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Darrol Blake Transcript
Interview with Darrol Blake by Dave Welsh on Tuesday the 21st of September 2010 Dave Welsh: Okay, this is an interview with Darrol Blake on Tuesday the 21st of September 2010, for the Britain at Work Project, West London, West Middlesex. Darrol, I wonder if you'd mind starting by saying how you got into this whole business. Darrol Blake: Well, I'd always wanted to be the man who made the shows, be it for theatre or film or whatever, and this I decided about the age of eleven or twelve I suppose, and at that time I happened to win a scholarship to grammar school, in West London, in Hanwell, and formed my own company within the school, I was in school plays and all that sort of thing, so my life revolved around putting on shows. Nobody in my family had ever been to university, so I assumed that when I got to sixteen I was going out to work. I didn't even assume I would go into the sixth form or anything. So when I did get to sixteen I wrote around to all the various places that I thought might employ me. Ealing Studios were going strong at that time, Harrow Coliseum had a rep. The theatre at home in Hayes closed on me. I applied for a job at Windsor Rep, and quite by the way applied to the BBC, and the only people who replied were the BBC, and they said we have vacancies for postroom boys, office messengers, and Radio Times clerks. -
Gender and the Quest in British Science Fiction Television CRITICAL EXPLORATIONS in SCIENCE FICTION and FANTASY (A Series Edited by Donald E
Gender and the Quest in British Science Fiction Television CRITICAL EXPLORATIONS IN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY (a series edited by Donald E. Palumbo and C.W. Sullivan III) 1 Worlds Apart? Dualism and Transgression in Contemporary Female Dystopias (Dunja M. Mohr, 2005) 2 Tolkien and Shakespeare: Essays on Shared Themes and Language (ed. Janet Brennan Croft, 2007) 3 Culture, Identities and Technology in the Star Wars Films: Essays on the Two Trilogies (ed. Carl Silvio, Tony M. Vinci, 2007) 4 The Influence of Star Trek on Television, Film and Culture (ed. Lincoln Geraghty, 2008) 5 Hugo Gernsback and the Century of Science Fiction (Gary Westfahl, 2007) 6 One Earth, One People: The Mythopoeic Fantasy Series of Ursula K. Le Guin, Lloyd Alexander, Madeleine L’Engle and Orson Scott Card (Marek Oziewicz, 2008) 7 The Evolution of Tolkien’s Mythology: A Study of the History of Middle-earth (Elizabeth A. Whittingham, 2008) 8 H. Beam Piper: A Biography (John F. Carr, 2008) 9 Dreams and Nightmares: Science and Technology in Myth and Fiction (Mordecai Roshwald, 2008) 10 Lilith in a New Light: Essays on the George MacDonald Fantasy Novel (ed. Lucas H. Harriman, 2008) 11 Feminist Narrative and the Supernatural: The Function of Fantastic Devices in Seven Recent Novels (Katherine J. Weese, 2008) 12 The Science of Fiction and the Fiction of Science: Collected Essays on SF Storytelling and the Gnostic Imagination (Frank McConnell, ed. Gary Westfahl, 2009) 13 Kim Stanley Robinson Maps the Unimaginable: Critical Essays (ed. William J. Burling, 2009) 14 The Inter-Galactic Playground: A Critical Study of Children’s and Teens’ Science Fiction (Farah Mendlesohn, 2009) 15 Science Fiction from Québec: A Postcolonial Study (Amy J. -
Sep 16 – Feb 17 020 7452 3000 Nationaltheatre.Org.Uk Find Us Online How to Book the Plays
This cover was created with the Lighting Department. Lighting is used to create moments of stage magic. The choices a Lighting Designer makes about how a set and actors are lit have a major impact on the mood and atmosphere of a scene. The National’s Lighting department deploys everything from flood or spotlight to complex automated lights, controlled via a lighting data network. Sep 16 – Feb 17 020 7452 3000 nationaltheatre.org.uk Find us online How to book The plays Online Select your own seat online nationaltheatre.org.uk By phone 020 7452 3000 Mon – Sat: 9.30am – 8pm In person South Bank, London, SE1 9PX Mon – Sat: 9.30am – 11pm See p29 for Sunday and holiday opening times Hedda Gabler LOVE Amadeus Playing from 5 December 6 December – 10 January Playing from 19 October Other ways Friday Rush to get tickets £20 tickets are released online every Friday at 1pm for the following week’s performances Day Tickets £15 / £18 tickets available in person on the day of the performance No booking fee online or in person. A £2.50 fee per transaction for phone bookings. If you choose to have your tickets sent by post, a £1 fee applies per transaction. Postage costs may vary for group and overseas bookings. Peter Pan The Red Barn A Pacifist’s Guide to Playing from 16 November 6 October – 17 January the War on Cancer 14 October – 29 November Access symbols used in this brochure Captioned Touch Tour British Sign Language Relaxed Performance Audio-Described TRAVELEX £15 TICKETS The National Theatre NT Future is Partner for Sponsored by in partnership -
