A TRIBUTE TO RICHARD HATCH AND FOR THOSE WHO STILL BELIEVE…

TERRY CARTER • LAURETTE SPANG • JACK STAUFFER NOAH HATHAWAY • ANNE LOCKHART • SARAH RUSH FEATURINGFEATURING POSTHUMOUSPOSTHUMOUS APPEARANCESAPPEARANCES BYBY LORNE GREENE • JOHN COLICOS • RICHARD HATCH ANDAND SPECIALSPECIAL GUESTGUEST APPEARANCESAPPEARANCES BYBY ExM013CD © 2020 Explore Rights Management Ltd. ROBYN DOUGLASS • SONJA KRISTINA • KEN BONES The rights in the sound recordings are owned and controlled by Explore Rights Management Ltd. Unauthorised copying, reproduction, hiring, lending and public performance strictly prohibited. Made in the EU. JOHN GUILOR • JOHN CLEGG • ALISTAIR LOCK I was really pleased that his cast mates came on I also made contact with Gillian Greene, who board, because of a conversation I’d seen during wanted to meet Richard again and I was pleased the recording sessions for Richard’s memoirs, my re-introduction gave them the opportunity to when he and I visited a sandwich shop in the have lunch and become re-acquainted. Although English market town of Leighton Buzzard. As she declined appearing in the audio dramas a young shop assistant was making Richard’s herself, we spoke about using a small part of her sandwich, in between adding ingredients, he late father Lorne’s voice, which I cleared with a kept glancing at Richard until he plucked up the third-party rights owner. The excerpts of his voice courage to lean over the counter and ask: come from an audio drama he recorded in 1976 called The Colonial Keystone. Thankfully the “Are you an American?” original studio had kept the multi-track master “I am” tapes in an attic, including the isolated vocal parts. “Are you an actor?” It became another part of the jigsaw puzzle that “I am” we’d use to construct something special. “Are you Tom Zarek?” “I am” The plan for the first episode was to have everyone Producer’s Notes “Please can I have a photo with you? No-one’s involved, before the series would then continue Richard Hatch and I had worked together on a 2 As he and I discussed my ideas further, it led to gonna believe me when I say I made you a focussing on two characters per episode, building CD audio book of his memoirs “From Apollo to Tom Richard and I agreeing to co-produce and co-write sandwich!” up to the final scene for Richard’s decision. I Zarek” and we kept in touch via the occasional an audio drama series, with framing stories I’d write showed Richard the trailer of a 1988 B-Movie evening Skype chat exchanging ideas for future and moral dilemmas he’d write. The fleet’s vote was Richard happily obliged and as I stood to one called Space Mutiny, which uses very familiar projects. In one of those conversations, I suggested the first subplot I suggested and I thought it very side, I remembered Richard’s very diplomatic special effects. Although he chuckled at seeing it, the idea of a fictional audio drama of Richard playing important that Richard would tell the listener he’d question to me “Do you think of me as Captain Richard agreed a remake had merit, so I tracked a pilot, who’d crash landed on a world where he made his decision, as a conclusion to the ‘vote Apollo or Tom Zarek?” and I’d answered Apollo. I down David Winters, the producer, writer (under encounters someone who shouldn’t be there. subplot’, but not what his decision was… The idea felt the audio drama would be a lovely opportunity a pen name) and rights holder of the movie, to being it should be left up to the listener to decide for the original cast members to record together, license the audio drama rights. The first story now The idea appealed to him if he could write a moral the outcome of the vote, with a star chart showing for the first time in decades, so everyone could brings what had always been a novelty into the dilemma, which really challenges the character, the two possible paths the fleet might take, so it’s experience those interactions again. family so to speak. within a framing story that I’d write. This would be up to what YOU to decide happened next? my first endeavour in creative writing, but Richard I wanted Robyn Douglass to play the character The subsequent stories are originals and I’d couldn’t have been more encouraging that I should As plans developed, Richard introduced me to Richard encounters on the planet in Convergence decided, when writing them, not to become have “creative imaginings”, as he called them, to his cast mates via email and phone calls. Terry, and Divergence (re-named Quarantine World), paranoid that they had to somehow revolutionise see what happened. Laurette, Jack, Sarah, Herb, Noah and Anne but when I made contact with her, she was science fiction. It’s how the sub-plots interweave all welcomed my ideas with encouragement, unsure. Richard got on the phone with her that holds my interest, not the generic sci-fi stories The first script of a story I sent him, with a little clearly supporting a project that would do and talked through her concerns to secure her they appear to be