{"id":7,"date":"2011-05-02T11:48:08","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T11:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2024-03-11T21:31:57","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T21:31:57","slug":"audio-plays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/audio-plays\/","title":{"rendered":"Audio plays"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have written four audio plays for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/\">Big Finish Productions<\/a>. Each is a mix of acting and narration, professionally produced with the actors from the TV series that inspired them.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_328\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-328\" style=\"width: 318px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-328\" src=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/BF-SGA-Impressions-cover-sml.png\" alt=\"Stargate Atlantis: Impressions cover\" width=\"318\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/BF-SGA-Impressions-cover-sml.png 318w, https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/BF-SGA-Impressions-cover-sml-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/BF-SGA-Impressions-cover-sml-300x297.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 318px) 100vw, 318px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stargate Atlantis: Impressions cover<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a name=\"stargate\"><\/a><em>\u201cI\u2019ve painted this city from every angle \u2013 inside, outside, day, night. I suppose you could say I\u2019m trying to tell its story.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Plagued by blackouts, painting strange pictures in his sleep, Major Evan Lorne begins to fear that he\u2019s losing his mind. Has the stress of life in the Pegasus galaxy pushed him over the edge? Then, when Atlantis itself begins to behave strangely, the Major wonders if something else entirely is going on. But with his behaviour becoming increasingly erratic, who can he trust? And can the soldier convince his colleagues that the answer lies in his paintings?<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Cast<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/stargate.wikia.com\/wiki\/Lorne\">Major Evan Lorne<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0808902\/\">Kavan Smith<\/a>),<br \/>\nDr David Glennie (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nicholas_Briggs\">Nicholas Briggs<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h2>Extras<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Stargate Atlantis: Impressions \u2013 script extract\" href=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/2009\/02\/stargate-atlantis-impressions-script-extract\/\">Script extract<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Vortex\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/vortex\/v\/1\">Issue #1 of Vortex, the Big\u00a0Finish\u00a0magazine<br \/>\n<\/a>Contains an\u00a0article\u00a0by Nicholas Briggs \u2013 voice of\u00a0the\u00a0Daleks and Cybermen in Doctor Who, as well as so much\u00a0more \u2013\u00a0about his role as Dr Glennie in <em>Impressions<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/22-Stargate-Atlantis-Impressions\">Order CD or download<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/14615929&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>When I was still young enough to wear shorts, my Grandfather, Vic, and I would improvise \u2018radio\u2019 adventures and record them onto cassettes, many of which I still have; I was Watson to his Holmes, Jim Hawkins to his Long John Silver.<\/p>\n<p>During the war he was an inspector of vehicles for the Ministry of Defence, up to his elbows in gears, grease and military hardware five days a week. But he was also a painter who loved nothing more than to take off to the countryside with an easel, canvas, brushes and paints.<\/p>\n<p>When the opportunity arose to write for Atlantis, it was Lorne I was most excited to write about. The idea of a soldier who is also a dedicated and talented artist echoed that chapter of my Grandfather\u2019s life, and offered a wealth of material to explore.<\/p>\n<p>Kavan Smith was also excited by the idea of delving deeper into Lorne\u2019s artistic side, so I was given the go. The secret was to find an exciting story that could only have been told using Lorne, one in which the paintings drove events and, ultimately, resolved them.<\/p>\n<p>I like to think that Vic, the part-time artist who taught me the joy of a thrilling adventure tale, would have enjoyed this story. I couldn\u2019t have written it without him.<\/p>\n<div id=\"goodreads-widget\">\n<div id=\"gr_header\">\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/6311293-stargate-atlantis\">Goodreads reviews<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"the_iframe\" src=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/api\/reviews_widget_iframe?did=DEVELOPER_ID&amp;format=html&amp;header_text=Goodreads+reviews&amp;isbn=1844354032&amp;links=660&amp;min_rating=3&amp;num_reviews=5&amp;review_back=ffffff&amp;stars=000000&amp;stylesheet=&amp;text=444\" width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"gr_footer\"><a class=\"gr_branding\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/6311293-stargate-atlantis?