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* [[Jack Harkness]] uses a two-year-old playing near [[poison ivy]], [[Rose|rose bushes]], [[hawthorn]], [[spade]]s and [[secateurs]] as a metaphor for humans and alien technology. | * [[Jack Harkness]] uses a two-year-old playing near [[poison ivy]], [[Rose|rose bushes]], [[hawthorn]], [[spade]]s and [[secateurs]] as a metaphor for humans and alien technology. | ||
* Jack lists examples of small talk: [[fashion]], [[politics]], [[house]] prices, [[sport]]. | * Jack lists examples of small talk: [[fashion]], [[politics]], [[house]] prices, [[sport]]. | ||
* Gwen goes on a date with Rhys to the [[Indian Summer (Restaurant)|Indian Summer]]. | |||
* Jack once parked the [[Torchwood SUV]] in the middle of the [[Taff Bridge]]. | |||
* Torchwood investigate an incident at a nightclub off [[St Mary Street]]. Five bodies are found with [[Folding knife|folding knives]]. The victims are [[Craig Sutherland]], [[Rick Dennis]], [[Geraint Morris]], [[Dai Morris]] and [[Idris ab Hugh]]. Gwen theorises that there are three locals and two students from [[Cardiff University]]. | |||
* Jack suggests getting [[Laurence Llewelyn Bowen]] to decorate the [[Torchwood Hub]] with swags and velvet and stencilled [[oak]] leaves. | |||
* Gwen says that Torchwood has a responsibility not to disturb the crime scenes, "like the [[Country Code]] only a lot weirder". | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
Revision as of 15:39, 22 August 2018
Slow Decay was the third release in the BBC Torchwood Novels series.
Publisher's summary
When Torchwood track an energy surge to a Cardiff nightclub, the team finds the police are already at the scene. Five teenagers have died in a fight, and lying among the bodies is an extraterrestrial device. Next morning, they discover the corpse of a Weevil, its face and neck eaten away, seemingly by human teeth. And on the streets of Cardiff, an ordinary woman with an extraordinary hunger is attacking people and eating her victims.
The job of a lifetime it might be, but working for Torchwood is putting big strains on Gwen's relationship with Rhys. While she decides to spice up their love life with the help of alien technology, Rhys decides it's time to sort himself out — better music, healthier food, lose some weight. Luckily, a friend has mentioned Doctor Scotus's weight-loss clinic...
Plot
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Characters
- Captain Jack Harkness
- Gwen Cooper
- Toshiko Sato
- Owen Harper
- Ianto Jones
- Lucy
- Dr Scotus
- Craig Sutherland
- PC Jimmy Mitchell
- Marianne Till
References
- The sky over Cardiff is compared to an Edvard Munch painting.
- Gwen states that they stopped wearing bowler hats in the Civil Service in the 1950s as they went out of fashion, like tea trollies and waistcoats. Jack compares the Civil Service to an administrative version of the Ku Klux Klan.
- Jack Harkness uses a two-year-old playing near poison ivy, rose bushes, hawthorn, spades and secateurs as a metaphor for humans and alien technology.
- Jack lists examples of small talk: fashion, politics, house prices, sport.
- Gwen goes on a date with Rhys to the Indian Summer.
- Jack once parked the Torchwood SUV in the middle of the Taff Bridge.
- Torchwood investigate an incident at a nightclub off St Mary Street. Five bodies are found with folding knives. The victims are Craig Sutherland, Rick Dennis, Geraint Morris, Dai Morris and Idris ab Hugh. Gwen theorises that there are three locals and two students from Cardiff University.
- Jack suggests getting Laurence Llewelyn Bowen to decorate the Torchwood Hub with swags and velvet and stencilled oak leaves.
- Gwen says that Torchwood has a responsibility not to disturb the crime scenes, "like the Country Code only a lot weirder".
Notes
- The plotline of medical malpractice and treatment using an alien parastite is similar to the Torchwood television story Reset.
Audio release
- The story was released as an audiobook on 3x CD read by Burn Gorman.
- The audiobook is also available as a download from the AudioGo website.
Continuity
- The Tenth Doctor investigated a completely different weight loss programme in TV: Partners in Crime.
- Gwen questions if just for once they could take one thing from the storerooms of the Hub to make their lives easier. Many of the team already did. (TV: Everything Changes)
Gallery
Original cover
German edition
Audiobook cover
External links
- Official Slow Decay page at Penguin Books
- Slow Decay at the Doctor Who Reference Guide
- The Discontinuity Guide to: Slow Decay at The Whoniverse
