Read by Gareth David-Lloyd
Written by Brian Minchin
ISBN: 978-1-408-42621-0
Torchwood
has been receiving a few unidentified blips recently which fade after a few
minutes, but this time they have a lock on them. Jack, with Gwen and Ianto, the last three
surviving members of Torchwood Three take the short cut down to the shore where
they uncover a dead man covered in deep abrasions caused by an unknown
source.
Another
beachcomber is on the beach that night, gathering up the source which enables
his congregation to repent their sins and worship to their last breath. The Reverend Haywood has plans for these
creatures who grow with each sin in his font.
He has plans to deliver his message across the city of Cardiff, but the creatures have their own
agenda…
The Sin
Eaters audio read by Gareth David-Lloyd is a two CD story written by Brian
Minchin. Gareth known for his role as
Ianto Jones, gives a good impersonation of Captain Jack Harkness, Rhys, his own
character Ianto and Gwen. Gareth puts
deep feeling into his narration, you can feel the pain and the suffering of the
characters that are touched by the larvae.
You can imagine the look on Ianto’s face after Puska falls out of the sky
and Jack’s wit at various moments during the 2 ½ hour story.
The story
is after Series 2 but before Series 3 – the team are still in the Hub in Cardiff. Jack introduces Ianto to a few surprises in
the Hub that even ‘archive boy’ hadn’t been aware of, and Ianto introduces Jack
to a few he didn’t think Ianto knew about.
It’s quite funny listening to the pair when they head out to sea. Brian writes in such a way that you can’t
help wishing that you could visualise the story in an actual episode, although
given the level of CGI that would need to be involved, it could be quite a
pricey episode at that. But there are
just a few scenes you wish you could see, to know that facial expressions count
for a lot when you’re trying to visualise it for yourself, and I really want to
see creature in the tank and the mother of all creatures rising out of the sea,
and Jack, and Ianto and Puska!
I have to
also admit that the picture on the front cover doesn’t convey what I imagined
the fully formed larvae to turn into. I
was hoping for something far more alien than that, perhaps along the lines of
alien dragonflies rather than hover flies, but that’s imagination for you.
I have a
wide selection of audio stories read by various cast members of Torchwood and
although every single one of them are fantastic at their role, I can honestly
say, that out of all of them, I would rather Gareth and Kai narrate. There is something about these two men’s
narrations that nail it for me on all levels especially their level of enthusiasm
for the story. I physically jumped out
of my skin when Gareth yelled earlier on in the first half of the story. I wasn’t expecting that!
Currently
this is my favourite of all my Torchwood audio stories, and I do have a fair
few now, although admittedly, a lot are digital downloads which I will at some
point update to CD format.
Published
by BBC Audiobooks Ltd in 2009, if you haven’t heard it yet, then it’s a must
buy.
