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''The Dying Room'' was set in [[Nazi]]-occupied [[Paris]] during [[World War II]] and also featured a never-before-seen Torchwood operative, played by [[Simon Russell Beale]]. He was pitted against the character of guest-starring [[Mark Elstob]]. | ''The Dying Room'' was set in [[Nazi]]-occupied [[Paris]] during [[World War II]] and also featured a never-before-seen Torchwood operative, played by [[Simon Russell Beale]]. He was pitted against the character of guest-starring [[Mark Elstob]]. | ||
Stories with no familiar characters meant that some familiar ones would have to be sidelined. This fate befell [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Gwen Cooper]], who did not appear this season, despite earlier teases of stories centred on them. | Stories with no familiar characters meant that some familiar ones would have to be sidelined. This fate befell [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Gwen Cooper]], who did not appear this season, despite earlier teases of stories centred on them.<ref name="Ser3Ann">{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/more-torchwood|title=More Torchwood!|accessmonthday=14 January|accessyear=2018|website name=bigfinish.com/news|publisher=Big Finish Productions|date of source=7 September 2016}}</ref> | ||
The season saw the return of more familiar faces from the televised series. [[Rhys Williams]] was joined by his mum [[Brenda Williams]] played by [[Nerys Hughes]] in the first story of the season ''[[Visiting Hours (audio story)|Visiting Hours]]'' and [[Andy Davidson]], still outside of Torchwood, is paired with [[Owen Harper]] played by [[Burn Gorman]] in ''[[Corpse Day (audio story)|Corpse Day]]'' (story 3). | |||
The remaining two stories, ''[[Torchwood cascade CDRIP.tor (audio story)|torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor]]'' (story 4) and ''[[The Office of Never Was (audio story)|The Office of Never Was]]'' went deeper into the characters of [[Toshiko Sato]] and [[Ianto Jones]] respectively. The former story even retconned an apparent discrepancy in Toshiko's age, which was earlier pointed out by fans. | |||
Music for the series was composed by [[Blair Mowat]]. | Music for the series was composed by [[Blair Mowat]]. | ||
