Instant Karma (audio story)
Instant Karma was the twenty-third story in the Torchwood - Monthly Range by Big Finish Productions. It was written by David Llewellyn, James Goss and Jonathan Morris and featured Naoko Mori as Toshiko Sato.
Publisher's summary
Imagine. All those people. The ones who make each day that little bit harder. That little bit more unbearable.
Imagine if you could silence them. Just by looking at them.
I mean, just imagine. If you could do that. To all the people who annoy you. Would you do it?
Plot
Tosh attends a mindfulness group run by Simon, a bus driver and former soldier, after Carl's head explodes. The group spend the session complaining about things that annoy them, which Tosh finds a draining experience but which Simon tells her will start to make her feel better. He invites her out after her second session, but Janet reminds him that they have plans and he uses a mental power to hurt a waiter whom he believes has been ignoring them.
Tosh visits Daphne, Carl's mother, and finds a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, all of which concern people who have died of organ failure. She engineers an encounter with Simon in the park whilst he is walking his dog, Vera, and witnesses him using his power to force another dog owner to apologise to him. She visits the unconscious dog owner in the hospital and explains to him how an algorithm she designed noticed the deaths by organ failures, leading her to Simon's group due to Carl being a member. The group, she now knows, is having their anger channelled by Simon to kill people.
to be completed
Cast
- Toshiko Sato - Naoko Mori
- Simon - Jonny Dixon
- Janet - Sara McGaughey
- Dog Owner - Duncan Wisbey
- Daphne - Liz Sutherland-Lim
- Chav - Ross Ford
- Bloke - Simon Ludders
References
- Janet bakes scones.
- Tosh and Simon get burgers at a burger bar next to the bus stop on Ninian Way.
- Simon is a bus driver.
- Simon did three tours in Afghanistan.
- Simon is allergic to seafood.
- Wilf keeps being blocked in by a builder.
- Roger Ness used to be the group's chairperson.
- Vera is named after Vera Duckworth.
- Jeremy Gooch and Ceri Perkins are politicians.
- Carl Brennan had a copy of The Bell Jar next to his bed.
Notes
- This story was recorded on 10 January 2018 at The Soundhouse.
Continuity
- Tosh says she has found out what her colleagues think of her, and that people would never say what they really think deep down. (TV: Greeks Bearing Gifts)
- Cardiff lies on a rift. (TV: Boom Town et al.)
External links
- Official Instant Karma page at bigfinish.com
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