The new series is currently being written, and it's already known it will tell a 10-part serialized story, following the success of that format with the five-part "Children Of Earth".
What do you make of this news? It's certainly an impressive gathering of talent, although I've never been a fan of Espenson's writing and Shiban's work on The X Files wasn't great (but he's redeemed himself with some excellent Breaking Bad scripts). I'm not really aware of Egan's work, but Fay was involved with "Children Of Earth" (writing Day Two and Four), so he clearly impressed RTD enough to sign him up for the American continuation.
But whatever your opinion on these individual writers, there's no denying they're recognizable names for genre fans and it's a positive early sign Torchwood's attracted such talent. And I think the writers' room process (everyone sitting down and thrashing out every story, scene by scene, while planning out the entire season in detail) will only help matters -- particularly in regard to RTD's own scripts, which have always tended to play fast-and-loose with logic and plotting.
What say you?
