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Torchwood One #5
Torchwood One: I Hate Mondays
Torchwood One faces three of the worst Mondays ever...
Dinner for Yvonne by James Goss, from a story by James Goss and Joseph Lidster
A cloud of psychic plasma is sweeping over Salisbury Plain towards London. Unfortunately, it’s Yvonne’s night off and she’s throwing a dinner party. Will London perish before she can serve the artisanal cheese board?
By Royal Appointment by James Goss
Poppy Greenleaf finds herself appointed the Crown’s royal liaison for Torchwood. What is Torchwood? Who is Yvonne Hartman? Why is the world ending? Poppy finds herself lost in a world of alien invasions, international espionage and intergalactic diplomacy.
Nerves by Joseph Lidster
Another Monday morning, another mission for Torchwood. Ianto and Tommy have to transport a canister of deadly Euphorian nerve agent to an underground bunker in the South Downs. It should be an easy straight-forward job but other forces are gathering…
Dinner for Yvonne by James Goss, from a story by James Goss and Joseph Lidster
A cloud of psychic plasma is sweeping over Salisbury Plain towards London. Unfortunately, it’s Yvonne’s night off and she’s throwing a dinner party. Will London perish before she can serve the artisanal cheese board?
By Royal Appointment by James Goss
Poppy Greenleaf finds herself appointed the Crown’s royal liaison for Torchwood. What is Torchwood? Who is Yvonne Hartman? Why is the world ending? Poppy finds herself lost in a world of alien invasions, international espionage and intergalactic diplomacy.
Nerves by Joseph Lidster
Another Monday morning, another mission for Torchwood. Ianto and Tommy have to transport a canister of deadly Euphorian nerve agent to an underground bunker in the South Downs. It should be an easy straight-forward job but other forces are gathering…
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Audio CD
First published May 20, 2024
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About the author
James Goss
231 books181 followersJames Goss has written two Torchwood novels and a radio play, as well as a Being Human book. His Doctor Who audiobook Dead Air won Best Audiobook 2010. James also spent seven years working on the BBC's official Doctor Who website and co-wrote the website for Torchwood Series One. In 2007, he won the Best Adaptation category in the annual LA Weekly Theatre Awards for his version of Douglas Adams' novel Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency.
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February 12, 2025
Honnêtement, je ne suis pas trop fan des épisodes comiques de Torchwood, donc le premier de la série qui tourne autour de situations comiques avec Yvonne Hartman n'était pas pour moi. J'ai aussi trouvé le deuxième épisode un peu léger et un peu facile (ça restait plaisant, mais je n'ai pas trop compris qu'est-ce que l'épisode explorait vraiment comme sujet ou thème). Toutefois, le dernier épisode était vraiment beaucoup plus rentre dedans et rachète un peu pour moi l'écoute de cette "trilogie" où Ianto apprend la mort de son père et affecte son rapport à ses collègues de Torchwood One et au restant du monde. Le dernier épisode de Joseph Lidster aborde extrêmement frontalement la question du deuil et de la perte à travers un accident de voiture où Ianto se retrouve complètement pris au dépourvu et ce sont les autres personnages qui doivent agir pour sauver la situation. Ce n'est pas un épisode triste ou vraiment dramatique, mais plutôt "rentre-dedans" qui secoue un peu les différents personnages et où il y a plusieurs phrases "assassines" très bien écrites et jouées.
Dans les trois épisodes, les acteurs et actrices étaient vraiment très doué·es dans leurs rôles respectifs. Je commente assez rarement là-dessus, ou juste pour un personnage souvent, mais dans ce coffret, les personnages étaient marquants, riches, super bien caractérisées et on sentait vraiment un vécu comme si on suivait certains personnages depuis plusieurs épisodes déjà. C'était assez rafraîchissant dans la série Torchwood One où on ne suit réellement que trois personnages dans le 5 coffrets publiés jusqu'à présents.
Je commence toutefois à regretter un peu l'absence d'arc narratif qui pourrait aiguiller l'ensemble des coffrets (autre que l'anticipation de ce qui est à venir). Il n'y a pas vraiment personne qui revient de temps à autre, des ennemis qui sont une véritable menace pour l'organisation, etc. Je pense que le coffret manquait juste un peu de quoi au-delà de la question du deuil complexe de Ianto.
Dans les trois épisodes, les acteurs et actrices étaient vraiment très doué·es dans leurs rôles respectifs. Je commente assez rarement là-dessus, ou juste pour un personnage souvent, mais dans ce coffret, les personnages étaient marquants, riches, super bien caractérisées et on sentait vraiment un vécu comme si on suivait certains personnages depuis plusieurs épisodes déjà. C'était assez rafraîchissant dans la série Torchwood One où on ne suit réellement que trois personnages dans le 5 coffrets publiés jusqu'à présents.
