Torchwood: The Flawless Man
Apr. 27th, 2026 10:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
beccaelizabethBig Finish audios, which I am behind on because we're about to reach the end of the range and I don't want to run out forever.
But this is a solid horror story.
And another one where if Andy ends it knowing for sure if it was ever Torchwood business he's doing better than the audience I feel.
I saw a review somewhere that suggested there's no point doing another [scary thing in this audio] when the same range has done [scary thing in a completely different audio]
which is a bit like complaining there's more than one cyberman story
but also
this audio is actually about
messing about with your mates when you're a teenager
and something happens
that means the whole rest of your life is about that.
The horror is not just the monster, it's the people trying to cope with the the horror of their lives, in different ways.
which is like the core thesis of horror, obviously.
So it's more like Ghost Machine or any time Constantine flashes back to Newcastle. Something happened, and the moment it happens just violently inserts itself out of sequence into the whole rest of their lives. And for at least one of the characters that results in serious psychological problems and another feels responsible enough to try and take care of him but also resents the need. And it's just a very human story there.
And then it goes Torchwood and the violence gets more physical
and Andy has to figure it out with a limited range of topic experts available.
I thought it was well done.
Andy is always interesting because he's only ever on the edge of understanding things, knowing things can go Torchwood wrong but entirely able to admit that's all he knows about much of it.
And there were other characters introduced where we don't already know if they survive through 2020, so that keeps the tension up.
Solid story well told.
But this is a solid horror story.
And another one where if Andy ends it knowing for sure if it was ever Torchwood business he's doing better than the audience I feel.
I saw a review somewhere that suggested there's no point doing another [scary thing in this audio] when the same range has done [scary thing in a completely different audio]
which is a bit like complaining there's more than one cyberman story
but also
this audio is actually about
messing about with your mates when you're a teenager
and something happens
that means the whole rest of your life is about that.
The horror is not just the monster, it's the people trying to cope with the the horror of their lives, in different ways.
which is like the core thesis of horror, obviously.
So it's more like Ghost Machine or any time Constantine flashes back to Newcastle. Something happened, and the moment it happens just violently inserts itself out of sequence into the whole rest of their lives. And for at least one of the characters that results in serious psychological problems and another feels responsible enough to try and take care of him but also resents the need. And it's just a very human story there.
And then it goes Torchwood and the violence gets more physical
and Andy has to figure it out with a limited range of topic experts available.
I thought it was well done.
Andy is always interesting because he's only ever on the edge of understanding things, knowing things can go Torchwood wrong but entirely able to admit that's all he knows about much of it.
And there were other characters introduced where we don't already know if they survive through 2020, so that keeps the tension up.
Solid story well told.