FREE BLAKE'S 7 AUDIO PLAYS

Alan Stevens will be attending the Doctor Who Appreciation Society’s annual convention The Capital this weekend, where he will be handing out Blake’s 7 art cards.

For visitors new to this site, the free Blake’s 7 audio drama downloads are available here:

Prelude: http://www.kaldorcity.com/audios/b7/kane/prelude.html
Gothic: http://www.kaldorcity.com/audios/b7/kane/gothic.html
Travis: The Final Line: http://www.kaldorcity.com/audios/b7/finalline.html
You Fly, You Die: http://www.kaldorcity.com/audios/b7/kane/youfly.html
Premature Burial: http://www.kaldorcity.com/audios/b7/logic/burial.html

Honoured by the British Science Fiction Association!

Very pleased to announce that Professor Fiona Moore recently received a BSFA award for her series of short articles titled "Project Management Lessons from Rogue One".

 

They can be accessed here: https://adoctorofmanythings.wordpress.com/2024/01/17/project-management-lessons-from-rogue-one-index/

 

The Daleks meet Sutekh!

Any customer who buys a full set of The True History of Faction Paradox will not only receive four Blake's 7/Doctor Who art cards, but also a bonus CD of Daleks: The Mechanical Planet.

 

NEW ORDER

 Magoc Bullet's restock of Kaldor City and Faction Paradox CDs arrived today! 

Echo from the Archives!

'A Walk in The Dark' a five-part police drama by Chris Boucher from 1981, is currently available to UK listeners for free at BBC Sounds.

Nicolas Courtney turns up in episode one; Peter Tuddenham takes on a role for episode 3 and Gregory de Polnay appears in episodes 4 & 5.

It's like a pre-Kaldor City team-up!

There are also some lines (or variations on such) that Boucher employed for his Doctor Who and Blake’s 7 scripts.

“You must think my head zips up the back!”

Said Colby to Fendelman during Part Two of 'Image of the Fendahl'.

“Morbid curiosity.”

This was asked of D84 by the Doctor in Part Three of 'The Robots of Death.'

“For a policeman, you lie badly.”

Kerril tells Vila “For a thief, you lie badly”, during 'City at the Edge of the World'.

“I suppose paranoia is an occupational hazard in your profession?”

This is a variant of Avon’s statement to Shrinker “Paranoia is the occupational hazard of the torturer,” from 'Rumours of Death'.

“Perhaps you'd give me your professional opinion as to what this is?”

Is a version of Avon’s line to Dayna “I want your professional opinion of that”, during 'Rescue'.

 

As for the play itself?

 

It's well cast, nicely produced and the writing is good!

 

Another Satisfied Customer!

 Today we received this very nice acknowledgment from a customer.

 It reads:

 

Hi!

 

I just wanted to let you know that the CDs have arrived safely. 

 

Thank you so much for the CDs and free art cards and also please send my thanks to Brian Croucher for the autograph!

Kind regards

Rhys

 

A Box of Delights!

 Magic Bullet's order for a thousand postcards featuring Timothy Stephen Keable's excellent promotional artwork for Blake's 7: Prelude, has arrived.

These (together with the three other cards already available) will be given out as a bonus to all customers ordering either Kaldor City or Faction Paradox CDs from this site.

 

The free audio play download of Blake's 7: Prelude can be found here.

 

MASSACRE

Once again, the industrious Chrisi Pashley provides the narration and detailed sound design for Prelude, a short story by David Tulley.

This was originally scripted as a teaser for the full cast Blake’s 7 adventure, The Mark of Kane (available as part of the Ultimate Download Megapack).

As it stands, I'm sure that many of you will recognise how the themes of this story have a keen resonance with current world events. 

To listen to this new production, which also features a startling appearance from Brian Croucher as Space Commander Travis, simply click on the first link above for your FREE download. 

The Magic Bullet team would also like to extend their thanks to artist Timothy Stephen Keable, for providing a superbly visceral illustration to complement this release.

 

 

More free audio stories are available here:
Gothic: http://www.kaldorcity.com/audios/b7/kane/gothic.html
Travis: The Final Line: http://www.kaldorcity.com/audios/b7/finalline.html
You Fly, You Die: http://www.kaldorcity.com/audios/b7/kane/youfly.html
Premature Burial: http://www.kaldorcity.com/audios/b7/logic/burial.html

More Sad News...

John Savident, known to Blake's 7 fans for his memorable appearances as Fleet Warden Samor in Trial, and Egrorian in Orbit, has passed away. He was aged 86.

A Citizen of Kaldor

We are very sad to report that Pamela Salem has died at the age of eighty. 

Fans of cult SF will recall her Doctor Who appearances as Acting Commander Toos in The Robots of Death, Professor Rachel Jensen in Remembrance of the Dalek and one of the voices of Xoanon in The Face of Evil. She also played the high priestess Kara in the Blake’s 7 episode Cygnus Alpha.

There goes another of the old guard...

We at Magic Bullet Productions are shocked to hear that artist Nick Spender has passed away.

Over the years he contributed several pieces of work, including this very dynamic illustration for the Blake's 7 story Premature Burial.

 

 

A free-to-download audio adaptation of Premature Burial can be found at: http://www.kaldorcity.com/audios/b7/logic/burial.html

A REMINDER...

Even if you are purchasing only a single Faction Paradox or Kaldor City CD, you will still receive your bonus art cards.

BEYOND THE GRAVE

As an addendum to Magic Bullet’s recent release of the free-to-download Blake’s 7 audio play, Premature Burial, Southside Radio speaks to sound designer Chrisi Pashley and writer, producer, and director Alan Stevens. Listen to it here.

Please note: The interview starts nine minutes and 51 seconds into the recording. 

 

More free audio stories are available here:
Gothic: http://www.kaldorcity.com/audios/b7/kane/gothic.html
Travis: The Final Line: http://www.kaldorcity.com/audios/b7/finalline.html
You Fly, You Die: http://www.kaldorcity.com/audios/b7/kane/youfly.html

DOWNLOAD THE FOURTH DOCTOR!

This year we have another brilliant and absolutely free Annual from the Doctor Who Appreciation Society!

Alan Stevens and Fiona Moore would like to send their thanks to Chrisi Pasheley and Ben John for photo enhancement and also to editor Paul Winter for allowing them to contribute three articles (Genesis of the Daleks, The Robots of Death, and Image of the Fendahl) to this impressive venture.

Please click here! 

ROBOTS REVISED!

Fiona Moore has updated her review of The Robots of Death for the soon-to-be-published 2024 Celestial Toyroom Annual.

Click the link and read it here!