#Torchwood audios

[teslapunk3327]

I autisticlly info-dumped Torchwood One Lore onto a friend and they sent me this.

"hes literally you rn".

[coffee4harper]

Yall dont get how much I love these two

[itsatorchwoodthing]

trans jack harkness propaganda is jack calling his current self “beautiful” multiple times when he was in the time agency, but his future self “handsome”

[twingeof-cosmic-angst]

Big Finish writers every single time they write an audio for Owen Harper:

[horselover107]

I love that big finish makes it very consistent that Andy’s taste in people is absolutely terrible.

Even if you interpret Owen and Norton as platonic (you’d be wrong) he still picks them as his besties. And then also…Yvonne Hartman.

[spookygengar]

If you look up the phrase “Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss” you’ll find a picture of Yvonne Hartman.

[secretartquotes]

5 reasons why "Ghost Train" by James Goss is my Favourite Torchwood (non Big Finish) Audio

This is a new thing I'm trying out - maybe I'll do it again, maybe not. It's purely for me and my love for this story but if anyone enjoys this, then good for you. If anyone agrees or disagrees with what I'm about to say - let me know, civilly, this is just my opinions and they're here to be positive, so please, keep the negativity to a minimum. I'm here for the fun and general warm fuzzy feelings this audio story gives me and not to start a war or just an argument.

1. The Performance

Kai Owens performance is the thing that brings everything together to me. He gives an excellent performance as Rhys Williams and just generally has a nice voice. I feel every time I listen to the audio as if I'm there in front of him and he's telling it to me. The character voices he does are really good. I always have to remind myself that it's a one man show not an ensemble cast. He gets Gwen's , Ianto's and Jack's voices just right - they sound uncannily similar to the real stuff. And the voices he does for the new character sound completely different from one another - you really feel they could be the voices of real people. All that really immerses me into the story.

2. The Writing

I'll get this out of the way now at the start - I haven't listened or read all of James Goss's things but from what I've sampled most of his stuff leave me pretty neutral or angry (I'm looking at you 'Almost Perfect'), the only things of his that have left a positive impression on me are Department X , Fall to Earth and House of the Dead, so I'm not exactly an authority on his writing. This time he left me speechless , it was not even before a couple of months that I realised he had written it. I was amazed, because of reasons precisely explained. He gets Rhys's voice so well. He doesn't try to make him out like he is some action hero or that he's Gwen's boring husband - Rhys is plenty interesting and he really understands that. I know that he does - he gets that he is pretty down to earth and that he loves his job, even if it's not as impressive as saving the world, he gets how caring and loving and understanding Rhys is, especially with Gwen. He gets why he's such an amazing character. His descriptions are so evocative - the language is pretty plain , it's not exactly poetic but I think coupled with first person narration , it's a very good in character description that gets what it must across.

3. The Story

I love the story or the plot - it's like a journey. We set out on it knowing where we will end but not how it will finish. The slow burn mystery of what's going on with the missing fridges coupled with the mundane goings-on with Rhys's life and the crazy background world ending Torchwood mundanity makes the story a fun and easy experience. The ending is fantastic, the resolution is amazing and the mystery holds up.

4. The Characters

No story can be without great characters , especially one that has to be in character. And if you don't get the characterizations right you end up with COE. The writing, the performances, the story and the production - it is all fantastic but the uniquely bizarre character choices they made were bad. Most people in the fandom know what I'm talking about. So let's say I'm very happy that everyone is in character - especially the dynamics. Gwen, Jack, Rhys and Ianto are just exactly as they should be at this point of time. Gwen and Rhys's relationship is great and loving and exactly as I like it. Rhys's dynamics with everyone else are also fantastic - especially his camaraderie with Ianto. Great antagonist - mostly in the background but they are not exactly magnificent.

5. Miscellaneous Stuff I just like for no particular reason

The 3 times Rhys passes out - from having Gwen with him as he wakes , to waking alone in the rain, to finally waking on the ground but Gwen is back with him.

Rhys messing with the coffee machine despite Ianto's protests and the fact he maybe breaks it because they are drinking tea in the next scene.

Gwen's grunts in the morning and her coming off the shower with wet hair and the duvet.

Snoopy mug.

Storage unit with an alien spaceship.

Every exchange between Rhys and the Powells.

The funky music that plays when things are about to get intense.

[stewy]

2.06: Reset.

[doctorwhommm]

torchwood doodles (i definitely don’t have a favourite character)

[r3verse-the-polarity]

Truly inspired bit of writing there.

[certifiedsillygoofer]

when you think about it jack harkness is a stranger to everybody he meets. the doctor, ianto, gwen, even his own daughter. even the audience. we don't even know his real name, we don't know all the places hes been to or all the things hes done. hes a stranger to everyone. hes probably even a stranger to himself

[teslapunk3327]

That alien in Ghost Train who thought Ianto and Rhys were lovers

Easy mistake to make tbh

[coffee4harper]

Someone take away my access to picsart

Idk why theyre so funny to me tbh

[itsatorchwoodthing]

achivement: cried at rhys and ianto’s excellent barbecue (it was truly excellent)

[twingeof-cosmic-angst]

there's such an interesting thing in Suzie's audios and episodes where she is left "without a choice" and forced to murder others/herself either through her own mistakes or immoral plans (Everything Changes, Sync, TKKS) or through a genuine effort to do the right thing but in the end having no choice but to do something wrong. (Moving Target)

she is so. Desperate. In everything she does, she is desperate for them to go right but plans never end up going the way she wants them. She has told people countless and countless times "I just wanted this to go right and I never wanted *this*" but it keeps happening. She tries so hard and is so desperate to keep her hands clean but every time she looks down they're covered in blood again. Is she obsessed with control? is she just a selfish scientist who would do anything to gain knowledge? Does she genuinely want to help the world but keeps fucking it up??? Suzie Costello I want to put you under a microscope. I want to dig inside your brain. I want to go word by word in every media you've ever been in and analyze it. who are you baby girl.... she's so fascinating to me

[iantojonesirl]

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