Last updated 04 May 2015

Doctor Who: The Dead Line

The Dead Line

No of Episodes: 1




Writer: Phil Ford
Director: Kate McAll

Starring: John Barrowman, Gareth David-Lloyd, Eve Myles, Kai Owen, Doña Croll


Radio 4 (United Kingdom):
First Broadcast: Friday 3rd July 2009
Running Time: 45 minutes



When a Cardiff Hospital is inundated with patients who have fallen into coma-like trances, Torchwood move in to investigate. The trances appear to have been triggered by phone calls, all received on retro phones and made from a number that hasn't been active for over 30 years. Determined to find out who's been calling the unfortunate victims, Jack rings the mysterious number - two, oh, five, nine - nothing. It's a dead line. Until, it calls Jack back.....