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rwmu wrote:Nope not even slightly other than the title. Thanks.
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Another vote for Star Cops here.
Even Companion Chronicle style readings by David and Trevor of the two books Chris Boucher wrote would do.
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Skippy wrote:I'd be up for a Babylon 5 series. Or better yet, Crusade. However I don't think it'd happen as JMS won't let anyone else have anyform of creative cotrol on his story. The reason Crusade was canned whilst in production and before it was ever screened was because he refused to give in on the creative matter. Same goes for the movie, he wanted the original actors and to tell his story. Warner Bros wanted young hollywood stars to sell the movie. Hence it got canned. Yes Crusade would be good. I know there is a lot of rumours about the movie and Crusade's cancellation. And you are probably close to the mark. But for now we don't really know for sure. I read all the books and B5 magazines about that. JMS was in Toronto a few years back creating a radio show. Not sure where that ended. But he could always write the story or approve it, like the books and then BF could run with it.
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Eldrad wrote:Skippy wrote:I'd be up for a Babylon 5 series. Or better yet, Crusade. However I don't think it'd happen as JMS won't let anyone else have anyform of creative cotrol on his story. The reason Crusade was canned whilst in production and before it was ever screened was because he refused to give in on the creative matter. Same goes for the movie, he wanted the original actors and to tell his story. Warner Bros wanted young hollywood stars to sell the movie. Hence it got canned. Yes Crusade would be good. I know there is a lot of rumours about the movie and Crusade's cancellation. And you are probably close to the mark. But for now we don't really know for sure. I read all the books and B5 magazines about that. JMS was in Toronto a few years back creating a radio show. Not sure where that ended. But he could always write the story or approve it, like the books and then BF could run with it. The cancellation was due to the fact the distributors wanted to 'sex it up' and JMS wouldn't let them. Babylon 5 and its asscoiated universe is JMS's child and he treats as such. He always wants total control over it and who can blame him he sweated blood over getting B5 on TV. On the positive side he loves British TV with almost as much passion and I would think the right approach from Big Finish would have him saying yes to an Audio Series. A Talking books type of series like Stargate would probably be best due to the loss of Andreas Katsulas and Richard Biggs.
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Some excellent suggestions here but they are mostely Sci Fi/Fantasy properties. How about branching into a new area such as crime/thrillers. The BBC Radio adaptations of the Agatha Christie books seem to be very popular and work well so maybe there are some other authors novels ripe for adaptation by BF?
Margery Allingham's Campion novels spring to mind, continuing the BBC TV adaptations of the 1980's. Afterall BF already work with the star of that series (a certain Mr.Davison)....the only difficulty would be replacing the late Brian Glover as Campion's manservant Lugg.
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nath1976 wrote:Some excellent suggestions here but they are mostely Sci Fi/Fantasy properties. How about branching into a new area such as crime/thrillers. There's an idea. My vote would be for the Malcolm Pryce "Aberystwyth" novels.
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Just a thought, but what about something along the lines of The Companion Chronicles, but told by the Doctor himself? Now granted, not counting the Unbound crew, there's only 4 Doctors to play with here, but it could make for an interesting little mini-series, I think.
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I'd like to see a fantasy/sword and sorcery series, possibly licenced from an existing novel range (perhaps Moor****'s various Eternal Champion incarnations?) It's probably the genre BF have yet to explore.
Another horror series, aiming to really scare the pants off the listener, rather than the semi-soap of Dark Shadows. (Not complaining, just looking at another way to tell horror!) The nature of horror can lend itself to small casts, which could help make the series commercially viable. Adaptation of out-of-copyright short stories might be a good way to start, although a lack of a regular cast might make it hard to develop a regular customer base.
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Two ideas ... i) More from the Earthsearch universe. A filler between Mindwarp (not one of my favourites, I must admit) and 'Earthsearch I' telling the tales of Challengers first mission and the machinations of The Angels before The Great Meteoroid Strike, and the tale of what was happening on Earth and how they started to move the planet. ii) More "Independence Day UK"! I rediscovered my tape of this recently and I'd forgotten just how bloody good it is! And it stars BF favourite ... Colin Baker! (With Toya Willcox and BF stalwart Toby Longworth) For those that have never heard of it - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_UKWould be brilliant to hear more about the final battle from the RAF's point of view and more about what happened AFTER the film. All these crashed ships, the damage they caused, the loss of life, socio/economic/environmental effects, and the possibilities of Alien survivors has many more tales to be told ... "Either I'm concussed, or I'm watching Patrick Moore box with an Alien ..."
