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   Torchwood Darker Days: The Hard Call * * * 2008 "Alright. So you're going to love this." He said, grin like a madman. Or at least like one's impression of a madman. The Prime Minister rolled his eyes. Madmen weren't so obvious. He would know.  "The new plan, Mister Prime Minister - isn't that funny, that rhymes, doesn't it? Mister Prime Minister - have you ever tried saying Mister Prime Minister five times fast?" The Prime Minister, in fact, had not.  "Come on. Say it with me."  Should he placate him? He decided to, for now. Because it was funny. Just a little funny. Not funny ha-ha, he wasn't going to roll over laughing, but it was funny enough, so he said it with him. Just to make him happy. Politics was about making people just happy enough like that. And stabbing people in the back too, but that was beside the point.  The Prime Minister was subtly annoyed. Not least because he wasn’t a very popular Prime Minister. A little s...

  Torchwood: Something Out There A Tale From the Worlds of Torchwood  Starring Clare Rushbrook  * * * Science Officer's Log, Supplemental. Ida Scott reporting.  God.  I'm afraid.  I hope someone will eventually find this. Or somewhat more optimistically, someone will listen to this after I bring it and all of the other log recordings back alive, in perfect condition, and happily drop them on the desk of my superintendent. "Study these," I'd say, and walk off smugly.  But no. Someone's going to definitely find this in a pile of Wreckage.  I wonder what I was thinking? Well, Ida. You've survived a dead planet orbiting a black hole  that happens to contain the powers of Satan, and you've reported back to tell the tale. Why don't we just go back in space again on another dangerous mission? That personally to me seems to be the smart thing to do! I'm - I'm shaking. You'll forgive me if I stumble over my words, but I have to get this down. So...

Torchwood: Least Dangerous Game A Tale from the Worlds of Torchwood Starring Samuel Barnett and Kate Mulgrew * * *   "Have you ever read the Short Story, The Most Dangerous Game?" Norton Folgate asked, disinterestedly. He threw the card into the pile. Six of hearts.  "No." She responded, doing the same.  Three of spades.  "Really? Well, you'd like it." he replied. "Very gutsy little story. Read it in my English class. It stuck with me."   Eight of clubs.  "You see, it's all about this sort of fellow, Rainsford, and he goes to this island," He continued, "There's this madman there - a big Russian sort of chap, Zaroff. And our dashing hero is invited to his house for dinner." King of hearts.  "Zaroff, he's a hunter that has grown bored of hunting. He's killed wolves, and tigers, and lions, and hunted the dodo to extinction or something or other. No kind of game shows him any challenge. So he's got to...