Episode: 2009 Radio Special Three
Name: The Dead Line
Written by: Phil Ford
Running Time: 45 minutes
Broadcast Date: 3rd July 2009
Preceded by: Golden Age
Starring:

• John Barrowman - Captain Jack Harkness
• Eve Myles - Gwen Cooper
• Gareth David-Lloyd - Ianto Jones
• Kai Owen - Rhys Williams
• Dona Croll - Stella
• Eiry Thomas - Jan
• Matthew Gravelle - Bob
• Brendan Charleson - Tyler

Plot

When a Cardiff hospital is inundated with patients who have fallen into coma -like trances, Torchwood move in to investigate. The trances appear to have been triggered by phone calls, all received on retro phones and made from a number that hadn't been active for over 30 years. Determined to find out who has been calling the unfortunate victims, Jack rings the mysterious number, but the line is dead. But then it calls Jack back.