on the surface. trepidation, was eight pages long and formed the something for their long neglected fan base. It interest in coming on board. The impossibility of framework of a story called Convergence and was Richard’s idea that we got the series up and her being on the planet made the story deeper Fail Safe is a story where the ladies save the day, Divergence. Richard liked the story and approved running before later approaching Dirk Benedict than just encountering a damsel in distress. The breaking with how often science fiction is male it becoming a prequel to The Second Coming, with for future CDs. Richard also introduced me to the scenes of her character confronting the beast dominated going back to the beginning of the the concluding scene explaining how he’d reached head of licensing at UniversalNBC and she and also meant she was the one person who defeats genre. It was inspired by the scare stories of what the decision to prepare the fleet, as we see at the I discussed how to ensure we didn’t cause any evil in that story. might happen when the CERN Hadron Collider in beginning of the trailer. concerns for them. Switzerland was activated for the first time? Paradise Void sees Jack’s character as a mentor no longer with us, so the project came to an end and I acknowledge the premise might be seen for about a year. as similar to Skynet destroying humankind in Terminator. The storyline is intended to be what However, the warmth of the ongoing happens if another race passes by a planet after correspondence with the other cast members, a machine vs human war has finished? Jaxson some of whom said that Richard’s introduction to (an intentional play of words of Jack’s character me was the last contact they’d had with him, along mentoring younger people) is intentionally of an with a lunch I had with Laurette in LA, meant the age that’s left not quite defined. project kept coming back into my mind. At some point it became equally inconceivable to me By this time, I’d sent a few framing story ideas that it should be left half written. I found myself to Richard and he was about to begin writing the writing more to complete it, along with deciding to moral dilemmas into the stories, however, I knew discreetly describe it as a tribute to Richard. he was clockwatching for an operation that he’d wanted to get out the way first. I also sent an Somewhere along the way the project lost Herb’s overview to all the cast members, so everyone interest, but I was very grateful to him for the sage knew where we were up to and how the project advice he’d given me. Compared to what Richard was taking shape. and I had envisaged, the project only changed in one way: I decided that since Richard hadn’t sent me the A couple of weeks later, I was working on a moral dilemmas, I wouldn’t presume to know what cruise ship where rock bands play to fans on he’d been thinking, so I focussed on intertwining the a specially arranged trip in the Caribbean. For subplots instead. some reason, the Wi-Fi wasn’t working for many of us so, as we sailed into Cozumel port, phones Noah Hathaway graciously agreed to take on started to beep repeatedly with the last few Richard’s role, of a crashed pilot, in a modified version days’ messages arriving all at once. One of my of Quarantine World. The story was also adapted so messages was from Laurette, checking if I knew he’d seek advice from Terry, instead of Richard talking Richard had just died? it through with Herb, along with bringing it forward to be the third story. That Noah must take his moral s Noah Hathaway and Robyn Douglass I hadn’t known of his death and I couldn’t dilemma to his father, rather than consider it himself, imagine how someone who was loving life as is a nod to Richard’s intended creative input being much as Richard, giving so much energy and irreplaceable and it avoids me trying emulate what The first actor to record was Terry Carter who, A few months later, I headed over to the US and I encouragement to other people, could be gone Richard might have added. at nearly 90 years old at the time, flew overnight spent a couple of days in the springtime sun, with so suddenly... from New York to the UK, landing early in the the lovely Robyn Douglass, seeing the historical Richard’s son Paul Hatch kindly gave the project morning of the recording day. I’d offered him a sights of northern California, before recording I kept in email contact with the other cast members his blessing, including the use of an excerpt of hotel room so he could have a 24 hour break first, an audio book of her memoirs, “Messages for who hadn’t known of his diagnosis until after his Richard’s audio book memoirs, now re-purposed as but he had more energy, even after travelling on the Future” in a day. Noah Hathaway joined death either. At that time, it was inconceivable to an archived log report. I was also pleased to secure a long haul flight, then many a younger person us the next day and although they hadn’t met me to carry on with the joint