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| | |image = Vince Cosmos- Glam Rock Detective.jpg | ||
|main character = [[Vince Cosmos|Cosmos]], [[Poppy Munday|Poppy]] | |||
|featuring = Mr [[Glister (The Delightful Bag)|Glister]] | |||
|enemy = [[Martian (Enter Wildthyme)|Martians]], [[Arthur Corn]] | |||
|main character = [[Vince Cosmos]] | |setting = [[London]], [[1972]] | ||
|featuring = | |writer = Paul Magrs | ||
|enemy = | |||
|setting = [[1972]] | |||
|writer = | |||
|director = [[Simon Barnard]] | |director = [[Simon Barnard]] | ||
|producer = Simon Barnard | |producer = Simon Barnard | ||
|music = [[Edwin Sykes]] & [[Paul Morris]] (lyrics) | |music = [[Edwin Sykes]] & [[Paul Morris]] (lyrics) | ||
|post production = [[Martin Johnson]] | |post production = [[Martin Johnson (composer)|Martin Johnson]] | ||
|cover = [[Stuart Manning]] | |cover = [[Stuart Manning]] | ||
|publisher = Bafflegab Productions | |publisher = Bafflegab Productions | ||
|release date = | |release date = 3 February 2013 | ||
|format = | |format = 2 CDs<br>Download | ||
| | |epcount = 1 | ||
| | }}{{You may|Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective|n1=the in-universe album}} | ||
}}'''''Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective''''' was a [[Bafflegab Productions]] audio story written by [[Paul Magrs]] and featuring [[Julian Rhind-Tutt]] as Glam Rock star [[Vince Cosmos]]. | '''''Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective''''' was a [[Bafflegab Productions]] audio story written by [[Paul Magrs]] and featuring [[Julian Rhind-Tutt]] as Glam Rock star [[Vince Cosmos]]. | ||
The story | The story expanded upon Vince Cosmos, a character first introduced in ''[[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|Enter Wildthyme]]'', giving more context to his plight against the [[Martian (Enter Wildthyme)|Martians]]. | ||
Vince Cosmos would later appear as a [[ghost]] in ''Gobbleknoll Hall'', an episode of the audio series ''[[Baker's End (audio series)|Baker's End]]'' (which also featured the [[Master of Baker's End]], who has been portrayed as both the [[Fourth Doctor]] and [[Tom Baker (Bafflement and Devotion)|Tom Baker himself]], as played by real [[Tom Baker]]). | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
Why have sales of spray-on glitter gone up sevenhundredfold in one year? | Why have sales of [[spray-on glitter]] gone up sevenhundredfold in one year? | ||
Why has a one-time songster on the drab folk scene suddenly reincarnated himself as an ambisexual rock god hero who claims he has come to save the [[Earth]]? | Why has a one-time songster on the drab folk scene suddenly reincarnated himself as an [[ambisexuality|ambisexual]] [[Rock music|rock]] god hero who claims he has come to save the [[Earth]]? | ||
Just what are those strange, multi-coloured | Just what are those strange, multi-coloured [[light]]s in the [[sky]]? Can anyone say for certain? | ||
It's [[1972]] and [[Vince Cosmos]] is all the [[rage]]. He is the enigmatic Glam Rock star who sings about being an alien and whose followers worship him. [[Poppy Munday]] is the secretary of his [[Vince Cosmos fan club|fan club]] – [[Vince Cosmos fan club, Sunderland chapter|Sunderland chapter]] – and all her [[dream]]s are about to come true when she finds herself drawn into the strange orbit of the Seventies' most fabulous star. | |||
But what if Vince Cosmos really is an alien? One engaged in a secret battle with aliens already on Earth? | But what if Vince Cosmos really is an alien? One engaged in a secret battle with aliens already on Earth? | ||
==Plot== | == Plot == | ||
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* [[Trisha Wiley]] - [[Margaret Cabourn-Smith]] | * [[Trisha Wiley]] - [[Margaret Cabourn-Smith]] | ||
* [[Gilda Fairbanks]] - [[Katy Manning]] | * [[Gilda Fairbanks]] - [[Katy Manning]] | ||
* Mr [[Glister]] - [[Alex Lowe]] | * Mr [[Glister (The Delightful Bag)|Glister]] / [[Timothy Bold|Timmy]] - [[Alex Lowe]] | ||
* [[Arthur Corn]] - [[David Benson]] | * [[Arthur Corn]] - [[David Benson]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
'' | * Poppy's mam is named [[Winnie (Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective)|Winnie]]. | ||
* [[Cinderella]] and [[Rumpelstiltskin]] are mentioned. | |||
* Vince is listening to "''[[The Four Seasons]]''" by [[Vivaldi]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* Vince Cosmos first appeared in the [[Iris Wildthyme (series)|'' | * The story was recorded at [[The Moat Studios]]. | ||
* Vince Cosmos and Poppy Munday first appeared together in the ''[[Iris Wildthyme (series)|Iris Wildthyme]]'' story ''[[Hang onto Yourself (short story)|Hang onto Yourself]]'' (with Vince himself having first appeared in ''[[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|Enter Wildthyme]]''), and Mr Glister debuted in ''[[The Delightful Bag (short story)|The Delightful Bag]]''. | |||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
'' | * Arthur Corn was also the band manager of the [[Tomorrow Twins]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Horror of Glam Rock (audio story)|Horror of Glam Rock]]'') | ||
* [[Timothy Bold]] interviews Cosmos on ''[[Smashing Tunes]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Timothy Bold Interviews Vince Cosmos (short story)|Timothy Bold Interviews Vince Cosmos]]'') | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{elx|page url=http://bafflegab.co.uk/productions/vince-cosmos-glam-rock-detective/|page name=''Vince Cosmos: Glam Rock Detective''|website url=http://www.bafflegab.co.uk/|website name=Bafflegab Productions}} | |||
{{official website|www.vincecosmos.com/}} | |||
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