I've started watching The Fringe and I'm finding it much more like how I thought Torchwood would play out when announced.

It has that annoying feature typical of many (mostly) American shows of shoe-horning the series mission statement into every episode to hook in lazy buggers who missed previous episodes before they get confused and switch over.

It's gleefully silly (much like Torchwood) but it moves so fast that you don't want to see the cogs.

John Noble does a fine job at channeling Vincent Price.

I'm only on the first season right now but I'm finding it all rather fun.

I wish these shows could all be merged into one 'Weird Science' multiverse and Mulder and Bilis Manger, the characters from Tru Calling, The Event, Threshold, Doomwatch, Timeslip, Quatermass, Dollhouse etc could crossover into one narrative soup.

The eyepatch lady from Doctor Who and the robo-arm lady from here teamed up Summer Glau's character from Dollhouse would make one hell of a tag-team.