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'''Kaldor City''' is the setting and title of a series of audio plays produced by [[Magic Bullet Productions]]. It previously featured in [[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Corpse Marker (novel)|Corpse Marker]]''. In addition to using characters, concepts and situations that feature in those stories, some of the plays | '''Kaldor City''' is the setting and title of a series of audio plays produced by [[Magic Bullet Productions]]. It previously featured in [[TV]]: ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Corpse Marker (novel)|Corpse Marker]]''. In addition to using characters, concepts and situations that feature in those stories, some of the plays also feature the [[Fendahl]], a race of creatures previously featured in [[TV]]: ''[[Image of the Fendahl (TV story)|Image of the Fendahl]]''. The writer of those productions [[Chris Boucher]] is credited as creative consultant for the series. Boucher also wrote the second release [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death's Head (audio story)|Death's Head]]''. | ||
== | == Origins == | ||
[[Alan Stevens]] had the idea for an audio series loosely based on a film called {{w|Yojimbo}} by Akira Kurosawa. The film is about a Samurai who plays two powerful families off against one another in order to benefit himself. Around this time, [[BBC Books]] published a ''[[Doctor Who]]'' novel titled ''[[Corpse Marker (novel)|Corpse Marker]]'' as part of its line of [[BBC Past Doctor Adventures|Past Doctor Adventures]]. Written [[Chris Boucher]] it served as a sequel to his 1977 ''Doctor Who'' story ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]'' and was also a crossover with ''[[Blake's 7]]'' due to the inclusion of Carnell, a character originating from that series. Stevens contacted Boucher and proposed the idea of an audio drama using the setting established in ''[[Corpse Marker (novel)|Corpse Marker]]'' named Kaldor City. Boucher encouraged Stevens to write the script, which he wrote the script in collaboration with [[Jim Smith]]. Pleased with it, Boucher gave his full approval to proceed with the concept.<ref>[http://www.kaldorcity.com/aboutus.html About Kaldor City and Magic Bullet]</ref> Stevens initially approached [[BBV Productions|BBV]], an audio and video production company specializing in [[Doctor Who]] related productions, with the script but weren’t interested in the idea. [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]], a prodcution company licensed by the BBC to produce ''Doctor Who'' audio drama, also showed interest the idea. However, Stevens decided to produce it himself and so set up a company called [[Magic Bullet Productions|Magic Bullet]]. | |||
In assembling the key players, Stevens hired sound designer [[Alistair Lock]] whom he previously worked with on a series of ''Blake's 7'' audio productions; ''Travis: The Final Act'', ''The Mark of Kane'', and ''The Logic of Empire''. Stevens created the character of [[Kaston Iago]] specifically for [[Paul Darrow]], best for the role of 'Kerr Avon' in ''Blake's 7''. {{w|Alexis Kanner}} from the ITC television series ''{{w|The Prisoner}'' was also considered for the role should Darrow prove unavailable. Using his casting connections from the ''Blake’s 7'' audios, Stevens contacted Darrow who agreed to play the role. Series regulars [[Trevor Cooper]], [[Brian Croucher]] and [[Peter Miles]] were also known to Stevens from those audio productions. [[Russell Hunter]] was contacted through a friend of Stevens and agreed to reprise the role of [[Kiy Uvanov|Uvanov]] from ''[[The Robots of Death (TV story)|The Robots of Death]]''. [[Scott Fredericks]] who originally played the role of [[Carnell]] in the ''Blake’s 7'' episode ''Weapon'' proved more difficult to track down as he resided in Ireland. Stevens eventually got in touch through BBC Residuals, who kindly forwarded a copy of the script. Stevens later recalled: ''"I’d written a script with Carnell in before I’d even contacted the actor. It would have been a terrible mess if he’d decided not to do it."''<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> | |||
== Audio plays == | |||
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|''[[Occam's Razor (audio story)|Occam's Razor]]'' | |''[[Occam's Razor (audio story)|Occam's Razor]]'' | ||
