Another Thursday rolls around which means its time for Alex Fitch, fresh from his cameo in the BBC’s new Pscyhoville no less, to update us to the latest programmes he’s involved with; as usual for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows check the Panel Borders site:
Strip! – Small press Sci-Fi and Fantasy, tonight at 5pm on Resonance FM, podcast after transmission on Panel Borders
Continuing Sci-Fi comics month on the show, we have a couple of interviews recorded at comic book conventions with small press creators who are working in the SF and Fantasy genres. In an interview recorded at this year’s Bristol Comics Expo, Dickon Harris talks to comic book creator and musician Dave Lander who contributes to the anthology comic Decadence which in the last couple of instalments has been heavily SF themed, Dave also produced a CD soundtrack to go with recent issues. Also, Alex Fitch talks to Rob Jackson about his fantasy comics Random Journeys and Bog Wizards (reviewed here by Richard) which combine unreliable narrators, humour and magical landscapes, in an interview recorded at a pub in the East End after the UK Web & Mini Comix Thing.
(panels from Bog Wizards, by and (c) Rob Jackson)
Previous podcasts:
Reality Check: Female action heroes, online at SciFi London
To coincide with the release of updates of the Terminator franchise and Blood: The last Vampire, Alex Fitch talks to actress Linda Hamilton about her career, working with Arnold Schwarzenegger and becoming a feminist icon. Alex also talks to anime expert Helen McCarthy about the various incarnations of Blood: The Last Vampire, the Japanese version of Buffy which has moved from TV animation to manga, video games and now live action cinema.
Panel Borders: There’s no time like the present
Starting Sci-Fi comics month on the show, Alex Fitch talks to small press creator Paul Rainey about his serialised graphic novel There’s no time like the present which he has been self publishing as individual comic books over the past five years. TNTLTP tells the story of a group of friends from Milton Keynes who suffer from the usual concerns of our generation – niche interests, unfulfilling jobs, difficulties with dating etc. – but in a world where time travel exists and the UK in the present day is a holiday vacation for patronising visitors from the future. Alex and Paul talk about the latter’s influences from Alan Bleasdale to Doctor Who, Kurt Vonnegut to Coronation Street, how the opening of a new memorial in Milton Keynes is best attended by a Dalek and the process of telling a long form narrative with an unusual structure.
Coming soon: Doctor Who spin off week
If five days of Torchwood gave you the urge for more…
Strip!: Doctor Who comics now, due at 5pm on Thursday 16th on Resonance FM
Alex Fitch talks to the creators of a couple of recent innovative Doctor Who comics about bringing a new angle to the popular franchise. Leah Moore and John Reppion wrote the recent one off comic “The Whispering Gallery” which sees the Doctor and Martha exploring a terrifying museum on an alien planet. Also, Alex talks to Richard Morris, creator of the popular and unauthorised web comic, “The Ten Doctors” – an epic serialised graphic novel which celebrates almost every aspect you can think of from 46 years of the Timelord’s adventures.
Reality Check: Torchwood in print, due on SciFi London on the 17th
In a panel discussion recorded live at a meeting of the British Fantasy Society, late 1980s Doctor Who script editor Andrew Cartmel talks to a quartet of Torchwood novelists – Mark Morris, Sarah Pinborough,Guy Adams and Joe Lidster – about bringing the show to the printed page and expanding the adventures of Jack, Ianto and Gwen to the length of a hardback novel.
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I’m ready for my close-up: Fly me to the moon (Patrick Moore & Gerry Anderson)
On the 40th anniversary of the moon landings, Alex Fitch talks to two television pioneers who were inspired by the events of July 16th 1969. Sir Patrick Moore covered the events of the Apollo 11 mission live on TV and discusses the events of that day with Alex as well as the highlights of his six decades presenting The Sky at Night. Alex also talks to Gerry Anderson about the space race and technological innovations of the 1960s inspiring such shows as Fireball XL5 and Thunderbirds.
N.B. The interview with Sir Patrick is available to download now from at SciFi London while the Gerry Anderson piece will air on Resonance FM on Thursday 16th at 10.30pm
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