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{{Infobox Story | |image = KCDeathsHead.jpg | ||
|range = Kaldor City (audio series) | |||
image=KCDeathsHead.jpg | | |number in range = 2 | ||
|main character = [[Kaston Iago]] | |||
number= 2 | | |featuring = Kiy Uvanov | ||
main character= [[ | |featuring2 = Carnell | ||
featuring= | |enemy = | ||
enemy= | | |setting = [[Kaldor City]], [[2889]] | ||
|writer = Chris Boucher | |||
writer= | |director = [[Alistair Lock]]<br />[[Alan Stevens]] | ||
director= [[Alistair Lock]]<br>[[Alan Stevens]] | | |producer = Alan Stevens | ||
producer= Alan Stevens| | |publisher = Magic Bullet Productions | ||
publisher= | |release date= April 2002 | ||
release date= | |format = 1 CD, 60 minutes | ||
format= 1 CD, 60 minutes | | |production code = KC002 | ||
production code= KC002 | | |isbn = none | ||
|series = ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' audio stories | |||
prev= Occam's Razor (audio story)| | |prev = Occam's Razor (audio story) | ||
next= Hidden Persuaders (audio story) | |next = Hidden Persuaders (audio story) | ||
}} | }}{{audio stub}} | ||
{{you may|Death's Head|Death's Head (1988)|n1=the character|n2=the comic book title}} | {{you may|Death's Head|Death's Head (1988)|n1=the character|n2=the comic book title}} | ||
'''Death's Head''' | '''''Death's Head''''' was the second audio play in the ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' series. Written by [[Chris Boucher]], it featured an investigation into the attempted murder of [[Kiy Uvanov|Chairholder Uvanov]]. | ||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
"Taren Capel? The mad god of the robots. He was famous, briefly, but then, weren't we all?" | "[[Taren Capel]]? The mad god of the robots. He was famous, briefly, but then, weren't we all?" | ||
Someone is spinning a web. Links are forming between one man's need for violence and another's desire for power; a desert ore processing station and a long dead enemy of the state. Someone, maybe everyone, is being manipulated. | Someone is spinning a web. Links are forming between one man's need for violence and another's desire for power; a desert ore processing station and a long dead enemy of the state. Someone, maybe everyone, is being manipulated. | ||
Carnell is the obvious culprit, but who is the psychostrategist working for, and what could their motive possibly be? | [[Carnell]] is the obvious culprit, but who is the psychostrategist working for, and what could their motive possibly be? | ||
Kaldor City - Death's Head uses the characters, situations and settings that appear in [[Chris Boucher]]'s Doctor Who novel ''[[Corpse Marker (novel)|Corpse Marker]]'', to tell a complex tale of sex, money and death. | |||
'' | == Plot == | ||
''to be added'' | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
(in order of appearance) | (in order of appearance) | ||
* [[Carnell]] - [[Scott Fredericks]] | * [[Carnell]] - [[Scott Fredericks]] | ||
* [[Sheen]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | * [[Sheen (Death's Head)|Sheen]] - [[Nicholas Briggs]] | ||
* [[Rov]] - [[Robert Lock]] | * [[Rov]] - [[Robert Lock]] | ||
* [[Stenton Rull|Rull]] - [[Trevor Cooper]] | * [[Stenton Rull|Rull]] - [[Trevor Cooper]] | ||
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* [[Justina Kessel|Justina]] - [[Patricia Merrick]] | * [[Justina Kessel|Justina]] - [[Patricia Merrick]] | ||
* [[Elska Blayes|Blayes]] - [[Tracy Russell]] | * [[Elska Blayes|Blayes]] - [[Tracy Russell]] | ||
* Voice 1 - [[Fiona Moore]] | * Voice 1 - [[Fiona Moore]] | ||
* Voice 2 - [[Bruce McGilligan]] | * Voice 2 - [[Bruce McGilligan]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
=== Objects === | === Objects === | ||
* [[Plasma | * [[Plasma rifle]]s are illegal. | ||
=== Blind Heart Desert === | === Blind Heart Desert === | ||
* | * Stenton Rull was stuck on the edge of the [[Blind Heart Desert]] at a storm research facility, waiting for the wind to drop, for 5 days. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* This story introduces the character of [[Elska Blayes|Blayes]], played by [[Tracy Russell]], who features more prominently in later plays. The sixth play in the series, | * This story introduces the character of [[Elska Blayes|Blayes]], played by [[Tracy Russell]], who features more prominently in later plays. The sixth play in the series, ''[[Storm Mine (audio story)|Storm Mine]]'', is told entirely from this character's viewpoint. | ||
* Iago's statement | * The story is set five months after the previous ''Kaldor City'' audio, ''[[Occam's Razor (audio story)|Occam's Razor]]'', and four months before the next, ''[[Hidden Persuaders (audio story)|Hidden Persuaders]]''.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/kaldorcity/posts/pfbid02ARmBGoPkexoNuFdX4QnYEYXipb93YxVpNZuaiVqibB6MVWUHkKJnYeYZcvGRRerzl Magic Bullet Productions on Facebook: "A firm timeline for the events of Kaldor City."]</ref> The third edition of [[Mad Norwegian Press]]' reference work ''[[AHistory]]'' dates ''Death's Head'' to the year [[2889]]. | ||
