Reality Check: John Reppion’s Haunted Liverpool
Originally podcast at www.sci-fi-london.com
Alex Fitch talks to author John Reppion, about his book 800 years of Haunted Liverpool and the many issues it raises. Alex and John talk about the nature of hauntings, the variety of other phantasms seen in Merseyside from Witches to Mermaids and the phenomenon of “Time Slips” observed in various parts of the city.
Reality Check: The Truth is (still) out there
(partially broadcast as an episode of I’m ready for my close-up , 31/07/08 & 01/08/08 on Resonance 104.4 FM)
Alex Fitch talks to the creators of two new science-fiction dramas that deal with issues of body augmentation, morality, religion and new technology.
First we have an interview with writer / director Chris Carter and producer Frank Spotnitz about their new film The X-Files: I want to believe, which reunites iconic 90s TV characters Mulder and Scully on the big screen. The interview was recorded by Oli Smith.
We also have an interview with Rachel Welch, the writer of the new play Involution, which is set in the near future and deals with human rights and themes of identity in a world where genome mapping dictates people’s lifestyles as well as featuring shadowy government agents and robot pleasure companions.
Involution is on at Involution is on at The Pleasance Theatre in Edinburgh every day at noon from 31/07/08 to 25/08/08…
Reality Check: Terrance Dicks’ 40 years of Doctor Who part 2
The second half of a two part ‘feature length’ podcast in which former Doctor Who producer and script editor Terrance Dicks talks about his career in conversation with Tim Phipps (Strange Horizons) at a meeting of The British Science Fiction Association. The podcast picks up with Tim and Terrance talking about the latter’s Doctor Who books in the 1990s and includes questions asked by Paul Cornell, Graham Sleight and Alex Fitch.
Edited by Alex Fitch.
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Reality Check: Terrance Dicks’ 40 years of Doctor Who part 1
Originally podcast on www.sci-fi-london.com
The first half of a two part ‘feature length’ podcast in which former Doctor Who producer and script editor Terrance Dicks talks about his career in conversation with Tim Phipps (Strange Horizons) at a meeting of The British Science Fiction Association. Tim and Terrance talk about the latter’s sojourn on Doctor Who from The War Games to The Five Doctors, introduced by Tony Keen.
Edited by Alex Fitch.
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