RTD certainly agreed regarding the Trickster since he played a major role in Doctor Who itself (or at least his Brigade did - see Turn Left) and even got a major shout-out in Torchwood: Miracle Day.
Torchwood was never devised to be like Doctor Who, so it's irrelevant whether it captured the spirit of the classic series. But SJA was, to a degree, and for the most part I agree. The series basically meets half-way between classic Who and the revival. I'd almost go so far as to call it a transition point.
I'm curious to see how they handle the missing 3 stories. If "The Man Who Wasn't There" was written as the series finale as mentioned above, one thing SJA has done the last few years is do a fairly good job tying things together. But if that means, for example, a "return appearance" by a character or villain introduced in one of the unfilmed storylines, I wonder if we'll be provided with synopses or something of those unmade stories? I'd like to think they might form the basis of an "original" SJA novel ("original" in quotes since it would technically be a novelisation the same way the Target releases of the unproduced Doctor Who Season 23 stories or the upcoming Shada adaptation are technically "original" novels since they adapt material we never saw on screen).
Alex
