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* CoversAlwaysLie: The cover for "The House of the Dead" features Jack wearing a Resurrection Gauntlet, which makes no appearance whatsoever in the audio. Additionally, Gwen is depicted on the cover, even though her only appearance comes in the form of Syriath inpersonating her voice.
* DeathOfAChild: In "The House of the Dead", Mrs. Winterberry came to see the ghost of her infant son, who died very young.
* DeathOfAChild: In "The House of the Dead", Mrs. Winterberry came to see the ghost of her infant son, who died very young.
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** [[spoiler: The entity pretending to be Gwen]] in "The House of the Dead".
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** [[spoiler: The entity pretending to be Gwen]] in "The House of the Dead".Dead" is an Old God from before time existed called Syriath. She has the ability to bend time to bring back the dead as ghosts and has world-intending intentions for when she makes it through the rift.
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* HospitalVisitHesitation: A variant - Ianto never contacted his father when he was in hospital (likely out of his complicated feelings towards the man, seeing as he did break his leg), which he holds against Ianto as a ghost in "The House of the Dead".
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* NotSoDifferentRemark: When Ianto's father tries to force his son to leave the House of the Dead and let Syriath come through the rift, he tells Ianto that they're more alike than Ianto wants to believe - after all, they will both betray the ones they love.
-->'''Ianto''': We can't just leave.
-->'''Ianto's Father''': I'll tell you a little secret, Ianto. We're more alike than you think.
-->'''Ianto''': What do you mean?
-->'''Ianto's Father''': We'll both betray the ones we love.
-->'''Ianto''': No. No we won't. I'm not like you.
-->'''Ianto's Father''': Oh yes you are, son. You're just like me.
-->'''Ianto''': We can't just leave.
-->'''Ianto's Father''': I'll tell you a little secret, Ianto. We're more alike than you think.
-->'''Ianto''': What do you mean?
-->'''Ianto's Father''': We'll both betray the ones we love.
-->'''Ianto''': No. No we won't. I'm not like you.
-->'''Ianto's Father''': Oh yes you are, son. You're just like me.
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* CopiedTheMoralsToo: Syriath uses visions of dead people to encourage others into allowing her into the world. For Jack Harkness, she evokes the image of his dead boyfriend Ianto to encourage him to give up on his scheme to destroy the rift. The problem is that the echo of Ianto is too complete, being made out of Jack's feelings for him, and this includes Ianto's desire to do good, leading to Ianto's echo making a HeroicSacrifice by blowing up the rift.
* DeadAllAlong: The original setup made it seem as if the events were taking place after the deaths of Tosh and Owen but before Ianto's death. The ending reveals that it actually took place 6 months after Ianto's death, and that the Ianto that we've been following is nothing more than a ghost.
* DeadAllAlong: The original setup made it seem as if the events were taking place after the deaths of Tosh and Owen but before Ianto's death. The ending reveals that it actually took place 6 months after Ianto's death, and that the Ianto that we've been following is nothing more than a ghost.
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* BystanderSyndrome: [[spoiler: In "The House of the Dead", Ianto actually suggests just walking away from the major issue of Syriath making it into their world to Jack and leaving it as someone else's problem, since the apparent alternative would be to allow Jack to perform as close to a HeroicSuicide as he can get by trapping himself in the void between worlds. Jack does actually listen to Ianto and begins walking away, at which point, Ianto reveals that it had been a ruse for Jack to get out of the way whilst he performs the HeroicSacrifice in his place]].
* CopiedTheMoralsToo: Syriath uses visions of dead people to encourage othersinto allowing to allow her into the world. For Jack Harkness, she evokes the image of his dead boyfriend Ianto to encourage him to give up on his scheme to destroy the rift. The problem is that the echo of Ianto is too complete, being made out of Syriath having recreated him from reaching into time and using Jack's feelings for him, and this includes Ianto's desire to do good, leading to Ianto's echo making a HeroicSacrifice by blowing up the rift.
* DeadAllAlong: The original setup in "The House of the Dead" made it seem as if the events were taking place after the deaths of Tosh and Owen but before Ianto's death. The ending reveals that it actually took place 6 months after Ianto's death, and that the Ianto that we've been following is nothing more than a ghost.
