Lost Souls

Torchwood Season Two Spoilers Below

Since I had to spend a couple of hours the other day printing out reply envelopes for the wedding invitations, I decided to make the time go by faster by picking up the Torchwood audio play Lost Souls. Considering it's only about an hour long, it's a bit pricey compared to a standard audio book, but it did include some interesting interviews with cast members. The story starts with Martha Jones calling Torchwood in to investigate after the mysterious disappearances of employees at CERN, the real-life massive scientific research facility in Switzerland (I'd be happy to read more non-Torchwood stories about this place--it's basically a massive underground city employing more than 10,000 scientists in an unprecedented multinational bid to discover the fundamental particles of existence as we know it). I'd rate the story as about average, but it was set during a time period I was curious about: soon after the deaths Tosh & Owen at the end of Series Two. Martha plays the interesting role of the person the others individually turn to in order to share their grief. Like the story, the dialogue isn't stellar, but it is passable. As with the BBC audio plays I reviewed last week, having the authentic theme and background music, sound effects, and the actor's own voices makes a big difference in helping it seem like "real" Torchwood.