John Barrowman - who plays Capt. Jack Harkness on Torchwood - is apparently upset that their show has gone from the 13-episode format of its first two seasons/series to a new five-episode format for its third outing.

"The five episodes, the miniseries as I call it, are incredible –- I have no doubt about that -– but personally, I felt like we were being punished," Barrowman tells the U.K. magazine Radio Times. "Other shows move from BBC3 and 2 to 1, and they don't get cut. So why are we? It felt like every time we moved we had to prove ourselves."

Children of Earth will mark Torchwood's debut on the flagship BBC1; it airs July 6-10 there and July 20-24 on BBC America.