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year= [[Kaldor City]], the [[23rd century]]| | year= [[Kaldor City]], the [[23rd century]]| | ||
writer= [[Alan Stevens]]<br>[[Fiona Moore]] | | writer= [[Alan Stevens]]<br />[[Fiona Moore]] | | ||
director= | | director= | | ||
producer= Alan Stevens| | producer= Alan Stevens| | ||
publisher= [[Magic Bullet Productions]]<br>[[MJTV Productions]] | | publisher= [[Magic Bullet Productions]]<br />[[MJTV Productions]] | | ||
release date= [[July]] [[2012]] | | release date= [[July]] [[2012]] | | ||
format= 15 minutes | | format= 15 minutes | | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The story was made available only as a download from www.kaldorcity.com. An alternate ending to this play was also made available with the purchase of 'The Time Waster', humorously linking the [[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]] series to 'The Time Waster', an otherwise unrelated [[Magic Bullet Productions|Magic Bullet Production]]. | * The story was made available only as a download from www.kaldorcity.com. An alternate ending to this play was also made available with the purchase of 'The Time Waster', humorously linking the [[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]] series to 'The Time Waster', an otherwise unrelated [[Magic Bullet Productions|Magic Bullet Production]]. | ||
* The title of the story, meaning a fiction in which the author self-consciously alludes to the story's artificially, refers to the idea that [[Kaston Iago]] might in fact be Kerr Avon from [[Blake's 7]], and as such the story plays with the listener’s expectation of this. (See notes section in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Occam's Razor | * The title of the story, meaning a fiction in which the author self-consciously alludes to the story's artificially, refers to the idea that [[Kaston Iago]] might in fact be Kerr Avon from [[Blake's 7]], and as such the story plays with the listener’s expectation of this. (See notes section in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Occam's Razor (audio story)|Occam's Razor]]'' for additional reasons as to why this might be so.) | ||
* The final seconds of the story can be interpreted as a '[[Fourth wall|breaking of the fourth wall]]'. This is supported by [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Prisoner (audio story)|The Prisoner]]'' in which both stories feature characters seemingly aware they are part of a fictional world. | * The final seconds of the story can be interpreted as a '[[Fourth wall|breaking of the fourth wall]]'. This is supported by [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Prisoner (audio story)|The Prisoner]]'' in which both stories feature characters seemingly aware they are part of a fictional world. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* It is mentioned that [[Kaston Iago|Iago]] has recently become part of [[Kiy Uvanov|Uvanov’s]] personal staff, which places the events of this story between [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Occam's Razor | * It is mentioned that [[Kaston Iago|Iago]] has recently become part of [[Kiy Uvanov|Uvanov’s]] personal staff, which places the events of this story between [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Occam's Razor (audio story)|Occam's Razor]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: '' [[Death's Head (audio story)|Death's Head]]''. | ||
* [[Justina Kessel|Justina]] and Iago's discussion as to whether the human race is part of some cosmic plan being thought up by a divine and omnipresent being foreshadows the emergence of the [[Fendahl]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Checkmate (audio story)|Checkmate]]''. | * [[Justina Kessel|Justina]] and Iago's discussion as to whether the human race is part of some cosmic plan being thought up by a divine and omnipresent being foreshadows the emergence of the [[Fendahl]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Checkmate (audio story)|Checkmate]]''. | ||
* Uvanov recently made a proposal to the company board concerning the opening up of trade links between Kaldor and other colony worlds. (This would seemingly help reconcile the continuity of the ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' series with [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Robophobia (audio story)|Robophobia]]'' in which Kaldor City has a massive interstellar robot trade; as the plot of [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Occam's Razor | * Uvanov recently made a proposal to the company board concerning the opening up of trade links between Kaldor and other colony worlds. (This would seemingly help reconcile the continuity of the ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' series with [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Robophobia (audio story)|Robophobia]]'' in which Kaldor City has a massive interstellar robot trade; as the plot of [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Occam's Razor (audio story)|Occam's Razor]]'' is dependent on the notion that Kaldor City has no contact with other worlds) | ||
* Iago mentions "the great illusion". In [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death's Head (audio story)|Death's Head]]'' Iago and Carnell both make reference to a great illusion. A prominent theme of [[Kaldor City (audio series)|the series]] is the nature of reality and fiction. | * Iago mentions "the great illusion". In [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death's Head (audio story)|Death's Head]]'' Iago and Carnell both make reference to a great illusion. A prominent theme of [[Kaldor City (audio series)|the series]] is the nature of reality and fiction. | ||
* Iago describes his life before he arrived in Kaldor City, in doing so he makes reference to many episodes of ''[[Blake's 7]]'' and fills in some of the blanks from the continuity of that series. (The following is written assuming that any similarities are all a happy coincidence, the Blake's 7 episode it corresponds to is written in brackets, episodes written by Kaldor City series consultant [[Chris Boucher]] are denoted with a '*'). These include: | * Iago describes his life before he arrived in Kaldor City, in doing so he makes reference to many episodes of ''[[Blake's 7]]'' and fills in some of the blanks from the continuity of that series. (The following is written assuming that any similarities are all a happy coincidence, the Blake's 7 episode it corresponds to is written in brackets, episodes written by Kaldor City series consultant [[Chris Boucher]] are denoted with a '*'). These include: | ||
