Torchwood Main Range

[KieranBuftoon]

So I have recently started the Torchwood monthly range from the beginning and I must admit, the quality is so good across the board. Are there any stories from the range you would recommend?

[Jamie]

Honestly its one of the most consistent BF ranges for me, so good! That being said, have you any particular favourite characters you want to hear more from? Or would you like to delve more into the BF original character audios? (I highly recommend those btw).

There are also a handful of audios with Gwen set between S4 and S5 which are nice to listen to before S5, but by no means essential!

[turlough]

There are just too many good stories to mention here, but The Last Beacon, Dinner and a Show, and Reflect are definitely some of my favourites

[deltaandthebannermen]

You might find some recommendations in these other Torchwood audio threads:

The Many Branches of Torchwood

BigFinish are well-known at this point for giving anyone and everyone a spin-off range… that’s probably why someone thought it was a good idea to resurrect the Paternoster Gang. Their Torchwood output has always been some of their best, and they’ve branched off into a couple different series: Torchwood Soho: set during the 1950s and with a distinct Quatermass vibe. Torchwood One: takes the mick out of corporate culture, set before the Battle of Canary Wharf. I’m honestly surprised BigFinish …

Always Turning Up When We're Not Wanted - A Torchwood Soho Thread

Partly wanting to hear other people’s thoughts on the ‘Norton Era’ of Torchwood, partly wanting to remind myself to get round to listening to Ascension at some point. Torchwood Soho is a Big Finish series focusing on Torchwood One during the 1950s, featuring Andy Davidson from the main show, Norton Folgate (spinning out of his appearances across TW audio), and new characters Gideon Lyme, and Lizbeth Hayhoe. Uniquely for Torchwood, the boxsets for this range each tell a single story throughout t…

Empire of Shadows - A 'Torchwood: 4000' Thread

Likely the last of the these threads I’ll make. There’s no ‘Torchwood: 4000’ boxset, but there’s four stories (including a ‘trilogy’ in the main range) following this team! The ‘Torchwood: 4000’ team is comprised of characters who survived The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit, who, as mentioned in the episode, were sent to Krop-Tor by The Torchwood Archive, each story featuring one a different member (with Zachary Cross-Flame, the leader, being in two). Their stories all take place after that tw…

Torchwood Audio Appreciation Thread

Ayyye first real thread I’m gonna make. Idk if it already exists, my apologies if it does. Anyways, TORCHWOOD!!! OUTSIDE THE GOVERNMENT, BEYOND THE POLICE!!! Just a thread to share and discuss the slept on Torchwood audios because my GOD, they’re good as hell. Everything from the Monthly Range, the Story Continues, the Special Releases, even the BBC released ones. Let’s go nuts I’d like to share my favorite Torchwood release being, Believe. My god, what a story.…

The Victorian Age - A 'Torchwood: Victoria' Thread

Unlike the other sets I’ve made threads for, there’s no ‘Torchwood: Victoria’ boxset. But It’s an era that contains enough stories that I think it warrants it’s own thread. Torchwood is set up on May 17th, 1879 in Tooth and Claw, which leaves 22 years of Torchwood with Victoria at its helm. Big Finish have taken this and told multiple stories featuring Queen Victoria in the Torchwood Monthly Range. These stories seem to be looked down on a compared to other stories in the range which I think is…

Torchwood: Continuing the Monthly Range

Saw a thread of this topic on Twitter and wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts here. The original focus of the monthly range was new stories from the TV cast set around the seasons of the TV show. However it seems that most of the TV Torchwood team are no longer available for the monthly range (or Big Finish won’t work with them in the case of Barrowman). This means the actors who are still available (Rhys, Ianto and Andy) feature very heavily in the output. See the recent ‘Iant-ology’ whi…

If it's Alien, It's Ours - A Torchwood One Thread

Torchwood One is a Big Finish series focusing on Torchwood One during the early 2000s while Yvonne was at it’s head (as seen in Amy of Ghosts/Doomsday), and Ianto was still working there. It also features new original character Tommy Pierce. Each set in the range contains three ~60 minute stories, usually all linked together, leading into each other, taking place just after the last, or being thematically related. So far there’s been five releases Before the Fall Machines Latter Days Nightmar…

Torchwood Monthly Range: 93 - Rictus

Available now from Big Finish! [image] 1901 - Six months after the death of Queen Victoria, her gung-ho daughter Princess Beatrice goes to visit the organisation she’s inherited. What is Torchwood? Meanwhile, something has broken out of a vault deep beneath London. The Smiling Man is coming.

