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The '''third''' six-story batch in the ''[[Big Finish Torchwood series|Torchwood]]'' range of audios was released by [[Big Finish Productions]] in [[2017 (releases)|2017]]. With [[the Committee]] arc both concluded and left forever open-ended in ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'', these six stories did not have a narrative arc running through them. They largely continued the trend of concentrating on a particular [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] personality each but also ventured further afield to yet unexplored localities and times of Torchwood. In addition to the characters already featured in [[Series 1 (BFTW)|Series 1]] and 2, this season saw the return of [[Nerys Hughes]] and [[Burn Gorman]] to their characters of [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]]'s mother [[Brenda Williams]] and [[Owen Harper]] respectively. It was also the first series of single-disc releases not to feature either [[Jack Harkness]] or [[Gwen Cooper]].
The '''third''' six-story batch in the ''[[Torchwood - Monthly Range|Torchwood]]'' range of audios was released by [[Big Finish Productions]] in [[2017 (releases)|2017]]. With [[the Committee]] arc both concluded and left forever open-ended in ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'', these six stories did not have a narrative arc running through them. They largely continued the trend of concentrating on a particular [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] personality each but also ventured further afield to yet unexplored localities and times of Torchwood. In addition to the characters already featured in [[Series 1 (BFTW)|Series 1]] and 2, this season saw the return of [[Nerys Hughes]] and [[Burn Gorman]] to their characters of [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]]'s mother [[Brenda Williams]] and [[Owen Harper]] respectively. It was also the first series of single-disc releases not to feature either [[Jack Harkness]] or [[Gwen Cooper]].


== Overview ==
== Overview ==
With [[the Committee]] arc wrapped up in the special 10th anniversary release ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'' in a way that the Committee could return in any story but did not have to be mentioned at all, "Series 3" embarked on the exploration of the further reaches of [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] history. In particular, two of the stories, ''[[The Dollhouse (audio story)|The Dollhouse]]'' (story 2) and ''[[The Dying Room (audio story)|The Dying Room]]'' (story 6) featured a new setting and no familiar characters at all.  
With [[the Committee]] arc wrapped up in the special 10th anniversary release ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'' in a way that the Committee could return in any story but did not have to be mentioned at all, "Series 3" embarked on the exploration of the further reaches of [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] history. In particular, two of the stories, ''[[The Dollhouse (audio story)|The Dollhouse]]'' (story 2) and ''[[The Dying Room (audio story)|The Dying Room]]'' (story 6) featured a new setting and no familiar characters at all.


''The Dollhouse'' showed an [[US|American]] offshoot of Torchwood in [[Los Angeles]] in the [[1970s]]. With the three Torchwood operatives, played by [[Laila Pyne]], [[Kelly-Anne Lyons]] and [[Ajjaz Awad]], being female and directed from afar by an unseen man through loudspeakers, the setup bore a striking resemblance to ''Charley's Angels''.  
''The Dollhouse'' was the first ''Torchwood'' story and the first audio play<ref name="VOR97" /> by [[Juno Dawson]], showing an [[US|American]] offshoot of Torchwood in [[Los Angeles]] in the [[1970s]]. With the three Torchwood operatives, played by [[Laila Pyne]], [[Kelly-Anne Lyons]] and [[Ajjaz Awad]], being female and directed from afar by an unseen man through loudspeakers, the setup bore a striking resemblance to ''Charley's Angels'', an homage confirmed by Juno Dawson herself.<ref name="VOR97" />


