Product Description

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 traveller and now working as a doctor for UNIT, has been called to CERN - the world's largest particle physics laboratory in Geneva. 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? Based on the award-winning BBC Wales TV production "Torchwood", "Lost Souls" stars John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd and Freema Agyeman, with Lucy Montgomery, Stephen Critchlow and Mark Meadows. Also on this CD is a bonus program, "Torchwood: All Access", going behind the scenes of the TV show. First broadcast on BBC Radio Wales, it features Russell T. Davies and members of the TV series cast and crew.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51155 in Books
• Published on: 2008-09-18
• Released on: 2008-09-18
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Binding: Audio CD

Customer Reviews

Lost Souls - Lost Science?
I have one, no two, problems with this story. One, is Martha. Never liked her, highly doubt I ever will. My second problem is the science... It was my understanding that everything needed protons and electrons to stay together, adding in neutrons and stuff as the atomic masses got bigger... take one of those away and things go a bit wonky?

That aside, I've never cried at an audiobook before... I'm one of those fans who was very attached to both Tosh and Owen, to hear about what happened to them - assuming they recovered Owen's body (Gorman laughing about Owen living in the sewers with the Weevils aside) - giving hthem both a proper funeral got me started. The constant mentions of them through the piece just served to remind me of the lose and made me in or near tears throughout the entire thing...

I love how the recording was basically done as an episode but without the visual, no description of what people were doing but heavy breezing and footsteps to suggest movements let the imagination build the picture in my head itself, and I love that. I hate being told what to imagine to much.

Overall, this product is a stroke of genius and was a great way to celebrate the end of the world... wait, hang on... the non-end of the world.

brilliant
This recording is extremely thrilling! And with the wit of the series! I can highly recommend it!

A bonus for completists
Whether or not this episode finds itself as a bonus on an eventual DVD box set (which I have few doubts it will) this episode should not be ignored if you're a Torchwood completist. It's an odd piece crowbarred as it was into Radio 4's "Big Bang" day for the launch of the Cern project and yet containing some very woolly pseudo-science, but as an entertaining play that acts as a coda to the second TV series it's a very enjoyable way of passing 45 minutes in the company of characters you know (and - I assume - like if you're thinking of buying this...). Also included is a half hour "All Access" radio documentary which goes behind the scenes, and, if you enjoy Torchwood, is worth a listen - even if you hated the play. You should also bear in mind (and at the time of writing this isn't an issue) that it is probably worth checking any future DVD extras listings in case of duplication.