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|image                  = Blind Summit (audio story).jpg
|image                  = Blind Summit (audio story).jpg
|range                  = Torchwood One (audio series)
|range                  = Torchwood One (audio series)
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|number in series      = 2
|number in series      = 2
|number                = 2.2
|number                = 2.2
|main character        = [[Yvonne Hartman]], [[Ianto Jones]]
|main character        = [[Yvonne Hartman|Yvonne]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]]
|featuring              =  
|featuring              = [[Tommy Pierce|Tommy]]
|enemy                  =  
|enemy                  = [[Pascal Babich|Pascal]], [[Matthew (Blind Summit)|Matthew]]
|setting                = [[London]]
|setting                = [[London]], [[2004]]
|publisher              = Big Finish Productions
|publisher              = Big Finish Productions
|writer                = [[Gareth David-Lloyd]]
|writer                = Gareth David-Lloyd
|director              = [[Barnaby Edwards (actor)|Barnaby Edwards]]
|director              = [[Barnaby Edwards]]
|sound                  = [[Iain Meadows]]
|sound                  = [[Iain Meadows]]
|music                  = [[Blair Mowat]]
|music                  = [[Blair Mowat]]
|cover                  = [[Lee Binding]]
|cover                  = [[Lee Binding]]
|release date          = [[18 July (releases)|18 July]] [[2018 (releases)|2018]]
|release date          = 18 July 2018
|anthology              = ''[[Machines (audio anthology)|Machines]]''
|anthology              = Machines (audio anthology)
|series                = ''[[Torchwood One (audio series)|Torchwood One]]''
|series                = ''[[Torchwood One (audio series)|Torchwood One]]''
|prev                  = The Law Machines (audio story)
|prev                  = The Law Machines (audio story)
|next                  = 9 to 5 (audio story)
|next                  = 9 to 5 (Torchwood One audio story)
}}
|producer = [[James Goss]]
|format = 1 CD<br/>Download<br/>2nd of 3 stories
|production code = BFPTWONE02CD
|isbn = ISBN 978-1-78703-529-4 (physical)<br/>ISBN 978-1-78703-514-0 (digital)|epcount=1
}}{{audio stub}}
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second story in ''[[Machines (audio anthology)|Machines]]''.
'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the second story in ''[[Machines (audio anthology)|Machines]]''.


== Publisher's Summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
[[Ianto Jones]] has just moved to [[London]]. He's broke, has no friends, no future. One day he loses the one thing he's been holding on to, and suddenly people around him are dying. Could a mysterious woman really offer him salvation?
[[Ianto Jones]] has just moved to [[London]]. He's broke, has no friends, no future. One day he loses the one thing he's been holding on to, and suddenly people around him are dying. Could a mysterious woman really offer him salvation?


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== Cast ==
== Cast ==
''to be added''
* [[Yvonne Hartman]] - [[Tracy Ann Oberman|Tracy-Ann Oberman]]
* [[Ianto Jones]] - [[Gareth David-Lloyd]]
* [[Tommy Pierce|Tommy]] - [[Tim Bentinck|Timothy Bentinck]]
* [[Matthew (Blind Summit)|Matthew]] - [[Paterson Joseph]]
* [[Pascal Babich|Pascal]] - [[James Wilby]]
 
== Crew ==
 
* Cover Art - [[Lee Binding]]
* Director - [[Barnaby Edwards]]
* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
* Music - [[Blair Mowat]]
* Producer - [[James Goss]]
* Script Editor - [[Scott Handcock]]
* Sound Design - [[Iain Meadows]]
* Writer - [[Gareth David-Lloyd]]
* Theme Music - [[Murray Gold]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
* [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] is [[Retcon|retconned]] several times by [[Yvonne Hartman|Yvonne]], who is appraising him for Torchwood recruitment.
* [[Willie (Blind Summit)|Willie]] tells Ianto that he can go back to [[Llankok]] or wherever it was that he came from.
* Blind Summit is a research firm which tests, among other things, the Excellium nanodrug. Excellium can be used to make super soldiers, but has a high rejection rate.
* [[Blind Summit]] is a research firm which tests the [[Excellium]] [[nanodrug]].
* The nanogenes in the Excellium formula were created from information obtained from the [[Brett (The War Machines)|Brett]] Archive.
* The nanogenes in the Excellium formula were created from information obtained from the [[Brett (The War Machines)|Brett]] Archive.
* Ianto tracked [[Ianto Jones' father|his father]] down in London. He makes Ianto's life difficult, as he regularly trashes Ianto's flat.
* Ianto tracked [[Ianto Jones' father|his father]] down in London. He makes Ianto's life difficult, as he regularly trashes Ianto's flat.
* Ianto is injected with Excellium, which causes him to remember all the times Yvonne retconned him.
* A "[[Code Black]]" situation is a distress call that calls for available Torchwood agents to come in, guns blazing.
* A "Code Black" situation is a distress call that calls for available Torchwood agents to come in, guns blazing.
* Ianto mentions the [[24-hour bug]].


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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* This story is another prime example of how technology from the Brett Archive has caused trouble for Torchwood over the years. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Law Machines (audio story)|The Law Machines]]'')
* This story is another prime example of how technology from the Brett Archive has caused trouble for Torchwood over the years. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Law Machines (audio story)|The Law Machines]]'')
* Ianto is taught how to make the perfect cup of coffee. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'', ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'')
* Ianto is taught how to make the perfect cup of coffee. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'', ''[[Dead Man Walking (TV story)|Dead Man Walking]]'')
* Ianto remembers events he had forgotten under the influence of retcon. This would later be done by [[Gwen Cooper]], although Gwen was able to do it on her own, without any external influence. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'').
* Ianto remembers events he had forgotten under the influence of [[retcon]]. This would later be done by [[Gwen Cooper]], although Gwen was able to do it on her own, without any external influence. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'')
* [[Kieran Frost]], Torchwood One's Head of Security, is mentioned. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[New Girl (audio story)|New Girl]]'', ''[[Through the Ruins (audio story)|Through the Ruins]]'')


== External links ==
== External links ==
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Latest revision as of 00:05, 22 October 2024

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Blind Summit was the second story in Machines.

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

Ianto Jones has just moved to London. He's broke, has no friends, no future. One day he loses the one thing he's been holding on to, and suddenly people around him are dying. Could a mysterious woman really offer him salvation?

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Willie tells Ianto that he can go back to Llankok or wherever it was that he came from.
  • Blind Summit is a research firm which tests the Excellium nanodrug.
  • The nanogenes in the Excellium formula were created from information obtained from the Brett Archive.
  • Ianto tracked his father down in London. He makes Ianto's life difficult, as he regularly trashes Ianto's flat.
  • A "Code Black" situation is a distress call that calls for available Torchwood agents to come in, guns blazing.
  • Ianto mentions the 24-hour bug.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

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