In Review: Big Finish: Torchwood: Fall To Earth

David-Lloyd is in top form, and James Goss wrote a script that showcased the man Jack Harkness would grow to love, and why that man would always be more than a “butler.”
by October 21, 2015
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Synopsis: The SkyPuncher is the first private spaceflight. But Ephraim Salt’s visionary project has gone horribly wrong – the ship is falling out of the sky and there seems no way to stop it.

Ianto Jones thought the flight would be sabotaged. The only problem is… he’s on board.

Review: Because the conspiracy had to be set up in “The Conspiracy,” the story was necessarily exposition heavy. As a result, the story telling didn’t actually start until this second installment, “Fall To Earth.” What listeners got is a marvelous, dryly witty, and poignant two-hander between Gareth David-Lloyd and Lisa Zahra. David-Lloyd is in top form, and James Goss wrote a script that showcased the man Jack Harkness would grow to love, and why that man would always be more than a “butler.” There is foreshadowing of Ianto’s ultimate fate, but it was not heavy handed. Furthermore, I was glad the episode had a happy ending to contrast the darker shades of Torchwood as a whole.

My favorite nod to the series was when Zeynep sold pet insurance to Ianto to justify continuing the call, and he passed Myfanwy off as an “exotic bird.” My least favorite moment was when Zeynep talked Ianto through applying the tourniquet. It wasn’t internally logical. Every Torchwood agent would know how to apply a tourniquet.

You can purchase “Fall To Earth” here: http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/fall-to-earth-1295

Written By: James Goss

Directed By: Scott Handcock

Cast

Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto Jones), Lisa Zahra (Zeynep)

Produced by James Goss

Script edited by Steve Tribe

9.7
Big Finish: Torchwood: Fall To Earth
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  • Ianto would know how to apply a tourniquet.
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  • Performances
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by Ian Cullen - Oct 21, 2015

by Tye Bourdony - Oct 21, 2015

Raissa Devereux became a life-long genre fan at the age of four when she first saw The Wizard of Oz at a screening at Arizona State University. Years later, she graduated from A.S.U. as an English major, History minor, Whovian, and Trekkie. Now a Florida transplant, she loves the opportunity Sci-Fi Pulse has given her to further explore space travel, time travel, masked heroes, gothic castles, and good yarns.
    4 Comments on this post.
  • cloe1704
    21 October 2015 at 9:12 pm -

    Perfect. Now i´d love a story with Janto (several, actually), and more episodes with Ianto Jones.

  • Bernadette (@Ptyranosaur)
    22 October 2015 at 2:22 pm -

    Ianto would have known how to apply a tourniquet, but I think he was distracted by the SkyPuncher descending out of control

  • Tereza Yan Kašpárková
    28 October 2015 at 1:45 am -

    Can someone upload it, please? 🙁

    • Ian Cullen
      28 October 2015 at 4:19 pm -

      Sorry.

      If you want to check it out. You have to buy it or find a friend who has it on CD that might be generous enough to let you lend it. We do not do torrent uploads or downloads here. Sorry.