By David Llewellyn
Broadcast September 2015
Big Finish Audios
Starring John
Barrowman
Captain
Jack is suspicious of a group called The Committee. The Committee is a group that is run by
aliens and they seem to have a hand in the events of the world throughout
history. When renowned conspiracy
theorist arrives in Cardiff
When I
heard back in early 2015 that Big Finish was going to be doing Torchwood audio
adventures I was a bit excited and couldn’t wait for them to come out. I was also pretty happy that they got most of
the cast to do the audios also with a few surprises thrown in. It made perfect sense for Big Finish to star
with Captain Jack as he was the central figure of the television show. But then I found out it would only be a one
disc 60 minute story and well I had some reservations especially when I found
out the story would be narrated also. I
don’t really enjoy a story that is narrated but in The Conspiracy it worked
pretty well as it helped move the story along and it wasn’t overbearing as the
story was mostly performed and the narration was minimal. That is a good thing and I forgot the story
was being narrated halfway through so it doesn’t really affect it that much.
I really
enjoyed the story about Captain Jack investigating the conspiracy theorist
George Wilson. It ended up being a game
of cat and mouse and it was good to see Captain Jack being jerked around and
confused by the whole situation of George Wilson who ended up being a fake but
actually getting things right about some of the conspiracies that Jack knew was
real. I really liked the mystery surrounding this story and who The Committee
was and how they are connected to Jack which made the ending of this story
something a tad bit unexpected and something you wished they tried in the
televised Torchwood. It ended up that it
was all a trap for Jack and it ends up that George Wilson’s daughter Kate
wasn’t even human after all but part of The Committee and every once in a while
feed him something true in a way to draw Jack’s interest. Now this was a pretty
good ending as it made Jack go on the run again and leave the everyday running
of Torchwood to his trusted friends.
What is
good about this series is that the individual releases are linked in a way and
my guess it will be with The Committee going after individual members of
Torchwood. If they are written as
cleverly as The Conspiracy then the Torchwood audio adventures will be really
good going forward. I really enjoyed The
Conspiracy and to actually have Torchwood back in this format will make the
diehard fans really happy and hopefully they get some new interest from the
casual fan also. The Conspiracy is a
good start to the Big Finish Torchwood audio adventures.
Grade A
Yes, it was a trap for Jack, but also, I think, the idea of the committee was to expose Torchwood to the public for the death of Sam and the following events as a distraction for the public from what was really happening and also to get Torchwood of the track of them. :)
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