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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 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]]'' (story 5) 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. | 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]]'' (story 5) 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. It was also a story only possible in the audio medium. Its writer and director [[Scott Handcock]] praised the work of sound designer [[Robert Harvey]] and composer [[Blair Mowat]] on this story.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/out-now-torchwood_cascade_cdrip-tor|title=Out Now: torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor|accessmonthday=14 January|accessyear=2018|website name=bigfinish.com/news|publisher=Big Finish Productions|date of source=7 June 2017}}</ref> | ||
Music for the series was composed by | ''The Office of Never Was'' had two unexpected sources of inspiration. On the one hand, an abandoned office building with a strange elevator was partly modelled on a building writer [[James Goss]] used to work in, which was later blown up by the IRA. On the other hand, the director Scott Handcock described it as Ianto Jones as {{w|Emma Peel}} in the episode ''The Joker'' of the classic {{wi|The Avengers (TV series)|Avengers}} television series. | ||
Music for the series was composed by Blair Mowat. | |||
The stories were released monthly from March till August [[2017 (releases)|2017]]. | The stories were released monthly from March till August [[2017 (releases)|2017]]. | ||
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== Production == | == Production == | ||
Unlike [[Series 2 (BFTW)|Series 2]], which was announced at the very beginning of its [[Series 1 (BFTW)|preceding series]], the next renewal of the range for six more stories was only announced after the run of Series 2 ended in August [[2016 (releases)|2016]]. The announcement came on 7 September | Unlike [[Series 2 (BFTW)|Series 2]], which was announced at the very beginning of its [[Series 1 (BFTW)|preceding series]], the next renewal of the range for six more stories was only announced after the run of Series 2 ended in August [[2016 (releases)|2016]]. The announcement came on 7 September and provided details for the first two stories: ''[[Visiting Hours (audio story)|Visiting Hours]]'' by [[David Llewellyn]] was to focus on [[Rhys Williams]] and his mum [[Brenda Williams]], played by [[Kai Owen]] and [[Nerys Hughes]] respectively. The second story, ''[[The Dollhouse (audio story)|The Dollhouse]]'' brought in a new writer, [[Juno Dawson]], and was part of the effort to show various aspects of [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] throughout history. [[James Goss]], the producer of the range, also hinted at a [[Ianto Jones]] story, which later materialised as ''[[The Office of Never Was (audio story)|The Office of Never Was]]'', as well as [[Jack Harkness]] and [[Gwen Cooper]] stories that never appeared in "Series 3". The former of the missing stories was described as "someone finally dares to say 'No' to Captain Jack", while the latter had Gwen "on a road to nowhere".<ref name="Ser3Ann" /> | ||
On 17 December, the title of the third story was revealed as ''[[Corpse Day (audio story)|Corpse Day]]'' by [[James Goss]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/torchwood-2017-news|title=Torchwood 2017 News|accessmonthday=14 January|accessyear=2018|website name=bigfinish.com/news|publisher=Big Finish Productions|date of source=17 December 2016}}</ref> Only on 13 January 2017, was it announced that ''Corpse Day'' marks the return of [[Owen Harper]] played by [[Burn Gorman]] to the world of Torchwood.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/torchwood---go-for-burn|title=Torchwood - Go for Burn!|accessmonthday=14 January|accessyear=2018|website name=bigfinish.com/news|publisher=Big Finish Productions|date of source=13 January 2017}}</ref> | |||
The title of the fourth story was unveiled on 16 February 2017 as ''[[Torchwood cascade CDRIP.tor (audio story)|torchwood_cascade_CDRIP.tor]]'', both written and directed by [[Scott Handcock]] and featuring [[Naoko Mori]] as [[Toshiko Sato]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/coming-in-june-torchwood|title=Coming in June: Torchwood!|accessmonthday=14 January|accessyear=2018|website name=bigfinish.com/news|publisher=Big Finish Productions|date of source=16 February 2017}}</ref> The title of this story created a lot of fun moments at [[the Big Finish Podcast]]. | |||
Soon after the release of the first story of the new run on 14 March, the promised Ianto-story starring [[Gareth David-Lloyd]] was announced on 18 March to be ''[[The Office of Never Was (audio story)|The Office of Never Was]]'' by [[James Goss]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/torchwood---coming-in-july|title=Torchwood - Coming in July!|accessmonthday=14 January|accessyear=2018|website name=bigfinish.com/news|publisher=Big Finish Productions|date of source=18 March 2017}}</ref> | |||
Finally, on 21 April, the final story's details have been publicised. ''[[The Dying Room (audio story)|The Dying Room]]'' by [[Lizzie Hopley]] would be set in [[Paris]] under [[Nazi]]s and would star [[Simon Russell Beale]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/torchwood---coming-in-august|title=Torchwood Latest!|accessmonthday=14 January|accessyear=2018|website name=bigfinish.com/news|publisher=Big Finish Productions|date of source=21 April 2017}}</ref> | |||
Shortly before the release of the last story of the season in August, James Goss, in Q&A regarding the upcoming special ''[[Aliens Among Us (audio series)|audio fifth televised series]]'', confirmed that the regular releases will return after a hiatus necessary for these special releases.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bigfinish.com/news/v/torchwood---series-5---cover-art-and-synopses-revealed|title=Torchwood - Series 5 - Cover Art and Synopses Revealed|accessmonthday=14 January|accessyear=2018|website name=bigfinish.com/news|publisher=Big Finish Productions|date of source=2 August 2017}}</ref> | |||
== Cover gallery == | == Cover gallery == | ||
