Audiodrama - Torchwood: The Empire Man

Gather round for a ghostly Victorian full-cast audio adventure in the Torchwood Monthly Range, due for release in December from Big Finish Productions ...

Press Release

Forget Elf on the Shelf, advent calendars, and ugly Christmas jumpers! This year, explore the historical tradition of spooky seasonal stories with Queen Victoria (Rowena Cooper).

Christmas Eve, and in a secret library underneath Buckingham Palace, Queen Victoria has invited her new prime minister to a very private tradition.

At one hour to midnight, the monarch insists on the telling of ghost stories. Stories of the supernatural, the alien, and the unsettling. Only this year, something else has got in.

We are not alone.

Poirot’s Hugh Fraser joins the haunting tale as devoted palace footman, Castringham. Richard David-Caine (Horrible Histories) also appears as a Prime Minister with a secret, alongside West End star Patience Tomlinson as Queen Victoria’s former nanny, Mrs Wickmere!

Writer Jonathan Barnes said: “It's a Torchwood ghost story for Christmas! The Empire Man contains three linked ghost stories which have an unexpected conclusion, with Queen Victoria as the master of ceremonies.”  

Torchwood contains adult material and may not be suitable for younger listeners.

Torchwood: The Empire Man is now available to pre-order for just £10.99 (collector’s edition single-disc CD + download) or £8.99 (digital download only), from www.bigfinish.com. Big Finish listeners can save money by pre-ordering Torchwood Monthly Adventures in a six-release bundle for just £60 (collector’s edition CD + download) or £50 (download only). A bundle of 12 adventures is also available to pre-order from just £94.

Big Finish is currently operating a digital-first release schedule. The mail-out of collector’s edition CDs may be delayed due to factors beyond our control, but all purchases of this release unlock a digital copy that can be immediately downloaded or played on the Big Finish app from the release date.