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|image = Imaginary Boys artwork.jpg | |image = Imaginary Boys artwork.jpg | ||
|main character = [[David Taylor ( | |main character = [[David Taylor (Fanboys)|David Taylor]], [[Lawrence (Imaginary Boys)|Lawrence]] | ||
|featuring = | |featuring = | ||
|enemy = | |enemy = | ||
|setting = [[Newton Aycliffe]] & [[Darlington]], [[autumn]] [[2013]] | |setting = [[Newton Aycliffe]] & [[Darlington]], [[autumn]] [[2013]] | ||
|writer = | |writer = Paul Magrs | ||
|director = [[Scott Handcock]] | |director = [[Scott Handcock]] | ||
|producer = Scott Handcock | |producer = Scott Handcock | ||
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|post production = | |post production = | ||
|cover = | |cover = | ||
|broadcast date = | |broadcast date = 3 October 2013 | ||
|network = BBC Radio 4 | |network = BBC Radio 4 | ||
|format = | |format = | ||
}} | |novelisation = Imaginary Boys (short story) | ||
'''''Imaginary Boys''''' was a [[BBC Radio]] audio story written by [[Paul Magrs]]. It | }}{{Audio stub}} | ||
'''''Imaginary Boys''''' was a [[BBC Radio]] audio story written by [[Paul Magrs]]. It featured a [[Novelisor]] from [[Verbatim Six]], as previously seen in Magrs' ''[[The Companion Chronicles|Companion Chronicles]]'' stories ''[[Ringpullworld (audio story)|Ringpullworld]]'' and ''[[Find and Replace (audio story)|Find and Replace]]''. The story also featured characters who had previously appeared in Magrs' novels ''Strange Boy'' and ''[[The Diary of a Dr. Who Addict (novel)|The Diary of a Dr. Who Addict]]'' and the ''[[Short Trips (series)|Short Trips]]'' story ''[[Fanboys (short story)|Fanboys]]''. | |||
The story would later be novelised as a [[Imaginary Boys (short story)|short story under the same title]], published in the ''[[Wilde Stories 2016 (anthology)|Wilde Stories 2016]]'' anthology, and later, in the ''[[Silver Jubilee (anthology)|Silver Jubilee]]'' anthology. | |||
== Publisher's summary == | == Publisher's summary == | ||
A fantastical tale of teenage [[love]] and close encounters. | A fantastical tale of teenage [[love]] and close encounters. | ||
17 year-old [[David Taylor ( | 17 year-old [[David Taylor (Fanboys)|David Taylor]] begins to see the world in a different light when he meets [[Lawrence (Imaginary Boys)|Lawrence]]. Lawrence is new in town, new to [[Earth]] actually - he claims to be from [[Verbatim Six]], a small planet about three hundred light years away. A strange but very real story of a burgeoning teenage relationship, with all the fear and confusion that goes with it. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
''to be added'' | [[Lawrence (Imaginary Boys)|Lawrence]], a new boy in [[David Taylor (Fanboys)|David Taylor]]'s class, follows David home, and is narrating everything that David does, as he is a [[novelisor]] from [[Verbatim Six]]. David does not much like this. He hurries home to [[Mam (Fanboys)|his Mam]], who has been waiting for him. David goes to his room and reads some poetry, and then talks to his Mam. | ||
''more to be added'' | |||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||
* [[David Taylor ( | * [[David Taylor (Fanboys)|David Taylor]] - [[James Baxter]] | ||
* [[Lawrence (Imaginary Boys)|Lawrence]] - [[Geoffrey Breton]] | * [[Lawrence (Imaginary Boys)|Lawrence]] - [[Geoffrey Breton]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Mam (Fanboys)|Mam]] - [[Jill Halfpenny]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Alfie (Fanboys)|Dad]] / [[Simon (Imaginary Boys)|Simon]] - [[Daniel Brocklebank]] | ||
* [[Robert (Imaginary Boys)|Robert]] - [[Liam Dascombe]] | * [[Robert (Imaginary Boys)|Robert]] - [[Liam Dascombe]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* Books at the used | * David reads ''[[To Autumn]]'' by [[John Keats|Keats]]. | ||
* Books at the used bookshop include ''[[The Grizzly Space Fandango]]'' by [[Penelope Faithconquest]], the ''[[Eternal Mayhem Chronicles]]'' by [[Everard Denat]], and ''[[Entrails by Moonlight]]'' by [[Marcia Sopwith]]. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
[[File:Imaginary Boys Radio Times artwork.jpg|thumb|right|Preview artwork for ''Imaginary Boys'' published in ''[[Radio Times]]'' created by [[Stuart Manning]].]] | [[File:Imaginary Boys Radio Times artwork.jpg|thumb|right|Preview artwork for ''Imaginary Boys'' published in ''[[Radio Times]]'' created by [[Stuart Manning]].]] | ||