''The Dying Room'' was set in [[Nazi]]-occupied [[Paris]] during [[World War II]] and also featured a never-before-seen Torchwood operative, played by [[Simon Russell Beale]]. He was pitted against the character of guest-starring [[Mark Elstob]].
''The Dying Room'' was set in [[Nazi]]-occupied [[Paris]] during [[World War II]] and also featured a never-before-seen Torchwood operative, played by [[Simon Russell Beale]]. He was pitted against the character of guest-starring [[Mark Elstob]].
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Stories with no familiar characters meant that some familiar ones would have to be sidelined. This fate befell [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Gwen Cooper]], who did not appear this season, despite earlier teases of stories centred on them.<ref name="Ser3Ann">{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/more-torchwood|title=More Torchwood!|accessmonthday=14 January|accessyear=2018|website name=bigfinish.com/news|publisher=Big Finish Productions|date of source=7 September 2016}}</ref>
Stories with no familiar characters meant that some familiar ones would have to be sidelined. This fate befell [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Gwen Cooper]], who did not appear this season, despite earlier teases of stories centred on them.<ref name="Ser3Ann">{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/more-torchwood|title=More Torchwood!|accessmonthday=14 January|accessyear=2018|website name=bigfinish.com/news|publisher=Big Finish Productions|date of source=7 September 2016}}</ref>


The season saw the return of more familiar faces from the televised series. [[Rhys Williams]] was joined by his mum [[Brenda Williams]] played by [[Nerys Hughes]] in the first story of the season ''[[Visiting Hours (audio story)|Visiting Hours]]'' and [[Andy Davidson]], still outside of Torchwood, is paired with [[Owen Harper]] played by [[Burn Gorman]] in ''[[Corpse Day (audio story)|Corpse Day]]'' (story 3).
The season saw the return of more familiar faces from the televised series. [[Rhys Williams]] was joined by his mum [[Brenda Williams]] played by [[Nerys Hughes]] in the first story of the season ''[[Visiting Hours (audio story)|Visiting Hours]]''. According to [[James Goss]], the idea to bring by Nerys Hughes was a "royal command" from [[Russell T Davies]], readily obeyed.<ref name="VOR97">[[VOR 97]], ''Out of the Wood'', pp. 16–18.</ref>


The remaining two stories, ''[[Torchwood cascade CDRIP.tor (audio story)|torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor]]'' (story 4) and ''[[The Office of Never Was (audio story)|The Office of Never Was]]'' (story 5) went deeper into the characters of [[Toshiko Sato]] and [[Ianto Jones]] respectively. The former story even retconned an apparent discrepancy in Toshiko's age, which was earlier pointed out by fans.
And [[Andy Davidson]], still outside of Torchwood, is paired with [[Owen Harper]] played by [[Burn Gorman]] in ''[[Corpse Day (audio story)|Corpse Day]]'' (story 3). Interestingly enough, this was the first story featuring [[Tom Price]] and Burn Gorman properly interacting on TV or audio.<ref name="VOR97" />


Music for the series was composed by [[Blair Mowat]].  
The remaining two stories, ''[[Torchwood cascade CDRIP.tor (audio story)|torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor]]'' (story 4) and ''[[The Office of Never Was (audio story)|The Office of Never Was]]'' (story 5) went deeper into the characters of [[Toshiko Sato]] and [[Ianto Jones]] respectively. The former story even retconned an apparent discrepancy in Toshiko's age, which was earlier pointed out by fans. It was also a story only possible in the audio medium. Its writer and director [[Scott Handcock]] praised the work of sound designer [[Robert Harvey]] and composer [[Blair Mowat]] on this story.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/out-now-torchwood_cascade_cdrip-tor|title=Out Now: torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor|accessmonthday=14 January|accessyear=2018|website name=bigfinish.com/news|publisher=Big Finish Productions|date of source=7 June 2017}}</ref>
 
''The Office of Never Was'' had two unexpected sources of inspiration. On the one hand, an abandoned office building with a strange elevator was partly modelled on a building writer James Goss used to work in, which was later blown up by the IRA. On the other hand, the director Scott Handcock described the story as "Ianto Jones as [[Emma Peel]]" in the episode ''The Joker'' of the classic ''[[The Avengers|Avengers]]'' television series.
 
Music for the series was composed by Blair Mowat.


