This review is split into two halves, what went well and was very interesting; and the poor elements.

I loved the initial concepts and that really made me keen to listen and see how the story played out. The second great thing was Burn Gorman’s narration as he really plays Owen with that mix of vulnerability yet cockiness, and does a pretty good impression of the rest of the Torchwood team.

The negative is really simple here and is a massive detriment to the story; it’s so boring. The actual developments with the story are so dull and go nowhere for most of the runtime, and even when we get to the villain reveal, it is incredible underwhelming. A generic baddie who retroactively makes all of the rest of the buildup pointless. The middling to fill the duration of the story is so dragged out and the side characters in the story have no personality, which makes it so hard to engage with elements of the story involving them.

Overall, for me personally I just couldn’t focus on the positives to the extent of ignoring it’s poorer aspects, and that left if feeling not really that great at all. It’s just a really slow listen that does not have a satisfying ending, and the only merit is you can engage with the Torchwood team thanks to Burn Gorman’s narration.