* ''Imaginary Boys'' received a "Pick of the Day" article in ''[[Radio Times]]''. It contained a piece of artwork created by [[Stuart Manning]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lifeonmagrs.blogspot.ca/2013/09/my-first-afternoon-play-on-radio-4-next.html|title=My First Afternoon Play on Radio 4 - Next Week!|author=Magrs, Paul|date of source=25 September 2013|website name=lifeonmagrs.blogspot.com|accessdate=20 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://scotthandcock.tumblr.com/post/132632371634/stuart-manning-ive-added-some-more-of-my|title=scotthandcock.tumblr.com|author=Handcock, Scott|date of source=6 November 2015|accessdate=20 August 2017}}</ref> | * ''Imaginary Boys'' received a "Pick of the Day" article in ''[[Radio Times]]''. It contained a piece of artwork created by [[Stuart Manning]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lifeonmagrs.blogspot.ca/2013/09/my-first-afternoon-play-on-radio-4-next.html|title=My First Afternoon Play on Radio 4 - Next Week!|author=Magrs, Paul|date of source=25 September 2013|website name=lifeonmagrs.blogspot.com|accessdate=20 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://scotthandcock.tumblr.com/post/132632371634/stuart-manning-ive-added-some-more-of-my|title=scotthandcock.tumblr.com|author=Handcock, Scott|date of source=6 November 2015|accessdate=20 August 2017}}</ref> | ||
* While David and his family may originate from ''Strange Boy'' and ''The Diary of a Dr Who Addict'', ''Imaginary Boys'' features a different history for them. Most notably, David's pre-''Imaginary Boys'' appearances show him being an adolescent in the [[1980s]]. | * While David and his family may originate from ''Strange Boy'', ''[[Fanboys (short story)|Fanboys]]'', and ''The Diary of a Dr Who Addict'', ''Imaginary Boys'' features a different history for them. Most notably, David's pre-''Imaginary Boys'' appearances show him being an adolescent in the [[1980s]]. | ||
* Just like Magrs' previous stories about David, elements of ''Imaginary Boys'' are based off of Magrs' life. When Magrs was queer-bashed at the age of 17, his father was the police officer who took his statement on the assault.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11957281.So_why_are_people_losing_the_plot__Anne_Johnstone_talks_to_Paul_Magrs_about_the_row_surrounding_his_first_children_apos_s_book__whose_contents_have_been_decried_by_some_as_unsuitable/|title= So why are people losing the plot?|author=Johnstone, Anne|date of source=22 July 2002|website name=heraldscotland.com|accessdate=20 August 2017}}</ref> | * Just like Magrs' previous stories about David, elements of ''Imaginary Boys'' are based off of Magrs' life. When Magrs was queer-bashed at the age of 17, his father was the police officer who took his statement on the assault.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/11957281.So_why_are_people_losing_the_plot__Anne_Johnstone_talks_to_Paul_Magrs_about_the_row_surrounding_his_first_children_apos_s_book__whose_contents_have_been_decried_by_some_as_unsuitable/|title= So why are people losing the plot?|author=Johnstone, Anne|date of source=22 July 2002|website name=heraldscotland.com|accessdate=20 August 2017}}</ref> | ||
* In one scene of ''Imaginary Boys'', David and Lawrence visit the used-bookstore ''[[Magda's Mysteries]]'' in [[Darlington]], a store which David has been going to for years. However, in ''The Diary of a Dr Who Addict'' the [[Great Big Book Exchange]] is the used-bookstore which David regularly visits during his trips to Darlington. The two bookstores appear alongside each other in ''[[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|Enter Wildthyme]]''. | * In one scene of ''Imaginary Boys'', David and Lawrence visit the used-bookstore ''[[Magda's Mysteries]]'' in [[Darlington]], a store which David has been going to for years. However, in ''The Diary of a Dr Who Addict'' the [[Great Big Book Exchange]] is the used-bookstore which David regularly visits during his trips to Darlington. The two bookstores appear alongside each other in ''[[Enter Wildthyme (novel)|Enter Wildthyme]]''. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* [[Novelisor]]s and [[Verbatim Six]] originate from [[AUDIO]]: | * [[Novelisor]]s and [[Verbatim Six]] originate from [[AUDIO]]: {{Cs|Ringpullworld (audio story)}} | ||
* ''[[Magda's Mysteries]]'' originates from [[PROSE]]: | * ''[[Magda's Mysteries]]'' originates from [[PROSE]]: {{Cs|The Dreadful Flap (short story)}} | ||
* Lawrence mentions that Novelisors used to have the ability to fry people's minds. | * Lawrence mentions that Novelisors used to have the ability to fry people's minds. This was seen in both [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ringpullworld (audio story)|Ringpullworld]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: {{Cs|Find and Replace (audio story)}}. | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
{{elx|page url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03brwr1|page name=''BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama, Imaginary Boys''|website url=http://www.bbc.co.uk|website name=BBC}} | {{elx|page url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03brwr1|page name=''BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama, Imaginary Boys''|website url=http://www.bbc.co.uk|website name=BBC}} | ||
