Torchwood: The Forgotten is a Torchwood fan audio season produced by
The team as of "SkyHigh" From Left to Right: Bex Gilbank, Skye Bennet, Jack Harkness, Ed Yates, Scott Miles and Tom Darlan
Polarity Creative- a fandom company known for fanzines, now visual and audio content. The season follows Jack after setting up a team in the years 2000-2001 just after he was handed the leadership of the Cardiff institute. Through twelve, once a month episodes, follow Jack's team and learn about how they fell through tales of corruption, secrets and, eventually, the ending itself...
Aside from Captain Jack Harkness, each character is new with very little links to the new season. The season is set in Cardiff before the era of Gwen and Ianto. Season One is currently airing and can be found on the Polarity Creative Website. The season will end October 2013. A second season is currently under development which sets to be shorter and to finish the show.
Season One (2012-2013)[]
Season One is produced by Matt Powell staring Matt as Captain Jack Harkness alongside four/five team members.
List of Episodes[]
| Episode | Synopsis | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Beginings (October 2012) | After stopping an alien drug trade, the Torchwood team are called to a backstreet were they learn an alien gang is in operation. But at the same time of this discovery, a man gets in the way and ends up being taken out by the alien gang. After managing to bring him back, the team begin to find out the intentions of the gang. But can this new boy be trusted? |
Introduces the character of Tom Darlan (Played by Jacob Orgill) |
| 2. SkyHigh (November 2012) | SkyHigh Airlines is one of the UK’s largest companies. But after a severe attack on one of the planes, something has been wrong with the company ever since. The CEO never shows his face, staff are acting weird and flights have vanished and no one seems to care. Enter Torchwood: with Ed and Jack acting as passengers on a flight to Orlando with Skye as their Hostess and Tom and Bex in the main SkyHigh base in Heathrow, the team begin to unwrap the truth of SkyHigh… | Introduces Scott Miles (Played by Curtis Salmon) |
| 3. Stolen Identity (December 2012) | After being arrested by the CIA, Torchwood are accused of crimes they could not have committed. Soon discovering their identities have been stolen, the spread across America to solve the mystery of their stolen identity. But in each place lies a trap... The team's safety is not certain... This is the first of a two part adventure. | First of Two Parts |
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4. The Point of Assasination (February 2012) |
TBA | |
| 5. Ressurection (March 2012) | TBA | |
| 6. TBC | TBA | This episode is guest written by Adam Tye. |
| 7. TBC | TBA | This episode is guest written by Adam Tye. |
| 8. Facades | TBA | This episode is guest written by Alex Matthews. |
| 9. Ad Bellum | The first part of the Finale | This episode is written by Matt Powell and Alex Matthews |
| 10. TBC | TBA | This episode is written by Matt Powell and Alex Matthews |
Continuity[]
The season is set before the TV series begins and is set in 2000/2001
Production[]
Production began July 2012 where Matt Powell (Season Producer) began the production of the first episode script. After casting, (see more below), episodes two and three went into production with Jacob Orgill, Beth Holgate, Hayley Clark and Daniel Woolley recording on August 22nd. Katie Winfield and Daniel Woolley recorded the two episodes on September 2nd with Curtis Salmon recording the following day. Mid-September saw Episode One recorded with the show announced to the world later that week. Episode Five was recorded early October with Four following in November.
Cast[]
Matt was keen to cast the show locally: during the writing process he was performing alongside the lead cast in "Footloose". During the show week, Matt contacted the team via Facebook who all later agreed and joined the show. Hayley Clark, (Sophia and numerous other characters), was later cast after the original actress for the role did not respond to the show. Various cast members have played numerous roles:
| Cast Member | Character(s) |
|---|---|
| Matt Powell |
Captain Jack Harkness, Verox, Secros, Galta |
| Daniel Woolley | Ed Yates, Rhett Wollgate (Episodes 3-4) |
| Katie Winfield | Skye Bennet |
| Jacob Orgill | Tom Darlan, Mark Franklin (Episodes 3-4) |
| Beth Holgate | Bex Gilbank |
| Hayley Clark | Sophia Mills, Irene Gunson (Episode 2), Alexa SImms (Episodes 3-4) |
| Curtis Salmon | Scott Miles (Episode 2 onwards) |
Guest stars have featured in various episodes, especially in the future.
Crew[]
Matt Powell produces the season and has written every episode to date, unless specified. Tom Shearsmith edits the episodes after Matt's rough cuts are completed. Richard Brinnington produces the cover art under Matt's guidence and various sound effects are provided by Alex Matthews. Two guest writers penned or co-wrote the second half of the season. These are Adam Tye and Alex Matthews.
Links[]
Website: http://www.polaritycreative.co.uk
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TorchwoodTheForgotten
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ReversingPolarities
See also[]
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