The stories were released monthly from March till August [[2017 (releases)|2017]].
The stories were released monthly from March till August [[2017 (releases)|2017]].
== Featured actors ==
* [[Kai Owen]]
* [[Burn Gorman]]
* [[Tom Price]]
* [[Naoko Mori]]
* [[Gareth David-Lloyd]]
* [[Simon Russell Beale]]
* [[Mark Elstob]]


== Stories ==
== Stories ==
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|[[David Llewellyn]]
|| [[Scott Handcock]]
|[[Scott Handcock]]
|| {{il|[[Rhys Williams]]|[[Brenda Williams]]}}
|[[Rhys Williams|Rhys]], [[Brenda Williams]]
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|[[14 March (releases)|14 March]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
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|BFPTWCD13
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|14
|14
|| ''[[The Dollhouse (audio story)|The Dollhouse]]''
|''[[The Dollhouse (audio story)|The Dollhouse]]''
|| [[Juno Dawson]]
|[[Juno Dawson]]
|| [[Lisa Bowerman]]
|[[Lisa Bowerman]]
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|| [[18 April (releases)|18 April]] 2017
|[[18 April (releases)|18 April]] 2017
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|BFPTWCD14
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|15
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|''[[Corpse Day (audio story)|Corpse Day]]''
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|[[James Goss]]
| rowspan="4" | Scott Handcock
|rowspan=4| Scott Handcock
|| {{il|[[Owen Harper]]|[[Andy Davidson]]}}
|[[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Andy Davidson|Andy]]
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|[[9 May (releases)|9 May]] 2017
|| BFPTWCD15
|BFPTWCD15
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|16
|16
|| ''[[Torchwood cascade CDRIP.tor (audio story)|torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor]]''
|''[[Torchwood cascade CDRIP.tor (audio story)|torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor]]''
|| Scott Handcock
|Scott Handcock
|| [[Toshiko Sato]]
|[[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]]
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|[[7 June (releases)|7 June]] 2017
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|BFPTWCD16
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|| ''[[The Office of Never Was (audio story)|The Office of Never Was]]''
|''[[The Office of Never Was (audio story)|The Office of Never Was]]''
|| James Goss
|James Goss
|| [[Ianto Jones]]
|[[Ianto Jones|Ianto]]
|| [[6 July (releases)|6 July]] 2017
|[[6 July (releases)|6 July]] 2017
|| BFPTWCD17
|BFPTWCD17
|-
|-
|18  
|18  
|| ''[[The Dying Room (audio story)|The Dying Room]]''
|''[[The Dying Room (audio story)|The Dying Room]]''
|| [[Lizzie Hopley]]
|[[Lizzie Hopley]]
||  
|
|| [[8 August (releases)|8 August]] 2017
|[[8 August (releases)|8 August]] 2017
|| BFPTWCD18
|BFPTWCD18
|}
|}


