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First Born

Key crew

Publisher:

BBC Books

Writer:

James Goss

Release details

Release number:

16

Release date:

21 July 2011

Format:

Softcover Book

ISBN:

ISBN 1-84990-283-6

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You may be looking for the Doctor Who short story of the same name.

First Born was the sixteenth release in the BBC Torchwood Novels series. It served as a prequel to TV: The New World.

Publisher's summary

Gwen and Rhys are on the run. Rhys was hoping this meant a windswept cottage on a cliff top, but he's had to settle for a miserable caravan in the isolated village of Rawbone. With the locals taking an unhealthy interest in their daughter, Gwen and Rhys start to realise that something is very wrong.

As they uncover the village's terrible past, Gwen discovers that Torchwood will never leave her behind, and now she and Rhys stand alone in defence of the Earth. And the children of Rawbone can only bring her closer to the secret forces that want her out of the way.

Plot

to be added

Characters

Torchwood

Inhabitants of Rawbone

Josh
Sasha
Davydd
Nerys
Mrs. Meredith

Scions

Sebastian
Jenny
Billy
Sebastian II

Juniper Project

Corporal Jasmine Bailey
Elena Hilda Al-Qatari
Eloise
Tom
PC Tony Brown

References

Gwen and Rhys stay in Rawbone.
Rhys reads a magazine headline titled "Lady Gaga link to Cancer?".

Notes

This book is also available as an ebook from the Amazon Kindle store.

First Born Audiobook — The Audiobook cover.

Continuity

Gwen has a nightmare about the death of Ianto Jones and Jack Harkness. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Four)
Gwen also has a nightmare about Abaddon's shadow (TV: End of Days), the Blaidd Drwg nuclear station (TV: Boom Town, PROSE: Another Life), the Large Hadron Collider (AUDIO: Lost Souls), cannibal cults (TV: Countrycide) and the 456. (TV: Children of Earth)

Audio release

The story was released as an audiobook on download only from the AudioGo website read by Clare Corbett, Kai Owen, Katherine Fenton, Joe Jameson, Carole Boyd, Michael Stevens and Susie Riddell.

External links

Official First Born page at Penguin Books

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-'''''First Born''''' was the sixteenth release in the [[BBC Torchwood novels|BBC ''Torchwood'' Novels]] series. It served as a prequel to [[TW]]: ''[[The New World]]''.
+'''''First Born''''' was the sixteenth release in the [[BBC Torchwood novels|BBC ''Torchwood'' Novels]] series. It served as a prequel to [[TV]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]''.
 == Publisher's summary ==
-Gwen and Rhys are on the run. Rhys was hoping this meant a windswept cottage on a cliff top, but he’s had to settle for a miserable caravan in the isolated village of Rawbone. With the locals taking an unhealthy interest in their daughter, Gwen and Rhys start to realise that something is very wrong.
+Gwen and Rhys are on the run. Rhys was hoping this meant a windswept cottage on a cliff top, but he's had to settle for a miserable caravan in the isolated village of Rawbone. With the locals taking an unhealthy interest in their daughter, Gwen and Rhys start to realise that something is very wrong.
-As they uncover the village’s terrible past, Gwen discovers that Torchwood will never leave her behind, and now she and Rhys stand alone in defence of the Earth. And the children of Rawbone can only bring her closer to the secret forces that want her out of the way.
+As they uncover the village's terrible past, Gwen discovers that Torchwood will never leave her behind, and now she and Rhys stand alone in defence of the Earth. And the children of Rawbone can only bring her closer to the secret forces that want her out of the way.
+== Plot ==
+''to be added''
 == Characters ==
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 * [[Gwen Cooper]]
 * [[Rhys Williams]]
+* [[Anwen Williams]]
-=== Inhabitants of [[Rawbone]] ===
+=== Inhabitants of Rawbone ===
-* [[Tom (First Born)|Tom]]
 * [[Josh (First Born)|Josh]]
-* [[Eloise (First Born)|Eloise]]
+* [[Sasha (First Born)|Sasha]]
-* [[Sasha (First Born)|Sasha]]
 * [[Davydd (First Born)|Davydd]]
 * [[Nerys (First Born)|Nerys]]
 * [[Meredith (First Born)|Mrs. Meredith]]
-* [[Tony Brown]]
-==== [[Scion]]s ====
+==== Scions ====
 * [[Sebastian (First Born)|Sebastian]]
 * [[Jenny Meredith|Jenny]]
 * [[Billy (First Born)|Billy]]
+* [[Sebastian II (First Born)|Sebastian II]]
+==== Juniper Project ====
+* Corporal [[Jasmine Bailey]]
+* [[Elena Hilda Al-Qatari]]
+* [[Eloise (First Born)|Eloise]]
+* [[Tom (First Born)|Tom]]
+* PC [[Tony Brown]]
 == References ==
+* Gwen and Rhys stay in [[Rawbone]].
-''to be added''
+* Rhys reads a magazine headline titled "[[Lady Gaga]] link to [[Cancer]]?".
 == Notes ==
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 == Continuity ==
-* Gwen has a nightmare about the death of [[Ianto Jones]] and [[Jack Harkness]]. ([[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Four]]'')
+* Gwen has a nightmare about the death of [[Ianto Jones]] and [[Jack Harkness]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Four (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Four]]'')
-* Gwen also has a nightmare about [[Abaddon]]'s shadow ([[TW]]: ''[[End of Days (TV story)|End of Days]]''), the [[Blaidd Drwg]] nuclear station ([[DW]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', [[TWN]]: ''[[Another Life (novel)|Another Life]]''), the [[Large Hadron Collider]] ([[BBCR]]: ''[[Lost Souls (audio story)|Lost Souls]]''), [[Brynblaidd cannibal|cannibal cults]] ([[TW]]: ''[[Countrycide (TV story)|Countrycide]]'') and [[the 456]] ([[TW]]: ''[[Series 3 (Torchwood)|Children of Earth]]'')
+* Gwen also has a nightmare about [[Abaddon]]'s shadow ([[TV]]: ''[[End of Days (TV story)|End of Days]]''), the [[Blaidd Drwg]] nuclear station ([[TV]]: ''[[Boom Town (TV story)|Boom Town]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Another Life (novel)|Another Life]]''), the [[Large Hadron Collider]] ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Lost Souls (audio story)|Lost Souls]]''), [[Brynblaidd cannibal|cannibal cults]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Countrycide (TV story)|Countrycide]]'') and [[the 456]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Series 3 (Torchwood)|Children of Earth]]'')
-== Timeline ==
-* ''First Born'' occurs after [[TW]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Five (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Five]]''
-* ''First Born'' occurs before [[TW]]: ''[[The New World (TV story)|The New World]]''
 == Audio release ==
 * The story was released as an audiobook on download only from the [[AudioGo]] website read by [[Clare Corbett]], [[Kai Owen]], [[Katherine Fenton]], [[Joe Jameson]], [[Carole Boyd]], [[Michael Stevens]] and [[Susie Riddell]].
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+== External links ==
+* {{Penguin|1087652/torchwood-first-born/}}
+{{TorchwoodNovelsandShortStories}}
+{{TitleSort}}
 [[Category:Torchwood novels]]
 [[Category:2011 novels]]

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