FREE TORCHWOOD: THE DEAD LINE PDF Assistant Professor of Music Phil Ford,Eve Myles,Full Cast,Gareth David-Lloyd,John Barrowman | 1 pages | 06 Aug 2009 | BBC Audio, A Division Of Random House | 9781408426661 | English | London, United Kingdom Torchwood- The Dead Line Unlike the previous Unbound stories, this story does not strictly attempt to portray an alternate version of the Doctor, but instead an alternate version of the history of the Doctor Who television show. The story blurs the lines between a version Torchwood: The Dead Line the "real world" and a version of the Doctor Who universe. Elements and alternate versions of key sequences from An Unearthly ChildThe Daleks and The Masters of Luxor are presented and acted out throughout the story. It's been forty years since Martin Bannister encountered the Doctor. They were different men back then. The Doctor was mysterious, crotchety, and possibly Oriental. Pity poor Martin now. His career is in ruins, all forgotten. His estranged wives keep dying in the wrong order. And there's a nasty green stain by the wardrobe that could be an alien footprint. Or possibly just mould. Martin's life is Torchwood: The Dead Line to change unexpectedly. Impromptu poetry readings, elephant expeditions, an obligatory Torchwood: The Dead Line Monster. And a last desperate chance for love, before it's too late. Sounds like it's time for the Doctor to come into Martin's life again, and sort him out. Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. Sign In Don't have an account? Start a Wiki. You may be looking for the unproduced Torchwood story or the Torchwood audio drama. Contents [ show ]. Full Fathom Five. He Jests at Scars Categories :. Cancel Save. Stream the best stories. Start Your Free Trial. Try Torchwood: The Dead Line. The Doctor Auld Mortality and Susan. The Doctor Sympathy for the Devil and the Brigadier. The Valeyard and Mel. ​Torchwood: The Collected Radio Dramas: Seven BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas on Apple Books Confused as to why she is being called, Ianto reveals that Captain Jack Harkness needs Professor Courtney's help as he is dying. At St. Helen's hospital, Gwen Cooper leads Stella to where Jack's body lay. She remarks that Jack cannot die, to Torchwood: The Dead Line Gwen remarks that what Jack is suffering through is worse than death itself. Upon seeing the Torchwood: The Dead Line and meeting Ianto, Stella comes to the conclusion that Jack is more entranced than comatose; as his monitor is still relaying faint signs of activity. Stella is told that there are twenty other people in the hospital in the same condition as Jack, and it all started two nights ago when a man named Bob Roberts received Torchwood: The Dead Line phone call in the middle of the night. Two nights prior, Bob Roberts and his wife Jan are awoken by a phone call. Bob answers the phone at the urging of his wife, only to find a strange ticking sound on the other end. Assuming it Torchwood: The Dead Line a prank call, Bob chastises the caller; only to collapse on the floor. By the time the Torchwood team are alerted, seven more cases across Cardiff have been recorded. Gwen and Jack go to the Roberts' household to investigate and are met by a distraught Jan. While she attends to a phone call, Gwen and Torchwood: The Dead Line examine the Torchwood: The Dead Line used by Bob the previous night. Jack notes the vintage appearance of the phone while Gwen's scans reveal that there are faint signs of residual Rift energy. She concludes that if something alien is in the phone network, the whole of the city could be endangered. After promising Jan they'd do their best to return Bob to health, Gwen and Jack take the phone back to the Hub. Gwen phones Rhys at Torchwood: The Dead Line, warning him against using phones and rejoins Ianto and Jack inside the Hub, where Jack has accumulated all the phones involved in the cases across Cardiff. Gwen notices that all the Torchwood: The Dead Line are the same and Jack remarks that they're from the seventies, recalling his life back then. He mentions a junior doctor he dated back inStella Courtney, and that he still checks in to see if she's okay. Jack remarks that the phone number which called all the victims was the same and that the number is ''. Intrigued as to why a phone number from thirty years previous is ringing people inJack phones the number but gets no reply. Suddenly, the retro phones all ring simultaneously; and ignoring the pleas of Ianto and Gwen, Jack answers. He collapses upon hearing the strange ticking noise on the other end. At the hospital, Jack's