Sounds interesting...

[mrph]

On Friday night I was muttering about the lack of interesting new SF on TV now that various things are finishing. Today, I see this...

In related news, the makers of ITV thriller series "Whitechapel" have jumped ship to the (not-funded-by-advertisers) BBC, to make a sci-fi drama called "Paradox." Think a female-Quatermass-meets-Contact show starring Tamsin Outhwaithe. An alien first contact sci-fi show with very strong John Wyndham influences. Scripts have been written and are currently out to directors.

Fingers crossed, hmm?

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[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

Oooh. Well, Whitechapel was excellent - best thing on ITV for years, IMHO. On the other hand, ITV's track record with SF isn't great (Primeval, Demons), so here's hoping a move to the Beeb encourages the writers to up the ante.

[mimmimmim.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed Demons and Primeval - okay, not what you'd call thought-provoking, but I loved them for being fast-paced and unashamedly silly. Then again, I do have a huge appetite for pulp...

[mimmimmim.livejournal.com]

It was all going okay until we got to the words 'Tamsin Outhwaite'...

I do love Quatermass, though. Quatermass II is my favourite of the TV series. (Not that there's much choice, when only a couple of episodes of the first one remain. My burly carpenter uncle still refuses to watch Quatermass and the Pit because it scared him so much as a child.)