* CopiedTheMoralsToo: Syriath uses visions of dead people to encourage others
* DeadAllAlong: The original setup in "The House of the Dead" made it seem as if the events were taking place after the deaths of Tosh and Owen but before Ianto's death. The ending reveals that it actually took place 6 months after Ianto's death, and that the Ianto that we've been following is nothing more than a ghost.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: When Jack first arrives at the pub in "The House of the Dead", his voice is audibly cracking and his embracing of Ianto is with stronger feeling than usual. It's an early clue that Ianto is DeadAllAlong, and that six months have passed since both his death and the last time that Jack has seen him]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: When Jack first arrives at the pub in "The House of the Dead", his voice is audibly cracking and his embracing of Ianto is with stronger feeling than usual. It's an early clue that Ianto is DeadAllAlong, and that six months have passed since both his death and the last time that Jack has had seen him]].
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: For the most part, the ghosts seen in "The House of the Dead" seem to be nothing more than illusions utilized by an EldritchAbomination in her attempts to make it into the real world. Ianto's ghost seems to be more complete though, being essentially recreated by Jack's feelings for him, and the resolution of the plot revolves around Ianto's ghost having CopiedTheMoralsToo.
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: For the most part, the ghosts seen in "The House of the Dead" seem to be are apparently nothing more than illusions utilized by an EldritchAbomination in her attempts to make it into the real world. Ianto's ghost seems to be more complete though, being essentially recreated by Jack's feelings for him, and the resolution of the plot revolves around Ianto's ghost having CopiedTheMoralsToo.
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--> Jack''': The person I knew I'd find if I came here to the last night of the House of the Dead. Ianto Jones.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Jack [[spoiler: when he loses Ianto for a second time in "The House of the Dead"]].
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Jack [[spoiler: when he loses finally tells Ianto for a second time in "The House of that he loves him just as the Dead"]]. latter was preparing to perform a HeroicSacrifice to save the world as a ghost.
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* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Ianto]] in "The House of the Dead".
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* CopiedTheMoralsToo: Syriath uses visions of dead people to encourage others into allowing her into the world. For Jack Harkness, she evokes the image of his dead boyfriend Ianto to encourage him to give up on his scheme to destroy the rift. The problem is that the echo of Ianto is too complete, being made out of Jack's feelings for him, and this includes Ianto's desire to do good, leading to Ianto's echo making a HeroicSacrifice by blowing up the rift.
* DeadAllAlong:[[spoiler: Ianto]] in "The The original setup made it seem as if the events were taking place after the deaths of Tosh and Owen but before Ianto's death. The ending reveals that it actually took place 6 months after Ianto's death, and that the Ianto that we've been following is nothing more than a ghost.
-->'''Ianto''': Jack? Who's dead? Who does he mean?
--> Jack''': The person I knew I'd find if I came here to the last night of the House of theDead".Dead. Ianto Jones.
-->'''Ianto''': Jack? What?
-->'''Jack''': Ianto, six months ago, you died in my arms. You're a ghost.
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-->'''Ianto''': Jack? Who's dead? Who does he mean?
--> Jack''': The person I knew I'd find if I came here to the last night of the House of the
-->'''Ianto''': Jack? What?
-->'''Jack''': Ianto, six months ago, you died in my arms. You're a ghost.
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* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: The alien in "Submission"]]
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* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: The alien in "Submission"]]parasite from "Submission" survives by traveling from host to host, taking over their bodies and feeding on their memories.
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* SpookySeance: "The House of the Dead".
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: For the most part, the ghosts seen in "The House of the Dead" seem to be nothing more than illusions utilized by an EldritchAbomination in her attempts to make it into the real world. Ianto's ghost seems to be more complete though, being essentially recreated by Jack's feelings for him, and the resolution of the plot revolves around Ianto's ghost having CopiedTheMoralsToo.
* SpookySeance: "The House of theDead".Dead" focuses on a spooky seance being held at the most haunted pub in Wales, which if successful would bring an EldritchAbomination onto the world.
* SpookySeance: "The House of the
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* WhamEpisode: "The House of the Dead" ends with the Cardiff Rift, the major reason for Torchwood's continued operations, being closed seemingly for good.
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A collection of three ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' radio plays that premiered in July 2011.
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A collection of three ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' radio plays that premiered in July 2011. \n Promoted as taking place before ''Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth'' (although in reality, this only applies to the first two plays, with the final one serving as an {{Interquel}} between ''Children of Earth'' and ''Series/TorchwoodMiracleDay'').