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Earthserach: Dawn does so need to be made, it would be nice for Mr Follett to finish the Script at some point since the idea is already out there.
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rwmu wrote:Earthserach: Dawn does so need to be made, it would be nice for Mr Follett to finish the Script at some point since the idea is already out there. Oooo - what's that, then? Pray tell!
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How about Sherlock Holmes.
Or perhaps Blakes 7. XD
This is only going to run for six episodes right...
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How about the "Mortal Engines" series by Philip Reeve?
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ChrisJW wrote:rwmu wrote:Earthserach: Dawn does so need to be made, it would be nice for Mr Follett to finish the Script at some point since the idea is already out there. Oooo - what's that, then? Pray tell! Information is somewhat sketchy but its basically the next part of Mindwarp and continued the story of Ewan & Co. The two story lines were supposed to coincide at some point how I'm not sure, either after Earthvoice which would explain our planets evolution sinrce the crew of the Mindwarp Challenger would provide a larger genetic pool than just Bran, Elka, Darv, Astra, Sharna and Telson, or the Challenger in Mindwarp is the damaged one that Telson & Co find in Earthsearch. Either way it would be cracking story just like all the other stuff James Follet has written.
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rwmu wrote:ChrisJW wrote:rwmu wrote:Earthserach: Dawn does so need to be made, it would be nice for Mr Follett to finish the Script at some point since the idea is already out there. Oooo - what's that, then? Pray tell! Information is somewhat sketchy but its basically the next part of Mindwarp and continued the story of Ewan & Co. The two story lines were supposed to coincide at some point how I'm not sure, either after Earthvoice which would explain our planets evolution sinrce the crew of the Mindwarp Challenger would provide a larger genetic pool than just Bran, Elka, Darv, Astra, Sharna and Telson, or the Challenger in Mindwarp is the damaged one that Telson & Co find in Earthsearch. Either way it would be cracking story just like all the other stuff James Follet has written. Thanks for that. Yes, I'd always wondered how they were going to 'repopulate' with so few of them - you'ld need some, er, careful planning, to not get too interbred at the start!
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Just been listening to Jeff Wayne's The War Of The Worlds again and it made me think that BF could do a brilliant version of the original novel, and perhaps HG Wells' other classics? Also, what about Arthur Conan Doyle's Professor Challenger stories?
BF's historical Dr Who's would suggest that they could do a really good job (and they don't have to make them musicals like Jeff Wayne did, although The Lost World The Musical has a certain appeal...)
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rwmu wrote:Eldrad wrote:Skippy wrote:I'd be up for a Babylon 5 series. Or better yet, Crusade. However I don't think it'd happen as JMS won't let anyone else have anyform of creative cotrol on his story. The reason Crusade was canned whilst in production and before it was ever screened was because he refused to give in on the creative matter. Same goes for the movie, he wanted the original actors and to tell his story. Warner Bros wanted young hollywood stars to sell the movie. Hence it got canned. Yes Crusade would be good. I know there is a lot of rumours about the movie and Crusade's cancellation. And you are probably close to the mark. But for now we don't really know for sure. I read all the books and B5 magazines about that. JMS was in Toronto a few years back creating a radio show. Not sure where that ended. But he could always write the story or approve it, like the books and then BF could run with it. The cancellation was due to the fact the distributors wanted to 'sex it up' and JMS wouldn't let them. Babylon 5 and its asscoiated universe is JMS's child and he treats as such. He always wants total control over it and who can blame him he sweated blood over getting B5 on TV. On the positive side he loves British TV with almost as much passion and I would think the right approach from Big Finish would have him saying yes to an Audio Series. A Talking books type of series like Stargate would probably be best due to the loss of Andreas Katsulas and Richard Biggs. I think B5 would be great, I can hear, Ivannova and Garabaldi in my head right now!
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I don't know if anyone's suggested this, but what about Red Dwarf?
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quaiacom wrote:How about the "Mortal Engines" series by Philip Reeve? GENIUS! do this!!!
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