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Isskar - The Writer's Diary
from Big Finish News RSS
(2009/1/29 5:54)
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Simon Guerrier, the writer of Doctor Who : The Key 2 Time - The Judgement of Isskar , opens up his diary of the production... 18 December 2008 As detailed in my post about the writing of Home Truths , it began with drinks at Jason Haigh-Ellery?s swanky club in London. He, David Richardson, Nigel Fairs and me discuss the wheeze of a new mini-series. The Doctor will once again have to search out the six segments of the Key to Time, over three releases. He?ll be helped by two living ?tracers?, who?ll develop over the series. I bagsy the first story because I really want to create a new assistant for the Doctor. We knock some ideas back and forth and I think I have a rough idea of the story. But it needs to be written quickly, as we want to book Peter Davison just after he has come out from his stint on Spamalot! Later Joseph Lidster joins us and we drink Champagne. Joe is glamorous like that. 19 December I send in my first, 1,964-word outline for a story called ?TBC?. That?s no ...
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Zara Speaks!
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(2009/1/27 9:08)
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Actress Laura Doddington has appeared in many stage and radio plays, and on TV has been seen in The Bill , Doctors and as PC Wood in Prime Suspect: The Final Act . After attending auditions, Laura was cast in the Key 2 Time season as Zara, one of two sentient beings created to track down the hidden segments of the device. We held auditions for the roles of Amy and Zara at the start of 2008. How did you find that whole process? Quite nerve racking to begin with! You were running a little behind so I got to see the competition and it?s safe to say I am glad this was an audio ? had it been TV I wouldn?t have stood a chance. Lots of very beautiful ladies! Also at the time I was reading for both roles, I felt I was right for Zara but wanted to give Amy my best shot. The actual audition was a really nice audition! And it?s not often I can say that, nerves usually get the better of me. But I felt prepared and you were all really relaxed witch helps a lot! Then the rest is bit of a blu ...
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Interrogate Mike Yates!
from Big Finish News RSS
(2009/1/21 10:14)
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Richard Franklin will return as Captain Mike Yates in Doctor Who: The Companion Chronicles - The Magician?s Oath , which is released in April. To celebrate, Richard Franklin will be interviewed at www.bigfinish.com . All questions will be from Big Finish listeners, so if you have anything to ask Richard please send it to info@bigfinish.com , and the best will be included.
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Companion Chronicles - Season Three Update
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(2009/1/20 10:20)
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There has been a change to the running order for two upcoming Companion Chronicles . The Mahogany Murderers , in which Trevor Baxter and Christopher Benjamin reprise their roles of Victorian sleuths Professor Litefoot and Henry Gordon Jago , has been moved up one month to May 2009 . Ferril?s Folly , featuring Mary Tamm as the first incarnation of Romana , originally filled the May slot, but has been put back in the schedule until 2010 . ?Ferril?s Folly is a lovely story by Peter Anghelides,? says producer David Richardson. ?But it is set during the original Key to Time season and we felt that it clashed thematically with our current Peter Davison season.? Mary Tamm will return as Romana, however, in Stealers from Saiph, which is written by former Doctor Who books editor Nigel Robinson. That story will be released in June 2009, and brings the third season of The Companion Chronicles to an end.
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See India Fisher on Stage!
from Big Finish News RSS
(2009/1/20 9:30)
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Fans of India Fisher (aka Charley Pollard , the companion to the Eighth and Sixth Doctors ) can see her live on stage over the next few weeks. India is appearing in a production of A Voyage Around My Father by John Mortimer at the New Vic Theatre in Stoke on Trent, from January 21 to February 14. For more details please check out the link below: http://www.newvictheatre.org.uk/v3_5w/fsavamf1.html
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Big Finish Podcast: 2009 Preview
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(2009/1/12 17:01)
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Executive Producer Nick Briggs and Line Producer David Richardson preview 2009's audio releases, while enjoying yet another cup of tea. There are exclusive new clips from The Key2Time , Enemy of the Daleks , The Magic Mousetrap , The Company of Friends and An Earthly Child . Plus a BRAND NEW 3 minute trailer for Season 3 of the Eighth Doctor and Lucie adventures . Whet your appetite for a year of unparalleled audio excitement. Send your feedback to: feedback@bigfinish.com
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Dark Shadows: The Wicked and the Dead
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(2009/1/12 7:16)
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January sees the release of the 7th Dark Shadows dramatic reading - The Wicked and the Dead starring Jerry Lacy as the Reverend Gregory Trask and John Karlen as Carl Collins. This adventure is set in the year 1897 at Collinwood where the Reverend Gregory Trask has been walled alive inside Quentin?s room in punishment for his crimes against the Collins family and is close to death. But as his loneliness degenerates into madness, a stranger appears to him with an intriguing offer. An offer that might set Trask free... or condemn him to the darkness forever. It is written by Eric Wallace who is a staff writer on the SciFi channel's programme Eureka . On writing The Wicked and the Dead, Eric says: "Before I wrote a single word of this story, I tried to remember what it was like watching this storyline for the first time. I wanted to tap into that same sense of amazement and surprise I initially felt way back wh ...
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Big Finish Star BAFTA Nominated
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(2009/1/11 10:34)
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Noel Clarke , who will play a Jaffa opposite Christopher Judge in the launch release of Big Finish ?s second season of Stargate SG-1 audio dramas, has been nominated for BAFTA ?s prestigious ?Rising Star? award. Clarke, known to Doctor Who fans as Mickey, has made a name for himself in the British film industry as the writer, director and star of the films Kidulthood and Adulthood . He also wrote the Torchwood episode ?Combat?, and is starring in upcoming 2009 films Heartless and Doghouse . The award, voted for by the public, acknowledges fresh talent in the film industry, and indicates a bright future for the shortlisted names. Previous nominees include those now considered to be the A-list of British acting talent, amongst them James McAvoy and Sienna Miller. Clarke has a long history with Big Finish, having first appeared in Dalek Empire IV: The Fearless , as Salus Kade. In May 2009, alongside series star Christopher Judge as Teal?c, he will be heard i ...
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Doctor Who: One Small Step - Free Story
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(2009/1/9 8:21)
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Free Story Podcast Big Finish line producer David Richardson introduces ONE SMALL STEP , a dramatic Doctor Who reading performed by Nicholas Briggs from his own short story. Featuring the Second Doctor , Zoe and Jamie , the original piece was first published in the Short Trips Collection ' Past Tense ', edited by Ian Farrington , and still available from Big Finish. David also gives fair warning that the next Podcast he and Nick are working on is a special preview of 2009 on audio, with juicy clips!
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Susan Foreman is Returning
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(2009/1/8 6:40)
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Forty-five years after she left Doctor Who , Carole Ann Ford is returning to the role of the Susan Foreman in An Earthly Child . This special hour-long audio play from Big Finish Productions finds the Eighth Doctor (Paul McGann) visiting the planet Earth in the 22nd Century to check the progress of the grand-daughter he left behind. Things have moved on since he was last there: Susan has become a key player in rebuilding the remnants of a world decimated by a Dalek invasion, and she has a son from her marriage to David. And Alex Campbell, the Doctor's great-grandson, is played by Jake McGann the son of Paul... From its inception right through to the recording day, this production felt very special indeed, says executive producer Nicholas Briggs . Marc Platt has written an emotionally-charged and dramatic script, which delivers everything fans could wish to see in such a momentous reunion between the Doctor and Susan. And Paul McGann was just thrilled to be working o ...
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