Series 3 ( BFTW ) The third six - story batch in the " Torchwood " range of audios was released by Big Finish Productions in 2017 . With the Committee arc both concluded and left forever open - ended in " The Torchwood Archive " , these six stories did not have a narrative arc running through them . They largely continued the trend of concentrating on a particular Torchwood personality each but also ventured further afield to yet unexplored localities and times of Torchwood . In addition to the characters already featured in Series 1 and 2 , this season saw the return of Nerys Hughes and Burn Gorman to their characters of Rhys ' s mother Brenda Williams and Owen Harper respectively . It was also the first series of single - disc releases not to feature either Jack Harkness or Gwen Cooper . Overview . With the Committee arc wrapped up in the special 10th anniversary release " The Torchwood Archive " in a way that the Committee could return in any story but did not have to be mentioned at all , " Series 3 " embarked on the exploration of the further reaches of Torchwood history . In particular , two of the stories , " The Dollhouse " ( story 2 ) and " The Dying Room " ( story 6 ) featured a new setting and no familiar characters at all . " The Dollhouse " was the first " Torchwood " story and the first audio play by Juno Dawson , showing an American offshoot of Torchwood in Los Angeles in the 1970s . With the three Torchwood operatives , played by Laila Pyne , Kelly - Anne Lyons and Ajjaz Awad , being female and directed from afar by an unseen man through loudspeakers , the setup bore a striking resemblance to " Charley ' s Angels " , an homage confirmed by Juno Dawson herself . " The Dying Room " was set in Nazi - occupied Paris during World War II and also featured a never - before - seen Torchwood operative , played by Simon Russell Beale . He was pitted against the character of guest - starring Mark Elstob . Stories with no familiar characters meant that some familiar ones would have to be sidelined . This fate befell Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper , who did not appear this season , despite earlier teases of stories centred on them . The season saw the return of more familiar faces from the televised series . Rhys Williams was joined by his mum Brenda Williams played by Nerys Hughes in the first story of the season " Visiting Hours " . According to James Goss , the idea to bring by Nerys Hughes was a " royal command " from Russell T Davies , readily obeyed . And Andy Davidson , still outside of Torchwood , is paired with Owen Harper played by Burn Gorman in " Corpse Day " ( story 3 ) . Interestingly enough , this was the first story featuring Tom Price and Burn Gorman properly interacting on TV or audio . The remaining two stories , " torchwood _ cascade _ CDRIP . tor " ( story 4 ) and " The Office of Never Was " ( story 5 ) went deeper into the characters of Toshiko Sato and Ianto Jones respectively . The former story even retconned an apparent discrepancy in Toshiko ' s age , which was earlier pointed out by fans . It was also a story only possible in the audio medium . Its writer and director Scott Handcock praised the work of sound designer Robert Harvey and composer Blair Mowat on this story . " The Office of Never Was " had two unexpected sources of inspiration . On the one hand , an abandoned office building with a strange elevator was partly modelled on a building writer James Goss used to work in , which was later blown up by the IRA . On the other hand , the director Scott Handcock described the story as " Ianto Jones as " in the episode " The Joker " of the classic television series . Music for the series was composed by Blair Mowat . The stories were released monthly from March till August 2017 . Production . Unlike Series 2 , which was announced at the very beginning of its preceding series , the next renewal of the range for six more stories was only announced after the run of Series 2 ended in August 2016 . The announcement came on 7 September and provided details for the first two stories : " Visiting Hours " by David Llewellyn was to focus on Rhys Williams and his mum Brenda Williams , played by Kai Owen and Nerys Hughes respectively . The second story , " The Dollhouse " brought in a new writer , Juno Dawson , and was part of the effort to show various aspects of Torchwood throughout history . James Goss , the producer of the range , also hinted at a Ianto Jones story , which later materialised as " The Office of Never Was " , as well as Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper stories that never appeared in " Series 3 " . The former of the missing stories was described as " someone finally dares to say ' No ' to Captain Jack " , while the latter had Gwen " on a road to nowhere " . The same tease about Gwen was repeated , apparently intended for the season finale , as late as March 2017 in VOR 97 . On 17 December , the title of the third story was revealed as " Corpse Day " by James Goss . Only on 13 January 2017 , was it announced that " Corpse Day " marks the return of Owen Harper played by Burn Gorman to the world of Torchwood . The title of the fourth story was unveiled on 16 February 2017 as " torchwood _ cascade _ CDRIP . tor " , both written and directed by Scott Handcock and featuring Naoko Mori as Toshiko Sato . The title of this story created a lot of fun moments at the Big Finish Podcast . Soon after the release of the first story of the new run on 14 March , the promised Ianto - story starring Gareth David - Lloyd was announced on 18 March to be " The Office of Never Was " by James Goss . Finally , on 21 April , the final story ' s details have been publicised . " The Dying Room " by Lizzie Hopley would be set in Paris under Nazi s and would star Simon Russell Beale . Shortly before the release of the last story of the season in August , James Goss , in Q & A regarding the upcoming special " audio fifth televised series " , confirmed that the regular releases will return after a hiatus necessary for these special releases . Unlike the first two series of the range , which were script edited by Steve Tribe , stories 4 and 6 were script edited by David Llewellyn . Cover gallery . Covers for the series were designed by Lee Binding . External links . " to be added