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: When Jack first arrives at the pub in "The House of the Dead", his voice is audibly cracking and his embracing of Ianto is with stronger feeling than usual. It's an early clue that Ianto is DeadAllAlong, and that six months have passed since both his death and the last time that Jack has seen him]].
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* HeroicSuicide: [[spoiler:Jack attempts to do this in "The House of the Dead" to stop Syriath from making her way to Cardiff, releasing the detonator and trapping her in the eternal oblivion that is the void between worlds alongside him. As Jack puts it, he managed to see Ianto a final time, so there's nothing else for him to see in the world of the living. Thankfully, Ianto goes in his place]].
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* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: practically everything in "The House of the Dead". The story's taking place '''after''' ''Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth'', Ianto's a ghost, and "Gwen" is an EldritchAbomination.]]
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* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: practically Practically everything in "The House of the Dead". The story's taking place '''after''' ''Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth'', Ianto's a ghost, and "Gwen" is an EldritchAbomination.]]
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* ShoutOut: The title and the name of the submarine in "Submission" shout out to the Music/SexPistols. And the episode titled ''The VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead''.
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* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: practically everything in "The House of the Dead". The story's taking place '''after''' ''Children of Earth'', Ianto's a ghost, and "Gwen" is an EldritchAbomination.]]
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* TitledAfterTheSong: The title and the name of the submarine in "Submission" shout out to the Music/SexPistols. And the episode titled ''The VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead''.
* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: practically everything in "The House of the Dead". The story's taking place '''after'''''Children of Earth'', ''Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth'', Ianto's a ghost, and "Gwen" is an EldritchAbomination.]]
* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: practically everything in "The House of the Dead". The story's taking place '''after'''
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* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: practically everything in "The House of the Dead". The story's taking place '''after''' ''Children of Earth'', Ianto's a ghost, and "Gwen" is an EldritchAbomination.]]
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* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: practically everything in "The House of the Dead". The story's taking place '''after''' ''Children of Earth'', Ianto's a ghost, and "Gwen" is an EldritchAbomination.]]]]
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* ShoutOut: The title and the name of the submarine in "Submission" shout out to the SexPistols. And the episode titled ''The VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead''.
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* ShoutOut: The title and the name of the submarine in "Submission" shout out to the SexPistols.Music/SexPistols. And the episode titled ''The VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead''.
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* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: practically everything in "The House of the Dead". The story's taking place '''after''' ''Children of Earth'', Ianto's a ghost, and "Gwen" is an EldritchAbomination.]]
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* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: practically everything in "The House of the Dead". The story's taking place '''after''' ''Children of Earth'', Ianto's a ghost, and "Gwen" is an EldritchAbomination.]]
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* MissionControlIsOffItsMeds: [[spoiler:In "The House of the Dead", the radio voice that Ianto believes to be Gwen is actually the episode's BigBad impersonating her.]]
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* ShoutOut: The title and the name of the submarine in "Submission" shout out to the SexPistols. And the episode titled ''The HouseOfTheDead''.
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* ShoutOut: The title and the name of the submarine in "Submission" shout out to the SexPistols. And the episode titled ''The HouseOfTheDead''.VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead''.
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* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: practically everything in "The House of the Dead". The story's taking place '''after''' ''Children of Earth'', Ianto's a ghost, and Gwen's an EldritchAbomination.]]
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* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: practically everything in "The House of the Dead". The story's taking place '''after''' ''Children of Earth'', Ianto's a ghost, and Gwen's "Gwen" is an EldritchAbomination.]]
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** The entity pretending to be Gwen in "The House of the Dead".
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** [[spoiler: The entity pretending to be Gwen Gwen]] in "The House of the Dead".
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Rhys]] of all people in "The Devil and Miss Carew". He uses the computer browser history to track down [[spoiler:Gwen]] and rescue [[spoiler:her]] from the titular character.
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Rhys]] of all people in "The Devil and Miss Carew". He uses the computer browser history to track down [[spoiler:Gwen]] and rescue [[spoiler:her]] from the titular character.[[spoiler:Gwen]].
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* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Ianto,]] in "The House of the Dead".
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* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Ianto,]] Ianto]] in "The House of the Dead".
