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|image = Red Skies.jpg | |image = Red Skies.jpg | ||
|range = BBCTWAB | |||
|number in range = 9 | |||
|number = 9 | |number = 9 | ||
|featuring = [[ | |main character = [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] | ||
|featuring = [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Suzie Costello|Suzie]], [[Alex Hopkins|Alex]] | |||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|setting = [[Cotter Paluni's World]] | |setting = [[Cotter Paluni's World]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Joseph Lidster | ||
|read by = [[John Telfer]] | |read by = [[John Telfer]] | ||
|producer = | |producer = | ||
|post production = | |post production = | ||
|publisher = BBC Audio | |publisher = BBC Audio | ||
|release date = | |release date = 3 May 2012 | ||
|format = | |format = 1 CD | ||
|production code = | |production code = | ||
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-4458-7196-7 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-4458-7196-7 | ||
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|prev = Fallout (audio story) | |prev = Fallout (audio story) | ||
|next = Mr Invincible (audio story) | |next = Mr Invincible (audio story) | ||
|epcount = 1 | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Red Skies''''' was the ninth release of the | '''''Red Skies''''' was the ninth release of the [[BBC Torchwood audio stories]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[Jack Harkness]] is in need of a holiday. He wants to get away from [[Torchwood]], away from the human race — and where better to get completely away from it all than [[Cotter Paluni's World]], a [[planet]] surrounded by deadly scarlet lightning and cut off from the entire universe? | [[Jack Harkness]] is in need of a [[holiday]]. He wants to get away from [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]], away from the [[human]] race — and where better to get completely away from it all than [[Cotter Paluni's World]], a [[planet]] surrounded by deadly scarlet [[lightning]] and cut off from the entire universe? | ||
But there are some shocks in store for Jack: the "Devil's World" might be completely isolated and inaccessible, but its inhabitants worship Torchwood. And before he can find out why, or how this is even possible, he finds himself | But there are some shocks in store for Jack: the "Devil's World" might be completely isolated and inaccessible, but its inhabitants worship Torchwood. And before he can find out why, or how this is even possible, he finds himself [[arrest]]ed for [[murder]]. | ||
It looks as if someone on the planet knows who Jack is — and they're out to get him... | It looks as if someone on the [[planet]] knows who Jack is — and they're out to get him... | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be | Wanting to get away from [[Earth]], [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] uses [[Jack Harkness's vortex manipulator|his vortex manipulator]] to travel from a [[Universal Heritage]] [[spacecraft]] to the surface of [[Cotter Paluni's World]], a [[planet]] subject to [[storm]]s of unexplained red [[lightning]]. He learns from [[Heather Blades|Heather]], a [[barmaid]], that her people worship [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] and is [[arrest]]ed by [[Torsten Højer|Detective Torsten Højer]] for her [[murder]] after she is hit by the lightning and burns to [[death]], but he persuades Torsten to secretly release him and help bring down Torchwood. This results in Jack being hit by lightning and having a vision of [[Alex Hopkins]]'s [[suicide]] in [[the Hub]]. | ||
Jack comes back to life and, after evading the [[police]] and having a vision of [[Suzie Costello|Suzie]]'s three deaths, he and Torsten enter the Hub [[monastery]] disguised as [[monk]]s. After seeing the deaths of [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]], [[Steven Carter|Steven]], [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]] and others that he feels responsible for, he tries to send Torsten away, but Torsten refuses as Torchwood oppresses homosexuals like himself and he wishes to be free. Jack has a vision of Gwen being shot and runs to return to her until Torsten reminds him of his duty and they find that the supposed god is [[Martin Gibbons]], a Torchwood operative believed to be dead who has merged with a sentient spacecraft which crashed into [[Newport]]. | |||
Martin explains how the spacecraft was without a passenger and how he longed for a fresh start because of how disillusioned he was with Torchwood, leading it to take him to Cotter Paluni's World to be a god. Jack makes him realise that he wants to be [[forgiveness|forgiven]] and to die, so Torsten forgives him and he takes a final breath before dying. After kissing Torsten and saying goodbye, Jack uses his vortex manipulator to head to Earth to avenge Gwen's death. | |||
== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Torsten Højer]] | * [[Torsten Højer]] | ||
* [[Martin Gibbons]] | * [[Martin Gibbons]] | ||
* [[Kim Ashman]] | |||
* [[Heather Blades]] | |||
* [[James Unsworth]] | |||
* [[Karen Baldwin]] | |||
* [[Alex Hopkins]] | |||
* [[Michael (Red Skies)|Brother Michael]] | |||
* [[Thomas (Red Skies)|Brother Thomas]] | |||
* [[Gwen Cooper]] | |||
* [[Suzie Costello]] | |||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Jack's | * [[Kim Ashman]] works for [[Universal Heritage]]. | ||
* Kim is asked a question by a [[Crespallion (species)|Crespallion]]. | |||
* [[Jack Harkness' vortex manipulator|Jack's vortex manipulator]] is working. | |||
* [[Alex Hopkins]] killed [[James Unsworth]] and [[Karen Baldwin]]. | |||
* [[Ryan Hooper]] is the son of the [[mayor]]. | |||
* Jack and [[Ianto Jones]] used to watch a [[Catchphrase (TV series)|an old British quiz show]] which he is reminded of by the phrase "say what you see". | |||
* [[Martin (Red Skies)|Martin]] died in a [[spacecraft]] explosion. | |||
* [[Gary (Red Skies)|Gary]] was ripped apart by an alien [[bomb]]. | |||
* Jack remembers the deaths of [[Emily Holroyd|Emily]] and [[Harriet Derbyshire|Harriet]]. | |||
* Torsten went to [[school]] with [[Lawrence (Red Skies)|Lawrence]] and [[Jenny (Red Skies)|Jenny]]. | |||
* Torsten was attracted to [[Sanjay (Red Skies)|Sanjay]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
''to be added'' | ''to be added'' | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* Jack sees [[Suzie Costello]]'s three deaths. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'', ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Long Time Dead (novel)|Long Time Dead]]'') | * Jack sees [[Suzie Costello]]'s three deaths. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'', ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Long Time Dead (novel)|Long Time Dead]]'') | ||
* Jack also sees the deaths of: [[Ianto Jones]], ([[TV]] ''[[Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Four]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The House of the Dead (audio story)|The House of the Dead]]'') [[Lucia Moretti]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Three]]'') [[Steven Carter]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'') [[Gray]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'') [[Owen Harper]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'', ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'') [[Toshiko Sato]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'') and [[Alex Hopkins]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'') | * Jack also sees the deaths of: [[Ianto Jones]], ([[TV]] ''[[Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Four]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The House of the Dead (audio story)|The House of the Dead]]'') [[Lucia Moretti]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Three]]'') [[Steven Carter]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'') [[Gray (Fragments)|Gray]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'') [[Owen Harper]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'', ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'') [[Toshiko Sato]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'') and [[Alex Hopkins]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'') | ||
* [[Cotter Paluni's World]] was previously mentioned by the [[Tenth Doctor]] as one of the places where he wanted to take [[Donna Noble]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]'') | * [[Cotter Paluni's World]] was previously mentioned by the [[Tenth Doctor]] as one of the places where he wanted to take [[Donna Noble]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'') | ||
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