Torchwood as cracky fun with a side of thinky sci-fi stuff. It's not brilliant, but I'm along for the ride.