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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> | 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]]'' | 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]]''. According to [[James Goss]], the idea to bring by Nerys Hughes was a "royal command" from [[Russell T Davies]], readily obeyed.<ref name="VOR97">[[VOR 97]], ''Out of the Wood'', pp. 16–18.</ref> 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. 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> | 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> | ||
''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 | ''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 the story 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. | Music for the series was composed by Blair Mowat. | ||