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This is the first season that did not receive an official number.
* This is the first season that did not receive an official number.
* The first story to receive a single number instead of double designation starting with the series number was [[The Office of Never Was (audio story)|Torchwood: TBA]] entered as both #3.05 and #17 for [[July (releases)|July]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] release in the "Forthcoming audio releases" section of [[VOR 92]] in [[October (releases)|October]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]. Beginning with [[VOR 94]] in [[December (releases)|December]] 2016, the double designations disappeared altogether.
== Production ==
Unlike [[Series 2 (BFTW)|Series 2]], which was announced at the very beginning of its [[Series 1 (BFTW)|preceding series]], the next renewal of the range for six more stories was only announced after the run of Series 2 ended in August [[2016 (releases)|2016]]. The announcement came on 7 September and provided details for the first two stories: ''[[Visiting Hours (audio story)|Visiting Hours]]'' by [[David Llewellyn]] was to focus on [[Rhys Williams]] and his mum [[Brenda Williams]], played by [[Kai Owen]] and [[Nerys Hughes]] respectively. The second story, ''[[The Dollhouse (audio story)|The Dollhouse]]'' brought in a new writer, [[Juno Dawson]], and was part of the effort to show various aspects of [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] throughout history. [[James Goss]], the producer of the range, also hinted at a [[Ianto Jones]] story, which later materialised as ''[[The Office of Never Was (audio story)|The Office of Never Was]]'', as well as [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Gwen Cooper]] stories that never appeared in "Series 3". The former of the missing stories was described as "someone finally dares to say 'No' to Captain Jack", while the latter had Gwen "on a road to nowhere".<ref name="Ser3Ann" /> The same tease about Gwen was repeated, apparently intended for the season finale, as late as [[March (releases)|March]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]] in [[VOR 97]].<ref name="VOR97" />
On 17 December, the title of the third story was revealed as ''[[Corpse Day (audio story)|Corpse Day]]'' by [[James Goss]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/torchwood-2017-news|title=Torchwood 2017 News|accessmonthday=14 January|accessyear=2018|website name=bigfinish.com/news|publisher=Big Finish Productions|date of source=17 December 2016}}</ref> Only on 13 January 2017, was it announced that ''Corpse Day'' marks the return of [[Owen Harper]] played by [[Burn Gorman]] to the world of Torchwood.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/torchwood---go-for-burn|title=Torchwood - Go for Burn!|accessmonthday=14 January|accessyear=2018|website name=bigfinish.com/news|publisher=Big Finish Productions|date of source=13 January 2017}}</ref>
The title of the fourth story was unveiled on 16 February 2017 as ''[[Torchwood cascade CDRIP.tor (audio story)|torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor]]'', both written and directed by [[Scott Handcock]] and featuring [[Naoko Mori]] as [[Toshiko Sato]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/coming-in-june-torchwood|title=Coming in June: Torchwood!|accessmonthday=14 January|accessyear=2018|website name=bigfinish.com/news|publisher=Big Finish Productions|date of source=16 February 2017}}</ref> The title of this story created a lot of fun moments at [[the Big Finish Podcast]].
Soon after the release of the first story of the new run on 14 March, the promised Ianto-story starring [[Gareth David-Lloyd]] was announced on 18 March to be ''[[The Office of Never Was (audio story)|The Office of Never Was]]'' by [[James Goss]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/torchwood---coming-in-july|title=Torchwood - Coming in July!|accessmonthday=14 January|accessyear=2018|website name=bigfinish.com/news|publisher=Big Finish Productions|date of source=18 March 2017}}</ref>
Finally, on 21 April, the final story's details have been publicised. ''[[The Dying Room (audio story)|The Dying Room]]'' by [[Lizzie Hopley]] would be set in [[Paris]] under [[Nazi]]s and would star [[Simon Russell Beale]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/torchwood---coming-in-august|title=Torchwood  Latest!|accessmonthday=14 January|accessyear=2018|website name=bigfinish.com/news|publisher=Big Finish Productions|date of source=21 April 2017}}</ref>


== Featured actors ==
Shortly before the release of the last story of the season in August, James Goss, in Q&A regarding the upcoming special ''[[Aliens Among Us (audio series)|audio fifth televised series]]'', confirmed that the regular releases will return after a hiatus necessary for these special releases.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/torchwood---series-5---cover-art-and-synopses-revealed|title=Torchwood - Series 5 - Cover Art and Synopses Revealed|accessmonthday=14 January|accessyear=2018|website name=bigfinish.com/news|publisher=Big Finish Productions|date of source=2 August 2017}}</ref>
* [[Kai Owen]]
* [[Burn Gorman]]
* [[Tom Price]]
* [[Naoko Mori]]
* [[Gareth David-Lloyd]]
* [[Simon Russell Beale]]
* [[Mark Elstob]]


== Production ==
Unlike the first two series of the range, which were script edited by [[Steve Tribe]], stories 4 and 6 were script edited by David Llewellyn.
Unlike [[Series 2 (BFTW)|Series 2]], which was announced at the very beginning of its [[Series 1 (BFTW)|preceding series]], the next renewal of the range for six more stories was only announced after the run of Series 2 ended in August [[2016 (releases)|2016]]. The announcement came on 7 September<ref name="Ser3Ann" /> and provided details for the first two stories: ''[[Visiting Hours (audio story)|Visiting Hours]]'' was to focus on [[Rhys Williams]] and his mum [[Brenda Williams]], played by [[Kai Owen]] and [[Nerys Hughes]] respectively. The second story, ''[[The Dollhouse (audio story)|The Dollhouse]]'' brought in a new writer, [[Juno Dawson]], and was part of the effort to show various aspects of [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] throughout history. [[James Goss]], the producer of the range, also hinted at a [[Ianto Jones]] story, which later materialised as ''[[The Office of Never Was (audio story)|The Office of Never Was]]'', as well as [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Gwen Cooper]] stories that never appeared in "Series 3". The former of the missing stories was described as "someone finally dares to say 'No' to Captain Jack", while the latter had Gwen "on a road to nowhere".