* Iago's statement ''you can't prove a negative'' echoes the words of scientific sceptic {{w|James Randi}} on evidence of absence. | |||
* The copyright notice printed on the CD release of this production states: "Unauthorised copying, hiring, renting, public performance and broadcasting is strictly prohibited or [[Kiy Uvanov|Uvanov]] will be kicking your corpse." | * The copyright notice printed on the CD release of this production states: "Unauthorised copying, hiring, renting, public performance and broadcasting is strictly prohibited or [[Kiy Uvanov|Uvanov]] will be kicking your corpse." | ||
* This story was part of a recording block that also consisted of | * This story was part of a recording block that also consisted of ''[[Occam's Razor (audio story)|Occam's Razor]]''.<ref>[http://www.radiodramarevival.com/the-true-history-of-magic-bullet-an-interview-with-alan-stevens-producer-of-kaldor-city-and-faction-paradox-part-1-of-2/ The True History of Magic Bullet: An interview with Alan Stevens, producer of Kaldor City and Faction Paradox. (Part 1 of 2)]</ref> | ||
* The | * The CD cover art was designed by [[Andy Hopkinson]]. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* The | * The origins of the skull presented to [[Kiy Uvanov|Uvanov]] are expanded upon in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Skulduggery (short story)|Skulduggery]]'' in which a plan is articulated between [[Carnell]] and [[Layly Landerchild|Landerchild]] that [[Cotton (Occam's Razor)|Cotton]] should strip the flesh from the head of a dead research station operative, as killed at the start of this story by [[Stenton Rull|Rull]], and used that skull as the one Uvanov is presented with, claimed to be Taren Capel's. It will be revealed in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Taren Capel (audio story)|Taren Capel]]'' that Cotton is working directly for Landerchild. | ||
* Carnell muses about the existence of an alien grand manipulator whose goals and methods would be unknowable, foreshadowing the emergence of the [[Fendahl]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Checkmate (audio story)|Checkmate]]''. | * Carnell muses about the existence of an alien grand manipulator whose goals and methods would be unknowable, foreshadowing the emergence of the [[Fendahl]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Checkmate (audio story)|Checkmate]]''. | ||
* The attendant whom Rull | * The attendant whom Rull "helps" is later revealed, in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hidden Persuaders (audio story)|Hidden Persuaders]]'', to be an agent for the [[Church of Taren Capel]] named [[Manzerak]]. | ||
* | * Uvanov's previous executive assistant, described here as ''the one that sold him out'', was [[Cailio Techlan]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Corpse Marker (novel)|Corpse Marker]]'') | ||
* Iago shot Rull in the leg. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Occam's Razor (audio story)|Occam's Razor]]'') | * Iago shot Rull in the leg. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Occam's Razor (audio story)|Occam's Razor]]'') | ||
* Uvanov gives instructions to manipulate [[Elska Blayes|Blayes]] into the becoming a rebel leader. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hidden Persuaders (audio story)|Hidden Persuaders]]'') | * Uvanov gives instructions to manipulate [[Elska Blayes|Blayes]] into the becoming a rebel leader. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hidden Persuaders (audio story)|Hidden Persuaders]]'') | ||
* Iago and Carnell both make reference to a great illusion | * Iago and Carnell both make reference to a great illusion; Iago also mentions it in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Metafiction (audio story)|Metafiction]]''. In later instalments of the series the idea that all is not what it seems becomes an increasingly prominent theme, particularly in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Prisoner (audio story)|The Prisoner]]''. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{magicbullet|deathshead.html}} | |||
* {{dwrefguide|kaldor02.htm|Death's Head}} | * {{randomstatic|kaldor-city-deaths-head/}} | ||
{{dwrefguide|kaldor02.htm|Death's Head}} | |||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
{{reflist| | {{reflist|1}} | ||
{{TitleSort}} | {{TitleSort}} | ||
[[Category:2002 audio stories]] | [[Category:2002 audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Kaldor City | [[Category:Kaldor City audio stories]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in | [[Category:Stories set in 2889]] | ||
[[Category:Stories that crossover with non-DWU series]] | |||
Latest revision as of 21:11, 4 December 2023
- You may be looking for the character or the comic book title.
