Beckoning shadows of circus folk flashed across the walls within the Electro Cinema.
They stepped out of celluloid into a world of moisture and saliva. Two strange and eerie figures silhouetted in the half-light of a street lamp on a cold and rainy night in Chain Lane running parallel to Hope Street. The night travellers… leaving a trail of damage and sorrow wherever they perform. And always in the dead of night.
“Would you like a ticket for the travelling show, my dear?”, the Ghostmaker asked of a nervous, shivering, woman waiting for the late bus, “Every young person’s dream!”
“Perhaps she’d like to join the show instead?”, suggested the Ghostmaker’s shimmering female companion, tasting the dew clinging to their first victim’s hair.
“Why not?”, the Ghostmaker added, as though the thought had never crossed his mind, “You could travel with us… forever!!”
And, having selected a waitress as their second victim, the Ghostmaker’s accomplice proffered a peculiar request of her master, “Make her cry… I want to drink her tears!”
“From Out of the Rain” was wickedly acted by Julian Bleach and Camilla Power, malevolently directed by Jonathan Fox Bassett and sinisterly written by Peter J. Hammond.
“Come along now, ladies and gentlemen, the night won’t wait forever!”, touted the Ghostmaker, “Come and see the amazing Pearl. She lives in water. She sleeps among the waves. She can reach the bottom of the oceans. She has swum the seven seas. She is the nearest thing that you will ever see… to a living… mermaid. She… will… take your breath… away.”
They stepped out of celluloid into a world of moisture and saliva. Two strange and eerie figures silhouetted in the half-light of a street lamp on a cold and rainy night in Chain Lane running parallel to Hope Street. The night travellers… leaving a trail of damage and sorrow wherever they perform. And always in the dead of night.
“Would you like a ticket for the travelling show, my dear?”, the Ghostmaker asked of a nervous, shivering, woman waiting for the late bus, “Every young person’s dream!”
“Perhaps she’d like to join the show instead?”, suggested the Ghostmaker’s shimmering female companion, tasting the dew clinging to their first victim’s hair.
“Why not?”, the Ghostmaker added, as though the thought had never crossed his mind, “You could travel with us… forever!!”
And, having selected a waitress as their second victim, the Ghostmaker’s accomplice proffered a peculiar request of her master, “Make her cry… I want to drink her tears!”
“From Out of the Rain” was wickedly acted by Julian Bleach and Camilla Power, malevolently directed by Jonathan Fox Bassett and sinisterly written by Peter J. Hammond.
“Come along now, ladies and gentlemen, the night won’t wait forever!”, touted the Ghostmaker, “Come and see the amazing Pearl. She lives in water. She sleeps among the waves. She can reach the bottom of the oceans. She has swum the seven seas. She is the nearest thing that you will ever see… to a living… mermaid. She… will… take your breath… away.”
6 comments:
Yeah I really liked this episode... sinister Victoriana always works for me. Missed the next episode though due to the poorly advertized day change... most bizarre. Hopefully it'll still be available on catch-up telly.
The day was changed so that "Torchwood" will finish the night before "Doctor Who" begins!
So you enjoyed it then? I must admit I thought it a little ... flat, but the central conceit was good ... very reminiscent of Sapphire and Steel though (naturally!)
Even though I'm not a mega-fan it is slightly disorganised of the Beeb to "rush through" the remaining T-Wood episodes, I feel. I too missed "Adrift" - forgot that it was on!
I thought Peter J. Hammond showed the young 'uns how to do it, which I've tried to reflect in an experimental post. And, I'm also grateful to him for giving me the opportunity to write the most bizarre sentence I've ever written in this blog! It wasn't typical "Torchwood" either, hence I didn't mention the programme's name, or those of any of the regulars, except for labelling.
I presume it's a case of either bringing forward the remaining "Torchwood" episodes or delaying the start of "Doctor Who" until April 12. I don't think the BBC is keen on the two series overlapping, transmission-wise! There will probably be a week's delay during Series Four anyway, come "Eurovision", which will push the season finale into July!
This is the first episode of series 2 that I've watched, missed the beginning but kind of new it was PJ Hammond as it had a Sapphire and Steel feel to it !!
I've just had a word verification come up with SPOFF in it :)
Often the sign of a good writer or director, Andrew, when you easily recognise their distinctive style.
The word verification thing happened to me the other day, too! I was downloading a Beatles' zip file, from rapidshare, and the letters came up YOKO!!
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