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|name            = {{StoryTitle}}
|image          = Made You Look cover.jpg
|image          = Made You Look cover.jpg
|series         = [[Big Finish Torchwood series|Big Finish ''Torchwood'' series]]
|number         = 12
|number         = 2.6
|story number   = 2.6
|main character  = [[Gwen Cooper]]
|range          = BFTW
|featuring      = [[Rhys Williams]]
|number in range = 12
|enemy          =  
|main character  = [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]]
|setting        = [[Talmouth]], [[Wales]], [[2016]]                    
|featuring      = [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]]
|writer          = [[Guy Adams (writer)|Guy Adams]]
|enemy          = [[Darkness (Made You Look)|The Darkness]]
|setting        = [[Talmouth]], [[winter]] [[2010s]]
|writer          = Guy Adams
|director        = [[Scott Handcock]]
|director        = [[Scott Handcock]]
|producer        = [[James Goss]]
|music          = [[Blair Mowat]]
|music          = [[Blair Mowat]]
|sound          = [[Steve Foxon]]
|sound          = [[Steve Foxon]]
|cover          = [[Lee Binding]]
|cover          = [[Lee Binding]]
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|publisher      = Big Finish Productions
|release date    = [[2 August (releases)|2 August]] [[2016 (releases)|2016]]
|release date    = 2 August 2016
|format          =  
|format          =1 CD<br/>Download
|production code = BFPTWCD12
|production code = BFPTWCD12
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-78575-217-9
|isbn            = ISBN 978-1-78575-217-9 (physical); ISBN 978-1-78575-218-6 (digital)
|series          = ''[[Torchwood - Monthly Range]]''
|prev            = Broken (audio story)
|prev            = Broken (audio story)
|next            = The Torchwood Archive (audio story)
|next            = Visiting Hours (audio story)
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/torchwood-made-you-look-trailer
|soundcloudtrailer = soundcloud.com/big-finish/torchwood-made-you-look-trailer
|trailer =  
|epcount = 1
}}'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixth and final audio story in the second season of the [[Big Finish Torchwood series|Big Finish ''Torchwood'' series]]. It featured [[Eve Myles]] as [[Gwen Cooper]].
}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the twelfth 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 ==
"It stalks you. It whispers. It wants you to turn around. It wants you to look. But if you do... If you see it..."
"It stalks you. It whispers. It wants you to turn around. It wants you to look. But if you do... If you see it..."


[[Talmouth]] is a lonely seaside town. No-one has heard from it for days. No-one who goes in comes out. Something has happened to Talmouth. Has it been taken over by aliens? Or is it something far, far worse?
[[Talmouth]] is a lonely seaside [[town]]. No-one has heard from it for days. No-one who goes in comes out. Something has happened to Talmouth. Has it been taken over by aliens? Or is it something far, far worse?


[[Gwen Cooper]]'s come to Talmouth to find out. What's happened has to be seen to be believed. But by the time you've seen it, you're already dead.
[[Gwen Cooper]]'s come to Talmouth to find out. What's happened has to be seen to be believed. But by the time you've seen it, you're already dead.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
''to be added''
After seeing a [[video]] of two people dying in [[Talmouth]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] goes to investigate the deserted town and catches a glimpse of the [[Darkness (Made You Look)|Darkness]] out of the corner of her; if she sees it two more times, it says, she will die. She meets [[James (Made You Look)|James]], a homeless man who explains that the Darkness has killed almost the entire town in only three days, but he runs away when he hears the Darkness's voice and dies when he sees it for the third time. Gwen catches her second glimpse as the Darkness feeds on James, needing to see what it was doing to him, and then goes looking for other survivors.
 
Gwen meets [[Rhodes (Made You Look)|Mrs Rhodes]], who is unaware of the situation in Talmouth because of her [[blindness]], at [[Barchester Rest]] and runs away with her when she detects the Darkness with her superior hearing. They flee to the [[beach]] when the [[fog]] thickens and cars start driving themselves at them, although Mrs Rhodes points out that she was safe anyway given her blindness, and they walk for over an hour as the beach seems to stretch. The Darkness disturbs Gwen by showing her a vision of Mrs Rhodes [[sewing]] her fingers together and tries to get her to see him by mimicking Mrs Rhodes's voice, but she realises the deception as she never told her her name.
 
