The now deleted Torchwood "Captain's Blog"

https://iantos-desktop.livejournal.com/?skip=30

So this is a compilation of everything that was posted on this old BBC Torchwood site (and from the looks of things) was then taken down. I’d like to be wrong and find out that they were published somewhere else, in a kind of book maybe, but I haven’t come across anything like that.

So I thought I’d share the link for anyone interested. It’s an in-universe log that followed the episodes (from season 1-2) and adds additional context, emails, transcripts, images, documents, and moments for the characters to interact. Some of it does contradict Big Finish (as is the beauty of the Whoniverse), but it honestly looked really fun and interesting. The main highlight was the Captain’s Blog segments, which were just Jack Harkness’ thoughts on what had happened during the episodes.

Just thought I’d share here because it’s one step away from having been even more lost Torchwood media. And from a quick forum research, I haven’t seen anyone bring it up anywhere.

I’ll delete this post if it turns out this was all compiled in a big lovely book that I can buy somewhere lol.

Edit: seems the old videos are genuinely lost media though.

Edit 2: https://becky-da-wolf.livejournal.com/tag/captain's%20blog

Another link to the same material, haven’t gone through it, and they’ve categorized it a bit differently, but again, posting here in case there’s more content.

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If you follow the old links, you’ll just get this.

How patronizing. How evil. :triumph:

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Curse you Torchwood and your never ending list of things for my timeline

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Oh for ■■■■’s sake

2006???

2006???

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Do you not like 2006?

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Christmas Invasion is Christmas 2006, Army of Ghosts/Doomsday is after that (going by other things in the timeline it’s March 2007), so how is this from 2006?!

I mean it seems the people making the site just forgot that stories weren’t taking place the year they aired, but for making a timeline around this, it’s really frustrating

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One of the BBC radio plays takes place in 2010 but Ianto is still alive

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Oh this also says that Ghost Machine takes place a week after Day One, which just also doesn’t work

I guess I’ll use this for some additional info, but definitely not using it to help figure a timeline

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Which one’s that?

I know Lost Souls is meant to be September 2008 which doesn’t work with it being after Season 2

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Oh wait, I think I know what you’re talking about, it does work, I’d reccomend listening to it (if you havent’ and it’s the one I think it is)

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Broken also places Cyberwoman–> They Keep Killing Suzie around about a week of time.

But this also says that the gap between Cyberwoman and Small Words are 4 weeks apart. And Jack and Ianto get together through Jack visiting him during check ups during a month long suspension. Whereas in Broken, Ianto doesn’t get a suspension.

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Just checked and you have listened to it lol

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It was something to do with the maths behind that woman’s age? At least on the wiki it says it’s incorrect :smile:

OHHHHHHH THAT ONE

Yeah it’s one line in that, I just take it to be Gwen misremembering the exact age (It also implies it’s 2011 at earliest, I thought you were talking about House of the dead which is explicitly 2010 and has Ianto on the cover)

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Torchwood timelines are just messy anyway. There’s literally no room for the Lincolnshire Poacher audio either, but there is according to the the Big Finish Overlords.

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How long does that one take place over?

I’m bad at remembering durations for a lot of them, going to go back and add those to the timeline eventually

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4 months. Greg says Ianto has been in his boiler room for 4 months

Or it’s 10 minutes depending on your perspective. But I think it’s only 10 minutes in the “dream” part of the Moil. And 4 months in the actual physical place situated on the “Tear”.

Oh god, yeahhhh, that just doesn’t work anywhere at all

I guess I’ll just choose to believe it’s 10 minutes even if that’s the less likely option

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Countrycide spoilers: from first glance I think this transcript is missing under the Countrycide part, it could be elsewhere though and I’ve just forgotten. I still think it’s pretty funny, if a bit out of character for Toshiko

Summary

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I can almost hear the rage coming from @Jaypea Towers!

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