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|main character = [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]] | |main character = [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]], [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]], [[Jack Harkness|Jack]] | ||
|featuring | |featuring = Anwen Williams | ||
|enemy = [[The Evolved]] | |enemy = [[The Evolved]] | ||
|setting = [[Wales]], [[2015]] | |setting = [[North Wales]], [[2015]] | ||
|writer = [[Emma Reeves]] | |writer = [[Emma Reeves]] | ||
|director = [[Scott Handcock]] | |director = [[Scott Handcock]] | ||
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|next = One Rule (audio story) | |next = One Rule (audio story) | ||
|soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/torchwoodforgotten-lives-trailer | |soundcloudtrailer = https://soundcloud.com/big-finish/torchwoodforgotten-lives-trailer | ||
|producer = [[James Goss]]}}{{audio stub}} | |producer = [[James Goss]] | ||
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'''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story in the [[Big Finish Torchwood series|''Torchwood'' audio series]] by [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish Productions.]] It was written by [[Emma Reeves]] and featured [[Eve Myles]] as [[Gwen Cooper]] and [[Kai Owen]] as [[Rhys Williams]]. | '''''{{StoryTitle}}''''' was the third story in the [[Big Finish Torchwood series|''Torchwood'' audio series]] by [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish Productions.]] It was written by [[Emma Reeves]] and featured [[Eve Myles]] as [[Gwen Cooper]] and [[Kai Owen]] as [[Rhys Williams]]. | ||
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It has been four years since [[Miracle Day|the Miracle]], and [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] and [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]]'s lives have gone back to normal, very normal. They're raising [[Anwen Williams|their daughter]] (they've got pictures they'd be only too happy to show you), they're living in a nice house, and they're almost on top of the laundry. | It has been four years since [[Miracle Day|the Miracle]], and [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] and [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]]'s lives have gone back to normal, very normal. They're raising [[Anwen Williams|their daughter]] (they've got pictures they'd be only too happy to show you), they're living in a nice house, and they're almost on top of the laundry. | ||
[[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]] has been missing from the world and their lives for a long time. But late one night the phone rings, and they're summoned to an isolated part of [[North Wales]]. The [[Bryn Offa Residential Home|Bryn Offa Nursing Home]] contains a dark secret, an alien threat, and someone who really shouldn't be there. | |||
Gwen and Rhys are about to discover that Torchwood stays with you for the rest of your life. | Gwen and Rhys are about to discover that [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]] stays with you for the rest of your life. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be | [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] receives a [[phone]] call from [[Elunedd|an elderly Welsh-speaking woman]] who mentions [[Jack Harkness|Jack]]. She and [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]] go to [[Bryn Offa Residential Home]] to investigate and meet [[Griffith (Forgotten Lives)|Mr Griffith]], an old man with an [[United States of America|American]] accent who claims to be Jack, calling them by their names and mentioning the [[Torchwood SUV|SUV]]. | ||
[[Gary (Forgotten Lives)|Gary]] takes them inside and they convince him that Mr Griffith is a relative. Mr Griffith hot-wires Gwen and Rhys's car and manages to convince them that he is Jack, driving away with them and saying that they have to stop [[the Evolved]]'s experiments. After a false start at the wrong [[slagheap]], they find a Torchwood cache by the [[Wrexham]] bypass and get a [[bio-stabiliser]] for Jack but find that there is now someone else inside Mr Griffiths' body: [[Ceri (Forgotten Lives)|Ceri]], a fifteen-year-old girl. Ceri tells Gwen and Rhys that she is a [[beggar]] who found herself in the body of an old woman at Bryn Offa before becoming Mr Griffith. | |||
