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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
At the suggestion of his [[doctor]], [[Claudia (Widdershins)|Claudia]], [[Iain Thompson|Iain]] records an audio [[diary]] with the help of his parents, [[Isla Thompson|Isla]] and [[Doug Thompson|Doug]], to give himself a sense of control over a supposed [[alien]] encounter he believes that he experienced. He retells how he was obsessed with the supernatural when he was young and how he walked widdershins, i.e. anti-clockwise, around the [[Church of St Swithun]] and [[Llandyth Rock]], a [[standing stone]], to raise [[the Devil]]. The stone glowed and | At the suggestion of his [[doctor]], [[Claudia (Widdershins)|Claudia]], [[Iain Thompson|Iain]] records an audio [[diary]] with the help of his parents, [[Isla Thompson|Isla]] and [[Doug Thompson|Doug]], to give himself a sense of control over a supposed [[alien]] encounter he believes that he experienced. He retells how he was obsessed with the supernatural when he was young and how he walked widdershins, i.e. anti-clockwise, around the [[Church of St Swithun]] and [[Llandyth Rock]], a [[standing stone]], to raise [[the Devil]]. The stone glowed and he found himself pulled into a fleshy [[spacecraft]] in the [[sky]] with the rest of [[Llandyth]]. He is unable to recall exactly what happened afterwards, but he felt that his [[eyeball]]s left their sockets and saw [[Gloria (Widdershins)|Gloria]] from the [[pub]] disassembled and kept alive with a funnel put into her [[mouth]]. He then understood that the same was happening to him. | ||
Iain awoke in [[bed]] the next [[morning]] and learnt that he and the other villagers had all been missing for three days. They proceeded to be taken by the [[British government|government]] to the [[college]] and interviewed about their whereabouts and whether they had seen anything strange, but Iain felt guilty for walking widdershins around the [[graveyard]] and decided not to tell them about the stone or the ship. The villagers came to believe that they had been the victims of a [[terrorism|terrorist]] [[gas]] attack and were returned home, after which Iain ran clockwise around the stone in the hopes of reversing what he had done. He then met two members of [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]], neither of whom Isla and Doug can recall, and agreed to show them around to ensure that he seemed [[innocence|innocent]]. | |||
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== Worldbuilding == | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[Claudia (Widdershins)|Claudia]] is Iain's [[doctor]]. | * [[Claudia (Widdershins)|Claudia]] is [[Iain Thompson|Iain]]'s [[doctor]]. | ||
* [[Llandyth]] is in [[Pembrokeshire]] and dates back to the [[Bronze Age]]. It has a population of around 600. | * [[Llandyth]] is in [[Pembrokeshire]] and dates back to the [[Bronze Age]]. It has a population of around 600. | ||
* [[Evans (Widdershins)|Mr Evans]] runs Llandyth's local [[shop]]. | * [[Evans (Widdershins)|Mr Evans]] runs Llandyth's local [[shop]]. | ||
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* [[Swithun]] was an [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[miracle]]-worker and a "fan of [[rain]]". | * [[Swithun]] was an [[Anglo-Saxon]] [[miracle]]-worker and a "fan of [[rain]]". | ||
* [[Llandyth Rock]] is a prehistoric [[standing stone]]. | * [[Llandyth Rock]] is a prehistoric [[standing stone]]. | ||
* Three explosions are reported to have happened in [[Baghdad]]. | |||
* [[Doug Thompson|Doug]] offers Iain [[marmalade]] on his [[toast]]. | |||
* [[Jonathan (Widdershins)|Jonathan]] lives next door to the Thompsons. He drinks [[scotch]]. | |||
* [[BTEC]]s were put on hold after the people of Llandyth returned. | |||
* Doug [[sarcasm|sarcastically]] tells Isla that she is not [[Julia Anderson]]. | |||
* Iain received an [[email]] from someone about [[traumic radiation]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
Revision as of 13:04, 8 October 2024
Widdershins was the eighty-eighth story in the Torchwood - Monthly Range by Big Finish Productions.
Publisher's summary
One night long ago, Iain tried to raise the Devil. He walked the wrong way round an ancient stone in the village graveyard. He didn't think anything would happen, not really.
But something did. Something far worse than the Devil came to Llandyth.
And now, many years later, Iain's trying to work out what really happened that night. Did Torchwood ruin his life?
Plot
At the suggestion of his doctor, Claudia, Iain records an audio diary with the help of his parents, Isla and Doug, to give himself a sense of control over a supposed alien encounter he believes that he experienced. He retells how he was obsessed with the supernatural when he was young and how he walked widdershins, i.e. anti-clockwise, around the Church of St Swithun and Llandyth Rock, a standing stone, to raise the Devil. The stone glowed and he found himself pulled into a fleshy spacecraft in the sky with the rest of Llandyth. He is unable to recall exactly what happened afterwards, but he felt that his eyeballs left their sockets and saw Gloria from the pub disassembled and kept alive with a funnel put into her mouth. He then understood that the same was happening to him.
Iain awoke in bed the next morning and learnt that he and the other villagers had all been missing for three days. They proceeded to be taken by the government to the college and interviewed about their whereabouts and whether they had seen anything strange, but Iain felt guilty for walking widdershins around the graveyard and decided not to tell them about the stone or the ship. The villagers came to believe that they had been the victims of a terrorist gas attack and were returned home, after which Iain ran clockwise around the stone in the hopes of reversing what he had done. He then met two members of Torchwood, neither of whom Isla and Doug can recall, and agreed to show them around to ensure that he seemed innocent.
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Cast
Crew
- Senior Producer - John Ainsworth
- Cover Art - Sean Longmore
- Director - Lisa Bowerman
- Executive Producer - Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
- Music - Blair Mowat
- Producer - James Goss
- Script Editor - James Goss
- Sound Design - Rob Harvey
- Written - Guy Adams
- Theme Music - Murray Gold
Worldbuilding
- Claudia is Iain's doctor.
- Llandyth is in Pembrokeshire and dates back to the Bronze Age. It has a population of around 600.
- Mr Evans runs Llandyth's local shop.
- Iain drinks beer.
- Gloria works at the pub.
- The Church of St Swithun is in Llandyth.
- Swithun was an Anglo-Saxon miracle-worker and a "fan of rain".
- Llandyth Rock is a prehistoric standing stone.
- Three explosions are reported to have happened in Baghdad.
- Doug offers Iain marmalade on his toast.
- Jonathan lives next door to the Thompsons. He drinks scotch.
- BTECs were put on hold after the people of Llandyth returned.
- Doug sarcastically tells Isla that she is not Julia Anderson.
- Iain received an email from someone about traumic radiation.
Notes
- Widdershins was recorded at The Soundhouse on 13 March 2024.
Continuity
to be added
External links
- Official Widdershins page at bigfinish.com
Footnotes
Notes
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