Torchwood: Slow Decay
by Andy Lane
Slow Decay is an original novel and is set during the events of Season 1.
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When Torchwood track an energy surge to a Torchwood nightclub, the team finds the police are already at the scene. Five teenagers have died in a fight, and lying among the bodies is an extraterrestrial device. Next morning, they discover the corpse of a Weevil, its face and neck eaten away, seemingly by human teeth. And on the streets of Cardiff, an ordinary woman with an extraordinary hunger is attacking people and eating her victims.

The job of a lifetime it might be, but working for Torchwood is putting big strains on Gwen's relationship with Rhys. While she decides to spice up their love life with the held of alien technology, Rhys decides it's time to sort himself out — better music, healthier food, lose some weight. Luckily, a friend has mentioned Doctor Scotus's weight-loss clinic...

Publisher BBC Books Format Hardback Publication Date January 2007 Original Price £6.99 ISBN-10 0563486554 ISBN-13 978-0563486558 Country UK
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Burn Gorman reads this gripping story of an unbreakable secret, a terrible intruder and an imminent apocalypse.

When Torchwood track an energy surge to a Torchwood nightclub, the team finds the police are already at the scene. Five teenagers have died in a fight, and lying among the bodies is an extraterrestrial device. Next morning, they discover the corpse of a Weevil, its face and neck eaten away, seemingly by human teeth. And on the streets of Cardiff, an ordinary woman with an extraordinary hunger is attacking people and eating her victims.

The job of a lifetime it might be, but working for Torchwood is putting big strains on Gwen's relationship with Rhys. While she decides to spice up their love life with the held of alien technology, Rhys decides it's time to sort himself out — better music, healthier food, lose some weight. Luckily, a friend has mentioned Doctor Scotus's weight-loss clinic...

Read by Burn Gorman, who plays Owen Harper, this thrilling adventure features Captain Jack Harkness, Gwen Cooper, Toshiko Sato and Ianto Jones, as played by John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Naoko Mori and Gareth David-Lloyd in the hit series from BBC Television. It contains adult themes and language.

Publisher BBC Audiobooks Format 3 × CD / Download Publication Date April 2007 Narrator Burn Gorman Running Time 3h 18m Original Price £15.99 ISBN-10 1405677074 ISBN-13 978-1405677073 Country UK
Edition Notes
  • Like the audio books based on the new Doctor Who novels, Slow Decay is abridged.
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