project alone, without the blessing of Edmund Colicos to include a except who would’ve accepted a day off beforehand. As before, it was a fun session where everyone was Richard’s charisma or his story input, which I’d been of his late father John Colicos’ voice from the public we recorded, Terry told me that there’s work, and comfortable and we even filmed a behind the looking forward to receiving. I only had the halves domain audio play, Heart of Darkness, recorded in you don’t have to enjoy it, because it’s work, but scenes video clip of the two of them having fun of stories I’d written, and the lead actor was now Canada back in 1951. this…he was enjoying. in the studio. s Jack Stauffer and Anne Lockhart t Sonja Kristina as a Being of Light s Laurette Spang and Sarah Rush t Terry Carter recording at Liscombe Park Studios Jack Stauffer kindly phoned in his parts for the I’d asked the cast members if they’d recorded crash landing scene as Noah recorded, which other audio dramas previously but only Anne reunited those two actors again, and shortly after Lockhart, and Terry Carter to some extent, I returned to the UK, Sonja Kristina (lead singer had done that sort of acting before. That was of Curved Air) recorded her parts as a Being of evident in Anne’s recording session and scenes Light. This meant that Quarantine World was between Jack and Anne continued the spirit the first story written and the first one recorded. that had been present the day before. Anne also With that one story in the can, the plans started kindly provided the Computer Voice we hear in to fall into place for the recording of the rest of Fail Safe. All of the main cast had wanted to the stories. act together again, and for fans to hear each of them delivering scenes. The second major set of recordings were made that summer in Sherman Oaks over a two day I’d wanted the key cast members to record first, period. Laurette Spang and Sarah Rush recorded so they would set the mood and vibe of the together and there was an immediate chemistry stories, and then the majority of the other cast which showed itself in the sessions. It was clear members’ roles would be recorded afterwards. I they’d remained friends and enjoyed working also wanted there to be a greater mix of accents together, laughing with one another between to better represent characters from the different takes and it gave the session a wonderfully colonies, now all together in one fleet. spirited feeling. s Ken Bones as Kalgan and John Guilor as MacPhearson s John Clegg recording his part as Sire Soter After I returned home to England, the next Blake remains as it was written, now as a tribute Those final sessions were Alistair Lock All four stories occur in and around a void in session was to be at Liscombe Park Studios to the late Paul Darrow. recording as both Jaxson and Servertron, space, as the fleet zig-zags in and out of the void with John Guilor as MacPhearson and Paul concurrent to him beginning to add the sound to avoid detection, before they begin to cross the Darrow as Kalgan, however, the recent death The next person to record was John Clegg who effects. The name Servertron was inspired void at the end of the last story. The void was also of the latter meant the villainous part had to had previously starred as Mr La-di-da Gunner by the beginning of the name Severlan from a convenient plot device because it provides a be re-cast. Ken Bones kindly accepted the Graham, with his university education, in the Blakes’ 7 and the ending of Megatron from divide between the stories where one is needed. role and it re-united him with John Guilor, after much loved British sitcom It Ain’t Half Hot Mum. Transformers, with the word server being a This meant the events of Quarantine World could they’d both appeared in the finale scenes of Dr His voice perfectly suited the elder statesman convenient reference to both computer servers be an isolated story because it’s set within an Who’s 50th Anniversary episode, The Day of the role of Sire Soter as he delivered his lines of both and robots serving humans. The Sire’s name oasis system in the void. The void also ensures Doctor. John has an un-countable number of dry wit and philosophical advice perfectly. Steve Soter comes from Greek Mythology and means Servertron’s invasive abilities are limited, so they voices and also supplied the voices of Blake, Rispin at Liscombe Park Studios completed the “the personification of safety, preservation and only impact the events in Space Mutiny, but can’t the spacewalking technician and the guard who editing work shortly after the main sessions, just deliverance from harm” which represents the interfere with crucial recording found in Fail Safe calls in a report. The scene between Kalgan and leaving gaps for the final parts to be recorded. character’s political intentions. which is authentic. The fleet has developed the short-range ability to scan and communicate in the void, to some extent, which was needed for the final scene.

