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Sigil was the seventy-fourth story in the Torchwood - Monthly Range by Big Finish Productions. It was written by Ash Darby.

Publisher's summary[]

Sam has been haunted for years by the Sigil. She’s drawn the pattern since she was a child, she has a tattoo of it, she sells prints of it. Then one day, she sees it on a statue in the window of Bilis Manger's shop. It turns out the Sigil is very old indeed.

Why has it been haunting her? Why is it on a Celtic statue of a bird? Where did it come from? Has a terrible entity been released from its ancient slumber?

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  • Bilis appears to dislike shortened names. He is taken aback when Sam calls him "Bill", and shows distate to her preferring "Sam" to "Samantha".
  • Sam finds herself having visions of a crow, named the Adar, and flames. The Adar is trying to claw the tattoo of the Sigil off her skin.
    • When Sam awakes from one of her visions, she chokes as she in convinced that she has feathers in her throat.
  • Bilis states that he is a humble horologist.
  • Bilis owns a sportscar and can drive. There are only three of these cars in the country, according to Bilis.
  • Reverend Spode and his great-granddaughter Sam both attempted to lead Bilis to the Rectory, in an attempt to imprison and contain Bilis with the Sigils.
    • Bilis states that should she be successful, he wouldn't be around to stop the upcoming catastrophe, caused by a Rift imbalance.

Notes[]

  • The story was recorded on 27 July 2022 at the Soundhouse.
  • This story marked one of the last performances of Murray Melvin as Bilis Manger, being released posthumously on what would have been his 91st birthday.
  • The name 'adar' comes from the Welsh word 'adar', meaning 'birds', the plural of 'aderyn'.

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