Well what can the team really do now when there's nothing? ... oh go to America.
And you're right! It does seem like they just wanted to make a new sci-fi.... RTD had loads of fans and choose to loose over half of them when he killed Ianto.. Now he just wants to appeal to the American audiences and how much is he going to change it for that?
It can't be the same show anymore can it? Torchwood was the office in Cardiff where Jack was the odd one out but now its all over the place aaaand... I'm rambling.
It's just.. Don't you think it would be sold on more people if it was the old show? We love it. The old Torchwood being on Starz would have the whole British and American audiences, old and new fans. It might even be bigger than DW knowing how hard it is to find any sort of DW/TW fan in America.
<.< might be rambling. ">.>
It would be better to appeal to the fans who already know about Torchwood... there are plenty of sci-fi series already in America. Torchwood and Sarah Jane were originally set up to be the local version of Doctor Who, they were different because they stayed in one place while the Doctor traveled to a different place every episode. I think for Torchwood to keep what makes it unique they should still have a base in Wales. They are filming there with some scenes in other locations, so we'll see if they return to a more Cardiff-based program.