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Released

Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Written by

James Goss

Cover Art by

Lee Binding

Directed by

Scott Handcock

Runtime

70 minutes

Time Travel

Present

Location (Potential Spoilers!)

Cardiff, Earth, Wales

Synopsis

Baps has long been the best (and only) café in Cardiff Bay. But something's coming to the Bay – will it be posh coffee or aliens?

David thinks that Cardiff's under a curse, ever since his Mum went missing. One day, a young man called Ianto Jones walks into David's café. He's looking for something. Will he help David learn what's really going on in the city?

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L'histoire est totalement intéressante. J'ai adoré l'idée qu'à chaque explosion David et Kathy reconstruisent à zéro en éliminant les objets provenant de la mère de David.

Les personnages secondaires ont été excellent dans cet audiodrama.

J'ai bien aimé la scène du bras de David. C'était intéressant de voir Ianto virer vers le mal juste pour essayer de sauver David.

Cependant, j'aurais aimé d'en savoir un peu plus sur les extraterrestres qui causent des explosions à chaque fois en kidnappant des gens.

J'ai compris que cet audiodrama se passait vers la fin de la saison 3 (2005) parce que l'histoire mentionnait deux fois Harold Saxon (le fameux Maître) dont c'est un politicien qui a été élu en ne faisant rien.

Le fait que l'histoire parle énormément de café me fait penser à chaque fois à Honoré DE BALZAC (un auteur français du XIXème siècle), car ce dernier ne faisait que boire du café afin d'écrire et d'écrire sans jamais s'arrêter et de très peu dormir.

Même si c'était extrêmement secondaire, j'ai très bien aimé l'apparition d'Andy. Dommage qu'il manquait Norton.

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I think the biggest issue this story has is just how comparable it is to Broken. Broken examined the events of the first series of Torchwood and questioned how they impacted Lanto whilst focusing on showing how he progressed as a character as a result of them. Coffee examines how the events of the first three series of Torchwood impacted everyday people, and how the two characters we meet are impacted by them.

The reason this comparison is flawed for Coffee is that Broken is so superior in every way. Using Lanto as the Torchwood character in a story with a very similar narrative to a pre-existing story naturally leads to comparisons, had they used Tosh, Andy, or Owen this would be less of an issue. What we got with Coffee is good. Yet it lacks the depth Broken had, I think trying to cover three series rather than just focusing on a shorter timeframe would have allowed it to do more with its characters I think.

I undoubtedly enjoyed Coffee, it was a nice quirky story that focuses on how ordinary people view Torchwood something we've not got before. Yet, it lacks the substance that would elevate it from a good story to a truly great story.


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