The Devil and Miss Carew (audio story)
The Devil and Miss Carew was the first radio drama in the Torchwood: The Lost Files mini-series. It aired the week after Series 4 started airing on Starz, but was set before Series 3.
Publisher summary
When Rhys's elderly Uncle Bryn has a heart attack while listening to the shipping forecast, it seems like another routine death at Ivyday Nursing Home. But when Rhys and Gwen go to collect the old man's effects, Gwen's suspicions are roused by another elderly resident. The conversation is cut short, though, by a fire alarm, one of many consequences of the mysterious power cuts that are sweeping the nation. Gwen has a hunch that something is wrong and her search leads her to Miss Carew, a suspiciously fit and strong octogenarian who, despite having supposedly terminal heart disease, has left Ivyday and gone back to work at the Computer firm she used to run. Miss Carew has been offered a deal by Fitzroy, a wandering alien with an aversion to electricity who is looking for a home. It's a deal that Miss Carew can't refuse. But the consequences for planet Earth are unthinkable.
Plot
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Cast
- Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
- Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
- Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
- Rhys Williams - Kai Owen
- Fitzroy - Martin Jarvis
- Miss Carew - Juliet Mills
- Sian - Hayley J Williams
- Uncle Bryn - James Walsh
- Old Lady - Shelley Rees
References
- Jack makes a reference to the sonic screwdriver, stating that he wished he'd stolen it. This could mean that Jack's opinion of the device has changed since the events of TV: The Doctor Dances.
Notes
- Martin Jarvis (Fitzroy) previously played Hilio in TV: The Web Planet, Butler in TV: Invasion of the Dinosaurs, the Governor of Varos in TV: Vengeance on Varos and Nigel Rochester in AUDIO: Jubilee.
Continuity
- Rhys asks Gwen if he could become a full-fledged member of Torchwood. This foreshadows his major involvements with the institute in TV: Children of Earth.
- This story shares parallels to TV: The Idiot's Lantern. An entity called the Wire previously tried to obtain dominion over Earth in through similar means as Fitzroy. It communicated through an electronic device as well, a Magpie Electricals television, masqueraded as an ordinary human during broadcasts unless it wished to speak directly to the listener, and also tried to use a transmission tower for the final step of its plan.
Download and CD release
- The story is also available as a download from the AudioGo website.
