Monday 1 July 2013

Reviews Ghost Train by DJ Forrest


Read by Kai Owen
Published by AudioGo Ltd
Release date: 1st March 2011
Written by James Goss

There’s something strange falling from the skies and Torchwood are dealing, but there are also some strange occurrences at Harwood’s Haulage in the shape of fridges.  It’s not just Rhys who’s noticed.  But can he get a moment to talk to his wife Gwen about it, because with the strange occurrences there’s also the train that shouldn’t be arriving on Platform One, and while Gwen has to deal with a matter regarding her husband, Captain Jack Harkness also goes missing.

So Rhys becomes Sherlock Holmes and does a little deducing of his own. 

It’s a fascinating and often funny story that has all the qualities you expect from a Torchwood story with the added quality of Rhys Williams. 

The instant Kai Owen speaks you know you’re not going to do anything else but listen to the story.  Whether it be the Welsh accent or the fact the story is written especially for Rhys, but the moment Kai speaks, all other work ceases till the story ends. 

I found the story entertaining and have listened to it several times already and it doesn’t get old.  I want to hear more stories read by Kai Owen who has a firm grasp of Gwen and Ianto’s voices and Captain Jack Harkness.

‘Ghost Train’ is set before Children of Earth and features Captain Jack Harkness, Ianto Jones, Gwen Cooper and Rhys Williams and read by Kai Owen.

It was especially written for audio book by James Goss and runs for 2 hours.





1 comment:

  1. I too give this one 5 out of 5. It is such a gem, from the story to Kai's reading of it to the humour. ("I stared, Jack stared, in its own way the skeleton stared") All wonderful. It even has a knowing nod to the audience.

    Rhys to Jack (...and me): Just pointing it out to you. Wouldn't want you to miss a key fact.

    And it has shed-loads of wibbly-wobbly-timey-wimey stuff.

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