Face the Raven
The Black Archive #20 FACE THE RAVEN By Sarah Groenewegen Published June 2018 by Obverse Books Cover Design © Cody Schell Text © Sarah Groenewegen, 2018 Range Editors: Paul Simpson, Philip Purser-Hallard Editor: Kara Dennison Sarah would like to thank: Simon Belcher for his research into where the trap street might be in London, Simon Guerrier for his advice, Kara for her editorial skills, Philip for his patience, Steven Moffat for his vision of Doctor Who, and Sarah Dollard for talking to me about her amazing story. Sarah Groenewegen has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this Work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding, cover or e-book other than which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent publisher. CONTENTS Overview Synopsis Introduction Chapter 1: The Impossible Girl Chapter 2: Repercussions Chapter 3: London Chapter 4: Death and the Raven Bibliography Biography INTRODUCTION ‘[Desire] is the drive towards satisfying something which is ultimately unsatisfiable.’ [Patrick Fuery]1. Face the Raven is the first of three stories – continuing with Heaven Sent and Hell Bent (all 2015) – which begin with the Doctor and Clara joyously sharing a wild adventure, then chart a tragic miscalculation by Clara that leads to her death, and the capture of the Doctor by the Time Lords. -
The Ultimate Foe
The Black Archive #14 THE ULTIMATE FOE By James Cooray Smith Published November 2017 by Obverse Books Cover Design © Cody Schell Text © James Cooray Smith, 2017 Range Editor: Philip Purser-Hallard James Cooray Smith has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this Work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding, cover or e-book other than which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent publisher. 2 INTERMISSION: WHO IS THE VALEYARD In Holmes’ draft of Part 13, the Valeyard’s identity is straightforward. But it would not remain so for long. MASTER Your twelfth and final incarnation… and may I say you do not improve with age1. By the intermediate draft represented by the novelisation2 this has become: ‘The Valeyard, Doctor, is your penultimate reincarnation… Somewhere between your twelfth and thirteenth regeneration… and I may I say, you do not improve with age..!’3 The shooting script has: 1 While Robert Holmes had introduced the idea of a Time Lord being limited to 12 regenerations, (and thus 13 lives, as the first incarnation of a Time Lord has not yet regenerated) in his script for The Deadly Assassin, his draft conflates incarnations and regenerations in a way that suggests that either he was no longer au fait with how the terminology had come to be used in Doctor Who by the 1980s (e.g. -
Trail of the White Worm Free Ebook
FREETRAIL OF THE WHITE WORM EBOOK Alan Barnes,Tom Baker,Louise Jameson,Geoffrey Beevers | none | 31 May 2012 | Big Finish Productions Ltd | 9781844356164 | English | Maidenhead, United Kingdom ‘Trail of the White Worm’/’The Oseidon Adventure’ (Audio) The Doctor and Leela land on a muddy day in England and immediately step into the slimy mucus trail of a large worm. Moments later, it becomes clear that the creature is fleeing, as hunters with dogs and guns are following. Trail of the White Worm is the beginning of what, in loose ways, is a four part series finale for the first series of Fourth Doctor Adventures (FDA’s). I say loosely, most of this episode does continue into the next story, The Oseidon Adventure, the characters, the enemies and some of the story, however, the ‘White Worm’ aspect is very conclusively wrapped up. The titular trail of a white worm is discovered by the Doctor and Leela within the opening seconds of the story, and things take a variety of twists and turns from there. The writing is clever enough that I thought it was going to follow a couple different genre tropes before it finally zeroed in on the real target. Doctor Who: Trail of the White Worm The titular trail of a white worm is discovered by the Doctor and Leela within the opening seconds of the story, and things take a variety of twists and turns from there. The writing is clever enough that I thought it was going to follow a couple different genre tropes before it finally zeroed in on the real target. -
The Pandorica Opens / the Big Bang Sample
