Get ready for The Next Life, a gripping, free-to-download Blake's 7 audio adventure by David Tulley.
Starring Sasha Mitchell as Arlen from the iconic episode 'Blake', this heart-pounding sequel to Premature Burial features immersive sound design from Chrisi Pashley.
21st December will see the release of a brand new, free-to-download
Blake's 7 audio adventure from Magic Bullet Productions, marking the
43rd anniversary of "Blake". It stars the wonderful Sasha Mitchell, who
played such a crucial role in that final traumatic episode.
And that’s not all.
Acclaimed artist Timothy Stephen Keable
has produced another stunning B7 art card to add to the collection
(appropriately numbering seven in total) and on this occasion fifty have
been autographed by Sasha.
All seven cards will be sent to every customer who buys a Kaldor City or Faction Paradox CD from http://www.kaldorcity.com/orders.html
The first fifty customers will receive one of Sasha’s autographed post cards so you’d better hurry and order before stocks run out.
Meanwhile, to access Magic Bullet's range of free-to-download Blake's 7 audios, please click the links below. You won’t be disappointed.
Prelude
I,Travis
Gothic
Travis:The Final Line
YouFly, You Die
Scars
Premature Burial
Buy a full set of Kaldor City CDs and you will also receive an autograph from Brian Croucher, plus six Doctor Who/Blake's 7 postcards.
Buy the full set of Faction Paradox CDs and you will receive an anutograph from Gabrial Woolf, plus six Doctor Who/Blake's 7 postcards, and a CD of the full cast adventure Daleks: The Mechanical Planet, starring David Graham and Sasha Mitchell.
However, even if you purchase only a single Faction Paradox or Kaldor City CD, you will still receive your six bonus Blake's 7/Doctor Who art cards.
To access Magic Bullet's range of free-to-download Blake's 7 audios, please click the links below:
Prelude
I,Travis
Gothic
Travis:The Final Line
YouFly, You Die
Scars
PrematureBurial
Blake's 7: ‘Mission to Destiny’.
CALLY: My people have a saying, a man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.
AVON: Life expectancy must be fairly short among your people.
Blake’s 7: ‘Rescue’.
AVON: He who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken. Cally once told me that was a saying amongst her people.
DORIAN: Cally?
AVON: Cally was murdered. So were most of her people.
I have no doubt this axiom was devised by series script editor Chris Boucher, as it is a complex musing on the personal code expressed is his all-time favourite Western, The Wild Bunch.
During a confrontation the outlaw Pike Bishop tells his gang:
"We're not gonna get rid of anybody! We're gonna stick together, just like it used to be! When you side with a man, you stay with him! And if you can't do that, you're like some animal, you're finished! We're finished! All of us!”
Later, we have this exchange:
BISHOP: What would you do in his place? He gave his word.
DUTCH: He gave his word to a railroad.
BISHOP: It's his word.
DUTCH: That ain't what counts! It's who you give it to!
This has two contradictory meanings:
1/ If you give your word you should stick by it.
2/ You can break your word if you feel you have given it to the wrong person/entity.
Obviously this moral code is highly subjective, and is held by a criminal gang who are being hunted down by an organisation which has the full backing of the law.
The saying of Cally's people also has two ambiguous and contradictory readings:
1/ If you trust someone and they turn out to be a false friend, the error lies with you for putting your belief in a deceitful person.
2/ If you trust someone, but think they have betrayed you, then the error is again yours.
‘In Children of Auron’ Cally's people were wrong to put their faith in Servalan, and were destroyed as a consequence.
However, during ‘Blake’, Avon was wrong to doubt his erstwhile leader, and this resulted in a cataclysm.
This month, we identify 40 Stupid Things about "Four to Doomsday", although we'll also add that it's still better than "Doom's Day".
In light of Magic Bullet’s recent release of the free-to-download audio play, I, Travis, Southside Radio presenter Alex Lewczuk speaks to actor Brian Croucher, sound designer Chrisi Pashley, writer Nathan Baron, and producer/director Alan Stevens about the errant Space Commander. Please click link.
