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|image            = Corpse Day (audio story).jpg
|image            = Corpse Day (audio story).jpg
|series            = [[Big Finish Torchwood series|Big Finish ''Torchwood'' series]]
|series            = ''[[Torchwood - Monthly Range]]''
|story number      = 3.3
|story number      = 3.3
|number            = 15
|number            = 15
|range            = BFT
|range            = BFTW
|number in range  = 15
|number in range  = 15
|main character    = [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Andy Davidson|Andy]]
|main character    = [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Andy Davidson|Andy]]
|featuring        =  
|featuring        =  
|enemy            = [[Glynn Lewis]]
|enemy            = [[Glynn Lewis]]
|setting          = [[Cardiff]], [[2000s]]
|setting          = [[Cardiff]], [[2000]]s
|writer            = [[James Goss]]
|writer            = James Goss
|director          = [[Scott Handcock]]
|director          = [[Scott Handcock]]
|sound            = [[Robert Harvey|Rob Harvey]]
|sound            = [[Robert Harvey|Rob Harvey]]
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|producer          = [[James Goss]]
|producer          = [[James Goss]]
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|publisher        = Big Finish Productions
|release date      = [[9 May (releases)|9 May]] [[2017 (releases)|2017]]
|release date      = 9 May 2017
|format            =  
|format            = 1 CD<br/>Download
|production code  = BFPTWCD15
|production code  = BFPTWCD15
|isbn              = ISBN 978-1-78575-639-9
|isbn              = ISBN 978-1-78575-639-9 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78575-640-5 (digital)
|prev              = The Dollhouse (audio story)
|prev              = The Dollhouse (audio story)
|next              = torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor (audio story)
|next              = torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor (audio story)
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/torchwood-corpse-day-trailer
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|epcount = 1
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third audio story in the third season of the [[Big Finish Torchwood series|Big Finish ''Torchwood'' series]].
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the fifteenth story in the ''[[Torchwood - Monthly Range]]'' by [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish Productions.]] It was written by [[James Goss]] and featured [[Burn Gorman]] as [[Owen Harper]] and [[Tom Price]] as [[Andy Davidson]].


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
[[Glynn Lewis]] is just putting up a spice rack when there’s a knock at the door. A knock that will bring a brutal end to his perfect family.
[[Glynn Lewis]] is just putting up a spice rack when there's a knock at the door. A knock that will bring a brutal end to his perfect family.


PC [[Andy Davidson|Andy]] is very excited. It’s [[Corpse Day]] – the day when the local constabulary get help on dead cases from [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]]. This year, he’s volunteered to act as liaison, and he knows he’s going to have a brilliant time.
PC [[Andy Davidson|Andy]] is very excited. It's [[Corpse Day]] – the day when the local constabulary get help on dead cases from [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]]. This year, he's volunteered to act as liaison, and he knows he's going to have a brilliant time.


For Dr [[Owen Harper]], today’s just like any other. There’ll be bloodshed, screaming and murder. At the end of it all, he doesn’t care. After all, life’s just for the living, and he’s long dead.
For Dr [[Owen Harper]], today's just like any other. There'll be bloodshed, screaming and murder. At the end of it all, he doesn't care. After all, life's just for the living, and he's long dead.


== Plot ==
== Plot ==
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* [[Marta (Corpse Day)|Marta]] - [[Rhian Blundell]]
* [[Marta (Corpse Day)|Marta]] - [[Rhian Blundell]]
* [[Desk sergeant (Corpse Day)|Desk Sergeant]] - [[Aly Cruickshank]]
* [[Desk sergeant (Corpse Day)|Desk Sergeant]] - [[Aly Cruickshank]]
* [[Waitress (Corpse Day)|Waitress]] - [[Charlotte O’Leary]]
* [[Waitress (Corpse Day)|Waitress]] - [[Charlotte O'Leary]]


== References ==
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Lee Binding]]
* Director - [[Scott Handcock]]
* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Music - [[Blair Mowat]] and [[Steve Wright (composer)|Steve Wright]]
* Writer & Producer - [[James Goss]]
* Script Editor - [[Steve Tribe]]
* Sound Design - [[Robert Harvey|Rob Harvey]]
* Theme Music - [[Murray Gold]]
 
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Weevil]]s' [[claw]]s are [[poison]]ous.
* [[Weevil]]s' [[claw]]s are [[poison]]ous.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* This is Burn Gorman's debut on a Torchwood audio drama
[[File:Corpse Day Textless.jpg|thumb|Textless cover art]]
* This is [[Burn Gorman]]'s debut on a ''Torchwood'' audio drama.


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* [[Owen Harper|Owen]] has recently died. ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'', ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'')
* [[Owen Harper|Owen]] has recently died. ([[TV]]: ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'', ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'')
* The [[Weevil]]s worship Owen, but "not in a good way". ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'', ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'')
* The [[Weevil]]s worship Owen, but "not in a good way". ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'', ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'')
* Owen can neither eat nor drink. ([[TV]]: ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'', ''[[A Day in the Death (TV story)|A Day in the Death]]'')
* [[Andy Davidson|Andy]] has aspirations of working for [[Torchwood Three]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[End of Days (TV story)|End of Days]]'', ''[[Adrift (TV story)|Adrift]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Corpse Day was the fifteenth story in the Torchwood - Monthly Range by Big Finish Productions. It was written by James Goss and featured Burn Gorman as Owen Harper and Tom Price as Andy Davidson.

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

Glynn Lewis is just putting up a spice rack when there's a knock at the door. A knock that will bring a brutal end to his perfect family.

PC Andy is very excited. It's Corpse Day – the day when the local constabulary get help on dead cases from Torchwood. This year, he's volunteered to act as liaison, and he knows he's going to have a brilliant time.

For Dr Owen Harper, today's just like any other. There'll be bloodshed, screaming and murder. At the end of it all, he doesn't care. After all, life's just for the living, and he's long dead.

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  • This is Burn Gorman's debut on a Torchwood audio drama.

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