monitor signifies change in his brain activity. While Ianto stays with Jack, Stella and Gwen observe the other victims; Stella suggesting that their brains are all connected somehow, as the patients' monitors are Torchwood: The Dead Line in unison. Gwen begs Stella to do her best in healing them as she leaves to Torchwood: The Dead Line the cause behind the phone calls. Upon meeting Rhys, who had been waiting at Roald Dahl Plass for her, Gwen relays the events to him and becomes emotional. Whilst eating breakfast, Gwen notes that everybody with a mobile phone is in danger and is effectively Torchwood: The Dead Line a bomb. Rhys volunteers his help to Gwen though she initially opposes to it, only relenting after Rhys reminds her that he's helped Torchwood and Jack before. Stella and Ianto muse over what could be connecting the victims together. Stella suggests that there is nothing physically wrong with Jack to cause his condition, that an electrochemical reaction to what came down the phone line is what has entranced him and the others. She also points out that whatever has done this to Jack and Torchwood: The Dead Line others needs them alive for another purpose. Gwen and Rhys, meanwhile, drive to the last residence holding the phone number ringing all the victims; an Torchwood: The Dead Line building society house, Maddock House. After breaking in, Gwen and Rhys discover masses of copper wiring and a dead body holding a phone. They confiscate the phone and contain it in a special crate kept in the SUV. As Ianto sits by Jack's bedside, he begins to talk to him like people would to loved ones in a coma. He tells Jack that when he wakes up, never to repeat what he is saying. Ianto proceeds to tell Jack about the times where he's watched him sleep and dream, and that he wonders what a man like himself could dream about. He goes onto admitting that he knows there will be a day when Jack won't come back to him but they won't have to worry about that problem as long as they work for Torchwood as no member lives to old age. Ianto tearfully refers to himself as a 'blip in time' to Jack, and because he hasn't left yet, he knows Jack will return to him. He feigns ignorance about the telephone and after being pressured, asks Gwen and Rhys to follow him to a nursing home the company owns. There, Tyler introduces Gwen and Rhys to Jillian, who lies in the same state as the other victims. Tyler reveals that Jillian had been in that condition for 33 years, and that there have been others. Maddock House had been hit by a thunderstorm in the seventies which caused the phones to ring; and upon answering, people collapsed. The Cardiff and West Building Society took care of these people because they did not know how to Torchwood: The Dead Line the condition. Tyler reveals that the monitors at the nursing home reacted in the same way as the ones of the victims in Cardiff. When Gwen and Rhys return to Torchwood: The Dead Line hospital, more cases of people collapsing are occurring, and after regrouping with Ianto and Stella; they devise a way to combat the problem. Using the phone retrieved from Maddock House, Ianto breaks the connection and brings the victims out of their trances. When Jack and the others awaken, they have no real effects except for no memory of what happened. After a brief reunion with Jack, Stella says her goodbyes and leaves with Gwen. Alone, Ianto asks Jack if he remembers anything about his trance. Jack replies that he didn't and asks Ianto if he spoke to him while he was unconscious. Ianto says he did but not much as he isn't a big talker. Jack accepts this, seemingly to Ianto's relief, before stating that Ianto will never be just 'a blip' in time for him. Rhys's response to Gwen telling him that Jack was attacked by the virus in the phone network was "Jack? But I thought he was indestructible, like Captain Scarletor something". From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. For other uses, see Deadline. Not to be confused with The Thin Dead Line. This article's plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it Torchwood: The Dead Line concise. July Learn how and when to remove this template message. Torchwood Torchwood: The Dead Line and audiobooks. Long Time Dead. Categories : Radio plays Torchwood: The Dead Line on Torchwood radio dramas audio plays. Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Pages using deprecated image syntax Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention from July All Wikipedia articles with plot summary needing attention Use dmy dates from November Namespaces Article Talk.