“IT’S a new start for the show. It’s a new audience.”

Torchwood creator Russell T Davies speaking at the British Film Institute in London last night.

While John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness) reassured fans: “But we never thought of taking it away from you. We never did.

“We want to make it bigger. We want to make it better. We want to spread what is the best of British television from the BBC.”