Series 2 (BFTW)

The second series in the Torchwood range of audios was released by Big Finish Productions in 2016. It followed after Series 1 without a break and continued both its format with each story concentrating on a particular Torchwood personality and the loose arc revolving around the Committee. In addition to the characters already featured in Season 1, this season saw the return of Naoko Mori and Indira Varma to their characters of Toshiko Sato and Suzie Costello respectively. Andy Davidson, though strictly speaking not a member of Torchwood, was given his own story, which also debuted the mysterious character of Norton Folgate played by Samuel Barnett. Queen Victoria played a major role in the opening story of the season, though voiced by Rowena Cooper rather than Pauline Collins, who founded the Torchwood Institute onscreen.

Overview
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Music for the series was composed by Blair Mowat.

The stories were released monthly from March till August 2016.

Featured actors

 * John Barrowman
 * Naoko Mori
 * Tom Price
 * Indira Varma
 * Gareth David-Lloyd
 * Eve Myles

Production
On 11 September 2015, hot on the heels of the first release of Series 1 the day before, Series 2 comprising further six stories was announced to start in March 2016 to continue an unbroken run from Series 1. At this point, the first draft of the script for the first story was already completed.

On 3 December 2015, it became known that, like the first season, the second one would begin with a Jack Harkness story.

The return of Naoko Mori as Toshiko Sato in the second story of the season, Zone 10 was announced on 16 January 2016 at "Big Finish Day 8". In addition, it was revealed that the first story would be called The Victorian Age, be set in the Victorian era and feature Queen Victoria herself, played by Rowena Cooper. Finally, it was hinted that Andy Davidson will return for a full scale adventure.

More details of The Victorian Age were announced on 2 February, including the participation of Louise Jameson, better known as the Fourth Doctor companion Leela.

On 14 February, the return of Suzie Costello played by Indira Varma was announced at Gallifrey One 27. She would star in the fourth story of the season, Moving Target. It was also revealed that the third story, Ghost Mission, would focus on Andy Davidson, who would be pared with an enigmatic new character of Norton Folgate played by Samuel Barnett. The idea of this duo was borne out of their collaboration on the novel adaptation Nightshade.

The title of the penultimate story of the series was unveiled on 9 April. Broken would star both John Barrowman and Gareth David-Lloyd as Jack Harkness and Ianto Jones and explore how their relationship evolved during the first series of the televised Torchwood. The idea to expand on their relationship originated from the story's writer Joseph Lidster.

25 May saw the first announcement of a special release, Outbreak, in the Torchwood range. The side effect of this big production was that Series 2 was not immediately followed by the next season.

Finally, on 4 June, the title of the last story of Series 2, Made You Look focusing on Gwen Cooper was announced. The story was recorded on 6 May 2016.

Unlike the first series, Series 2 was tightly directed by just one man, Scott Handcock.

June 2016 marks one of the first instances when the designations "Series 1" and "Series 2" began being phased out in favour of more descriptive terms such as "second run". In particular, when the next 6-story batch was finally announced on 7 September, more than a month after the release of the last story of Series 2, it was not referred to as "Series 3". The first story of this new batch was scheduled for March 2017 release, marking a 6-month hiatus in the regular Torchwood releases. The resulting Torchwood void was filled with three special releases.

Cover gallery
Covers for the series were designed by Lee Binding.