Death's Head was the second audio play in the Kaldor City series. Written by Chris Boucher, it featured an investigation into the attempted murder of Chairholder Uvanov.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
"Taren Capel? The mad god of the robots. He was famous, briefly, but then, weren't we all?"
Someone is spinning a web. Links are forming between one man's need for violence and another's desire for power; a desert ore processing station and a long dead enemy of the state. Someone, maybe everyone, is being manipulated.
Carnell is the obvious culprit, but who is the psychostrategist working for, and what could their motive possibly be?
Kaldor City - Death's Head uses the characters, situations and settings that appear in Chris Boucher's Doctor Who novel Corpse Marker, to tell a complex tale of sex, money and death.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
to be added
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
(in order of appearance)
- Carnell - Scott Fredericks
- Sheen - Nicholas Briggs
- Rov - Robert Lock
- Rull - Trevor Cooper
- Cotton - Brian Croucher
- Landerchild - Peter Miles
- Strecker - Peter Tuddenham
- Attendant - David Bickerstaff
- Uvanov - Russell Hunter
- Hume - Alistair Lock
- Iago - Paul Darrow
- Justina - Patricia Merrick
- Blayes - Tracy Russell
- Voice 1 - Fiona Moore
- Voice 2 - Bruce McGilligan
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
Objects[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Plasma rifles are illegal.
Blind Heart Desert[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Stenton Rull was stuck on the edge of the Blind Heart Desert at a storm research facility, waiting for the wind to drop, for 5 days.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- This story introduces the character of Blayes, played by Tracy Russell, who features more prominently in later plays. The sixth play in the series, Storm Mine, is told entirely from this character's viewpoint.
- The story is set five months after the previous Kaldor City audio, Occam's Razor, and four months before the next, Hidden Persuaders.[1] The third edition of Mad Norwegian Press' reference work AHistory dates Death's Head to the year 2889.
- Iago's statement you can't prove a negative echoes the words of scientific sceptic James Randi on evidence of absence.
- The copyright notice printed on the CD release of this production states: "Unauthorised copying, hiring, renting, public performance and broadcasting is strictly prohibited or Uvanov will be kicking your corpse."
- This story was part of a recording block that also consisted of Occam's Razor.[2]
- The CD cover art was designed by Andy Hopkinson.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The origins of the skull presented to Uvanov are expanded upon in PROSE: Skulduggery in which a plan is articulated between Carnell and Landerchild that Cotton should strip the flesh from the head of a dead research station operative, as killed at the start of this story by Rull, and used that skull as the one Uvanov is presented with, claimed to be Taren Capel's. It will be revealed in AUDIO: Taren Capel that Cotton is working directly for Landerchild.
- Carnell muses about the existence of an alien grand manipulator whose goals and methods would be unknowable, foreshadowing the emergence of the Fendahl in AUDIO: Checkmate.
- The attendant whom Rull "helps" is later revealed, in AUDIO: Hidden Persuaders, to be an agent for the Church of Taren Capel named Manzerak.
- Uvanov's previous executive assistant, described here as the one that sold him out, was Cailio Techlan. (PROSE: Corpse Marker)
- Iago shot Rull in the leg. (AUDIO: Occam's Razor)
- Uvanov gives instructions to manipulate Blayes into the becoming a rebel leader. (AUDIO: Hidden Persuaders)
- Iago and Carnell both make reference to a great illusion; Iago also mentions it in AUDIO: Metafiction. In later instalments of the series the idea that all is not what it seems becomes an increasingly prominent theme, particularly in AUDIO: The Prisoner.
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Death's Head page at Magic Bullet Productions
- Official Death's Head page at Random Static