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=reviews_widget\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reviews from Goodreads.com<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-251\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-251\" src=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Brothers-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Highlander - Brothers cover\" width=\"500\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Brothers-cover.jpg 500w, https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Brothers-cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/Brothers-cover-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Highlander &#8211; Brothers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_252\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-252\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-252\" src=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/All-the-Kings-Horses-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Highlander - All The King's Horses cover\" width=\"500\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/All-the-Kings-Horses-cover.jpg 500w, https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/All-the-Kings-Horses-cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/All-the-Kings-Horses-cover-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-252\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Highlander &#8211; All The King&#8217;s Horses<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_248\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-248\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-248\" src=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/The-Pain-Eater-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Highlander - The Pain Eater cover\" width=\"500\" height=\"496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/The-Pain-Eater-cover.jpg 500w, https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/The-Pain-Eater-cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/The-Pain-Eater-cover-300x297.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-248\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Highlander &#8211; The Pain Eater<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Cast<\/h2>\n<p>Kronos &#8211; Valentine Pelka<br \/>\nSilas &#8211; Richard Ridings<br \/>\nCaspian &#8211; Marcus Testory<br \/>\nMethos &#8211; Peter Wingfield<br \/>\nDilijan \u2013\u00a0Toby Longworth<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/14615931&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the kind of email a writer greets with both joy and dread.<a name=\"highlander\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So we want you to write us Highlander plays about the Four Horsemen \u2013 GLEE!<a name=\"highlander\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Who are all dead, so you\u2019ll have to do something a bit different with them \u2013 FEAR!<a name=\"highlander\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>First problem: your \u2018heroes\u2019 are, or in one case were, psychopathic mass murderers, three of whom are already dead. So you can\u2019t kill off your bad guys, who are also your heroes.<a name=\"highlander\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No-one really wants to listen to four CDs worth of gory, consequence-free mass murder (or if you do, then get thee to a psychiatrist!) so we need recurring villain to fight our heroes, someone that the baddest bad asses of all time are afraid of. And since the heroes are the bad guys, then this villain has to be a good guy \u2013 doesn\u2019t he?<a name=\"highlander\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So we need a good guy\/bad guy who the bad guys\/good guys are afraid of but who can not actually kill any of them, since we know how they die.<a name=\"highlander\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Problems, problems.<a name=\"highlander\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But every problem is an opportunity, and one thing was clear from the start: this was going to have to be a very different kind of Highlander\u2026<\/p>\n<h2>Extras<a name=\"highlander\"><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scifibulletin.com\/us-tv\/highlander\/highlander-the-four-horsemen-big-finish-audio-season-2\/\">Sci-Fi Bulletin<\/a><br \/>\n<em>\u201c\u2026ambitious, interesting, fun and highly recommended! 8\/10\u2033<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mass Movement Magazine<br \/>\n<em>\u201cMoran and Andrews have taken show favourites and crafted incredible tales that carry the legacy of the show to new realms.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Outpost Skaro<br \/>\n\u201c<em>The writers also do an excellent job\u2026 I really enjoyed this\u2026 8\/10<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Vortex magazine 25\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/vortex\/v\/25\">Behind the scenes article in Big Finish\u2019s Vortex magazine #25<\/a><a name=\"highlander\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In April 2011 the late (and greatly missed) Paul Spragg, myself and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Valentine_Pelka\">Valentine Pelka<\/a>, who plays Kronos, congregated at the Big Finish offices to talk\u00a0Highlander. Here\u2019s a snippet of our conversation, taken from the Big Finish podcast.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"highlander\"><\/a><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/15416683&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;visual=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have written four audio plays for Big Finish Productions. Each is a mix of acting and narration, professionally produced with the actors from the TV series that inspired them. \u201cI\u2019ve painted this city from every angle \u2013 inside, outside, day, night. I suppose you could say I\u2019m trying to tell its story.\u201d Plagued by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1927,"href":"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7\/revisions\/1927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottkandrews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}