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With [[the Committee]] arc wrapped up in the special 10th anniversary release ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'' in a way that the Committee could return in any story but did not have to be mentioned at all, "Series 3" embarked on the exploration of the further reaches of [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] history. In particular, two of the stories, ''[[The Dollhouse (audio story)|The Dollhouse]]'' (story 2) and ''[[The Dying Room (audio story)|The Dying Room]]'' (story 6) featured a new setting and no familiar characters at all. | With [[the Committee]] arc wrapped up in the special 10th anniversary release ''[[The Torchwood Archive (audio story)|The Torchwood Archive]]'' in a way that the Committee could return in any story but did not have to be mentioned at all, "Series 3" embarked on the exploration of the further reaches of [[Torchwood Institute|Torchwood]] history. In particular, two of the stories, ''[[The Dollhouse (audio story)|The Dollhouse]]'' (story 2) and ''[[The Dying Room (audio story)|The Dying Room]]'' (story 6) featured a new setting and no familiar characters at all. | ||
''The Dollhouse'' | ''The Dollhouse'' was the first ''Torchwood'' story and the first audio play<ref name="VOR97" /> by [[Juno Dawson]], showing an [[US|American]] offshoot of Torchwood in [[Los Angeles]] in the [[1970s]]. With the three Torchwood operatives, played by [[Laila Pyne]], [[Kelly-Anne Lyons]] and [[Ajjaz Awad]], being female and directed from afar by an unseen man through loudspeakers, the setup bore a striking resemblance to ''Charley's Angels'', an homage confirmed by Juno Dawson herself.<ref name="VOR97" /> | ||
''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]]. | ||
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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]]''. 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 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). Interestingly enough, this was the first story featuring [[Tom Price]] and Burn Gorman properly interacting on TV or audio.<ref name="VOR97" /> | |||
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> | ||
