#countrycide

[witchofthemidlands]

my mum recognised the actor who plays the barmaid in “73 yards” from something so i looked it up & it's the same actor who played one of the main cannibals in countrycide & seeing as one of my first thoughts about ruby heading down into that town & towards the pub was a visceral reaction that bombarded me with flashbacks of jack, owen & gwen barricading themselves in a desolate pub in the swansea countryside to fend off the cannibals i have been laughing about this for the last 10 minutes.

[intuitive-revelations]

This week in obscure Doctor Who expanded universe references the internet has found:

First, the pub has a beer called Llanfer Ceiriog Pale Ale. While there's some similarly named locations IRL, with the Ceiriog Valley being a valley in North-East Wales, there is no place actually called this. Instead it's seemingly a direct reference to a fictional Welsh village visited by Seven and Ace in Cat's Cradle: Witch's Mark, connected by a stone circle to a planet of fantasy creatures. Quite ironic, given how mocking the landlady and patrons are about people thinking Welsh villages are backwards and full of witchcraft.

Secondly, while this might be a coincidence, Kate's suggestion of a Sontaran's arrival inspiring belief in God could be referencing DWM 59's comic: "The Gods Walk Among Us", where ancient Egyptians indeed mistake a Sontaran named Styx for a god.

Bonus, because it's not actually a reference, but just a reused filming location:

The pub Ruby stays in is the same one in Countrycide. At least in this case, however, it's just a filming location coincidence. The external shots are completely different, they're in different villages, and the pubs have different names.

[wren-was-here]

jack driving a tractor into a house like the dramatic bitch he is. countrycide more like CUNTrycide am i right

[freshbaked-bread]

countrycide tosh u will always be famous ,. to me

[itsatorchwoodthing]

humans being the only species to go camping in doctor who canon is absolutely wild to me

[dandelionjack]

oh you’re a scifi organisation huh? used to dealing with hostile alien threats? Oops, All People. it’s humans all the way down. sorry we put you in the wrong genre :( it makes the meat taste better

[xutxfxrder]

cuntrycide

[queerconfusionthings]

torchwood fans stay winning in delusion when pub in new doctor who episode is called 'dead wood' and has the same interior as violent cannibal episode countrycide

[timey-acey222]

every day i wake up, remember that ianto attempted suicide after the events of countrycide, and go back to sleep

[benevolenterrancy]

If we're being honest, a proper Ianto Paper Doll Book should just include page after page of slight suit variations...

[captainlynxx]

Already doing this on twitter but wth

30 day torchwood challenge - day 1

Favourite S1 episode:

Captain Jack Harkness or Countrycide. I probably prefer Captain Jack Harkness but Countrycide is also absolutely incredible.

[elliottexists]

the fact that countrycide started off as "haha fun team camping session" and then ended up being the most traumatising episode ever is so crazy of the writers fr

[cole-is-a-dragon]

honestly it's a miracle torchwood didn't go vegetarian at some point

[human-thing-person]

Just thinking of this thing i sent my friends after convincing them to watch torchwood

It's so silly goofy

I love ianto jones

I would literally die for him

[kickpuncher2punchkicker]

If I had one nickel for every BBC tv show from the 2010’s that has an episode including cannibalism and the Brecon Beacons I’d have two nickels

[reverse-the-jellybaby]

Big news for the Gwen/Owen bitches, BBC dumped their scripts online - turns out Countrycide had an alternate ending and I am FUMING THAT THEY DIDNT USE IT

It feels like a much better payoff than the final ending. I mean sure the final lines are a bit clunky and a callback to an earlier clunky line, but they could’ve tweaked it. And pretty close to how I would’ve wanted it to play out.

Bonus points for Chibs describing their “just fucked look” 😂

Moving onto Greeks Bearing Gifts, the script is even hornier than the episode, to the point where even Tosh remarks that Gwen and Owen should “get a room”. And we have this gem during Gwen’s roast of his post mortem:

WHEN I TELL YOU I LOST MY SHIT WHEN I READ THIS I MEAN IT

It got me thinking - we hear Owen fantasising about Gwen, but I don’t think Gwen has an equivalent!

Screenshots via @kirstyth who told me about the script dump.