It looked like Torchwood was dead in the water after the planned reboot fell through, but now fans can think the Starz network for officially picking up the show for another 10-episode season run (it's expected to air during the summer of 2011 on Starz in the U.S. and on BBC One in the U.K.)

"John Barrowman will return as Captain Jack Harkness and Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper, along with new cast members, as the series takes on a more international scope.

Behind the scenes, the show's creator Russell T. Davies and Julie Gardner will return as executive producers, with Davies taking on show-running duties."

I hate having basic cable - I can't watch new Doctor Who episodes until Syfy decides to air them and I never got a chance to watch Torchwood since BBC America costs extra. Curse you economy! Given that, I was pumped to hear that a Torchwood remake - more than likely to star John Barrowman as Captain Jack Harkness again - was being considered for American audiences. Of course, it was being considered for FOX, and wouldn't you know it but they've decided to pass on the remake.

FOX passing up a good thing when it comes to sci-fi/fantasy? Who would've thought?

There could still be a new series in one way or another, but right now the Torchwood project is dead in the water.

It looks like one of FOX's next upcoming projects could be a remake/American continuation of the Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood. Do you find that strange? Good...me too. Russell Davies is writing the pilot script and even the original production team will be behind the new Torchwood. Also of interest is the fact that John Barrowman might even be still on to play Capt. Jack Harkness.

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.

Torchwood is set to return to BBC America airwaves in July and will bring a new five-episode season, departing from the regular 13-episode run. Here's the trailer:

I don't know when I'll ever get to see any of the Torchwood episodes. I don't live in Britain. I don't get BBC America. The series hasn't been released on Region 1 DVDs yet. Still, news about a third season has me excited for the fact that I may get to watch it one day in the future. As described on the Sci-Fi Channel website:

"Filming for the third season of the BBC's Doctor Who spinoff Torchwood (aired in the U.S. on BBC America), has begun in Cardiff, Wales, BBC Worldwide announced. The series, created and produced by Russell T. Davies, is scheduled to return in 2009, with a five-part miniseries titled Torchwood: Children of Earth.

The new season sees the Torchwood team embarking on a single action-packed adventure as they battle for the future of the human race against the fiercest force they have yet encountered."