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==Status==
==Status==
The audio hasn’t been released anywhere and it hasn’t leaked online. It is possible that unsold CD copies are still in Big Finish’s warehouse as it was available for pre-order on their website and it was planned to have a gold embossed cover.<ref>[https://twitter.com/dwpages/status/1353751966577537027?s=21 A tweet detailing the CD release] Retrieved 08 Jun '22</ref>
The audio hasn’t been released anywhere and it hasn’t leaked online. It is possible that unsold CD copies are still in Big Finish’s warehouse as it was available for pre-order on their website and it was planned to have a gold embossed cover.
==References==
<ref>[https://twitter.com/dwpages/status/1353751966577537027?s=21 A tweet detailing the CD release] Retrieved 08 Jun '22</ref>


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Revision as of 15:41, 5 October 2022

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Torchwood Absent Friends Cover.jpeg

The cover of the unreleased audio.

Status: Lost

Torchwood: Absent Friends was an audio drama planned to be released by Big Finish Productions in May 2021. It was a special audio planned to celebrate both Torchwood’s 15th anniversary and Big Finish’s Torchwood Monthly Range reaching it’s 50th release. It was also a crossover between Torchwood and Doctor Who as it featured The Doctor, who never appeared on the original Torchwood TV show.[1] The audio was also previewed in Vortex #146 and Doctor Who Magazine #564.

Cancellation

The audio was planned to be released in May 2021. However, a few weeks before it’s release, John Barrowman’s sexual misconduct allegations on the sets of Doctor Who and Torchwood resurfaced prompting Big Finish to remove Absent Friends from their website and offer refunds to anyone who pre-ordered it.

Things were made even more complicated when the BBC cancelled further Doctor Who projects featuring Captain Jack Harkness (which featured Captain Jack’s scenes from the immersive theatre production Time Fracture being removed and Titan Comics cancelling a Doctor Who: Flux tie-in comic featuring Captain Jack)

Furthermore, Nicholas Briggs (chief-executive producer for Big Finish Productions) hinted on the Big Finish Podcast that further Doctor Who and Torchwood projects are not allowed to include Jack.

As a result of it’s cancellation, Big Finish made the following Torchwood audio, "The Great Sontaran War", the 15th anniversary audio. "The Black Knight" replaced Absent Friends as the 50th release in the Torchwood Monthly Range, which was released in March 2022.

Trailer

A trailer for the audio drama was released on New Year's Day 2021 on Big Finish's YouTube channel "bigfinishprod", which following the cancellation was removed from the channel.

A reupload of the original trailer.

Status

The audio hasn’t been released anywhere and it hasn’t leaked online. It is possible that unsold CD copies are still in Big Finish’s warehouse as it was available for pre-order on their website and it was planned to have a gold embossed cover.

References

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