Since returning to the Earth defending game, post-Miracle Day, Gwen Cooper has been working primarily from the boot of her car with only her long-suffering husband Rhys as backup. As Torchwood’s hub was destroyed in ‘Children of Earth’, Gwen is seeking to re-establish a new base of operations in the Cardiff Bay. The major obstacle … >
Big Finish have announced new details about the second season of their Torchwood audio stories. It was announced live on stage at Big Finish Day 8 that Absolutely Fabulous actress Naoko Mori will reprise the role of Toshiko Sato. Big Finish commented: “Since we started, we’ve been bombarded with people’s wish lists. And obviously poor, … >
Having not made a full appearance in Big Finish’s range since it began with ‘The Conspiracy’, Torchwood’s erstwhile leader Captain Jack Harkness returns in ‘Uncanny Valley’, still on the trail of the shadowy global conspiracy known only as “The Committee”. The story begins with Jack arriving unannounced at the door of a remote Welsh castle, … >
One of the criticisms often levelled at Steven Moffat’s era of Doctor Who, and indeed the show as a whole, is the lack of female writers. According to occasional contributor Neil Gaiman, this has been a priority of late, and Season 9 attempted to redress the balance with scripts from Catherine Tregenna and Sarah Dollard. … >
After reviving three of Torchwood’s core characters (sorry Rhys), this month’s star initially took us rather by surprise. Yvonne Hartman, the uber-professional self-proclaimed people person and director of Torchwood, hails from a time before the organisation had its own TV series; she made her fateful stand against the Cybermen in Doctor Who’s Season 2 finale … >
Having delivered stories with both Captain Jack and Ianto Jones, this third Torchwood release from Big Finish revisits Gwen Cooper (Eve Myles) and Rhys Williams (Kai Owen). While the first two stories were set within the timeframe of the television series, ‘Forgotten Lives’ takes place some years after the events of ‘Miracle Day’ and we … >
Following Torchwood’s revival on audio for September’s ‘The Conspiracy’, starring John Barrowman’s Captain Jack Harkness, the second release centres on the fan favourite character of Ianto Jones. Set before his shocking death in 2009’s harrowing Children of Earth, this story finds everyone’s favourite coffee boy turned agent on a rich businessman’s craft for its first … >
Outside the government and beyond the police, Torchwood were ready to fight the future on behalf of the human race for four seasons across 2006 to 2011 before the team was put on indefinite hiatus at the end of US/UK co-production Miracle Day. Thankfully, those good people at Big Finish have begun to reunite the … >
Big Finish has announced today that a second season of brand new Torchwood audio stories will be released next year. The first instalment of Torchwood: The Conspiracy was released yesterday and Season 1 continues next month with Torchwood: Fall to Earth, starring Gareth David-Lloyd as Ianto Jones, followed in November by Torchwood: Forgotten Lives with … >
It has been a number of years since Captain Jack Harkness last stood in a flappy greatcoat looking pensive on a Cardiff rooftop, but ‘The Conspiracy’ drags us straight back to the early days of Torchwood. While the television programme could be wildly uneven in tone from week to week, David Llewellyn’s audio tale is … >