''The Torchwood Archive'' is a Big Finish Productions audio drama celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the British

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series ''

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'', a spin-off of the long-running British

series '' Doctor Who''. The story was written by James Goss and stars the majority of the original television cast including

John Barrowman John Scot Barrowman (born 11 March 1967) is a Scottish-American actor, author, presenter, singer and comic book writer. He is known for his role as Captain Jack Harkness in ''Doctor Who'' and '' Torchwood'', and as Malcolm Merlyn in the Arrowv ...

Eve Myles Eve Myles (born 26 July 1978) is a Welsh actress. She is best known for her television roles portraying Ceri Lewis in the long-running BBC Wales drama series '' Belonging'' (2000–2009), Gwen Cooper in the BBC science-fiction series ''Torchw ...

and

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as Captain Jack Harkness,

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and Ianto Jones, respectively. It was released 21 October 2016 and made available to purchase on CD and as a

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Plot

Far in the future, in the middle of a vast war; Jeremaiah Bash Henderson pays a visit to a desolate asteroid. Upon the asteroid a forgotten outpost inside which is an archive. Within the secrets of an age old Earth institute dating back to the 19th century, an institute known only as: ''Torchwood''. Jeremiah's goal: to learn something very important. However, first he must get past the ghosts of long since dead Torchwood operatives and the tales they have to tell.

Continuity

* Alex Hopkins was first introduced in the TV series' episode ' Fragments' from

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Julian Lewis Jones Julian Lewis Jones (born 21 August 1968) is a Welsh actor. He trained at the Welsh College of Music & Drama. He has appeared largely in British television in shows such as '' Where the Heart Is'' and '' Caerdydd''. In 2009, he starred in Clint ...

reprising his role as Hopkins. * The Little Girl was introduced in the TV series episode ' Dead Man Walking' and reappeared in ' Fragments'. Kerry Gooderson takes over the role from Skye Bennett. * Madeline mentions the death of George Wilson from the first Big Finish ''Torchwood'' play, " The Conspiracy". *

Tracy-Ann Oberman Tracy-Ann Oberman (born Tracy Anne Oberman; 25 August 1966) is an English actress, playwright and narrator. She is widely known for roles including Chrissie Watts in the BBC soap opera '' EastEnders'' (2004–2005) and Valerie Lewis or "Auntie ...

reprises her role as Yvonne Hartman, the director of Torchwood One. She first appeared in the ''Doctor Who'' episodes "

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" and " Doomsday", as well as the previous Big Finish audio play "One Rule". * Toshiko mentions a way in which the world's fields could be manipulated in order to prevent death. This was seen occurring in the fourth season of the TV series, '' Miracle Day''. * The Torchwood Archive was previously mentioned in the ''Doctor Who'' episode "

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". Characters who featured worked on behalf of the archive. * Paul Clayton portrays Mr. Colchester. Mr Colchester would later appear as a full-fledged member of the Torchwood team in ''Aliens Among Us'', a 12 part Big Finish drama promoted as the ''fifth season'' following the events of Miracle Day.

Production

The play was recorded over the span of many months. The cast recorded their dialogue whilst subsequently recording other ''Torchwood'' scripts for Big Finish Productions.

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Torchwood Archive, The 2016 audio plays 2016 radio dramas Radio plays based on Torchwood