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|image | |image = More Than This cover.jpg | ||
|series | |series = ''[[Torchwood - Monthly Range]]'' | ||
|number | |number = 6 | ||
|story number | |story number = 1.6 | ||
|range | |range = BFTW | ||
|number in range = 6 | |number in range = 6 | ||
|main character | |main character = [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] | ||
|featuring | |featuring = [[Andy Davidson|Andy]] | ||
| | |setting = [[Cardiff]], [[2017]] | ||
|setting | |writer = Guy Adams | ||
|writer | |director = [[Scott Handcock]] | ||
|director | |music = [[Blair Mowat]] | ||
|music | |sound = [[Neil Gardner]] | ||
|sound | |cover = [[Lee Binding]] | ||
|cover | |publisher = Big Finish Productions | ||
|publisher | |release date = 10 February 2016 | ||
|release date | |format = 1 CD<br/>Download | ||
|format | |production code = BFPTWCD06 | ||
|production code = BFPTWCD06 | |isbn = ISBN 978-1-78178-926-1 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78178-927-8 (digital) | ||
|isbn | |prev = Uncanny Valley (audio story) | ||
|prev | |next = The Victorian Age (audio story) | ||
|next | |||
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/torchwood-more-than-this-trailer | |soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/torchwood-more-than-this-trailer | ||
|producer = [[James Goss]] | |||
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixth story in the [[ | |epcount=1 | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixth story in the ''[[Torchwood - Monthly Range]]'' by [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish Productions.]] It was written by [[Guy Adams]] and featured [[Eve Myles]] as [[Gwen Cooper]]. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
[[Gwen Cooper]] has triumphed against impossible odds before, but now she's finally met her match: [[Roger Pugh]], Planning Officer for [[Cardiff]] | [[Gwen Cooper]] has triumphed against impossible odds before, but now she's finally met her match: [[Roger Pugh]], Planning Officer for [[Cardiff City Council]]. | ||
Mr Pugh doesn't believe the world needs [[Torchwood]]. Gwen sets out to prove him wrong. For Mr Pugh, it's a day that'll change his life. If he can survive it. | Mr Pugh doesn't believe the world needs [[Torchwood]]. Gwen sets out to prove him wrong. For Mr Pugh, it's a day that'll change his life. If he can survive it. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to | Confronted with the need to fill out various forms and a wait of more than four months, [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] takes [[Roger Pugh]] of the [[Cardiff Council Planning Department]] with her to show him the importance of [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]] and convince him to capitulate to the agencies supporting the reconstruction of [[the Hub]]. She slams a [[window]] down on the head of a [[Baratavish]] in heat and gets Roger to help use a [[temporal anchor]] to send a displaced [[horse]]-drawn [[carriage]] back to its own [[time]] and stop an [[alien]] [[spore]] from releasing its [[pheromone]]s. Further missions involve tranquillising an alien beneath [[Cardiff]] and capturing [[emotional vampire goo]] in the form of a [[painting]]. | ||
Gwen is about to take Roger to investigate a [[ghost]] sighting at [[Grangetown Library]] when [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]] alerts her to a hole in [[spacetime]] at [[Cardiff University|the university]], one of several which have been appearing despite [[the Rift]] having supposedly been closed. As [[Andy Davidson|Andy]] evacuates the building, Gwen and Roger fix the hole in one spot using technology adapted from the Hub's [[Rift Manipulator]] and are pulled towards it as they try to close it. Roger lets go because of the pain of living without [[Jessica Pugh|his wife]], but he realises that he has made a mistake and gets back to safety with Gwen's help just before the hole closes, saving the world from being destroyed by a nightmarish creature which was coming through. | |||
Embarrassed by almost getting himself and Gwen killed, Roger recounts the day's events at his wife's [[grave]] and explains that he realised he had to live as there is nothing beyond [[death]]. Gwen joins him and takes him home, with Roger agreeing to see what he can do about the reconstruction of the Hub, and then gives Andy a call to ask him to pick up [[green pepper]]s for Rhys's cooking. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[Gwen Cooper]] - [[Eve Myles]] | * [[Gwen Cooper]] - [[Eve Myles]] | ||
* [[Roger Pugh]] - [[Richard Nichols]] | * [[Roger Pugh]] - [[Richard Nichols]] | ||
* [[Coachman (More Than This)|Coachman]] - [[ | * [[Andy Davidson]] - [[Tom Price]] | ||
* | * [[Coachman (More Than This)|Coachman]] - [[Guy Adams]] | ||
* [[Secretary (More Than This)|Mr Pugh's Secretary]] - [[Russell T Davies]] | |||
== | == Crew == | ||
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* Cover Art - [[Lee Binding]] | |||
* Director - [[Scott Handcock]] | |||
* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]] | |||
* Music - [[Blair Mowat]] | |||
* Producer - [[James Goss]] | |||
* Script Editor - [[Steve Tribe]] | |||
* Sound Design - [[Neil Gardner]] | |||
* Writer - [[Guy Adams]] | |||
* Theme Music - [[Murray Gold]] | |||
== Worldbuilding == | |||
* Roger takes [[daffodil]]s to [[Jessica Pugh|Jessica]]'s [[grave]]. | |||
* The [[graveyard]] is littered with [[cider]] cans. | |||
* [[Miller (More Than This)|Miller]] works in housing and assumes Roger will do whatever he says. | |||
* [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]] asks Gwen to get [[green pepper]]s instead of [[red pepper|red]]. | |||
* Gwen takes Roger to [[Loudoun Square]]. | |||
* Roger once had an argument with a man who scraped his [[car]] in a [[Henrik's]] car park. | |||
* Gwen and Roger drink [[cappuccino]]s. | |||
* Gwen and Roger eat [[fish and chips]]. | |||
* [[Tiger Bay]] was known for [[Shirley Bassey]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
[[File:More Than This Textless.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]] | |||
* This is the only story of the first series of Big Finish's ''Torchwood'' not to mention [[the Committee]]. | * This is the only story of the first series of Big Finish's ''Torchwood'' not to mention [[the Committee]]. | ||
* An unnamed "Torchwood legend" had a cameo in this story.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/torchwood-more-than-this---coming-soon|title=Torchwood: More Than This - Coming Soon|accessmonthday=6 January|accessyear=2018|website name=bigfinish.com/news|publisher=Big Finish Productions|date of source=3 December 2015}}</ref> | * An unnamed [[Russell T Davies|"Torchwood legend"]] had a cameo in this story.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/torchwood-more-than-this---coming-soon|title=Torchwood: More Than This - Coming Soon|accessmonthday=6 January|accessyear=2018|website name=bigfinish.com/news|publisher=Big Finish Productions|date of source=3 December 2015}}</ref> Russell T Davies was later added the cast list on the Big Finish website. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
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== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
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[[Category:2016 audio stories]] | [[Category:2016 audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in Cardiff]] | [[Category:Stories set in Cardiff]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in 2017]] | [[Category:Stories set in 2017]] | ||
[[Category:One part audio stories]] | |||
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