Stories Audio Drama Torchwood Main Range Rictus 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews 3 Statistics Quotes Overview Released Thursday, March 20, 2025 Written by James Goss Publisher Big Finish Productions Runtime 64 minutes Time Travel Past Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Alien refugees Location (Potential Spoilers!) Baker Street, Buckingham Palace, England, London, London Underground Synopsis 1901: Six months after the death of Queen Victoria, her gung-ho daughter Princess Beatrice goes to visit the organisation she’s inherited. What is Torchwood? Meanwhile, something has broken out of a vault deep beneath London. The Smiling Man is coming. Listen Listened Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Edit date completed Custom Date Release Date Archive (no date) Save Characters Princess Beatrice Zygons How to listen to Rictus: Big Finish Audio Torchwood: Rictus Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Date (Newest First) Date (Oldest First) Likes (High-Low) Likes (Low-High) Rating (High-Low) Rating (Low-High) Word count (High-Low) Word count (Low-High) Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 3 reviews 2 April 2025 · 65 words Review by Jamie 3 I don't know how, but I still continue to let Torchwood surprise me. Due to the Monarchy's involvement I've had this on the backburner, but oh my god it was great!? I really wish Beatrice wasn't a royal, because she was great in this. Really truly wonderful, all the characters were. I'd gladly hear more from them, maybe Zygon Century 2 if that happens. That ending!? Jamie View profile Like Liked 3 30 March 2025 · 20 words Review by Rock_Angel 1 Oh this is a banger we love to see it I need more like this following on from this story Rock_Angel View profile Like Liked 1 27 March 2025 · 96 words Review by Guardax Spoilers 1 This review contains spoilers! This story was good fun, and classic Torchwood. Torchwood has always interestingly wedded the subversive with the aristocratic, and this story is no different. After Queen Victoria's death (funny enough we just in January had a story based around exactly this - Lord of Misrule), her youngest, Beatrice, is given Torchwood. She completely stumbles in and upsets a perfectly negotiated truce with a group of Zygons living peacefully. It turns out, however, that Beatrice is not quite as innocent as we'd think. Was King Edward VII replaced by a Zygon duplicate? It's likelier than you think! Guardax View profile Like Liked 1 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating19 members 4.16 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 25 Favourited 2 Reviewed 3 Saved 3 Skipped 3 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote