Torchwood: Expectant
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The Yalnix Empire is a fragile alliance of a dozen systems, under constant attack from their ancient enemy, the Vad. With the Empress unable to trust any of her court she gives the job of growing the next Ruler of the Yalnix to an old friend - Captain Jack Harkness. With hunters on the loose and a battlefleet in orbit, Cardiff’s suddenly became a dangerous place for a man to be pregnant.
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67 primary books#34 in Big Finish Torchwood
Big Finish Torchwood is a 67-book series with 67 released primary works first released in 2015 with contributions by David Llewellyn, James Goss, and Emma Reeves.
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This is, I think, intended to be a comedy. The main problem with that is that it just isn't funny. The central joke is that Jack is pregnant with an alien baby, and as a result keeps suffering from mood swings and food cravings. With the opening scenes being a sequence of random events that he has to protect the baby from, this wears out whatever welcome it had early on.
The comedy (if that's what it is) is offset by some more serious scenes later on as Jack opens up about his motivations for choosing this particular path, and reflects on some of the bad things that have recently happened in his life. It's for these sections that I give it three stars, not two, although even here the narrative seems to jump around, making it hard to follow what's going on. And offsetting the humorous scenes with the serious ones doesn't work so well when the humorous scenes aren't actually funny.
I think I can see what they were trying to do with this one, but, for me, it doesn't really work.
