Kaldor Art Week: Death's Head

This week, we're featuring a series of unofficial alternate covers for the Kaldor City CD series, by the supremely talented Phil Johnson. Today: Death's Head. You can download all the covers at Phil's DeviantArt page (click the link).

Disclaimer: these covers are unofficial fanart, and are not associated with Magic Bullet Productions.

Dancing Days

Another Magic Bullet person guests on the Time For Cakes And Ale Podcast, reviewing every episode of The Prisoner. This time, Professor Fiona Moore discusses feminism, psychoanalysis and apocalypses in "Dance of the Dead." Click the link for more!

Peter Miles Tribute

Alan Stevens' tribute to Peter Miles in Celestial Toyroom is now online here.

Peter Miles

Taken by Alan Stevens last year on the release of Vworp Vworp!

The Robot Revolution Will Be Novelised

Kaldor City: Hidden Persuaders co-author and longtime Magic Bullet production manager, Fiona Moore's novel, "Driving Ambition", has been acquired by Bundoran Press. From their announcement:

"In the not-too-distant future, intelligent Things are recognized as sentient beings--but do they have the same rights as humans? And what about the free-floating Intelligents deep within the Internet. Thompson Jennings is a man with unique problems and unique abilities--he can interface between the human and machine worlds, acting as a go-between in labour negotiations and other disputes. But when one his clients, a sentient taxicab, is murdered, his problems multiply and his abilities are stretched to the limit."

So: Robots, murders, political intrigue and artificial sentience... what more could Kaldor City fans ask for? The book will be published in autumn 2018, details will be forthcoming.

Magic Bullet advertising

This is the gorgeous Magic Bullet advert which appears in Vworp Vworp! Issue 3. We think it's too good not to share, and we think you should share it too!

Kaldor on the Box

The Blue Box Podcast Episode 247 interviews Dylan Rees, author of "Downtime-- The Lost Years of Doctor Who", who has this to say about Kaldor City:

"Kaldor City is an audio series, by a company called Magic Bullet, which is set in the world of Chris Boucher’s Doctor Who... so it involves “The Robots of Death” Commander Uvanov, a character called Kaston Iago played by Paul Darrow, it's got Carnell from an episode of Blake’s 7 and it almost sounds like, what we’d call now, the ultimate fanwank, but it is one of the best things to be made related to the Doctor Who universe.
It’s funny, it’s action packed, it’s a gripping six CD story... it’s an incredible production, and I’d never hear it until I did this book, and I wasn’t even going to cover it. I was like, “I’m sure they did like two CDs and that was it..” and then all of a sudden I found it and I was blown away.
So my one recommendation out of anything that comes out of this book is that you have to find Kaldor City and their follow up Faction Paradox."

You can hear the whole thing at this link (the quoted section starts at 1.05.30).

The True History of Magic Bullet

Obverse Books have just released the wonderful volume Downtime-- The Lost Years of Doctor Who by Dylan Rees, a history of the Doctor Who audio and video spinoff industry which sprang up during the 1989-2005 hiatus. It's got a lot to please fans of Magic Bullet productions, featuring interviews with key players and behind-the-scenes stories about making Kaldor City and Faction Paradox audios. Click the link above to order your copy and learn all the secrets!

Stone Tapes Symposium

There's an academic symposium featuring Alan Stevens, Fiona Moore, and David Howe and Sam Stone of Telos Publishing, among others, at Lincoln on March 19 this year. Free for students; the low price of £10 for everyone else! Download the attached poster for details of how to book.

Holiday Ordering Dates

Happy holidays! Just to remind you that if you want to purchase any of Magic Bullet's CDs or multibuys (with autographs!), this coming Friday (18th) is the last day to order for them to arrive before Christmas. Downloads, of course, can be purchased right up to the last minute!
http://kaldorcity.com/orders.html

Nyder in DWM

Just a quick Hi! to everyone who's here because they saw the Peter Miles interview in the Doctor Who Magazine special issue on "Davros and Other Villains". Kaldor City and Faction Paradox CDs are available to purchase here (including multibuy discounts and autograph offers):

http://www.kaldorcity.com/orders.html

Looking for Faction Paradox audios?

