Torchwood--Lost Souls

Familiar characters and voices from the "Torchwood" television show take listeners on a typical adventure, set between the end of Series Two and the "Children of Earth" miniseries. Jack, Gwen, Ianto, and Martha visit CERN, where they investigate the Large Hadron Collider--and aliens from another dimension. Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd, Freema Agyeman, John Barrowman, and the rest of the cast throw themselves enthusiastically into the radio drama. The trademark humor is here--"Everything we've seen . . . the wonder of the universe, and we're going to die in a tunnel. In SWITZERLAND." And great sound effects--riding bicycles in said cold, damp, echoey tunnel; computers beeping; alien gadgets whirring--enhance this tight, brisk, entertaining audio episode. What sounds like a TV special, including interviews with series creator Russell T. Davies, is tacked on at the end. J.M.D. (c) AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine