Torchwood
The Dead Line
A BBC Radio 4 Drama
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The Dead Line
Written by Phil Ford
Directed by Kate McAll

John Barrowman (Captain Jack Harkness), Eve Myles (Gwen Cooper), Gareth David-Lloyd (Ianto Jones), Kai Owen (Rhys Williams), Doņa Croll (Stella), Eiry Thomas (Jan), Matthew Gravelle (Bob), Brendan Charleson (Tyler).


When a Cardiff hospital is inundated with patients that have fallen into coma-like trances, Torchwood move in to investigate. They find that the trances were triggered by phone calls, all of which were made from a number that hadn't been active for over 30 years.

Determined to find out who's been calling the unfortunate victims, Jack rings the mysterious number - two, zero, five, nine - nothing. It's a dead line. Until it calls Jack back, he answers - and falls into a deep trance...

With the help of one of Jack's old girlfriends, eminent neuroscientist Stella Courtney, the team have to race against time to find the source of the 'infection' and save the patients...


Original Broadcast

Asylum				3rd July, 2008			?h??pm-?h??pm

Notes:
  • Featuring the cast of Torchwood, this story was commissioned and broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
 
  
 
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