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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
A [[ | A [[séance]] is being held at [[The House of the Dead]] pub in Wales, where people have gathered to witness their loved ones return to them. [[Ianto Jones]] is currently situated at the pub, waiting for [[Gwen Cooper]] to arrive. As [[Evadne Wintergreen|Mrs Wintergreen]] conducts her seance, several objects of furniture are sent flying, and the words "JAC" are spelled out on a [[Ouija board]], announcing the arrival of [[Captain Jack Harkness]]. | ||
Jack warns the patrons at the pub to leave and for Wintergreen to stop the seance. They do not comply. He embraces Ianto with unusually strong feeling and they assess the situation at hand. A fuse goes out in the pub, prompting Barry the barman to go change it. Jack follows him with a flashlight and tries to reason with Barry to call off the contact with the ghosts, but Barry is too wistful to cut short the last night his haunted pub will ever enjoy business. Barry is upset by the thought that the pub is going to be torn down soon, and this may be their last chance to speak with loved ones they have lost. He has also kept the bar open in memory of his departed wife. Jack's insistence against the seance prompts Barry to ask for his torch; he then clubs Jack over the head with it. Ianto comes down to find Jack and helps him recover from the sneak attack. Jack informs Ianto that [[Syriath]], an entity from the oldest universe of all, one before time itself, is waiting on the other side, just beneath the Cardiff Rift. The contact Wintergreen keeps making could allow her to cross over into the living world if she continues to reach out. | Jack warns the patrons at the pub to leave and for Wintergreen to stop the seance. They do not comply. He embraces Ianto with unusually strong feeling and they assess the situation at hand. A fuse goes out in the pub, prompting Barry the barman to go change it. Jack follows him with a flashlight and tries to reason with Barry to call off the contact with the ghosts, but Barry is too wistful to cut short the last night his haunted pub will ever enjoy business. Barry is upset by the thought that the pub is going to be torn down soon, and this may be their last chance to speak with loved ones they have lost. He has also kept the bar open in memory of his departed wife. Jack's insistence against the seance prompts Barry to ask for his torch; he then clubs Jack over the head with it. Ianto comes down to find Jack and helps him recover from the sneak attack. Jack informs Ianto that [[Syriath]], an entity from the oldest universe of all, one before time itself, is waiting on the other side, just beneath the Cardiff Rift. The contact Wintergreen keeps making could allow her to cross over into the living world if she continues to reach out. | ||
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* Although promoted, along with the other two ''Lost Files'' stories as taking place prior to ''[[Series 3 (Torchwood)|Children of Earth]]'', the story actually takes place between the mini-series and ''[[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Miracle Day]]''. | * Although promoted, along with the other two ''Lost Files'' stories as taking place prior to ''[[Series 3 (Torchwood)|Children of Earth]]'', the story actually takes place between the mini-series and ''[[Series 4 (Torchwood)|Miracle Day]]''. | ||
* [[Gwen Cooper]] does not appear in audio, though [[Eve Myles]] does portray the character's voice for the story; instead it is Syriath impersonating her voice to Ianto. This is justified, given the fact that this audio occurs six months after the events of ''[[Children of Earth]]'', and Gwen was now in her second trimester of pregnancy. She would not be able to participate in Torchwood affairs, as it held the potential to threaten her baby's well-being. | * [[Gwen Cooper]] does not appear in audio, though [[Eve Myles]] does portray the character's voice for the story; instead it is Syriath impersonating her voice to Ianto. This is justified, given the fact that this audio occurs six months after the events of ''[[Children of Earth]]'', and Gwen was now in her second trimester of pregnancy. She would not be able to participate in Torchwood affairs, as it held the potential to threaten her baby's well-being. | ||
* Jack is seen wearing the right-handed [[resurrection gauntlet]] on the promotional cover for this story, but both gauntlets were previously destroyed by Torchwood. This one was shot to pieces by [[Toshiko Sato]] to stop [[Suzie Costello]] from reviving in ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie]]''. Likewise, Gwen Cooper does not actually appear in this story; Syriath poses as her voice. The use of the gauntlet prop in the photograph could be a framing device associated with the theme of the dead coming back to life. | * Jack is seen wearing the right-handed [[resurrection gauntlet]] on the promotional cover for this story, but both gauntlets were previously destroyed by Torchwood. This one was shot to pieces by [[Toshiko Sato]] to stop [[Suzie Costello]] from reviving in ''[[They Keep Killing Suzie (TV story)|They Keep Killing Suzie]]''. Likewise, Gwen Cooper does not actually appear in this story; Syriath poses as her voice. The use of the gauntlet prop in the photograph could be a framing device associated with the theme of the dead coming back to life. | ||
* The music that plays as Jack recounts Ianto's death to him is a more solemn variation of [[Murray Gold]]'s "Death Of Toshiko" track that plays when she passes on in ''[[Exit Wounds]]''. | * The music that plays as Jack recounts Ianto's death to him is a more solemn variation of [[Murray Gold]]'s "Death Of Toshiko" track that plays when she passes on in ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]''. | ||
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* Jack says Ianto died 6 months ago, placing this during [[March]] [[2010]], just before Jack leaves Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Four]]'', ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'') | * Jack says Ianto died 6 months ago, placing this during [[March]] [[2010]], just before Jack leaves Earth. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Four]]'', ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'') | ||
* Ianto asks if he got a funeral. He is given a proper burial in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Shrouded (comic story)|Shrouded]]''. | * Ianto asks if he got a funeral. He is given a proper burial in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Shrouded (comic story)|Shrouded]]''. | ||
* Ianto's father says that the others who have died that Ianto and Jack care about would return, including [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Toshiko Sato|Toshiko]], and [[Lisa Hallett|Lisa]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cyberwoman]]'', ''[[Exit Wounds]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lost Souls (audio story)|Lost Souls]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One]]'', ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five]]'') | * Ianto's father says that the others who have died that Ianto and Jack care about would return, including [[Owen Harper|Owen]], [[Toshiko Sato|Toshiko]], and [[Lisa Hallett|Lisa]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Cyberwoman (TV story)|Cyberwoman]]'', ''[[Exit Wounds (TV story)|Exit Wounds]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lost Souls (audio story)|Lost Souls]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day One (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day One]]'', ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'') | ||
* The Cardiff Rift is sealed forever, thus concluding one of the major concerns for Torchwood Three's operations. Without the increased presence of alien activity in Wales as a result of its closing, Torchwood Three loses its biggest premise to remain active. This contributes to Jack's reasons to disband the branch. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'') | * The Cardiff Rift is sealed forever, thus concluding one of the major concerns for Torchwood Three's operations. Without the increased presence of alien activity in Wales as a result of its closing, Torchwood Three loses its biggest premise to remain active. This contributes to Jack's reasons to disband the branch. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]'') | ||