Sergeant Andy Davidson has always wanted to join Torchwood. And now he finally gets his chance.
Under the strict observation of his Torchwood Assessor, Andy sets out to prove he's got what it takes. When a chemical spill turns out to have serious consequences, monsters roam the bay, and an ancient entity awakens, Andy decides he could probably use a helping hand.
The problem is that his assessor doesn't have any hands. Norton Folgate is a ghost.
Tropes
- Abandoned Area: The abandoned block of units that the alien replicator machine is housed in.
- A Day in the Limelight: After eight stories Andy finally gets his own solo audio adventure.
- Boring, but Practical: Andy reasons that there is no greater alien threat and that all of the problems in the episode have been cause by a developer wanting to cut labor costs and having the hubris to assume that they could work advanced alien technology. Norton isn't impressed.
- Camp Gay: Norton, in spades.
- How We Got Here: The episode starts with Andy and Norton being chased by a deadly mutated rat and then flashes back to begin the story proper with Andy and Norton meeting for the first time.
- Insistent Terminology: Norton isn't a ghost, he's a 'soft light farodine projection'.
- Open Secret: When Andy tries to clear the area after a dangerous chemical spill, people start telling him to call Torchwood to come fix the mess.
- Pet the Dog: Norton has a few moments, most notably when he calmly helps Andy escape the giant mutated rat and again at the end of the audio when he sets Andy up with the woman in the cafe that Andy had been established to have a crush on earlier.
- Rodents of Unusual Size: Giant, mutated rats.
- Spot the Thread: Andy reveals in his final phonecall to Gwen's answering machine that he's realized that Norton wasn't actually a Torchwood Assessor and knows that Norton has an ulterior motive.
