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|image = Skypoint TW.png | |||
|caption = Illustration of this story from [[TM 24]] | |||
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|main character = [[Jack Harkness|Jack]], [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]], [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] | |||
|featuring = [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]] | |||
|enemy = [[Besnik Lucca]], [[Mr Pickles]] | |||
|setting = [[Cardiff]], [[2000s]] | |||
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|series = Unproduced Torchwood TV stories | |||
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'''''SkyPoint''''' was an unproduced ''[[Torchwood (TV series)|Torchwood]]'' television story written by [[Phil Ford]]. The story was intended as an episode in [[Series 2 (Torchwood)|series 2]], before being replaced by {{cs|Something Borrowed (TV story)}}, another story pitched by Ford. The episode would have followed a Torchwood investigation into a series of disappearances at an apartment block. The episode remained unproduced as lead writer [[Chris Chibnall]] disliked the apartment setting. The story was later [[SkyPoint (novel)|adapted into a novel]]. It was featured on "The Lost Episodes" article of [[TM 24]].<ref name="SkyPoint">{{Cite book|title=[[TM 24|Torchwood Magazine: Issue 24]]|date=28 October 2010|page=43|publisher=[[Titan Magazines]]}}</ref> | |||
== Plot outline == | |||
After a series of disappearances at SkyPoint, Cardiff's new and "most desirable" apartment block, Torchwood Three begin an undercover investigation. | |||
== Notes == | |||
* Earlier drafts of the story depicted a "run-down" apartment, rather than a new one. Ford stated that he was inspired to change it by the sight of new tower blocks being built every time he visited Cardiff, recalling one particular occasion at Cardiff Station and seeing several cranes across the cityscape.<ref name="SkyPoint"></ref> | |||
* Regarding the story's novel adaption, Ford stated: "When I got approached to write one of the novels, I thought, I always did like that idea! It's great when there's an opportunity to use an idea that's been in the bottom drawer."<ref name="SkyPoint"></ref> | |||
== Footnotes == | |||
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{{Unproduced stories}} | |||
[[Category:Unproduced Torchwood TV stories]] | |||
Latest revision as of 04:16, 4 November 2024
SkyPoint was an unproduced Torchwood television story written by Phil Ford. The story was intended as an episode in series 2, before being replaced by Something Borrowed [+]Loading...["Something Borrowed (TV story)"], another story pitched by Ford. The episode would have followed a Torchwood investigation into a series of disappearances at an apartment block. The episode remained unproduced as lead writer Chris Chibnall disliked the apartment setting. The story was later adapted into a novel. It was featured on "The Lost Episodes" article of TM 24.[1]
Plot outline[[edit] | [edit source]]
After a series of disappearances at SkyPoint, Cardiff's new and "most desirable" apartment block, Torchwood Three begin an undercover investigation.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Earlier drafts of the story depicted a "run-down" apartment, rather than a new one. Ford stated that he was inspired to change it by the sight of new tower blocks being built every time he visited Cardiff, recalling one particular occasion at Cardiff Station and seeing several cranes across the cityscape.[1]
- Regarding the story's novel adaption, Ford stated: "When I got approached to write one of the novels, I thought, I always did like that idea! It's great when there's an opportunity to use an idea that's been in the bottom drawer."[1]
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Torchwood Magazine: Issue 24 p. 43. Titan Magazines (28 October 2010).