The three plan for Ceri to return to Bryn Offa and, at night, let Gwen and Rhys in. However, they are caught by Gary who invites them in to talk to stop them from calling the [[police]]. Gwen draws a [[Mulifinian disintegrator]] and interrogates Gary about the [[drug]]s that they are giving the patients before Jack returns to Mr Griffith's body and tells her that Gary knows nothing. After telling Gwen about [[the Committee]] and the Evolved, the two are approached by Elunedd, who claims to be [[Anwen Williams|Anwen]]. Gwen calls [[Mary Cooper|her mother]] and asks to speak to Anwen, who is speaking fluent [[Welsh language|Welsh]] as Elunedd does. | |||
Rhys is taken over by an Evolved and asks Gary to accept their "gift". Jack traps them in a [[force field]] around Bryn Offa and tells them to leave, but they give their gift to Gary, sending him away. Jack offers to join the Evolved in return for them restoring Rhys, Anwen and the minds of the others that they swapped. He tells Gwen that he will return and is teleported away. | |||
To cover up what has happened, Gwen calls in "a few favours". She and Rhys agree that, whilst Anwen will always come first, they cannot keep her safe without restarting [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]]. Rhys says that, the next time aliens try to invade Earth, he wants to be ready. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* [[Elunedd]] - [[Valmai Jones]] | * [[Elunedd]] - [[Valmai Jones]] | ||
* [[Gary (Forgotten Lives)|Gary]] - [[Seán Carlsen]] | * [[Gary (Forgotten Lives)|Gary]] - [[Seán Carlsen]] | ||
* [[Ceri (Forgotten Lives)|Ceri]]/ | * [[Ceri (Forgotten Lives)|Ceri]]/[[Bevan (Forgotten Lives)|Nurse Bevan]] - [[Emma Reeves]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
* Rhys jokes about not getting [[Radio 2]] in [[North Wales]]. | |||
* Rhys drove all the routes around North Wales with his uncle [[Mike (Forgotten Lives)|Mike]], which he says inspired him to get into [[haulage]]. They used to drive an extra hour to get to [[Hot Buns]] in the [[1980s]] for [[bacon]] baps and [[chips]] and [[curry sauce]]. | |||
* Gwen and Rhys have been keeping low since [[Miracle Day]]. As Rhys was too well-known in his industry, he has quit [[Harwood's Haulage|Harwood's]]. | |||
* Gwen says that Bryn Offa might be a cover for alien experiments or a [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] detention centre for the "inconveniently temporally-displaced". | |||
* Jack asks about the [[Torchwood SUV]]. | |||
* Gary says that Jack has been mentioning [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]] and [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]]. | |||
* Griffith is 93 years old. He has survived five [[heart attack]]s. | * Griffith is 93 years old. He has survived five [[heart attack]]s. | ||
* Both Gwen and Rhys have poor knowledge of the [[Welsh language]]. | * Elunedd performed a [[piano]] piece at the [[1936]] [[Llanilar]] [[eisteddfod]]. | ||
* [[ | * [[Kelly (Forgotten Lives)|Dr Kelly]], [[Matty (Forgotten Lives)|Matty]] and [[Bethan (Forgotten Lives)|Bethan]] work at Bryn Offa. | ||
* | * Both Gwen and Rhys have poor knowledge of the [[Welsh language]]. Rhys says that he only knows how to ask to go to the toilet. | ||
* Torchwood has a storage facility under [[Wrexham]] bypass. | * Anwen is staying with [[Mary Cooper|Mary]]. | ||
* Anwen is now going to [[school]]. | |||
* Jack says that he needs a [[bio-stabiliser]]. Gwen used to watch [[Owen Harper|Owen]] use one. | |||
* Torchwood has a storage facility under [[Wrexham]] bypass. It can be accessed by a [[biometrically-coded portal]] disguised as a [[rock]] shaped like a [[heart]]. | |||
* [[Ceri's mother (Forgotten Lives)|Ceri's mother]] told her that she was "wrong in the head". | |||
* The [[Mulifinian disintegrator]], or Mulf-GP-6, is banned by the [[Shadow Proclamation]] throughout the [[universe]]. It looks like a pink [[hair dryer]] because pink is the traditional [[colour]] of fighting in the [[Mulifane System]] and is powered by three mini [[black hole]]s. | |||
* Mr Griffith has [[Arthritis|rheumatoid arthritis]]. | |||
* Jack's body is stuck on [[Peritus IV]] in [[Omega Centauri]], about twelve [[parsec]]s from the [[central black hole]]. | |||
* [[The Committee]] pushed [[the Three Families]] into causing [[Miracle Day|the Miracle]]. | |||
* Gary did a 10K for [[cancer]] and a [[triathlon]]. | |||
* Gary says that he likes [[Gary's dogs (Forgotten Lives)|his dogs]], [[Shane (Forgotten Lives)|Shane]] and [[Gary's mother (Forgotten Lives)|his mother]]. | |||
* Jack mistakes [[Llangollen]] for [[Swansea]]. | * Jack mistakes [[Llangollen]] for [[Swansea]]. | ||
* | * Jack says that he has thousands of years of travelling in time. | ||
