Stories Audio Drama Torchwood BBC Radio 4 Torchwood The Dead Line 1 image Overview Characters How to Listen Reviews Statistics Quotes Transcript + Script Overview Released Friday, July 3, 2009 Written by Phil Ford Publisher BBC Audio Runtime 44 minutes Time Travel Present Location (Potential Spoilers!) Cardiff, Earth, Wales Synopsis When a 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. The team race against time to find the source of the "infection" and save the patients. 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 Captain Jack Harkness Gwen Cooper Ianto Jones Rhys Williams Show All Characters (4) How to listen to The Dead Line: BBC Audio Torchwood: The Dead Line Reviews Add Review Edit Review Submit a Review Statistics AVG. Rating22 members 4.09 / 5 GoodReads AVG. Rating373 votes 4.08 / 5 Member Statistics Listened 52 Favourited 5 Reviewed 0 Saved 2 Skipped 2 Quotes Add Quote Submit a Quote Transcript + Script Needs checking (A trilling phone. Waking up sound.) STELLA: Oh. Hello? Stella Courtney. This had better be good.IANTO: (phone) Professor Courtney, my name is Ianto Jones. We have a mutual, erm... friend. Jack Harkness.STELLA: Jack Harkness. My God, I haven't heard that name in years.IANTO: (phone) I'm sorry to ring you like this. I know it's late.STELLA: It's... two in the morning. You call me about Jack, after thirty years. Is something wrong?IANTO: (phone) He's dying. ((Walking in hospital, indistinct female voice over the tannoy with a call for someone.) STELLA: Nurse? Excuse me, I'm looking for a patient. Jack Harkness.NURSE: I'll just check for you. (Typing on keyboard.) Show Full Transcript Open in new window View Script (PDF)
