Synopsis: Gwen Cooper has triumphed against impossible odds before, but now she’s finally met her match: Roger Pugh, Planning Officer for Cardiff City Council.
Mr Pugh doesn’t believe the world needs Torchwood. Gwen sets out to prove him wrong. For Mr Pugh, it’s a day that’ll change his life. If he can survive it.
Written By: Guy Adams
Directed By: Scott Handcock
Review: I have mixed feelings about “More Than This.” On the one hand, it was a stellar well-acted character piece in which an ordinary man finds peace. It could have been subtitled “Grief Therapy.” What’s lovely is that the remarkable poignance was juxtaposed with the banal details of a city planning application, as Gwen needed a new base to restart Torchwood officially. Although, I couldn’t help feeling throughout that Jack could’ve gotten the building without the third-party show-and-tell, but all narrative is plot contrivance at a certain level, for better or worse. That brings to the negative point. While the plot served the character piece admirably, it left behind the main thread about The Committee. Hopefully, that thread will be picked up again, in Season 2, because we haven’t even been left with a cliff-hanger, just vaguely unresolved subplots.
You can by “More Than This” here: http://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/more-than-this-1299
Cast
Eve Myles (Gwen Cooper), Richard Nichols (Roger Pugh), Guy Adams (Coachman) with Tom Price (Sergeant Andy)
Produced by James Goss
Script edited by Steve Tribe
Executive Producers Jason Haigh-Ellery and Nicholas Briggs
- Story, Acting
- Committee plot line left hanging
- Story9.0
- Performances10
- Audio Production10