The Black Archive #44 THE PANDORICA OPENS / THE BIG BANG SAMPLE By Philip Bates Published June 2020 by Obverse Books Cover Design © Cody Schell Text © Philip Bates, 2020 Range Editors: Paul Simpson, Philip Purser-Hallard Philip Bates has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this Work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding, cover or e-book other than which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent publisher. Also available #32: The Romans by Jacob Edwards #33: Horror of Fang Rock by Matthew Guerrieri #34: Battlefield by Philip Purser-Hallard #35: Timelash by Phil Pascoe #36: Listen by Dewi Small #37: Kerblam! by Naomi Jacobs and Thomas L Rodebaugh #38: The Sound of Drums / Last of the Time Lords by James Mortimer #39: The Silurians by Robert Smith? #40: The Underwater Menace by James Cooray Smith #41: Vengeance on Varos by Jonathan Dennis #42: The Rings of Akhaten by William Shaw #43: The Robots of Death by Fiona Moore This book is dedicated to my family and friends – to everyone whose story I’m part of. CONTENTS Overview Synopsis Introduction 1: Balancing the Epic and the Intimate 2: Myths and Fairytales 3: Anomalies 4: When Time Travel Wouldn’t Help 5: The Trouble with Time 6: Endings and Beginnings -
TIM PALMER, BSC Director of Photography
(6/9/21) TIM PALMER, BSC Director of Photography www.timpalmerdp.com FILM & TELEVISION DIRECTOR COMPANIES PRODUCERS “FLOWERS IN THE ATTIC Declan O’Dwyer Lifetime Zoe Rocha PREQUEL” Ruby Rock Pictures (Series) “THE LAST KINGDOM” Andy Hay Netflix Stephen Butchard (Series, Seasons 4 & 5) Carnival Film & TV Nigel Marchant “UNSAID STORIES: I DON’T Koby Adom Greenacre Films Madonna Baptiste WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS” (Mini-Series) “LINE OF DUTY 6” Daniel Nettheim BBC Ken Horn (Mini-Series) Garreth Bryn World Productions “THE NEST” Simen Alsvik BBC One Clare Kerr (Series, 2 Episodes) Studio Lambert Simon Lewis “INVISIBLE” Richard Senior Mammoth Screen Robert Murphy (Series, 1 Episode) ITV Studios “DUBLIN MURDERS” Saul Dibb Element Pictures Kate Harwood (Series) Euston Films Sarah Phelps “MOTHERFATHERSON” Charles Sturridge BBC Tom Rob Smith (Series, 1 Episode) Hilary Salmon “STRIKE BACK” Paul Wilmshurst Cinemax Lawrence Cochran (Season 7) Left Bank Pictures Nuala O’Leary Richard Burrell “DOCTOR WHO” Sallie Aprahamian BBC One Alex Mercer (Season 11, 2 Episodes) “STAN LEE’S LUCKY MAN” Philip John Carnival Film & TV Richard Fell (Season 3, 2 Episodes) Sky 1 Ken Horn “KILLING EVE” Jon East Sid Gentle Films Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Mini-Series, 3 Episodes) BBC America Sally Woodward-Gentle “LIVING THE DREAM” Philippa Langdale Big Talk Productions Luke Alkin (Series) Saul Metzstein Matthew Justice “BABS” Dominic Leclerc BBC Tony Jordan (TV Movie) Red Planet Pictures “TINA AND BOBBY” John McKay ITV Studios Kieran Roberts (Mini-Series) (cont.) SANDRA MARSH -
Pressrelease Russell T Davies Excellence Award
PRESS RELEASE Thursday, March 18th 2021 For immediate release 2021 CANNESERIES EXCELLENCE AWARD GOES TO RUSSELL T DAVIES CANNESERIES, the Cannes International Series Festival, is very happy to honour Welsh television creator, writer and producer RUSSELL T DAVIES, creator of the current hit show “It’s a Sin” (broadcasted as an exclusive on CANAL+ starting March 22) in an exclusive conversation curated by the French media KONBINI. “Thank you, that’s amazing! Thank you very much. I am absolutely honoured to have this. I didn’t realize that it’s the first time it’s being given to a showrunner. And I completely agree, not with me but with recognizing the job. I devoted my life to television, I love television, I love how much CANNESERIES promotes television and the night I spent there at the “Years and Years” premiere, we will never forget. It was the most extraordinary night. The applause, the joy! It was really wonderful. I really appreciate how much you get television, how much you like it, how much you support it. Thank you, thank you very much. This means an awful lot, thank you.” declared Russell T DAVIES after receiving the award. On March 23, CANNESERIES in collaboration with CANAL+ and KONBINI will be putting an exceptional and exclusive talk online between Russell T Davies and Marion Olité, editor-in-chief of KONBINI BIIINGE. The Excellence Award will be awarded to him during this conversation. “On the occasion of his new show, “It’s a Sin”, being broadcasted on CANAL+, we wanted to recognize Russell T Davies’ career and talent. -
Delivering Quality First – Page 2