== Cover gallery ==
== Cover gallery ==
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== External links ==
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== Footnotes ==
== Footnotes ==
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The third six-story batch in the Torchwood range of audios was released by Big Finish Productions in 2017. With the Committee arc both concluded and left forever open-ended in The Torchwood Archive, these six stories did not have a narrative arc running through them. They largely continued the trend of concentrating on a particular Torchwood personality each but also ventured further afield to yet unexplored localities and times of Torchwood. In addition to the characters already featured in Series 1 and 2, this season saw the return of Nerys Hughes and Burn Gorman to their characters of Rhys's mother Brenda Williams and Owen Harper respectively. It was also the first series of single-disc releases not to feature either Jack Harkness or Gwen Cooper.

Overview[[edit] | [edit source]]

With the Committee arc wrapped up in the special 10th anniversary release The Torchwood Archive in a way that the Committee could return in any story but did not have to be mentioned at all, "Series 3" embarked on the exploration of the further reaches of Torchwood history. In particular, two of the stories, The Dollhouse (story 2) and The Dying Room (story 6) featured a new setting and no familiar characters at all.

The Dollhouse was the first Torchwood story and the first audio play[1] by Juno Dawson, showing an American offshoot of Torchwood in Los Angeles in the 1970s. With the three Torchwood operatives, played by Laila Pyne, Kelly-Anne Lyons and Ajjaz Awad, being female and directed from afar by an unseen man through loudspeakers, the setup bore a striking resemblance to Charley's Angels, an homage confirmed by Juno Dawson herself.[1]

The Dying Room was set in Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II and also featured a never-before-seen Torchwood operative, played by Simon Russell Beale. He was pitted against the character of guest-starring Mark Elstob.

Stories with no familiar characters meant that some familiar ones would have to be sidelined. This fate befell Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper, who did not appear this season, despite earlier teases of stories centred on them.[2]

The season saw the return of more familiar faces from the televised series. Rhys Williams was joined by his mum Brenda Williams played by Nerys Hughes in the first story of the season Visiting Hours. According to James Goss, the idea to bring by Nerys Hughes was a "royal command" from Russell T Davies, readily obeyed.[1]

And Andy Davidson, still outside of Torchwood, is paired with Owen Harper played by Burn Gorman in Corpse Day (story 3). Interestingly enough, this was the first story featuring Tom Price and Burn Gorman properly interacting on TV or audio.[1]

The remaining two stories, torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor (story 4) and The Office of Never Was (story 5) went deeper into the characters of Toshiko Sato and Ianto Jones respectively. The former story even retconned an apparent discrepancy in Toshiko's age, which was earlier pointed out by fans. It was also a story only possible in the audio medium. Its writer and director Scott Handcock praised the work of sound designer Robert Harvey and composer Blair Mowat on this story.[3]

The Office of Never Was had two unexpected sources of inspiration. On the one hand, an abandoned office building with a strange elevator was partly modelled on a building writer James Goss used to work in, which was later blown up by the IRA. On the other hand, the director Scott Handcock described the story as "Ianto Jones as Emma Peel" in the episode The Joker of the classic Avengers television series.

Music for the series was composed by Blair Mowat.

The stories were released monthly from March till August 2017.

