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|main character = [[Rhys Williams]] | |main character = [[Rhys Williams|Rhys]] | ||
|featuring = Jack Harkness | |featuring = Jack Harkness | ||
|featuring2 = Gwen Cooper | |featuring2 = Gwen Cooper | ||
|featuring3 = Ianto Jones | |featuring3 = Ianto Jones | ||
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|setting = [[Cardiff]], [[2009]] | |setting = [[Cardiff]], [[February]] [[2009]] | ||
|writer = [[James Goss]] | |writer = [[James Goss]] | ||
|read by = [[Kai Owen]] | |read by = [[Kai Owen]] | ||
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|clip = Torchwood Ghost Train | |clip = Torchwood Ghost Train | ||
|epcount = 2 | |epcount = 2 | ||
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== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
It's not easy being [[Rhys Williams]]. You're married to the [[Gwen Cooper|sexiest woman]] in [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]]. She saves the world for a living, you move lorries round in a timely fashion. | It's not easy being [[Rhys Williams]]. You're married to the [[Gwen Cooper|sexiest woman]] in [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]]. She saves the world for a living, you move [[lorry|lorries]] round in a timely fashion. | ||
Suddenly, you've got a mystery of your own. Oh, it starts off being about missing | Suddenly, you've got a mystery of your own. Oh, it starts off being about missing [[fridge]]s. 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 [[Jack Harkness|Captain Jack]] is missing, his wife's dead, and it's up to Rhys to try and put everything right. And find those fridges... | Rhys Williams is going to get to the bottom of it. All by himself, thank you very much. Soon [[Jack Harkness|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 [[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]]. | |||
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== Characters == | == Characters == | ||
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* [[Gwen Cooper]] | * [[Gwen Cooper]] | ||
* [[Ianto Jones]] | * [[Ianto Jones]] | ||
* [[Mandy (Risk Assessment)|Mandy]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
* [[Mandy (Risk Assessment)]] | |||
* [[Facebook]], [[Google]] and [[Wikipedia]] are all mentioned. | * [[Facebook]], [[Google]] and [[Wikipedia]] are all mentioned. | ||
Revision as of 20:03, 13 August 2023
- You may be looking for the comic story.
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.
to be completed
Characters
References
- Mandy (Risk Assessment)
- 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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