The Dead Line (audio story)
Torchwood: The Dead Line is an original BBC Radio 4 audio play. It was broadcast the week prior to the Children of Earth mini-series.
Publisher Summary
When a hospital is inundated with patients that have fallen into coma-like trances, Torchwood move in to investigate. They find that the trances were triggered by phone calls, all of which were made from a number that hadn't been active for over 30 years. Determined to find out who's been calling the unfortunate victims, Jack rings the mysterious number - two, zero, five, nine - nothing. It's a dead line. Until it calls Jack back, he answers - and falls into a deep trance. The team race against time to find the source of the 'infection' and save the patients.
Cast
- Captain Jack Harkness - John Barrowman
- Gwen Cooper - Eve Myles
- Ianto Jones - Gareth David-Lloyd
- Rhys Williams - Kai Owen
- Stella Courtney - Doña Croll
- Jan - Eiry Thomas
- Bob - Matthew Gravelle
- Tyler - Brendan Charleson
References
- Rhys says that Captain Jack is like Captain Scarlet in that they both can't die.
Notes
- This story's plotline is reminiscent of the plotline of Stephen King's novel Cell, except that instead of harmlessly falling into a coma, people called by the mysterious number in Cell are instantly transformed into deranged, murderous psychopaths.
Production Errors
- Gwen says that Cardiff phone numbers have six digits, but they have had 8 digits since April 2000.
Continuity
- Rhys recalls the events of Meat and Something Borrowed.
- Ianto's comments to the comatose Jack about not expecting to live very long foreshadow his fate in Children of Earth.
- Rhys and Gwen discuss buying a new home; this leads into Children of Earth: Day One which shows Rhys in the process of house-hunting.
Download and CD release
The drama was available to UK Internet users for download in MP3 format for a period of one week after broadcast.
All four Torchwood Radio drama's were released on CD, both individually, and together as a four disc collected box set, entitled The Radio Adventures.
Timeline
- The Dead Line occurs after: BBCR: Golden Age
- The Dead Line occurs before: TW: Children of Earth: Day One
External links
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