Featured actors[[edit] | [edit source]]

Stories[[edit] | [edit source]]

# Title Author Director Featuring Released Pr. code
13 Visiting Hours David Llewellyn Scott Handcock Rhys, Brenda Williams 14 March 2017 BFPTWCD13
14 The Dollhouse Juno Dawson Lisa Bowerman 18 April 2017 BFPTWCD14
15 Corpse Day James Goss Scott Handcock Owen, Andy 9 May 2017 BFPTWCD15
16 torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor Scott Handcock Tosh 7 June 2017 BFPTWCD16
17 The Office of Never Was James Goss Ianto 6 July 2017 BFPTWCD17
18 The Dying Room Lizzie Hopley 8 August 2017 BFPTWCD18

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This is the first season that did not receive an official number.
  • The first story to receive a single number instead of double designation starting with the series number was Torchwood: TBA entered as both #3.05 and #17 for July 2017 release in the "Forthcoming audio releases" section of VOR 92 in October 2016. Beginning with VOR 94 in December 2016, the double designations disappeared altogether.

Production[[edit] | [edit source]]

Unlike Series 2, which was announced at the very beginning of its preceding series, the next renewal of the range for six more stories was only announced after the run of Series 2 ended in August 2016. The announcement came on 7 September and provided details for the first two stories: Visiting Hours by David Llewellyn was to focus on Rhys Williams and his mum Brenda Williams, played by Kai Owen and Nerys Hughes respectively. The second story, The Dollhouse brought in a new writer, Juno Dawson, and was part of the effort to show various aspects of Torchwood throughout history. James Goss, the producer of the range, also hinted at a Ianto Jones story, which later materialised as The Office of Never Was, as well as Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper stories that never appeared in "Series 3". The former of the missing stories was described as "someone finally dares to say 'No' to Captain Jack", while the latter had Gwen "on a road to nowhere".[2] The same tease about Gwen was repeated, apparently intended for the season finale, as late as March 2017 in VOR 97.[1]

On 17 December, the title of the third story was revealed as Corpse Day by James Goss.[4] Only on 13 January 2017, was it announced that Corpse Day marks the return of Owen Harper played by Burn Gorman to the world of Torchwood.[5]

The title of the fourth story was unveiled on 16 February 2017 as torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor, both written and directed by Scott Handcock and featuring Naoko Mori as Toshiko Sato.[6] The title of this story created a lot of fun moments at the Big Finish Podcast.

Soon after the release of the first story of the new run on 14 March, the promised Ianto-story starring Gareth David-Lloyd was announced on 18 March to be The Office of Never Was by James Goss.[7]

Finally, on 21 April, the final story's details have been publicised. The Dying Room by Lizzie Hopley would be set in Paris under Nazis and would star Simon Russell Beale.[8]

Shortly before the release of the last story of the season in August, James Goss, in Q&A regarding the upcoming special audio fifth televised series, confirmed that the regular releases will return after a hiatus necessary for these special releases.[9]

Unlike the first two series of the range, which were script edited by Steve Tribe, stories 4 and 6 were script edited by David Llewellyn.

Cover gallery[[edit] | [edit source]]

Covers for the series were designed by Lee Binding.

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 VOR 97, Out of the Wood, pp. 16–18.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 More Torchwood!. bigfinish.com/news. Big Finish Productions (7 September 2016). Retrieved on 14 January, 2018.
  3. ↑ Out Now: torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor. bigfinish.com/news. Big Finish Productions (7 June 2017). Retrieved on 14 January, 2018.
  4. ↑ Torchwood 2017 News. bigfinish.com/news. Big Finish Productions (17 December 2016). Retrieved on 14 January, 2018.
  5. ↑ Torchwood - Go for Burn!. bigfinish.com/news. Big Finish Productions (13 January 2017). Retrieved on 14 January, 2018.
  6. ↑ Coming in June: Torchwood!. bigfinish.com/news. Big Finish Productions (16 February 2017). Retrieved on 14 January, 2018.
  7. ↑ Torchwood - Coming in July!. bigfinish.com/news. Big Finish Productions (18 March 2017). Retrieved on 14 January, 2018.
  8. ↑ Torchwood Latest!. bigfinish.com/news. Big Finish Productions (21 April 2017). Retrieved on 14 January, 2018.
  9. ↑ Torchwood - Series 5 - Cover Art and Synopses Revealed. bigfinish.com/news. Big Finish Productions (2 August 2017). Retrieved on 14 January, 2018.
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