The Lincolnshire Poacher (audio story): Difference between revisions

Mysterious signals lead Torchwood to the Moil. 4-1-8-4. Greg likes countryside walks and recording the songs of birds. 3-6-2-7. No one knows the secret of the numbers stations. 1-2-0-5.

How long has Ianto Jones been trapped in the boiler room? 9-7-2-3. Reality is collapsing. 3-5-8-1.

The Lincolnshire Poacher is waiting.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

Greg, a hunter and radio enthusiast who has called and written to Torchwood before, calls Ianto and unsuccessfully tries to tell him about a numbers station. He makes further attempts, including calling a woman on Ianto's bus, the information desk at his supermarket and the pub, and Ianto eventually sets up a shortwave receiver and tunes into the numbers station before calling Greg, although he does not know how he got his phone number. Greg hangs up and Ianto becomes obsessed with the numbers, losing track of time and becoming unable to eat.

Ianto finds himself in the boiler room of Greg's home in the forest, having triangulated Greg's calls three or four months ago and lost his memory due to him being used as a conduit for the numbers. Greg explains that alien technology fell from the sky when he was a young technician and Torchwood left him behind in the Moil, a tear in reality caused by an explosion, to keep it closed with Block Transfer Computations transmitted by numbers stations. By making Ianto take his place, he has got his revenge on Torchwood and leaves, but he passes out and is taken to Lincoln County Hospital.

Greg adjusts to living in the normal world again until he realises that he is still in the Moil. Ianto reveals that the Moil is made up of Greg's memories and that he is barely a person as a result, unable to leave. He apologises to Greg for what Torchwood did to him and leaves him to continue his job. Greg decides that the apology will have to do.

Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]

Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]

Writers - Stewart Pringle and Lauren Mooney
Senior Producer - David Richardson
Additional Themes - Ben Foster
Cover Art - Sean Longmore
Director - Lisa Bowerman
Executive Producers - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
Music - Blair Mowat
Producer & Script Editor - James Goss
Sound Design - Toby Hrycek-Robinson
Theme Music - Murray Gold

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

Ianto calls for Jack.
Ianto speaks to Rhiannon on his mobile phone.
Greg was a technician.
Greg is using a Block Transfer Computation to protect against a rip in reality.
Greg is found beside the B1203, south of Swinhope, and taken to Lincoln County Hospital.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

This audio drama was recorded on 12 May and 22 June 2022 at the Soundhouse.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

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

Official The Lincolnshire Poacher page at bigfinish.com

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-'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the sixty-seventh story in the ''[[Torchwood - Monthly Range]]'' by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Lauren Mooney (writer)|Lauren Mooney]] and [[Stewart Pringle]].
+{{Dab_page|The Lincolnshire Poacher (disambiguation)}}
+'''''The Lincolnshire Poacher''''' was the sixty-seventh story in the ''[[Torchwood - Monthly Range]]'' by [[Big Finish Productions]]. It was written by [[Lauren Mooney (writer)|Lauren Mooney]] and [[Stewart Pringle]].
 == Publisher's summary ==
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 * The Numbers Station - [[Tania Rodrigues]]
 * [[Doctor (The Lincolnshire Poacher)|Doctor]] - [[Hywel Morgan]]
+== Crew ==
+* Writers - [[Stewart Pringle]] and [[Lauren Mooney]]
+* Senior Producer - [[David Richardson]]
+* Additional Themes - [[Ben Foster]]
+* Cover Art - [[Sean Longmore]]
+* Director - [[Lisa Bowerman]]
+* Executive Producers - [[Jason Haigh-Ellery]] and [[Nicholas Briggs]]
+* Music - [[Blair Mowat]]
+* Producer & Script Editor - [[James Goss]]
+* Sound Design - [[Toby Hrycek-Robinson]]
+* Theme Music - [[Murray Gold]]
 == Worldbuilding ==