Told by the Darkness that [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]] is on his way to Talmouth, Gwen keeps trying to call him and has Mrs Rhodes, once she finds her, lead her to the [[promenade]] whilst she keeps her eyes closed. The Darkness tries to tempt her into opening her eyes by claiming that her questions about his nature would be answered if she did so and by telling her that Rhys's [[car]] is approaching, but Mrs Rhodes reveals that this is not the case. They walk away from the Darkness and Gwen opens her eyes when she hears Rhys arrive.


== Cast ==
== Cast ==
* [[Gwen Cooper]] - [[Eve Myles]]
* [[Gwen Cooper]] - [[Eve Myles]]
* [[Darkness]] - [[Matthew Gravelle]]
* [[Darkness (Made You Look)|Darkness]] - [[Matthew Gravelle]]
* Mrs [[Rhodes (Made You Look)|Rhodes]] - [[Marilyn Le Conte]]
* [[Rhodes (Made You Look)|Mrs Rhodes]] - [[Marilyn Le Conte]]
* [[James (Made You Look)|James]] - [[Ross Ford]]
* [[James (Made You Look)|James]] - [[Ross Ford]]
* [[Rhys Williams]] - [[Kai Owen]]
* [[Rhys Williams]] - [[Kai Owen]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* Rhys once bid on a [[horsebox]] on [[eBay]] by mistake.
* [[The Codfather]] is a [[fish and chips]] shop.
* Gwen mentions [[Christopher Lee]].
* [[Ahmed (Made You Look)|Ahmed]] ran a shop.
* Gwen rings the doorbell of [[Hideaway Bed and Breakfast]] and the [[Bolingbroke Hotel]].
* [[Montague (Made You Look)|Mr Montague]] drowned in his [[soup]].
* Gwen mentions [[Anwen Williams|Anwen]].
* Mrs Rhodes listens to ''[[The Archers]]''.
* Gwen mentions the [[observer effect]], which she once read about online.
* [[Rosie (Made You Look)|Rosie]] cleaned for Mrs Rhodes.
* Mrs Rhodes is [[blindness|blind]] because of [[glaucoma]].
* [[Martin Humphries]] used to taunt other children.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This story was recorded on [[6 May (production)|6 May]] [[2016 (production)|2016]] by [[Doug Sinclair]] at [[Bang Post Productions]] in [[Cardiff]].
[[File:Make You Look Textless.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
* This story was recorded on [[6 May (production)|6 May]] [[2016 (production)|2016]] by [[Doug Sinclair]] at [[Bang Post Production]] in [[Cardiff]]. [[Russell T Davies]] was present with [[Eve Myles]] for this recording.<ref>https://twitter.com/BangPostPro/status/729035683508137985</ref>


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
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Made You Look was the twelfth story in the Torchwood - Monthly Range by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Guy Adams and featured Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper.

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

"It stalks you. It whispers. It wants you to turn around. It wants you to look. But if you do... If you see it..."

Talmouth is a lonely seaside town. No-one has heard from it for days. No-one who goes in comes out. Something has happened to Talmouth. Has it been taken over by aliens? Or is it something far, far worse?

Gwen Cooper's come to Talmouth to find out. What's happened has to be seen to be believed. But by the time you've seen it, you're already dead.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

After seeing a video of two people dying in Talmouth, Gwen goes to investigate the deserted town and catches a glimpse of the Darkness out of the corner of her; if she sees it two more times, it says, she will die. She meets James, a homeless man who explains that the Darkness has killed almost the entire town in only three days, but he runs away when he hears the Darkness's voice and dies when he sees it for the third time. Gwen catches her second glimpse as the Darkness feeds on James, needing to see what it was doing to him, and then goes looking for other survivors.

Gwen meets Mrs Rhodes, who is unaware of the situation in Talmouth because of her blindness, at Barchester Rest and runs away with her when she detects the Darkness with her superior hearing. They flee to the beach when the fog thickens and cars start driving themselves at them, although Mrs Rhodes points out that she was safe anyway given her blindness, and they walk for over an hour as the beach seems to stretch. The Darkness disturbs Gwen by showing her a vision of Mrs Rhodes sewing her fingers together and tries to get her to see him by mimicking Mrs Rhodes's voice, but she realises the deception as she never told her her name.

Told by the Darkness that Rhys is on his way to Talmouth, Gwen keeps trying to call him and has Mrs Rhodes, once she finds her, lead her to the promenade whilst she keeps her eyes closed. The Darkness tries to tempt her into opening her eyes by claiming that her questions about his nature would be answered if she did so and by telling her that Rhys's car is approaching, but Mrs Rhodes reveals that this is not the case. They walk away from the Darkness and Gwen opens her eyes when she hears Rhys arrive.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

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Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

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

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]