Torchwood: Lost Souls
by Joseph Lidster, Freema Agyeman, Martha Jones
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Author: Freema Agyeman, Joseph Lidster, Martha JonesEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Format: Audiobook
Published: 2009-06
ISBN: 1602836574
Publisher: Audiogo
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Book Review: Atoms of the Dead
Summary: 5 Stars
Shortly after Owen and Tosh's funeral, Torchwood receives yet another call from Martha Jones, bringing them this time to the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. Still reeling from their own losses, they must investigate a string of disappearances deep within science's most controversial particle accelerator. But it's weirder still: the dead appear to be living in the massive tunnels of the LHC, and when it's switched on, they'll come rushing back.
This one-off radio episode cashes in on real-world fears about the controversial LHC to create a fun, exciting sci-fi horror adventure. This is the only chance the Torchwood characters have to come to terms with their losses. Though it's a bit weird to see the Torchwood team involved in something that doesn't concern the Rift, this is a worthy addition to the Torchwood canon.
If you aren't used to listening to radio drama, you may be confused by some of the conventions. The dense soundscape, using sound FX and music from the original series, might be confusing to the uninitiated. But I love radio dramas, downloading them from the BBC website at every opportunity. If this is something you're comfy with, or willing to learn to handle, then this is a particularly well-executed audio drama.
After the proper episode, there's a thirty minute radio special on the debut of Torchwood's second season on TV. I like listening to Russell T. Davies, who is smart and funny. But Eve Myles and Gareth David-Lloyd have lousy microphone technique. This is a pretty interesting glimpse into the creative process of creating a BBC TV drama, but I'm not sure I'd want to listen to it every time I heard the audio episode.
I know audio drama isn't for everyone. But this is a particularly apt extension of the events at the end of the TV season, and a bridge into the smaller, tighter team that appears in Children of Earth. And the audio format gives the story a scope that the limits of TV can't permit, so it's easy to imagine the characters are lost in the depths of the LHC. Recommended for most Torchwood fans.
Summary of Torchwood: Lost Souls
The Torchwood team and Martha face danger at CERN in this special BBC radio episode, starring John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd and Freema Agyeman. Following the tragic deaths of two of their colleagues, only Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper and Ianto Jones remain of Torchwood, protecting humanity against the unknown. Martha Jones, ex-time traveler and now working as a doctor for UNIT, has been called to CERN -- the world's largest particle physics laboratory. They're about to activate the Large Hadron Collider, designed to recreate conditions after the Big Bang and thus give an insight into what the Universe is made of. But so much could go wrong: it could open a gateway to a parallel dimension, or even create a black hole. Voices from the past are calling out to people from the LHC, and scientists have started to disappear. Where have they gone? What is lurking in the underground tunnel -- and do the dead ever really stay dead?Literature & Fiction Books
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