The newspaper for BBC pensioners – with highlights from Ariel A future plan Delivering Quality First – Page 2 Photo courtesy of Jeff Overs November 2011 • Issue 8 tales of Print edition of Musical televison ariel to close memories Centre Page 2 Page 6 Page 9 NEWS • MEMoriES • ClaSSifiEdS • Your lEttErS • obituariES • CroSPEro 02 uPdatE froM thE bbC commissioning and scheduling will be • More landmark output for Radio 4 (which closely aligned. sees its overall budget hardly changed). Delivering Quality First • Job grading, redundancy terms and • More money for the Proms. unpredictability allowances will be • The further rollout of HD and DAB. Mark Thompson sets out ‘a plan for living within our means’ as ‘modernised’ and reformed. A consultation he reveals job losses, output changes, relocations, structured process on those proposals begins Union response immediately. The National Union of Journalists issued a re-investment in a digital public space, and new content and • Production will be streamlined into a swift response to the announcement, calling programmes on BBC services. single UK production economy. for the licence fee negotiations to be re- • Radio and TV commissioning for Science opened and ‘a proper public debate about Fewer staff, a flatter structure, more jobs • All new daytime programming will be and Music will be brought together. BBC funding’. shifting to Salford and more output from on BBC One. In a statement the NUJ said: ‘The BBC will outside London, these are the conclusions of • BBC Two’s daytime output will focus on Reinvestment not be the same organisation if these cuts go the Delivering Quality First process. -
Happy Birthday Doctor Who! the Light at the End Celebrate with Our Multi-Doctor Adventure!
WWW.BIGFINISH.COM • NEW AUDIO ADVENTURES HAPPY BIRTHDAY DOCTOR WHO! THE LIGHT AT THE END CELEBRATE WITH OUR MULTI-DOCTOR ADVENTURE! PLUS! ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OUR VARIOUS ANNIVERSARY RELEASES… ISSUE 57 • NOVEMBER 2013 VORTEX MAGAZINE | PAGE 1 VORTEX MAGAZINE | PAGE 2 Welcome to Big Finish! We love stories and we make great full-cast audio drama and audiobooks you can buy on CD and/or download Our audio productions are based on much-loved TV series like Doctor Who, Dark Shadows, Blake’s 7, Stargate and Highlander as well as classic characters such as Sherlock Holmes, The Phantom of the Opera and Dorian Gray, plus original creations such as Graceless and The Adventures of Bernice Summerfield. We publish a growing number of books (non-fiction, novels and short stories) from new and established authors. You can access a video guide to the site by clicking here. Subscribers get more at bigfinish.com! If you subscribe, depending on the range you subscribe to, you get free audiobooks, PDFs of scripts, extra behind-the-scenes material, a bonus release and discounts. www.bigfinish.com @bigfinish /thebigfinish VORTEX MAGAZINE | PAGE 3 VORTEX MAGAZINE | PAGE 4 EDITORIAL ISSUE 57 • NOVEMBER 2013 o, The Light at the End is out. Didn’t expect that, did you? You could have heard the mass exhaling of Big Finish employees S across the country when I clicked the ‘yes’ button for that (until the website also exhaled and gave up for a time – huge thanks SNEAK PREVIEWS to the Hughes Media web team for dealing with that so efficiently). -
Vndkg [Download Free Pdf] Broken (Torchwood) Online
vNdKG [Download free pdf] Broken (Torchwood) Online [vNdKG.ebook] Broken (Torchwood) Pdf Free Joseph Lidster audiobook | *ebooks | Download PDF | ePub | DOC Download Now Free Download Here Download eBook #372950 in Books 2016-09-30Format: AudiobookOriginal language:EnglishPDF # 1 5.00 x .43 x 5.59l, Binding: Audio CD | File size: 23.Mb Joseph Lidster : Broken (Torchwood) before purchasing it in order to gage whether or not it would be worth my time, and all praised Broken (Torchwood): 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. More info about Ianto!By Jeanne FignarGlad we finally found out a little more about Ianto and where he lives. And, it gives us a bit more info about he manages to come back to (or not) Torchwood after the killing of his cyber girlfriend. Have now listened to this at least three times. It's really incredible how he finally opens up to Jack - sort of that is. And, it's good to see that he went back to "save" Jack after he said he wouldn't. And it shows Ianto in a different light, first broken then brave enough to fight the alien. After all, he's described by Mandy as a 'good man'. But now it's raised a few more questions, especially about his mother since in the series on TV his mother is dead.5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. I highly recommend this to any Jack and Ianto fan!By J. Lynn ClarkThis audio was awesome! It told the story of Jack and Ianto's relationship after "Cyberwoman", and it wasn't at all a disappointment.