[Jamie]

Might be worth renaming the “Continuing the monthly range” so it can just be the main thread for discussing the main/monthlies. All the others are quite clear name wise.

[shauny]

That’s about the future of the Monthly Range though?

Maybe I’ll make a thread for the Monthly Range and move stuff from the TV thread into there.

So much Torchwood!

[deltaandthebannermen]

Maybe we should have converted to Torchwood Guide yesterday instead - although probably not as funny!

[taraoftraken]

Listened to The Dying Room today! A very enjoyable story. Simon Russell Beale was excellent, and while the plot was extremely predictable, it’s always gratifying to hear Nazis get ripped to shreds.

[taraoftraken]

The Vigil today. A great idea – the death of a pre-series 1 Torchwood member – but it doesn’t sit quite right with me for some reason. People need to stop being mean to Tosh >:(

[taraoftraken]

Felt a bit down after The Vigil so relistened to A Christmas Card from Mr Colchester.

I love this story! Paul Clayton’s voice is divine and the ending makes me feel so safe and happy. James Goss is a fantastic writer!

[taraoftraken]

Finished Smashed! Paging @Jamie …

I definitely liked this one more than most! Largely because of the first act, which I thought was really good. The rest… not so much!

Love James Goss, but not all his stories are hitters.

Review of Smashed by nyssaoftraken

[Jamie]

Glad you enjoyed!! I really didn’t like this one unfortunately

[taraoftraken]

I thought you might not from your reply! If I relistened to it, I bet my rating would go down, but as a first listen I did find it enjoyable (save that bit in the middle where Gwen is very drunk…)

Also as I mentioned in my review – they were definitely Primords, right? Has anyone else noticed the similarities?

[Jamie]

The drunk acting I remember being appalling I’m not sure on your second point I’ve only heard this once when it released!

[taraoftraken]

It was just that drinking infected water from the depths of the Earth turned the townspeople into animalistic, doglike creatures. Quite similar to Inferno.

Not confirmed in the story or the extras, but that’ll be my head canon!

[teslapunk3327]

Plus wasn’t this story like…made in remembrance of somebody who passed away?

Touching thought, but the story really doesn’t hold up to being respectful in that regard imo

(If I’ve gotten the facts straight).

[taraoftraken]

It was dedicated to Helen Griffin, who played the villain but passed away before the story was released. Eve Myles praises her acting and writing in the credits.

Who fans should recognise her Angela from Rise of the Cybermen!

[teslapunk3327]

That changes things then, thanks for clarifying

I do kinda wish the audio wasn’t as bad as it is considering it also honours Griffin’s work

[taraoftraken]

Expectant!

With this one, The Dollhouse and Smashed I think I’ve listened all three TW Main Range stories that people dislike the most. Personally, while none were fantastic, I enjoyed all three! None were bad, just middling IMO.

Expectant is probably my least favourite of the three but still has some silver linings:

Review of Expectant by nyssaoftraken

[shauny]

Just listened to Smashed.

And whilst it was definitely not one of my favourites, I think it is rated too harshly.

There was a really good story buried in there somewhere, I think it would have been better with about 50% less drunk acting.

But I love Gwen so much.

Although she was portrayed as a bit of an anti-environmentalist, calling him a ‘Guardian reader’ and a ‘tree hugger’, I thought that was a bit off character (at least off the character for Gwen that I have in my mind).

It was interesting! Don’t drink the water!!