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{{Template:Infobox Torchwood|
| serial_name=Lost Souls
story name = Lost Souls|
| quotes=yes
image = |
| show=TW
series= [[Torchwood]] -<br/> Radio play |
| type=audioplay
number= 1 |
| cast =  
enemy=|
* [[John Barrowman]] – [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack Harkness]]
writer=  [[Joseph Lidster]] |
director = Kate McAll |
producer =  |
broadcast date= Radio 4 - [[10th September]] [[2008]] <br/> CD - [[11th September]] [[2008]]|
previous story = [[Exit Wounds]] |
next story = [[The Stolen Earth]] }}
 
"'''Lost Souls'''" is an original [[BBC]] Radio 4 [[Radio drama|audio play]] written by [[Joseph Lidster]]. It aired on [[10 September]] [[2008]] in the Afternoon Play slot as part of Radio 4's ''Big Bang Day'' which celebrated the switching on of CERN's Large Hadron Collider that same day. An [[MP3|mp3]] version of the audio play will be made available for seven days after broadcast and it is due for release on CD and as a download on [[18 September]] 2008. [[Andrew Marr]] introduced the audio play live from CERN.
 
==Plot==
===Synopsis===
When scientists start to disappear after the Large Hadron Collider was switched on at CERN, Torchwood investigates.
 
==Cast==
* [[John Barrowman]] – [[Captain Jack Harkness]]
* [[Eve Myles]] – [[Gwen Cooper]]
* [[Eve Myles]] – [[Gwen Cooper]]
* [[Gareth David-Lloyd]] – [[Ianto Jones]]
* [[Gareth David-Lloyd]] – [[Ianto Jones]]
* [[Freema Agyeman]] – [[Martha Jones]]
* [[Freema Agyeman]] – [[Martha Jones]]
| guests=
* Lucy Montgomery – Professor Johnson
* [[Lucy Montgomery (actor)|Lucy Montgomery]] – Professor Johnson
* Stephen Critchlow – Dr Harrington
* [[Stephen Critchlow]] – Dr Harrington
* Mark Meadows – Leon Foiret
* Mark Meadows – Leon Foiret
| writer=[[Joseph Lidster]]
| director=Kate McAll<ref>{{cite web
|title=Radio 4 - Big Bang
|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/bigbang/programmes.shtml
|accessdate=2008-08-11
}}</ref>
| date=[[BBC Radio 4]]: [[10 September]] [[2008]]</br><small>[[Compact Disc|CD]] and [[Uploading and downloading|download]]: [[18 September]] [[2008]]</small>
| preceding = "[[Exit Wounds (Torchwood)|Exit Wounds]]"
| following = ''[[Children of Earth]]''
}}
"'''Lost Souls'''" is an original [[BBC Radio 4]] [[Radio drama|audio play]] written by [[Joseph Lidster]] and is a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] from the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[science fiction on television|science fiction television]] series ''[[Torchwood]]'', itself a spin-off from ''[[Doctor Who]]''.<ref name=BBCPR>{{cite web
|title=Radio 4:Big Bang experiment programmes
|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/08_august/07/cern2.shtml
|accessdate=2008-08-11
}}</ref><ref name="Lost Souls Radio 4 page">{{cite web
|title=Torchwood: Lost Souls
|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/bigbang/torchwood.shtml
|accessdate=2008-09-10
}}</ref> It aired on [[10 September]] [[2008]] in the [[The Afternoon Play (BBC)|Afternoon Play]] slot as part of Radio 4's ''Big Bang Day'' which celebrated the switching on of [[CERN]]'s [[Large Hadron Collider]] that same day.<ref name=BBCPR /> An [[MP3|mp3]] version of the audio play will be made available for seven days after broadcast<ref name="Lost Souls Radio 4 page">{{cite web
|title=Torchwood: Lost Souls
|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/bigbang/torchwood.shtml
|accessdate=2008-09-10
}}</ref> and it is due for release on [[Compact Disc|CD]] and as a [[Uploading and downloading|download]] on [[18 September]] 2008.<ref name="Lost Souls">{{cite episode | title = [[Lost Souls (Torchwood)|Lost Souls]] | series = [[Torchwood]] | credits = Writer [[Joseph Lidster]], Producer/Director Kate McAll | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC Radio 4]] | city = [[Cardiff]] | airdate = 2008-09-10}}</ref> [[Andrew Marr]] introduced the audio play live from CERN.<ref name="Lost Souls">{{cite episode | title = [[Lost Souls (Torchwood)|Lost Souls]] | series = [[Torchwood]] | credits = Writer [[Joseph Lidster]], Producer/Director Kate McAll | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC Radio 4]] | city = [[Cardiff]] | airdate = 2008-09-10}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Continuity==
===Synopsis===
*The Torchwood team are still grieving the deaths of their colleagues [[Owen Harper]] and [[Toshiko Sato]].
When scientists start to disappear after the Large Hadron Collider was switched on at CERN, Torchwood investigates.<ref name="Lost Souls Radio 4 page">{{cite web
*They have not seen Martha Jones, who is working for [[UNIT]], since the funeral. Upon greeting Martha, Jack welcomes her with the words "voice of a nightingale", the phrase he greeted her with upon her arrival in the ''Torchwood'' episode "[[Reset (Torchwood story]]".
|title=Torchwood: Lost Souls
*The team are heard in pursuit of recurring ''Torchwood'' monsters [[Weevils]] and reference is made to Martha's fiancé, [[Thomas Milligan]], a character seen in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Last of the Time Lords]]" and her friend Julia Swales, a character seen in ''Doctor Who'' episode "[[Smith and Jones]]".
|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/bigbang/torchwood.shtml
*An alien creature poses as the ghosts of Owen, Toshiko and Ianto's deceased girlfriend, [[Lisa Hallett]], a character seen in ''Torchwood'' episode "[[Cyberwoman]]".
|accessdate=2008-09-10
*Jack uses the phrase "reverse the polarity", a phrase associated with the [[Third Doctor]] in ''Doctor Who''.
}}</ref><ref name="Lost Souls">{{cite episode | title = [[Lost Souls (Torchwood)|Lost Souls]] | series = [[Torchwood]] | credits = Writer [[Joseph Lidster]], Producer/Director Kate McAll | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC Radio 4]] | city = [[Cardiff]] | airdate = 2008-09-10}}</ref>
===Continuity===
The Torchwood team are still grieving the deaths of their colleagues [[Owen Harper]] and [[Toshiko Sato]].<ref name="Exit Wounds">{{cite episode | title = [[Exit Wounds (Torchwood)|Exit Wounds]] | series = [[Torchwood]] | credits = Writer [[Chris Chibnall]], Director [[Ashley Way]], Producers [[Richard Stokes (producer)|Richard Stokes]], Chris Chibnall | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC Two]] | city = [[Cardiff]] | airdate = 2008-04-04}}</ref> They have not seen Martha Jones, who is working for [[UNIT]], since the funeral. Upon greeting Martha, Jack welcomes her with the words "voice of a nightingale", the phrase he greeted her with upon her arrival in the ''Torchwood'' episode "[[Reset (Torchwood)|Reset]]".<ref name="Reset">{{cite episode | title = [[Reset (Torchwood)|Reset]] | series = [[Torchwood]] | credits = Writer [[J. C. Wilsher]], Director [[Ashley Way]], Producers [[Richard Stokes (producer)|Richard Stokes]], [[Chris Chibnall]] | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC Three]] | city = [[Cardiff]] | airdate = 2008-02-13}}</ref> The team are heard in pursuit of recurring ''Torchwood'' monsters [[Weevil (Torchwood)|Weevils]] and reference is made to Martha's [[fiancé]], Thomas Milligan, a character seen in ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "[[Last of the Time Lords]]"<ref name="Last of the Time Lords">{{cite episode | title = [[Last of the Time Lords]] | series = [[Doctor Who]] | credits = Writer [[Russell T. Davies]], Director [[Colin Teague]], Producer [[Phil Collinson]] | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC One]] | city = Cardiff | airdate = 2007-06-30}}</ref> and her friend Julia Swales, a character seen in ''Doctor Who'' episode "[[Smith and Jones (Doctor Who)|Smith and Jones]]".<ref name="Smith and Jones">{{cite episode | title = [[Smith and Jones (Doctor Who)|Smith and Jones]] | series = [[Doctor Who]] | credits = Writer [[Russell T. Davies]], Director [[Charles Palmer (director)|Charles Palmer]], Producer [[Phil Collinson]] | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC One]] | city = Cardiff | airdate = 2007-03-31}}</ref> An alien creature poses as the ghosts of Owen, Toshiko and Ianto's deceased girlfriend, [[List of Torchwood minor characters#Lisa Hallett|Lisa Hallett]], a character seen in ''Torchwood'' episode "[[Cyberwoman]]".<ref name="Cyberwoman">{{cite episode | title = [[Cyberwoman]] | series = [[Torchwood]] | credits = Writer [[Chris Chibnall]], Director [[James Strong (director)|James Strong]], Producers [[Richard Stokes (producer)|Richard Stokes]], [[Chris Chibnall]] | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC Three]] | city = [[Cardiff]] | airdate = 2006-11-05}}</ref> Jack uses the phrase "[[Third Doctor#Reverse the polarity|reverse the polarity]]", a phrase associated with the [[Third Doctor]] in ''Doctor Who''.<ref name="Lost Souls">{{cite episode | title = [[Lost Souls (Torchwood)|Lost Souls]] | series = [[Torchwood]] | credits = Writer [[Joseph Lidster]], Producer/Director Kate McAll | network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC Radio 4]] | city = [[Cardiff]] | airdate = 2008-09-10}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 15:00, 10 September 2008


