Lost Souls (audio story)

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"Lost Souls" is an original BBC Radio 4 audio play written by Joseph Lidster. It aired on 10th September 2008 in the Afternoon Play slot as part of Radio 4's Big Bang Day which celebrated the switching on of CERN's Large Hadron Collider that same day. An MP3 version of the audio play was made available for seven days after broadcast and it was released on CD 18th September 2008. Andrew Marr introduced the audio play live from CERN.

Synopsis

When scientists start to disappear prior to the activation of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, Switzerland, Dr. Martha Jones of UNIT asks her friends at Torchwood 3, still grieving over the recent death of two colleagues, to investigate.

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References

  • The Torchwood team are still grieving the deaths of their colleagues Owen Harper and Toshiko Sato. Reference is made to a funeral service, which Martha Jones attended; that was her most recent meeting with the Torchwood team prior to this adventure.
  • They have not seen Martha Jones, who is working for UNIT, since the funeral.
  • The team are heard in pursuit of recurring Torchwood monsters Weevils.
  • An alien creature poses as the ghosts of Owen, Toshiko and Ianto's deceased girlfriend, Lisa Hallett.
  • Jack uses the phrase "reverse the polarity" (a phrase the Doctor often used).
  • Martha wishes she had a sonic screwdriver when she tries to open a locked door.
  • CERN is located at Geneva, the location of UNIT's world headquarters as established during the 1970s.

Story Notes

Production Errors

  • The story is intended to coincide with the real-life activation of the collider. However it has been established that "current" Torchwood storylines take place a year ahead of real time, so this story takes place in 2009 - a year after the real-life activation of the collider.

Releases

Lost Souls was released by BBC Audio in both CD and MP3 download formats on 18th September 2008, only a week after broadcast (ISBN 978-1-405-68944-1). Straight after initial broadcast, for one week only, internet users could download the radio serial free from the BBC website. The CD includes as a bonus the BBC Radio Wales feature Torchwood: All Access. Presented by Julian Carey and aired to coincide with the debut of Series 2, this is a 25-minute documentary on the Welsh aspects of the program, featuring interviews with Russell T Davies, Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd, Kai Owen and behind-the-scenes personnel. The mastering of the track contains an error that results in several minutes of discussion regarding the Hub set and its construction being repeated.

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