MONSTERS AND CRITICS: EXCLUSIVE: Torchwood: Miracle Day writer Jane Espenson interview
By Ian Cullen
Jul 15, 2011
Jane Espenson is a very familiar name to fans of genre television. Over the last decade Espenson has been involved with many highly thought of science fiction and fantasy series such as "Buffy The Vampire Slayer", "Battlestar Galactica", "Caprica" and now "Torchwood." Not to mention the recent HBO juggernaut, "Game of Thrones."
Next week fans will have the chance to meet and talk with Jane Espenson about her experiences on "Torchwood: Miracle Day" at the San Diego Comic-Con, but M&C recently caught up with the much-loved writer and discussed her "Torchwood" experience among other things...
... M&C: I’ve read that the episodes you have written are 5 and 7. Without spoiling things too much. What can you tell us about those episodes and how do you think they connect to the overall story.
Jane Espenson: "I wrote 3, 5 and 7. I also co-wrote episodes 8 and 10, but as my solo efforts, 3, 5 and 7 are my babies. In no particular order, to preserve suspense- one of them is a "dark night of the soul" episode – a chance for the characters to catch their breath and take stock of their situation as it stands at that point in the story.
I like episodes like this because they are so much about character. One of them involves a romance, which was great fun to write. And the other is tense action and shocking revelations.
I love that I was given three such different episodes to write. And I love that such a short season – only ten episodes – would offer such a variety of tones..."
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