* Griffith | * Mr Griffith calls Gary a [[poof]]. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Although the synopsis says that it has been four years since [[Miracle Day]], Gwen and Rhys both say that it has been five. Similarly, the synopsis names the facility "Bryn Offa Care Home" whilst the sign outside says "Bryn Offa Residential Home". | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
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* Gwen and Rhys respectively remind Jack in [[Griffith (Forgotten Lives)|Griffith]]'s body that there is no [[Torchwood SUV]] or [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood Hub]] anymore. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'') | * Gwen and Rhys respectively remind Jack in [[Griffith (Forgotten Lives)|Griffith]]'s body that there is no [[Torchwood SUV]] or [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood Hub]] anymore. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'') | ||
* Gwen notes that [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'') and [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Four]]'') are "no longer with us." | * Gwen notes that [[Toshiko Sato|Tosh]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'') and [[Ianto Jones|Ianto]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Four]]'') are "no longer with us." | ||
* Rhys mentions how Gwen was a [[police officer]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Everything Changes (TV story)|Everything Changes]]'') | |||
* Gwen says that Torchwood still exists as secret stores, which she and Rhys have raided. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Army of One (audio story)|Army of One]]'') | * Gwen says that Torchwood still exists as secret stores, which she and Rhys have raided. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Army of One (audio story)|Army of One]]'') | ||
* Jack has been pursuing [[the Committee]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Conspiracy (audio story)|The Conspiracy]]'') since after [[Miracle Day|the Miracle]] in [[2011]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Blood Line (TV story)|The Blood Line]]'') | * Jack has been pursuing [[the Committee]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Conspiracy (audio story)|The Conspiracy]]'') since after [[Miracle Day|the Miracle]] in [[2011]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Blood Line (TV story)|The Blood Line]]'') | ||
Revision as of 16:05, 15 July 2020
Forgotten Lives was the third story in the Torchwood audio series by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Emma Reeves and featured Eve Myles as Gwen Cooper and Kai Owen as Rhys Williams.
Publisher's summary
It has been four years since the Miracle, and Gwen and Rhys's lives have gone back to normal, very normal. They're raising their daughter (they've got pictures they'd be only too happy to show you), they're living in a nice house, and they're almost on top of the laundry.
Captain Jack Harkness has been missing from the world and their lives for a long time. But late one night the phone rings, and they're summoned to an isolated part of North Wales. The Bryn Offa Nursing Home contains a dark secret, an alien threat, and someone who really shouldn't be there.
Gwen and Rhys are about to discover that Torchwood stays with you for the rest of your life.
Plot
Gwen receives a phone call from an elderly Welsh-speaking woman who mentions Jack. She and Rhys go to Bryn Offa Residential Home to investigate and meet Mr Griffith, an old man with an American accent who claims to be Jack, calling them by their names and mentioning the SUV.
Gary takes them inside and they convince him that Mr Griffith is a relative. Mr Griffith hot-wires Gwen and Rhys's car and manages to convince them that he is Jack, driving away with them and saying that they have to stop the Evolved's experiments. After a false start at the wrong slagheap, they find a Torchwood cache by the Wrexham bypass and get a bio-stabiliser for Jack but find that there is now someone else inside Mr Griffiths' body: Ceri, a fifteen-year-old girl. Ceri tells Gwen and Rhys that she is a beggar who found herself in the body of an old woman at Bryn Offa before becoming Mr Griffith.
The three plan for Ceri to return to Bryn Offa and, at night, let Gwen and Rhys in. However, they are caught by Gary who invites them in to talk to stop them from calling the police. Gwen draws a Mulifinian disintegrator and interrogates Gary about the drugs that they are giving the patients before Jack returns to Mr Griffith's body and tells her that Gary knows nothing. After telling Gwen about the Committee and the Evolved, the two are approached by Elunedd, who claims to be Anwen. Gwen calls her mother and asks to speak to Anwen, who is speaking fluent Welsh as Elunedd does.
