Hellscape (series)
Hellscape was an audio and webcast series, part of BBV Productions's Audio Adventures in Time & Space. It was launched as a subseries of Faction Paradox on 1 January 2022. The stories featured Lucifer and his timeship Babylon.
Following BBV's loss of the Faction Paradox license,[1] a leaflet inside the physical DVD release of P.R.O.B.E. Case Files - Volume 2 announced a continuation of Hellscape separate from Faction Paradox among BBV's audio ranges. That story, Lucifer's Sleep, was ultimately released in May 2022 with Faction Paradox branding, and author Trevor Spencer clarified online that Hellscape "series 1" would feature the Faction Paradox logo.[2] There is ongoing debate between the author and former writers of BBV's (not connected to the Hellscape series) regarding the licensing of season 1, with Spencer repeatedly declaring that season 1 was completely licensed. Being that BBV still sells season 1 with the Faction Paradox branding, and there is no evidence of any legal actions regarding it, it is assumed that season 1 is infact licensed.
August 28th 2023 marked the release of what was reported as "Part 1" of of Season 2 of Hellscape, under the title of The Lillium Saga, with all Faction Paradox branding removed.[3] Shortly thereafter, BBV released a short live-action minisode titled Vacation Time, presented as Episode 5 of an upcoming subseries titled Hellscape: Morningstar — likewise void of Faction Paradox branding, although it provided a visual of Lucifer walking into Babylon, making her continued purported nature as a humanoid timeship apparent.[4]
Spencer launched Mix'D Bloodz, a new independent production company on 3 January 2024 (according to Patreon), releasing media exclusively on Patreon under a subscription model,[5] continuing to release instalments in the Hellscape: MorningStar series.[6] Spencer also released a subseries of Lucifer titled Hellscape: Public Trips, which exploited how characters such as Winnie the Pooh[7] and Mickey Mouse (from Steamboat Willie)[8] had fallen into the public domain.
Mix'D Bloodz also released a video on their Twitter showing their connections to the DWU.
Stories
| # | Title | Series | Author | Featuring | Released |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.1 | Lucifer | Faction Paradox: Hellscape: Season 1 | Trevor Spencer | Signet | 1 January 2022 |
| 1.2 | Lucifer's Sleep | 19 May 2022 | |||
| 1.3 | Babylon's Own Personal Hell | 16 June 2022 | |||
| 1.4 | Brother's Keeper | Ba'al/Satan | 22 August 2022 | ||
| 1.5 | Unwanted Guest | Father Kreiner, P.R.O.B.E. | 3 December 2022 | ||
| 1.6 | Lilith Fades | ||||
| 2.1 | ACT I | Hellscape: The Lilium Saga (Season 2) | Satan | 28 August 2023 | |
| 2.2 | ACT II | Satan | |||
| 2.3 | ACT III | Satan | |||
| 2.4 | ACT IV | Satan | 14 December 2023 | ||
| 2.5 | ACT V | Satan | |||
| 2.6 | ACT VI | Satan | |||
| X1 | Steamboat Mickie | Hellscape: Public Trips | 4 January 2024 | ||
| X2 | Winnie | 12 February 2024 | |||
| V1.1 | Introducing MorningStar | Hellscape: MorningStar | 1 January 2024 | ||
| V1.2 | Pharmadon Ointment | 2 January 2024 | |||
| V1.3 | Planet Trebob | 30 January 2024 | |||
| V1.4 | I Think I Pissed Off Babylon Maybe? | Babylon | 18 May 2024 | ||
| V1.5 | Vacation Time | Babylon | 28 May 2024 | ||
| V1.6 | Pharmadon = Bad | 3 June 2024 | |||
| V1.7 | Mission: Find Lilith | Giles | 8 November 2023 |
Notes
- Hellscape's main character, Lucifer, was modelled after the character of the same name from the 2016–2021 television show Lucifer. Hellscape's creator and sole author was a particular fan of the show.[9]
- Unwanted Guest and Lilith Fades feature Father Kreiner, the aged Faction Paradox member version of Fitz Kreiner introduced in Lawrence Miles's Interference, without any indication that BBV Productions obtained the license to the name "Kreiner" from Stephen Cole or BBC Books.
- James Hornby corroborated that Fitz could not be used by anyone bar BBC Books in an interview on the fan podcast, We're All Stories in the End. The reason given was that the at-the-time recent use of Fitz Kreiner in The Target Storybook barred outside publishers from using the IP.[10]
- Sam Myers of P.R.O.B.E. features, in their voiced debut, in Lilith Fades.
- Ba'al originally debuted in Maker's Wish: Ticket To Ride [+]Loading...["Maker's Wish: Ticket To Ride (audio story)"].
- A spin off series based on the Sleepers creature from Lucifer's Sleep, aptly called 'Sleepers', debuted on the Mix'D Bloodz Patreon July 9, 2024 starring Ian Carvalho as Andy.
Spin Off
A spin off series based on the Sleepers creature from Lucifer's Sleep, aptly called 'Sleepers', debuted on the Mix'D Bloodz Patreon July 9, 2024. The episodes so far released are:
- The Beginning - The Search - The Showman - The Sand
Cover gallery
Lucifer's Sleep
Babylon's Own Personal Hell
Brother's Keeper
Unwanted Guest
Lilith Fades
The Lilium Saga - ACTS I-III
The Lilium Saga - ACTS IV-VI
Footnotes
- ↑ Jacob Addyman (30 May 2022). "So the Faction Paradox stuff is tricky.". Gallifrey Base.
- ↑ Trevor Spencer (29 May 2022). New Faction Paradox audio. The Divergent Universe. Archived from the original on 24 September 2022.
- ↑ BBV Productions (28 August 2023). #Hellscape is back!. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023.
- ↑ BBV Productions (29 August 2023). PREVIEW OF NEW SERIES!. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023.
- ↑ Trevor Spencer. The newest nook in the #Whoniverse, WELCOME to Mix'D Bloodz!. Twitter.
- ↑ Trevor Spencer. Hellscape: MorningStar - Episodes 1 & 2 OUT NOW on the Mix'D Bloodz Patreon page! MORE TO COME!. Twitter.
- ↑ Trevor Spencer. Hellscape: Public Trips - Winnie. Twitter.
- ↑ Trevor Spencer. Hellscape: Public Trips - Steamboat Mick. Twitter.
- ↑ Trevor Spencer (1 June 2018). One of the best shows EVER!. Archived from the original on 31 May 2022.
- ↑ Iain Martin (18 August 2023). Summer Special - Cwej: Down the Middle. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023.
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