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Today’s show: Out of the Whoniverse
August 17, 2012
— Resonance FM broadcast
Tonight at 8pm on Resonance 104.4 FM… Clear Spot: Out of the Whoniverse
Promotional images for The Minister of Chance and Kaldor City, cover of Counter Measures
In an hour long show looking at the further adventures of companions and supporting characters from Doctor Who episodes, Alex Fitch talks to a selection of writers, actors and producers about two audio based spin-offs from a pair of 7th Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) adventures in particular: The Minister of Chance which continues the story of a character from Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time, and Counter Measures which explores further alien and paranormal encounters dealt with by the supporting cast of Remembrance of the Daleks. Alex also discusses Kaldor City, a continuation of the Tom Baker serial, The Robots of Death.
Actors interviewed in the show include Paul Darrow (Blake’s 7), Pamela Salem (Miss Moneypenny in Never Say Never Again) and Doctor Who audio regular John Banks, plus producers and directors Dan Freeman, David Richardson and Ken Bentley.
8pm, Friday 17th August 2012, Resonance 104.4FM / streamed at www.resonancefm.com / Minister of Chance podcast online 20th August Counter Measures podcast on line 30th August at www.panelborders.wordpress.com
Links: More info about The Minister of Chance, Counter Measures and Kaldor City
Wikipedia pages on Doctor Who serials: Death comes to time, Remembrance of the Daleks and Robots of Death
Listen to Alex’s shows on Doctor Who companion Professor Bernice Summerfield and Who convenions, featuring an interview with Sylvester McCoy
Recommended events:
Caption small press and comics festival
Caption small press and comics festival takes place at the East Oxford Community Centre, in Cowley, Oxford (close to St Clements Street, one of the many stops the Oxford Tube bus drops passengers off)
Guests include Electric Sheep illustrators Hannah Berry, Richy K. Chandler, Rebecca Burgess, Joe Morgan, Jade Sarson and David O’Connell as well as some of the top creators working in comics today including Hunt Emerson, Patrice Aggs, Robin Etherington, Woodrow Phoenix, Darryl Cunningham and Nicola Streeten.
18th / 19th August 2012, East Oxford Community Centre, Cowley, Oxford OX4 1DD
More info at www.caption.org
Support Tripwire 20th anniversary book
Over the last twenty years, TRIPWIRE has been covering comics, TV and film with interviews and columns by now-famous names like Grant Morrison and Warren Ellis. Still running as an annual publication, it continues to run feature-length articles and one-off artwork cover commissions.
2012 marks the 20th anniversary of TRIPWIRE, and to commemorate this milestone, Unbound are working with editor-in-chief Joel Meadows to crowd-fund a beautifully bound hardback celebration of the publication. It will be filled with the sort of content that has garnered praise from many of the biggest and best names in genre over its twenty-year existence. Art from genre and comic geniuses Mike Mignola (Hellboy), Drew Struzan (Shawshank Redemption, Indiana Jones), Duncan Fegredo, Frank Quitely, Walter Simonson, Chris Weston, Howard Chaykin and many more. Classic interviews and features that have made TRIPWIRE’s reputation, including Alan Moore, Frank Miller, Peter Milligan and Guillermo Del Toro
This ultra limited hardcover edition will only available through the Unbound website. The more you pledge, the more collectibles you can get your hands on and remember – we can’t do it without your support.
More info at www.unbound.co.uk
