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The year comes to a close with a return to Victorian times for the Torchwood audios:

If you’re looking for a ghostly story this Christmas and missing the seasonal adaptations of M R James’ tales, then get hold of a copy of Jonathan Barnes’ excellent Victorian Torchwood tale,

Click here to read our full review, and for other Victorian era Torchwood tales click here.

Torchwood producer James Goss said of this: “The Crown is the third part of our celebration of Queen Victoria’s bicentenary.

“I’m so proud that we’ve now filled in the minutiae of how Victorian Torchwood ran but without ever sitting down and spelling it out. I’m also really pleased that Queen Victoria comes across as the complicated, difficult creature she was in real life rather than a sweet old lady.”

Writer Jonathan Barnes added: “It’s a story about Queen Victoria but this time it’s told from a different point of view. Dr Gideon Parr is one of the most brilliant minds of his age – a celebrated alienist with a willingness to accept the impossible.

“There are wonderful performances from all of the cast, with Rowena Cooper being simply magisterial. It’s all very skilfully marshalled by director Lisa Bowerman and I’m delighted that it’s going to be the December release from this range. It should be perfect to listen to on Christmas Eve when the fire’s banked high and the rain is tapping at the window…”