"Lost Souls" is an original BBC Radio 4 audio play written by Joseph Lidster. It aired on 10 September 2008 in the Afternoon Play slot as part of Radio 4's Big Bang Day which celebrated the switching on of CERN's Large Hadron Collider that same day. An mp3 version of the audio play will be made available for seven days after broadcast and it is due for release on CD and as a download on 18 September 2008. Andrew Marr introduced the audio play live from CERN.

Plot

Synopsis

When scientists start to disappear after the Large Hadron Collider was switched on at CERN, Torchwood investigates.

Cast

Continuity

  • The Torchwood team are still grieving the deaths of their colleagues Owen Harper and Toshiko Sato.
  • They have not seen Martha Jones, who is working for UNIT, since the funeral. Upon greeting Martha, Jack welcomes her with the words "voice of a nightingale", the phrase he greeted her with upon her arrival in the Torchwood episode "Reset (Torchwood story".
  • The team are heard in pursuit of recurring Torchwood monsters Weevils and reference is made to Martha's fiancé, Thomas Milligan, a character seen in Doctor Who episode "Last of the Time Lords" and her friend Julia Swales, a character seen in Doctor Who episode "Smith and Jones".
  • An alien creature poses as the ghosts of Owen, Toshiko and Ianto's deceased girlfriend, Lisa Hallett, a character seen in Torchwood episode "Cyberwoman".
  • Jack uses the phrase "reverse the polarity", a phrase associated with the Third Doctor in Doctor Who.

References

External links

"Lost Souls" at BBC Radio 4's website

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