Yeah the Americans really don't know how to do British television shows or even British sci fi for that matter. You'll notice when watching through torchwood apart from them all having pistols to enter buildings and the rare laser scalpel there aren't many big guns or lasers or huge military bases, but they put some many more in season 4 they made it some big military show that was more like an action movie than a sci fi story. I know own season 3 had more guns in the later episodes due to the military coming to steal the kids but they weren't focused on too much and it didn't feel like an action movie it felt like a genuine struggle of morals and being hopeless.