June 19

Torchwood: Serenity

Hey Guys,

welcome to the 5th adventure of the 5th season of Big Finishs Torchwood ‘Serenity’ with our both sweethearts Ianto Jones and Captain Jack Harkness. It is obviously between season 2 and 3. Because they official together and I love it. We got way to little about them being together. So I looked forward to this adventure and it is so much more than I hoped for. It is one of the funniest Torchwood stories in a while.

Ken and Ifan

Jack and Ianto go undercover in Serenity Plaza which is the most exclusive gated community in South Wales. The are sweet married couple and has to face normal problems like who does the dishes. These Serenity Plaza reminds us a like of the ‘Stepford women’ from the level of creepiness. The perfect little place. We have their charade outside and we have them getting crazy in doors. Ianto is the houseman and bored. So he binge-watched ‘Murder, She Wrote’.

Little Fighting

It is fun to listen to these two flirting and fighting. Because they are both on edge because of this situation. It is a life these can never have. Torchwood doesn’t allow such a normal life. It is so much fun to see them making fun of these things and Ianto is still so into it. That it scares even him. What I really love the most is about this relationship is that they just talk about everything. They are not hiding what the feel. When it cames up the say the things. What the want, what the wished and how reality is. It is really refreshing to listen to this honesty. I watched so many love series and the biggest problem is always the not talking and bottling all up. But these two they don’t do this. They call each other out on their shit and I love it. I want so much more of them.

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June 12

Torchwood: Sargasso

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welcome to the 4th adventure of the 5th season of Big Finish’s Torchwood ‘Sargasso’ with Rhys Williams. I always love the ones with Rhys. It seems to play between ‘Children of Earth’ and ‘Miracle Day’ because he says that Gwen used to work for Torchwood and the already have their daughter.

Rhys bloody Williams

I just wrote the whole article and wanted to save it and everything was lost… now I try to remember what I had written. Rhys is one of my favorite supporting character. He doesn’t come up with the big plans or is the action hero. But he is good guy and he has his mistakes but he is good in taking care of people and make in this case Kaitlin fight through their situation. He doesn’t give up.

Lost at sea

Just a simple job for Rhys ends up again in a disaster. He and Kaitlin, who he meets on the container ship, are lost in the sargosso sea and the crew left the ship. The atmosphere they are creating here is amazing. You can feel the dark and the coldness just like ship dark, cold and full of plastic. The atmosphere gets lighting up by the chemistry of Rhys and Kaitlin. They are different and have different ways of seeing the world. The little discussions are fun.

similar scenario

We had a similar scenario on Doctor Who ‘Praxeus’ in which the Doctor for a moment suspect the Autons, who are the enemies here. I like this take on the problematic more. In ‘Praxeus’ they kinda used a sledgehammer to get their message across. Here it feels more subtle. It is still the same message. But here they don’t hit you with it. So I really like this story. It works great and gets the message across and we get again an old enemies of the Doctor.

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June 5

Torchwood: Sync

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welcome to the 3rd adventure of the 5th season of Big Finish’s Torchwood ‘Sync’ with Suzie Castello and the Mayor of Cardiff. At first it is not clear when this is taking place in Suzie timeline. Magrette and Suzie meet at the crash side of a spaceship and she thinks Suzie is a UFO spotter.

A special bond

Like I said they meet on the crash side of a spaceship. We don’t know why Suzie is there but we know it is not for Torchwood. Magrette is searching for a way to leave earth. After the crash the ship bonds them together so they don’t loose each other until help arrives. Which means that they can’t leave each others side. Also what ever shot the spaceship down is firing missiles at them. So they have to find a way to break the bond and stop these missiles.

Simularity

Both are really different people but they are really similar in many ways. They both are outsiders and play people that they not really are. Both of them has they very own agenda and they are ready to make everything to get what they want. Actually they are both crazy and that probably is the reason we they get along so good. They form are a special pair.

It is also the reason why this is a fun story. It is not one of my favorite but it is still fun to listen to this very special pair and the unique friendship that they share. I like the stories with Suzie because she is so hard to read. She is for me the bad one. It never was really different but I find it interesting to see what she plans and what she want to achieve. You know that she has a secret agenda but you never quiet sure what she is after.

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