Rhys is taken over by an Evolved and asks Gary to accept their "gift". Jack traps them in a force field around Bryn Offa and tells them to leave, but they give their gift to Gary, sending him away. Jack offers to join the Evolved in return for them restoring Rhys, Anwen and the minds of the others that they swapped. He tells Gwen that he will return and is teleported away.
To cover up what has happened, Gwen calls in "a few favours". She and Rhys agree that, whilst Anwen will always come first, they cannot keep her safe without restarting Torchwood. Rhys says that, the next time aliens try to invade Earth, he wants to be ready.
Cast
- Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
- Rhys Williams - Kai Owen
- Griffith - Philip Bond
- Elunedd - Valmai Jones
- Gary - Seán Carlsen
- Ceri/Nurse Bevan - Emma Reeves
References
- Rhys jokes about not getting Radio 2 in North Wales.
- Rhys drove all the routes around North Wales with his uncle Mike, which he says inspired him to get into haulage. They used to drive an extra hour to get to Hot Buns in the 1980s for bacon baps and chips and curry sauce.
- Gwen and Rhys have been keeping low since Miracle Day. As Rhys was too well-known in his industry, he has quit Harwood's.
- Gwen says that Bryn Offa might be a cover for alien experiments or a UNIT detention centre for the "inconveniently temporally-displaced".
- Jack asks about the Torchwood SUV.
- Gary says that Jack has been mentioning Tosh and Ianto.
- Griffith is 93 years old. He has survived five heart attacks.
- Elunedd performed a piano piece at the 1936 Llanilar eisteddfod.
- Dr Kelly, Matty and Bethan work at Bryn Offa.
- Both Gwen and Rhys have poor knowledge of the Welsh language. Rhys says that he only knows how to ask to go to the toilet.
- Anwen is staying with Mary.
- Anwen is now going to school.
- Jack says that he needs a bio-stabiliser. Gwen used to watch Owen use one.
- Torchwood has a storage facility under Wrexham bypass. It can be accessed by a biometrically-coded portal disguised as a rock shaped like a heart.
- Ceri's mother told her that she was "wrong in the head".
- The Mulifinian disintegrator, or Mulf-GP-6, is banned by the Shadow Proclamation throughout the universe. It looks like a pink hair dryer because pink is the traditional colour of fighting in the Mulifane System and is powered by three mini black holes.
- Mr Griffith has rheumatoid arthritis.
- Jack's body is stuck on Peritus IV in Omega Centauri, about twelve parsecs from the central black hole.
- The Committee pushed the Three Families into causing the Miracle.
- Gary did a 10K for cancer and a triathlon.
- Gary says that he likes his dogs, Shane and his mother.
- Jack mistakes Llangollen for Swansea.
- Jack says that he has thousands of years of travelling in time.
- Mr Griffith calls Gary a poof.
Notes
- Although the synopsis says that it has been four years since Miracle Day, Gwen and Rhys both say that it has been five. Similarly, the synopsis names the facility "Bryn Offa Care Home" whilst the sign outside says "Bryn Offa Residential Home".
Continuity
- Rhys refers to the fact that he used to work for Harwood's Haulage. (TV: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, Meat)
- Gwen and Rhys respectively remind Jack in Griffith's body that there is no Torchwood SUV or Torchwood Hub anymore. (TV: Children of Earth: Day One)
- Gwen notes that Tosh (TV: Exit Wounds) and Ianto (TV: Children of Earth: Day Four) are "no longer with us."
- Rhys mentions how Gwen was a police officer. (TV: Everything Changes)
- Gwen says that Torchwood still exists as secret stores, which she and Rhys have raided. (AUDIO: Army of One)
- Jack has been pursuing the Committee (AUDIO: The Conspiracy) since after the Miracle in 2011. (TV: The Blood Line)
- Gary mentions that Gwen's gun resembles a pink hairdryer. In 2012, Adam Mitchell thought that an alien hairdryer was a gun. (TV: Dalek)
- Jack has learned that the Committee controlled the Three Families. (TV: The Gathering)
- Jack became trapped in Omega Centauri after pursuing the Committee. (AUDIO: The Conspiracy)
- Rhys refers to his friend Banana Boat. (TV: Everything Changes, Something Borrowed)
External links
- Official Forgotten Lives page at bigfinish.com
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