|[[Alan Stevens]] | |[[Alan Stevens]]<br>[[Jim Smith]] | ||
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|''[[Metafiction (audio story)|Metafiction]]'' | |''[[Metafiction (audio story)|Metafiction]]'' | ||
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* [[Justina Kessel]] - [[Patricia Merrick]] | * [[Justina Kessel]] - [[Patricia Merrick]] | ||
* [[Elska Blayes]] - [[Tracy Russell]] | * [[Elska Blayes]] - [[Tracy Russell]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Stenton Rull]] - [[Trevor Cooper]] | ||
* [[Cotton (Occam's Razor)|Cotton]] - [[Brian Croucher]] | * [[Cotton (Occam's Razor)|Cotton]] - [[Brian Croucher]] | ||
== Guest | == Guest starring == | ||
* [[Taren Capel]] - [[David Bailie]] | * [[Taren Capel]] - [[David Bailie]] | ||
* [[Zala Vance]] - [[Jasmine Breaks]] | * [[Zala Vance]] - [[Jasmine Breaks]] | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* [[Kiy Uvanov|Uvanov]], [[Ander Poul|Poul]] and [[Taren Capel]] are the only characters from the classic series to appear in ''Kaldor City''. | * [[Kiy Uvanov|Uvanov]], [[Ander Poul|Poul]] and [[Taren Capel]] are the only characters from the classic series to appear in ''Kaldor City''. | ||
* The character of [[Kaston Iago]] is named after the manipulative character from Shakespeare's [ | * The character of [[Kaston Iago]] is named after the manipulative character from Shakespeare's [[wikipedia:Othello|Othello]] and the noted Shakespeare editor David Kastan. | ||
* [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Prisoner (audio story)|The Prisoner]]'', is a twenty minute play released as part of an MJTV Productions CD, ''The Actor Speaks: [[Paul Darrow]]'', which featured an interview and several short stories unrelated to the Kaldor City series. | * [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Prisoner (audio story)|The Prisoner]]'', is a twenty minute play released as part of an MJTV Productions CD, ''The Actor Speaks: [[Paul Darrow]]'', which featured an interview and several short stories unrelated to the Kaldor City series. | ||
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[Skulduggery (short story)|Skulduggery]]'' is a short story written by [[Alan Stevens]] and [[Fiona Moore]], that appeared in the 2006 charity anthology ''Shelf Life''. | |||
* In 2012, two stage plays were performed that linked in the contuity established by the series: ''[[Robots of Death (stage play)|Robots of Death]]'' and ''[[Storm Mine (stage play)|Storm Mine]]''. These were adapted by [[Alan Stevens]] and [[Fiona Moore]] from the [[The Robots of Death (TV Story)|TV]] and [[Storm Mine (audio story)|audio]] stories of the same name. In the case of ''[[Robots of Death (stage play)|Robots of Death]]'' all the BBC owned elements were removed, notably [[The Doctor]] and [[Leela]] replaced by Kaston Iago and [[Elska Blayes]]. | |||
* ''Kaldor City'' was written as a six-part audio series. Since the release of [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Storm Mine (audio story)|Storm Mine]]'' there have been four attempts to develop a new 'Kaldor City' story by established Doctor Who and/or spinoff writers, none of which have, to date, managed to progress beyond the draft stage. Series producer [[Alan Stevens]] maintains, ''"if there's an interesting enough idea out there, the series will continue, but at the moment we're waiting for that idea to come along.''<ref>[http://www.kaldorcity.com/audios/faction/faq.html The True History of Faction Paradox: Frequently Asked Questions]</ref>''In fact, [[Fiona Moore|Fiona]] and I even wrote 'Kaldor City 7' ourselves, and then threw it away, because it just proved to us that the series had come to a natural end with [[Storm Mine (audio story)|Storm Mine]]''."<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> | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://www.kaldorcity.com/ Magic Bullet Productions website] | * [http://www.kaldorcity.com/ Magic Bullet Productions website] | ||
* {{Dwrefguide|kaldor.htm|Kaldor City}} | * {{Dwrefguide|kaldor.htm|Kaldor City}} | ||
== Footnotes == | |||
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[[Category:Audio overviews]] | [[Category:Audio overviews]] | ||
