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Post by Zagreus on Jul 9, 2017 19:32:24 GMT
Torchwood: Hidden Get it on Audible HERE, or, as part of Torchwood Tales: Torchwood Audio Originals HEREWritten by: Steven SavileNarrated by: Naoko MoriLength: 2 hrs and 15 mins An exciting original short story written exclusively for audio, featuring the Torchwood characters and read by Naoko Mori, who plays Toshiko in the television series.
An age-old secret is buried in the heart of the Welsh countryside. After a series of violent and seemingly unrelated deaths, the solution to a riddle seems to point the finger of blame at Captain Jack Harkness. Can the Torchwood team uncover the truth that lies hidden in time to save Jack?
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Post by Zagreus on Jul 9, 2017 19:37:39 GMT
The first of the audio originals, and one of the early 2-disc releases, prior to both Torchwood and Doctor Who moving over to a 1-disc format. At times, it goes a little like it was supposed to be a 3-disc release, or is an abridged reading of something that was supposed to be a full novel, as we don't always get the full picture of what's going on. There's some very nice build-up, and the whole team gets split up into different plot stands that slowly converge, with nice intrigue and action scenes alike. The ending though feels a bit rushed, and is one of the spots where the story feels a little abridged, like there should have been some more there.
Naoko Mori doesn't bother trying to do aproximations of everyone's voices, save for a bit of a trans-atlantic for Jack, but still manages to bring everyone to life.
A solid first outing.
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Post by Whovitt on Dec 2, 2020 8:25:41 GMT
I listened to this for the first time quite recently. I thought Naoko was a good narrator, with each character coming across as clear and distinct. The story was quite engaging too, though there reached a point where it seemed like we were supposed to know what the twist was, but it was another 5-10 minutes before any of the characters cottoned-on and the pacing kind of halted then. After the "reveal", everything was wrapped up rather too quickly too, especially Ianto's story. He didn't seem to be doing much, then had a lot happen, then he disappeared until right at the end. It was very enjoyable on the whole though, and I say this as someone who generally finds straight audiobooks difficult to engage with; I thought this was pretty gripping, so if ever anyone needed an endorsement, there's one  |
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Post by sherlock on Sept 27, 2022 7:57:16 GMT
Starting on the Torchwood Tales as my latest commute fodder.
I couldn’t really get into this one. Naoko Mori does her best but I was just very easily distracted on this one. It was written very functional way that just didn’t captivate me, though the team’s personalities are there and correct.
The plot plodded along and finally revealed the villain was dispatched right at the beginning and the team was just catching up with Jack. Cos once again a Torchwood story falls back on the lazy “Jack keeps the team out of the loop for absolutely no reason” trope.
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