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Dan Dare Volume 01
 
This release contains adult material and may not be suitable for younger listeners.

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Three audio adventures based on the Eagle comic strip Dan Dare, created by Rev. Marcus Morris, written and drawn by Frank Hampson.

Episode 1 Voyage to Venus by Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle

Brilliant test pilot, Dan Dare, is chosen to fly the Anastasia - a new experimental spacecraft - on its maiden voyage to Venus. This isn’t exploration - it is to make first contact with a mysterious civilisation that has sent technological secrets as a goodwill gesture.

However, what Dan, Digby and Professor Peabody find on Venus isn't goodwill, but a terrifyingly intelligent, cold-hearted ruler, the Mekon. A creature destined to become Dan Dare's nemesis - and Earth's greatest threat...

Episode 2 The Red Moon Mystery by James Swallow

Unable to return to Earth, Dan Dare and the crew of the Anastasia head to the desolate planet Mars, where Dan's estranged Uncle Ivor is part of a research team working on a top-secret archaeological dig; but when they find the base wrecked and the scientists missing, Dare, Digby and Professor Peabody soon discover that the Red Planet is not nearly as dead as everyone thought and that Ivor’s expedition has woken an army of deadly insect-creatures that threaten to swarm and engulf the Earth… Dare must stop the aliens, but can he really resort to genocide in order to save the human race?

Episode 3 Marooned on Mercury by Marc Platt

When a distress call summons the crew of the Anastasia to the burning wilderness of Mercury, they are reunited with their old ally, Sondar. He tells them of the beleaguered Mercurians who are held in thrall to a cruel new taskmaster - the Mekon! The exiled Mekon is rallying his forces, plotting a desperate revenge against his former homeworld of Venus and his hated enemy, Colonel Dan Dare!

A fourth disc, entitled New Worlds, presents music by Imran Ahmad from Dan Dare and a variety of other B7Media productions.

Dan Dare features some mild swearing and content which may not be suitable for younger listeners.

A B7 Production in association with Big Finish.

Reviews

Ed Stoppard’s Dan Dare and Geoff McGivern’s Digby and their fractious relationship that evolves from one of cold distrust to mutual appreciation would have stolen the show if it wasn’t for Raad Rawi’s planet chewing turn as the narcissistic and megalomaniacal Mekon. Because, and much as we’re loathe to admit it, everyone loves a villain and Rawi’s Mekon is the epitome of self-serving, cold, logical evil. Welcome back Colonel Dare…

Mass Movement

... a great collection of stories... The cast makes their characters live from the first scenes and the music rounds off a sterling production.

Starburst Magazine

Ed Stoppard rocked in what could have been the thankless titular role. He had to play a modern variation of the lantern-jawed hero... Stoppard’s Dare just got on with things. Thank you very much! I can’t wait for the second volume of stories.

Sci-Fi Pulse

I think fans will like the new audio adventures... the characterization of Dan Dare himself, played by Ed Stoppard, is spot on.

Downthetubes
  • Product Format: 4-disc CD (slipcover boxset)
  • Number of Discs: 4
  • Duration: 240 minutes
  • Physical Retail ISBN: 978-1-78575-986-4
  • Digital Retail ISBN: 978-1-78575-987-1
  • Production Code: BFPDANDARE01
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