{{elx|page url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2013/40/r4-afternoon-drama-imaginary|page name=''Afternoon Drama: Imaginary Boys''|website url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre|website name=BBC media centre}} | |||
{{elx|page url=http://lifeonmagrs.blogspot.ru/2013/09/my-first-afternoon-play-on-radio-4-next.html|page name=My First Afternoon Play on Radio 4 - Next Week!|website url=http://lifeonmagrs.blogspot.ru|website name=Life on Magrs}} | {{elx|page url=http://lifeonmagrs.blogspot.ru/2013/09/my-first-afternoon-play-on-radio-4-next.html|page name=My First Afternoon Play on Radio 4 - Next Week!|website url=http://lifeonmagrs.blogspot.ru|website name=Life on Magrs}} | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:07, 9 November 2023
Imaginary Boys was a BBC Radio audio story written by Paul Magrs. It featured a Novelisor from Verbatim Six, as previously seen in Magrs' Companion Chronicles stories Ringpullworld and Find and Replace. The story also featured characters who had previously appeared in Magrs' novels Strange Boy and The Diary of a Dr. Who Addict and the Short Trips story Fanboys.
The story would later be novelised as a short story under the same title, published in the Wilde Stories 2016 anthology, and later, in the Silver Jubilee anthology.
Publisher's summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
A fantastical tale of teenage love and close encounters.
17 year-old David Taylor begins to see the world in a different light when he meets Lawrence. Lawrence is new in town, new to Earth actually - he claims to be from Verbatim Six, a small planet about three hundred light years away. A strange but very real story of a burgeoning teenage relationship, with all the fear and confusion that goes with it.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Lawrence, a new boy in David Taylor's class, follows David home, and is narrating everything that David does, as he is a novelisor from Verbatim Six. David does not much like this. He hurries home to his Mam, who has been waiting for him. David goes to his room and reads some poetry, and then talks to his Mam.
more to be added
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
- David Taylor - James Baxter
- Lawrence - Geoffrey Breton
- Mam - Jill Halfpenny
- Dad / Simon - Daniel Brocklebank
- Robert - Liam Dascombe
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- David reads To Autumn by Keats.
- Books at the used bookshop include The Grizzly Space Fandango by Penelope Faithconquest, the Eternal Mayhem Chronicles by Everard Denat, and Entrails by Moonlight by Marcia Sopwith.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Imaginary Boys received a "Pick of the Day" article in Radio Times. It contained a piece of artwork created by Stuart Manning.[1][2]
- While David and his family may originate from Strange Boy, Fanboys, and The Diary of a Dr Who Addict, Imaginary Boys features a different history for them. Most notably, David's pre-Imaginary Boys appearances show him being an adolescent in the 1980s.
- Just like Magrs' previous stories about David, elements of Imaginary Boys are based off of Magrs' life. When Magrs was queer-bashed at the age of 17, his father was the police officer who took his statement on the assault.[3]
- In one scene of Imaginary Boys, David and Lawrence visit the used-bookstore Magda's Mysteries in Darlington, a store which David has been going to for years. However, in The Diary of a Dr Who Addict the Great Big Book Exchange is the used-bookstore which David regularly visits during his trips to Darlington. The two bookstores appear alongside each other in Enter Wildthyme.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Novelisors and Verbatim Six originate from AUDIO: Ringpullworld [+]Loading...["Ringpullworld (audio story)"]
- Magda's Mysteries originates from PROSE: The Dreadful Flap [+]Loading...["The Dreadful Flap (short story)"]
- Lawrence mentions that Novelisors used to have the ability to fry people's minds. This was seen in both AUDIO: Ringpullworld and AUDIO: Find and Replace [+]Loading...["Find and Replace (audio story)"].
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- BBC Radio 4 - Afternoon Drama, Imaginary Boys at BBC
- Afternoon Drama: Imaginary Boys at BBC media centre
- My First Afternoon Play on Radio 4 - Next Week! at Life on Magrs
Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- ↑ Magrs, Paul (25 September 2013). My First Afternoon Play on Radio 4 - Next Week!. lifeonmagrs.blogspot.com. Retrieved on 20 August 2017.
- ↑ Handcock, Scott (6 November 2015). scotthandcock.tumblr.com. Retrieved on 20 August 2017.
- ↑ Johnstone, Anne (22 July 2002). So why are people losing the plot?. heraldscotland.com. Retrieved on 20 August 2017.
