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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
A number of [[fridge]]s mysteriously vanish from [[Harwood's Haulage|Harwood's]] [[lorry|lorries]] and [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]], suspecting [[alien]]s or [[the Rift]], asks [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] to look into it, but he instead decides to investigate by himself given her apparent lack of interest and being busy with [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]]. | A number of [[fridge]]s mysteriously vanish from [[Harwood's Haulage|Harwood's]] [[lorry|lorries]] and [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]], suspecting [[alien]]s or [[the Rift]], asks [[Gwen Cooper|Gwen]] to look into it, but he instead decides to investigate by himself given her apparent lack of interest and being busy with [[Torchwood Three|Torchwood]]. He plots the drivers' routes and the locations that the missing fridges were last seen on a [[map]], forming an arrow pointing at [[Queen Street station]]. He finds nothing there, however, and notices that a delivery slip he has with him has inexplicably changed to read "Powell knows". Returning to Harwood's, [[Ruth (Meat)|Ruth]] tells him that a Mr Powell has [[Darren (Ghost Train)|Darren]] collect boxes from Queen Street late at night. | ||
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* [[Ianto Jones]] | * [[Ianto Jones]] | ||
* [[Mandy (Risk Assessment)|Mandy]] | * [[Mandy (Risk Assessment)|Mandy]] | ||
* [[Derek (Ghost Train)|Derek]] | |||
* [[Lewis (Ghost Train)|Lewis]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
* [[Mandy (Risk Assessment)]] | * [[Mandy (Risk Assessment)|Mandy]] mentions [[Columbo]]. | ||
* There is a [[Spar]] opposite [[Queen Street station]]. | |||
* The train to [[Radyr]] leaves from Platform 3. | |||
* Mandy puts [[sweetener]] in her [[tea]]. | |||
* Mandy eats [[Jaffa Cake]]s. | |||
* [[Robert Powell]] played [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]]. | |||
* [[Ruth (Meat)|Ruth]] mentions [[Hercule Poirot]]. | |||
* [[Facebook]], [[Google]] and [[Wikipedia]] are all mentioned. | * [[Facebook]], [[Google]] and [[Wikipedia]] are all mentioned. | ||
Revision as of 21:05, 13 August 2023
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Ghost Train was the sixth release of the BBC Torchwood audio stories.
Publisher's summary
It's not easy being Rhys Williams. You're married to the sexiest woman in Torchwood. She saves the world for a living, you move lorries round in a timely fashion.
Suddenly, you've got a mystery of your own. Oh, it starts off being about missing fridges. But it leads to a midnight train pulling into an abandoned platform at Cardiff Station. What is the mysterious cargo that Rhys is unloading from the train? Where's it going? And what can be behind it?
Rhys Williams is going to get to the bottom of it. All by himself, thank you very much. Soon Captain Jack is missing, his wife's dead, and it's up to Rhys to try and put everything right. And find those fridges...
Plot
A number of fridges mysteriously vanish from Harwood's lorries and Rhys, suspecting aliens or the Rift, asks Gwen to look into it, but he instead decides to investigate by himself given her apparent lack of interest and being busy with Torchwood. He plots the drivers' routes and the locations that the missing fridges were last seen on a map, forming an arrow pointing at Queen Street station. He finds nothing there, however, and notices that a delivery slip he has with him has inexplicably changed to read "Powell knows". Returning to Harwood's, Ruth tells him that a Mr Powell has Darren collect boxes from Queen Street late at night.
to be completed
Characters
References
- Mandy mentions Columbo.
- There is a Spar opposite Queen Street station.
- The train to Radyr leaves from Platform 3.
- Mandy puts sweetener in her tea.
- Mandy eats Jaffa Cakes.
- Robert Powell played Jesus.
- Ruth mentions Hercule Poirot.
- Facebook, Google and Wikipedia are all mentioned.
Notes
- The story is told in first person by Rhys.
Continuity
- Ianto is evasive when Rhys suggests that it's possible to hide someone in the Hub, a reference to the events of TV: Cyberwoman.
- Rhys sings a bit of the Harwood's jingle, previously heard in TV: Meat.
- Pound Paradise is mentioned. It was previously mentioned in AUDIO: Department X.
- Rhys mentions the trouble with the ATMOS systems. (TV: The Poison Sky)
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