Torchwood: Serenity
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Serenity Plaza is the most exclusive gated community in South Wales. Jack and Ianto have gone undercover as a happily married couple. There are rumours that something’s wrong at Serenity Plaza and they’re determined to investigate. But the problem is that Serenity Plaza is just so rigidly normal. Suddenly, Jack and Ianto have to confront the problems that normal couples face. Sharing a house together, doing the washing up, entering the residents’ baking contest, and hoping to win the Best Kept Lawn.
Competition is fierce. Because this is Serenity Plaza. And you’d kill to live there.
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This is, in effect, Torchwood's take on The Stepford Wives although what's going on is entirely different. Jack and Ianto go undercover in the sort of gated community that's far more common in the US than I suspect it is in Cardiff and initially we're treated to the saccharine banality of an over-the-top idyllic suburb. Soon enough, we discover what they're doing there, and needless to say, aliens are involved. It's partly a satire on a desire to preserve a way of life that probably never really existed outside of soap commercials and partly more traditional sci-fi as the protagonists try to get to the bottom of what's going on. The adult elements are relatively minor, with some allusions to sex and the occasional bit of bad language, but nothing explicit. It's very well done, a strong mixture of comedy and alien peril with some great lines and good performances from the leads.
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67 primary books71 released booksBig Finish Torchwood is a 71-book series with 67 primary works first released in 2015 with contributions by Guy Adams, David Llewellyn, and 26 others.