Je commence toutefois à regretter un peu l'absence d'arc narratif qui pourrait aiguiller l'ensemble des coffrets (autre que l'anticipation de ce qui est à venir). Il n'y a pas vraiment personne qui revient de temps à autre, des ennemis qui sont une véritable menace pour l'organisation, etc. Je pense que le coffret manquait juste un peu de quoi au-delà de la question du deuil complexe de Ianto.
May 15, 2024
This is a very good little audio drama anthology, with superb voice acting.
Torchwood has always been something of a darker cousin of Doctor Who, often dealing with certain topics that the main show and its accompanying material won’t. While at times it can be just as simple as scarier aliens or darker consequences, I’ve always felt that that the Torchwood IP was at it’s best when exploring themes of mental distress that would likely occur if your job was to keep the planet safe from aliens on a daily basis.
While Ianto has always been Torchwood’s go-to character for this, both in the show and audio/print, I Hate Mondays gives insight into the toll the job takes on many people.
While “By Royal Appointment” is certainly the weakest of the three stories, as it misunderstands some of its characters, it’s still an enjoyable listen.
Torchwood has always been something of a darker cousin of Doctor Who, often dealing with certain topics that the main show and its accompanying material won’t. While at times it can be just as simple as scarier aliens or darker consequences, I’ve always felt that that the Torchwood IP was at it’s best when exploring themes of mental distress that would likely occur if your job was to keep the planet safe from aliens on a daily basis.
While Ianto has always been Torchwood’s go-to character for this, both in the show and audio/print, I Hate Mondays gives insight into the toll the job takes on many people.
While “By Royal Appointment” is certainly the weakest of the three stories, as it misunderstands some of its characters, it’s still an enjoyable listen.
July 15, 2024
Dinner for Yvonne - decent episode, kinda funny, kinda forgettable, but pleasant. 3/5
By Royal Appointment - this one was all over the place and I struggled to follow what was going on. Poppy was a good character and well-performed but that's about it. 2/5
Nerves - holy shit, where did this stroke of genius come from? My new favourite episode in the Torchwood One series? Cinematic in its cuts between characters from the beginning, you know all of these stories are going to intersect, but how? For the entire run of the series I've constantly been thinking "stop trying to make Tommy a thing" but he's really earnt his spot on the cover for this series. Moving, clever, and ties up the threads of this set well - also ties in with Disco quite nicely. Bravo. 5/5
By Royal Appointment - this one was all over the place and I struggled to follow what was going on. Poppy was a good character and well-performed but that's about it. 2/5
Nerves - holy shit, where did this stroke of genius come from? My new favourite episode in the Torchwood One series? Cinematic in its cuts between characters from the beginning, you know all of these stories are going to intersect, but how? For the entire run of the series I've constantly been thinking "stop trying to make Tommy a thing" but he's really earnt his spot on the cover for this series. Moving, clever, and ties up the threads of this set well - also ties in with Disco quite nicely. Bravo. 5/5
November 22, 2024
A superb boxset as expected from the Torchwood One sub franchise.
* Dinner for Yvonne is a lighthearted audio about Yvonne trying to set up a dinner which nevertheless has an underlying message about Torchwood making it difficult to maintain friendships and with an ending which affects the rest of the boxset.
* By Royal Appointment is the weak point, but nonetheless has some good scenes regarding Ianto’s attempts to deal with the death of his father and Yvonne’s poor attempts to provide comfort.
* Nerves is the strongest of the three and has some great messages about dealing with grief, especially when the dead relative was an ass in life. No wonder Ianto is the most utilised character in Big Finish Torchwood - he’s got a past and character which leads to some really good stories.
* Dinner for Yvonne is a lighthearted audio about Yvonne trying to set up a dinner which nevertheless has an underlying message about Torchwood making it difficult to maintain friendships and with an ending which affects the rest of the boxset.
* By Royal Appointment is the weak point, but nonetheless has some good scenes regarding Ianto’s attempts to deal with the death of his father and Yvonne’s poor attempts to provide comfort.
* Nerves is the strongest of the three and has some great messages about dealing with grief, especially when the dead relative was an ass in life. No wonder Ianto is the most utilised character in Big Finish Torchwood - he’s got a past and character which leads to some really good stories.
May 26, 2024
Given that Barrowman is person non-grata per order via BBC, Big Finish has re-focused their best Torchwood writing to their Torchwood: One range. Truly fabulous stuff.
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