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: When the BigBad of "The House of the Dead" tried to bribe Jack with a living breathing Ianto, he almost took it. Ianto instead blew the BigBad to kingdom come, sealing the rift and killing himself for a second time.]]
* ShoutOut: The title and the name of the submarine in "Submission" shout out to the SexPistols. And the episode titled ''HouseOfTheDead''.
* ShoutOut: The title and the name of the submarine in "Submission" shout out to the SexPistols. And the episode titled ''HouseOfTheDead''.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: When the BigBad of "The House of the Dead" tried to bribe Jack with a living living, breathing Ianto, he almost took it. Ianto instead blew the BigBad to kingdom come, sealing the rift and killing himself for a second time.]]
* ShoutOut: The title and the name of the submarine in "Submission" shout out to the SexPistols. And the episode titled''HouseOfTheDead''.''The HouseOfTheDead''.
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** The entity in "The House of the Dead".
** Also Gwen, again, from "The House of the Dead".
** Also Gwen, again, from "The House of the Dead".
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** The entity pretending to be Gwen in "The House of the Dead".
** Also Gwen, again, from"The House of the Dead".
** Also Gwen, again, from
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** Fitzroy from "The Devil and Miss Carew" is heavily implied to be one.
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* TearJerker: '''"I never thought these would be my last words to you [[spoiler: Jack]]... but just go away."'''
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* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: practically everything in "The House of the Dead". The story's taking place '''after''' ''Children of Earth'', Ianto's a ghost, and Gwen's an EldritchAbomination.]]
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* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: practically everything in "The House of the Dead". The story's taking place '''after''' ''Children of Earth'', Ianto's a ghost, and Gwen's an EldritchAbomination.]]]]
* TearJerker: '''"I never thought these would be my last words to you [[spoiler: Jack]]... but just go away."'''
* TearJerker: '''"I never thought these would be my last words to you [[spoiler: Jack]]... but just go away."'''
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->''[[spoiler: Ianto Jones...]] I love you''
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* EldritchAbomination: the entity in "The House of the Dead".
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* EldritchAbomination: the EldritchAbomination:
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->''[[spoiler: Ianto Jones...]] I love you''
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A collection of three ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' radio plays that premiered in July 2011.
!!This series contains examples of:
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Jack [[spoiler: when he loses Ianto for a second time in "The House of the Dead"]].
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Rhys]] of all people in "The Devil and Miss Carew". He uses the computer browser history to track down [[spoiler:Gwen]] and rescue [[spoiler:her]] from the titular character.
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Ianto,]] in "The House of the Dead".
* EldritchAbomination: the entity in "The House of the Dead".
** Also Gwen, again, from "The House of the Dead".
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: The alien in "Submission"]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: When the BigBad of "The House of the Dead" tried to bribe Jack with a living breathing Ianto, he almost took it. Ianto instead blew the BigBad to kingdom come, sealing the rift and killing himself for a second time.]]
* ShoutOut: The title and the name of the submarine in "Submission" shout out to the SexPistols. And the episode titled ''HouseOfTheDead''.
* SpookySeance: "The House of the Dead".
* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: practically everything in "The House of the Dead". The story's taking place '''after''' ''Children of Earth'', Ianto's a ghost, and Gwen's an EldritchAbomination.]]
-->--'''Captain Jack Harkness'''
A collection of three ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' radio plays that premiered in July 2011.
!!This series contains examples of:
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Jack [[spoiler: when he loses Ianto for a second time in "The House of the Dead"]].
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Rhys]] of all people in "The Devil and Miss Carew". He uses the computer browser history to track down [[spoiler:Gwen]] and rescue [[spoiler:her]] from the titular character.
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Ianto,]] in "The House of the Dead".
* EldritchAbomination: the entity in "The House of the Dead".
** Also Gwen, again, from "The House of the Dead".
* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler: The alien in "Submission"]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: When the BigBad of "The House of the Dead" tried to bribe Jack with a living breathing Ianto, he almost took it. Ianto instead blew the BigBad to kingdom come, sealing the rift and killing himself for a second time.]]
* ShoutOut: The title and the name of the submarine in "Submission" shout out to the SexPistols. And the episode titled ''HouseOfTheDead''.
* SpookySeance: "The House of the Dead".
* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: practically everything in "The House of the Dead". The story's taking place '''after''' ''Children of Earth'', Ianto's a ghost, and Gwen's an EldritchAbomination.]]