You're in the right place!

If you're taking advantage of our Buy All Six deal and getting the whole series, you'll not only be getting a discount, you'll be getting three free autographs with your purchase: Peter Miles, Edward de Souza, and Gabriel Woolf (Sutekh himself!).

And if you're here because of the advert in Celestial Toyroom, or because you met us at one of the cons and events we've been at recently, or because you recently purchased Blake's Heaven, then hello and welcome!

Holiday Schedule

Just so you know, we'll be taking our usual break between 22 December and 2 January. Since the 21st is a Sunday, that means: get all your holiday orders for physical products in by the 20th, or wait till 2015. Download orders will be processed as usual over the holidays.

The Other Side of Daylight

Tracy Russell, star of Kaldor City, Faction Paradox and The Time Waster, is the producer of a new independent film, The Other Side of Daylight. From the description:

Rose Montefiore is recently bereaved. Revisiting an old seaside haunt in order to find some peace, quiet and recuperation, she books into an old cottage by the sea. There she meets Robbie, a young man who unknowingly helps her cope with her sadness. When Rose saves Robbie's life after an accident she finds herself caught up in the lives of others, past and present, who need her help, and she begins to unlock a secret that lies deep within the house itself.

For more details, you can visit the official website here. For daily updates, like their Facebook page here. To support this excellent production by contributing to their Indiegogo campaign (and receive cool rewards), go here. And watch out for the film in the very near future!

Welcome to 2014

Just a quick note to say that we're back, fully operational, and all orders placed over the Christmas holidays have been processed and will be shipped Monday morning.

For those who've joined us recently, or who missed our Christmas posts, we'd like to remind you that the Complete Radio Bastard Download (with Special Bonus Tracks) is now available to purchase here, and that, if you do, you can also take advantage of our Buy All Six Faction Paradox CDs for Half Price special offer.

Peter Miles interviewed

An excellent interview with Peter Miles, extolling the virtues of Radio Bastard and his star turn as the Reverend Marcus Ocelot, now on Southside Broadcasting's podcast:

http://southsidebroadcasting.podbean.com/2013/12/21/peter-miles-and-the-final-word-on-radio-bard/

Radio Bastard: Christmas Bonuses and Deadlines

This week, we're putting up the last two episodes of Radio Bastard early, because...

We're also putting up the link to download the full package, complete with the bonus Buy all 6 Faction Paradox for Half Price offer!

You can either get the last two episodes of RB for the price of a single episode-- or, you can buy the full 15 episodes, get the half-price offer, and also a set of bonus tracks of every jingle you can hear on the programme (and of course, the previous bonus track of the Painting With Arthur programme from Episode 4).

However: our deadline for last orders on physical CDs will be 4 PM on 18 December (that's this Wednesday). Any CD orders received after that will be processed and sent in January 2014. Downloads, obviously, will be available throughout the holiday period.

Download Radio Bastard here, and enjoy the finale!

Last chance to get 50% off!

Just a reminder that the 50% off all Faction Paradox CDs offer ends tonight-- last chance to buy!

50th Anniversary Week Special: 50% Off Faction Paradox

For the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, we're making all our Faction Paradox products available for half price, including special offers and multibuy deals. All full sets of FP CDs will also include an autograph from Sutekh himself, Gabriel Woolf. Buy Faction Paradox, and catch up on the events of the Time War-- or introduce a friend! But hurry, the offer ends Friday 29 November.

Magic Bullet on Facebook

Yes, Magic Bullet now has its own Facebook page, where we'll be posting news, info, pictures and the occasional peek behind the scenes! Click the link to like us.