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'''''Tube Strike''''' was the eighty-first story in the ''[[Torchwood - Monthly Range]]'' by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Gareth David-Lloyd]].
'''''Tube Strike''''' was the eighty-first story in the ''[[Torchwood - Monthly Range]]'' by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It starred [[Ianto Jones]] and [[Tommy Pierce]], and was written by [[Gareth David-Lloyd]].
 
This was the first story in a trilogy written by David-Lloyd, dubbed the "Ianthology", after Ianto himself.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
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== Crew ==
== Crew ==
''to be added''
 
* Senior Producer - [[John Ainsworth]]
* Cover Art - [[Sean Longmore]]
* Director - [[David O'Mahony]]
* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Music - [[Blair Mowat]]
* Producer - [[James Goss]]
* Script Editor - [[James Goss]]
* Sound Design - [[Shane O'Byrne]]
* Writer - [[Gareth David-Lloyd]]
* Theme Music - [[Murray Gold]]


== Worldbuilding ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* According to Tommy, in the [[1970s]] [[Torchwood Three]] was overwhelmed by Weevils so called in help from Torchwood One, who took some Weevils back to London to study. The captive Weevils breached containment.
* [[Southwark tube station]] is the last stop before [[London Bridge tube station|London Bridge]] on the [[Jubilee line]] toward [[Stratford tube station|Stratford]].
* Ianto is impressed with the [[arch]]es at the old [[Victoria tube station|Victoria station]].
* [[Tia (Tube Strike)|Tia]] takes [[codeine]] after being viciously attacked by a Weevil, and fends her off with her own detached [[arm]].
* Tommy has [[night vision glasses]].
* The lever to control the tube train is called the [[dead man's handle]], according to Tia.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
''to be added''
* Tommy believes that the [[Weevil]]s originated in [[Cardiff]], rather than coming through [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|the Rift]], based on Torchwood intel. He does not know they were originally [[human]]s, though, saying this is "not the current hypothesis". ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'')
* [[Yvonne Hartman|Yvonne]] believes something big is going to happen at Torchwood One, ([[TV]]: ''[[Doomsday (TV story)|Doomsday]]'') which Ianto needs to prepare for. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]'')
* Ianto's familiarity with Weevils would later help him convince [[Jack Harkness]] to hire him for [[Torchwood Three]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Fragments (TV story)|Fragments]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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[[Category:Series 9 (BFTW) audio stories]]
[[Category:Series 9 (BFTW) audio stories]]
[[Category:2024 audio stories]]
[[Category:2024 audio stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in the London Underground]]
[[Category:Torchwood One audio stories]]
[[Category:Stories set in the 2000s]]

Latest revision as of 20:22, 14 May 2024

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Tube Strike was the eighty-first story in the Torchwood - Monthly Range by Big Finish Productions. It starred Ianto Jones and Tommy Pierce, and was written by Gareth David-Lloyd.

This was the first story in a trilogy written by David-Lloyd, dubbed the "Ianthology", after Ianto himself.

Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]

Building work on the London Underground has disturbed a nest of Weevils. The ravenous creatures are hunting for flesh. Can Torchwood One contain the feast?

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to be added

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Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]