#torchwood: gods among us

[coffee4harper]

Back in my tomfoolery era (I got bored)

[intuitive-revelations]

This week in obscure Doctor Who expanded universe references the internet has found:

First, the pub has a beer called Llanfer Ceiriog Pale Ale. While there's some similarly named locations IRL, with the Ceiriog Valley being a valley in North-East Wales, there is no place actually called this. Instead it's seemingly a direct reference to a fictional Welsh village visited by Seven and Ace in Cat's Cradle: Witch's Mark, connected by a stone circle to a planet of fantasy creatures. Quite ironic, given how mocking the landlady and patrons are about people thinking Welsh villages are backwards and full of witchcraft.

Secondly, while this might be a coincidence, Kate's suggestion of a Sontaran's arrival inspiring belief in God could be referencing DWM 59's comic: "The Gods Walk Among Us", where ancient Egyptians indeed mistake a Sontaran named Styx for a god.

Bonus, because it's not actually a reference, but just a reused filming location:

The pub Ruby stays in is the same one in Countrycide. At least in this case, however, it's just a filming location coincidence. The external shots are completely different, they're in different villages, and the pubs have different names.

[doctorwhoisadhd]

oh my god superiority complex the torchwood audio is great . Pinnacle of fiction. sentient hotel decides to kill everybody inside it. alien who shapeshifts to be sexually attractive in response to the people around it figures out The Hotel Did It via the fact that their cock is now an elevator. they have to explain this to their friends. they have to tell people on MULTIPLE OCCASIONS that, well, when they say shaft its very literally the case on multiple levels

[the-torchwood-archive]

I don’t l know how to vote on the poll because I think the show ends with COE but also some things after that are still canon

I think that’s totally normal and most people would maybe even agree. I know I do. I’ve already said that I essentially take all of the Big Finish monthlies to be canon even though for me it ends at Children Of Earth.

I also see things from post COE as canon even though I don’t see the stories. Gwen and Rhys having a daughter called Anwen. Jack’s relationship with Angelo. I’d even go so far as to say the entire plot of Cuckoo. It’s not quite as black and white as the poll would suggest.

Honestly if you selectively cut Jack and Gwen out of all of The Story Continues I’d call it canon. Obviously the entire plot would change so that’s not possible, but great swaths of the story could find their way in there.

[jackfromthefairytale]

the story continues making cardiff living into a kind of dystopian reality is actually a cool concept

[sisterhoodofkarnliberated]

Can we really be certain that was Donna’s mum in the trailer and not God from Torchwood God Among Us 2?

[universe-on-her-shoulders]

But First Of All Let Me Say

Summary: Yvonne Hartman had never exactly anticipated being put up at Her Majesty's Pleasure. Still, prison isn't all bad, once you get past the enforced confinement, terrible food, and lack of any decent hair salons. Relying on Andy for news, when the letters begin to dry up, Yvonne begins to panic. What's happening to the United Kingdom? And what's happened to Andy Davidson? 

Relationships: Yvonne Hartman/Andy Davidson.

Characters: Yvonne Hartman, Andy Davidson.

Read it on AO3 here.

[javic-piotr-thane]

all of the new seasons for sale!!! have at them :333

[crystalromana]

Tyler Steele in Rani Takes on the World has me headscratching timeline wise.

[immortal-beloved]

I can’t wait for them to be back!

[coffee4harper]

Someone take this app away from me

[mar-sibilina]

[doctorwhoisadhd]

ABSOLUTELY HOWLING AT THIS RIGHT NOW

(for context this particular audio is a bodyswap story where among other things jack and mr colchester wake up in each other's bodies)

[verloonati]

And sometimes family is that old gay gentleman, the sketchiest ethiclessest gay journalist in town, the alien harbinger that took over afformentionned ex-cop body, the ultimate people pleaser and their dead boss from another dimension, and also andy

sometimes family is a pansexual immortal who’s forgotten what death means, a suicidal doctor who’s fucked half the city, an awkward nerdy girl who’s broken multiple international laws, an ex cop who’s somehow more corrupt in every other area of her life than her police work, the coffee guy who’s more competent than pretty much everyone else and constantly experiencing trauma, and rhys

[juette]

ove been busy uhhhh making a bunch of torchwood characters as sims

[jackfromthefairytale]

sing by my chemical romance and concrete jungle by bad omens have the same vibe (torchwood miracle day)