'Torchwood' Crosses the Pond & Gets Bigger Budget

Beloved British series Torchwood is getting an American makeover in its upcoming fourth season, which will premiere on Starz on July 8. The season, titled Miracle Day, is being largely shot in the US on a much bigger budget.

It’s going to be even bigger and better,” said original Torchwood star and Glaswegian-born John Barrowman, aka Captain Jack Harkness. “And,” he added with a chuckle, “for me on a personal level the move to America has been fucking amazing.” The budgets are bigger, the stunts are more dangerous and the sexual chemistry is more explosive, he said.

Torchwood has been a popular cult show in its original British incarnation, but the move to the U.S. will push it to the next level, Barrowman says. “We’ve going to be bigger than cult, now it’s about world domination.”