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|image         = Long Time Dead.jpg  
novel name= Long Time Dead |
|series         = [[BBC Torchwood novels]]
image=[[File:Long Time Dead.jpg|250px]] |
|number         = 17  
series=[[BBC Torchwood novels]]|
|main character = [[Tom Cutler]]
number= 17 |
|featuring     =  
main character= [[Tom Cutler]]|
|enemy         = [[Suzie Costello]]
featuring= |
|setting        = [[Cardiff]], October 2009  
enemy= [[Suzie Costello]]|
|writer        = Sarah Pinborough
year= [[Cardiff]], October 2009 |
|read by        = [[Indira Varma]]
writer= [[Sarah Pinborough]] |
|publisher     = BBC Books  
publisher= [[BBC Books]] |
|release date   = 4 August 2011
release date= [[4 August]] [[2011]] |
|format         = Softcover Book, 256 pages
format= Softcover Book|
|isbn           = ISBN 1-84990-284-4
isbn= ISBN 1-84990-284-4|
|prev          = First Born (novel)
previous story= [[First Born (novel)|First Born]]|
|next           = The Men Who Sold the World (novel)
next story= [[The Men Who Sold the World]]
}}{{prose stub}}
}}{{prose stub}}
'''Long Time Dead''' was the seventeenth release in the [[BBC Torchwood novels|BBC ''Torchwood'' Novels]] series and served as a prequel to ''[[The New World]]'', as well as a direct sequel to the events of [[Children of Earth]].
'''''Long Time Dead''''' was the seventeenth release in the [[BBC Torchwood novels|BBC ''Torchwood'' Novels]] series and served as a prequel to ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]'', as well as a direct sequel to the events of ''[[Series 3 (Torchwood)|Children of Earth]]''.


== Publisher's summary ==
== Publisher's summary ==
Cardiff Bay. The government has ordered the excavation of the wreckage of a secret underground base. DCI [[Tom Cutler]] is watching from a distance, fascinated by the process. There are people in his dreams. People he feels he should know.
[[Cardiff Bay]]. The government has ordered the excavation of the wreckage of a secret underground base. DCI [[Tom Cutler]] is watching from a distance, fascinated by the process. There are people in his dreams. People he feels he should know.


The disbanded Torchwood Institute spent a century accumulating non-terrestrial artefacts and catching aliens. Who knows what – or who – might still be intact down there. But by the time they find the first body, Suzie Costello is long gone.
The disbanded [[Torchwood Institute]] spent a century accumulating non-terrestrial artefacts and catching aliens. Who knows what – or who – might still be intact down there. But by the time they find the first body, [[Suzie Costello]] is long gone.
 
== Plot ==
''to be added''


== Characters ==
== Characters ==
* [[Tom Cutler]]
=== Torchwood ===
* [[Suzie Costello]]
* [[Suzie Costello]]
* [[Andy Davidson]]
* [[Jack Harkness]]
* [[Jack Harkness]] (flashback/cameo)
* [[Ianto Jones]]
* [[Ianto Jones]] (flashback)
* [[Owen Harper]]
* [[Owen Harper]] (flashback)
* [[Toshiko Sato]]
* [[Toshiko Sato]] (flashback)
 
=== Police ===
* DI [[Tom Cutler]]
* Sergeant [[Andy Davidson]]
* DCI [[Waterman]]
 
=== Government ===
* [[Black (Long Time Dead)|Mr Black]]
* Commander [[Elwood Jackson]]


== References ==
== Worldbuilding ==
''to be added''
* [[MI5]] and [[MI6]] are exploring possible buyers for salvaged [[Torchwood]] technology.


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
''to be added''
* This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.
[[File:Long Time Dead Audiobook.jpg|thumb|right|The Audiobook cover.]]


== Continuity ==
== Continuity ==
* [[Tom Cutler]] appears in [[TWN]]: ''[[Into the Silence]]'' and the events of that story are mentioned several times.
* [[Tom Cutler]] appears in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Into the Silence (novel)|Into the Silence]]'' and the events of that story are mentioned several times.
* Andy has recently been promoted to Sergeant, and is secretly wondering if the promotion is to "shut him up" following his involvement with the recent [[456]] crisis.
* Andy has recently been promoted to Sergeant and is secretly wondering if the promotion is to "shut him up" following his involvement with the recent [[The 456|456]] crisis. ([[TV]]: '' [[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Day Five]]'')
* One of the empty packing crates in the ruins of the Hub is labelled "[[Angelo Colasanto|Colasanto]]". ([[TV]]: ''[[End of the Road (TV story)|End of the Road]]'')
* Suzie recalls shooting Jack through the head. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'')


== Timeline ==
== Audio release ==
* ''Long Time Dead'' occurs one month after the main events of [[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five]]'', but before the epilogue.
* The story was released as an audiobook on download only from the [[AudioGo]] website read by [[Indira Varma]].


== External links ==
* {{Penguin|1087653/torchwood-long-time-dead/}}


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Long Time Dead was the seventeenth release in the BBC Torchwood Novels series and served as a prequel to The New World, as well as a direct sequel to the events of Children of Earth.

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

Cardiff Bay. The government has ordered the excavation of the wreckage of a secret underground base. DCI Tom Cutler is watching from a distance, fascinated by the process. There are people in his dreams. People he feels he should know.

The disbanded Torchwood Institute spent a century accumulating non-terrestrial artefacts and catching aliens. Who knows what – or who – might still be intact down there. But by the time they find the first body, Suzie Costello is long gone.

Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]

to be added

Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]

Torchwood[[edit] | [edit source]]

Police[[edit] | [edit source]]

Government[[edit] | [edit source]]

Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • MI5 and MI6 are exploring possible buyers for salvaged Torchwood technology.

Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.
The Audiobook cover.

Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Tom Cutler appears in PROSE: Into the Silence and the events of that story are mentioned several times.
  • Andy has recently been promoted to Sergeant and is secretly wondering if the promotion is to "shut him up" following his involvement with the recent 456 crisis. (TV: Day Five)
  • One of the empty packing crates in the ruins of the Hub is labelled "Colasanto". (TV: End of the Road)
  • Suzie recalls shooting Jack through the head. (TV: Everything Changes)

Audio release[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • The story was released as an audiobook on download only from the AudioGo website read by Indira Varma.

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