The memory of Richard’s charisma coupled with the warm encouragement from the cast members, and the fun of the recording sessions, all came together to form the spirit of these recordings. Each story has become more than the sum of its parts, recorded by a cast who wanted to record together again and to share something…with those who still believe…

Daniel Earnshaw 7th October 2020

s Placeholder artwork by Will Brooks TERRY CARTER • LAURETTE SPANG • JACK STAUFFER NOAH HATHAWAY • ANNE LOCKHART • SARAH RUSH FEATURING POSTHUMOUS APPEARANCES BY LORNE GREENE • JOHN COLICOS • RICHARD HATCH LAURETTE SPANG • SARAH RUSH • TERRY CARTER AND SPECIAL GUEST APPEARANCES BY PLUS AS THE COMPUTER VOICE SONJA KRISTINA • KEN BONES • JOHN GUILOR • ALISTAIR LOCK ANNE LOCKHART NOAH HATHAWAY • ROBYN DOUGLASS • TERRY CARTER JACK STAUFFER • SONJA KRISTINA JACK STAUFFER • ANNE LOCKHART • JOHN CLEGG • ALISTAIR LOCK FEATURING A POSTHUMOUS APPEARANCE BY WITH CAMEOS FROM LORNE GREENE TERRY CARTER • LAURETTE SPANG • NOAH HATHAWAY • SARAH RUSH John Colicos Laurette Spang and Sarah Rush Taken from “Heart of Darkness” Recorded on the 29th July 2019 Recorded in 1951 Anne Lockhart and Jack Stauffer Recorded on the 30th July 2019 Apollo 11 Moon Landing Engineered by Andrew Meisner at Double RR Studios Recorded on the 20th July 1969 (with thanks to Sandy Orkin and Amy Rubinate)

Lorne Greene John Clegg Taken from “The Colonial Keystone” Recorded on the 30th September 2019 Recorded in 1976 Engineered by Steve Rispin at Liscombe Park Studios Produced by Robert W. Spangler Jr at Susquehanna Sound Alistair Lock Richard Hatch Recorded on the 3rd October 2019 Taken from “From Apollo to Tom Zarek” Engineered by Alistair Lock at his home studio Recorded on the 8th July 2011 Engineered by Steve Rispin at Liscombe Park Studios Written, Produced and Directed by Daniel Earnshaw

Terry Carter Artwork by David Burgess Recorded on the 12th October 2018 Graphic design by Carl Glover Engineered by Steve Rispin at Liscombe Park Studios Editing by Steve Rispin Sound effects by Alistair Lock Noah Hathaway and Robyn Douglass Recorded on the 21st April 2019 Richard Hatch dedication artwork by Josiel Souza de Abreu. Engineered by Erik Norlander at Think Tank Media Studios Space Mutiny is based on the 1988 B-Movie written by Maria Danté. Licensed from David Winters. Sonja Kristina Recorded on the 21st May 2019 The events, characters and locations depicted in these audio dramas are fictitious. Engineered by Steve Rispin at Liscombe Park Studios Any similarity to actual persons (living or dead), characters or stories is purely coincidental. Dedicated to the memory of Richard Hatch (1945 - 2017)

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