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'''''Bad Connection''''' was the eighty-ninth story in the ''[[Torchwood - Monthly Range]]'' by [[Big Finish Productions]]. | '''''Bad Connection''''' was the eighty-ninth story in the ''[[Torchwood - Monthly Range]]'' by [[Big Finish Productions]]. | ||
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[[Emlyn Crook]] answers the [[telephone]] in a [[phone booth]] on [[Penarth Pier]] and is warned by [[Suzie Costello|Suzie]] that he is in danger and must stay on the line. She temporarily alters his [[sensory receptor]]s with an unpleasant signal which allows him to see an [[Orthopteroid]] outside the booth, one which he initially believes is a [[hallucination]] and which he tries to disprove by asking a passerby if he can see it. Although the man is unable to see the Orthopteroid, he is eaten by it, proving Suzie's claim that it is a [[camouflage]]d [[alien]]. She explains that he must not attempt to talk to anybody else, look at the Orthopteroid or leave the booth until she arrives by [[taxi]]. Despite this, he leaves the booth in an attempt to save a young woman who accuses him of being a pervert for trying to get her inside with him. She manages to get by without issue, however, and Emlyn returns to the booth believing that the Orthopteroid has gone. | [[Emlyn Crook]] answers the [[telephone]] in a [[phone booth]] on [[Penarth Pier]] and is warned by [[Suzie Costello|Suzie]] that he is in danger and must stay on the line. She temporarily alters his [[sensory receptor]]s with an unpleasant signal which allows him to see an [[Orthopteroid]] outside the booth, one which he initially believes is a [[hallucination]] and which he tries to disprove by asking a passerby if he can see it. Although the man is unable to see the Orthopteroid, he is eaten by it, proving Suzie's claim that it is a [[camouflage]]d [[alien]]. She explains that he must not attempt to talk to anybody else, look at the Orthopteroid or leave the booth until she arrives by [[taxi]]. Despite this, he leaves the booth in an attempt to save a young woman who accuses him of being a pervert for trying to get her inside with him. She manages to get by without issue, however, and Emlyn returns to the booth believing that the Orthopteroid has gone. | ||
When Emlyn realises that the Orthopteroid is on top of the booth and slowly breaking in, Suzie explains that the signal allowing him to see the creature is only functional if he remains within three feet of the telephone. Suzie distracts him by talking about herself and asking him about her day and the Orthopteroid loses interest in him when it spots a man walking past, devouring him and flying away with the body. Emlyn scares a group of people away to save them, which inadvertently draws the Orthopteroid's attention back to him until he stares it down at Suzie's instruction to show it that it is beneath him. As Suzie arrives nearby, she loses signal and Emlyn confronts the Orthopteroid to save an old woman. | When Emlyn realises that the Orthopteroid is on top of the booth and slowly breaking in, Suzie explains that the signal allowing him to see the creature is only functional if he remains within three feet of the telephone. Suzie distracts him by talking about herself and asking him about her day and the Orthopteroid loses interest in him when it spots a man walking past, devouring him and flying away with the body. Emlyn scares a group of people away to save them, which inadvertently draws the Orthopteroid's attention back to him until he stares it down at Suzie's instruction to show it that it is beneath him. As Suzie arrives nearby, she loses signal and Emlyn confronts the Orthopteroid to save an old woman. Suzie fires at the creature with a [[beam emitter]], but she is unable to see it and has only two shots left. | ||
Suzie joins Emlyn in the box and explains that she wants the Orthopteroid to absorb enough [[muon]] [[particle]]s from the emitter for a rift to open around it and send it home. She adjusts the signal to cause the Orthopteroid pain and make it more aggressive so that it will attack, making Emlyn realise that Suzie has been using him as bait to keep the creature there all along. He leaves the booth so that Suzie can get a clear shot and open a rift to get rid of the Orthopteroid, but he is upset at having been used by Suzie and leaves her. He [[retirement|retires]] from his job as a [[librarian]] to enjoy his life whilst he is still living and is one day called by Suzie, who [[apology|apologises]] but says that they saved a massive number of lives that [[night]]. He pretends to have a bad connection and ends the call. | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
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* Emlyn used to [[dream]] about [[clown]]s. | * Emlyn used to [[dream]] about [[clown]]s. | ||
* Suzie mentions [[Emily Brontë]]. | * Suzie mentions [[Emily Brontë]]. | ||
* Emlyn is a [[librarian]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||