Even if purchasing only a single Faction Paradox or Kaldor City CD, you will still receive your six bonus Blake's 7/Doctor Who art cards.
Meanwhile, to access Magic Bullet's range of free-to-download Blake's 7 audios, please click the links below:
Prelude
I,Travis
Gothic
Travis:The Final Line
YouFly, You Die
Scars
Premature Burial
Starring Brian Croucher in the title role, I, Travis is a thrilling psychological adventure brought to you by author Nathan Baron and sound designer Chrisi Pashley.
The Magic Bullet team would also like to thank artist Timothy Stephen Keable, for providing yet another outstanding illustration to accompany our new release.
To listen to this FREE download, simply click the link.
The promotional art cards for Magic Bullet's next Blake's 7 release are back from the printers.
A newly restored version of the first season of the iconic BBC sci-fi series, Blake's 7, featuring new visual effects, will be released on Blu-ray, as a six-disc box set on 11th November 2024.
A large consignment of Faction Paradox and Kaldor City CDs arrived today from dBMasters Ltd.
This print/duplication company is the best Magic Bullet has ever worked with, and we would highly recommend them to fellow audio producers.
Here is the revised edition of Magic Bullet's Image of the Fendahl article, published in the 2024 Celestial Toyroom Annual.
On the heels of Magic Bullet’s release of the free-to-download audio play Blake’s 7: Scars, Siren Radio presenter Alex Lewczuk speaks to Chrisi Pashley, Alistair Lock, and Alan Stevens about current and future projects.
Any customer who buys all 12 Magic Bullet
CDs (Kaldor City &
Faction Paradox Combined) will recive two signatures (Gabriel Woolf and Brian Croucher), five Doctor Who/Blake's 7 art cards, and the bonus CD Daleks: The Mechanical Planet.
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Even if you are purchasing only a single Kaldor City or Faction Paradox CD, you will still receive your five bonus Doctor Who/Blake's 7art cards.
Experience the True History of the Typhonian beast, and receive his gift of a bonus signature from Gabriel Woolf.
At the recent SEEK LOCATE CELEBRATE Blake's 7 convention, Alan Stevens had the good fortune to speak to costume designer June Hudson.
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A thousand postcards featuring Timonthy Stephen Keable's superb promotional artwork for Blake's 7: Scars are now with us.
Scripted by Lawrence Miles with sound design by Alistair Lock, The True History of Faction Paradox features Gabriel Woolf, Julian Glover, Isla Blair, Peter Miles, Wanda Opalinska, Philip Madoc, Jane Lesley, Peter Halliday, Jet Tattersall, Robert Barringer-Lock, David Bickerstaff, Chris Tranchell and Edward de Souza.
If you purchase all six discs from Magic Bullet Productions you will also receive a bonus autograph from Gabriel Woolf.
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To order, please click the link 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
On 22nd May 2021, Dianna Firmin left us.
She was a kind, gracious, and highly intelligent individual who gained a "Thanks too…" credit on the Kaldor City series for her invaluable help and advice.
Dianna also contributed a highly perceptive and intuitive article to Zenith Magazine regarding Space Commander Travis, a character, of late, that has featured heavily in Magic Bullet’s free-to-download Blake’s 7 audio plays:
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
Her analysis was republished on this website some years back, and in commemoration, we would like to present it once again.
Artwork by the splendid Lee Sullivan.
Following Magic Bullet’s release of the free-to-download Blake’s 7 audio play, Prelude, Southside Radio presenter Alex Lewczuk speaks to sound designer Chrisi Pashley and producer/director Alan Stevens about current and future productions. Listen to it here.
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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
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
'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.
Magic Bullet's order for a thousand postcards featuring Timothy Stephen Keable's excellent promotional artwork for Blake's 7: Prelude, has arrived.
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.
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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.
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