Episode Guide

VOYAGE TO VENUS

Written 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…

CREDITS

Dramatised by Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle

Directed by Andrew Mark Sewell

Dan Dare Ed Stoppard

Digby Geoff McGivern

Professor Peabody Heida Reed

Sir Hubert Michael Cochrane

The Mekon Raad Rawi

Sondar Bijan Daneshmand

Treen General Amber Aga

Treen Captain Alistair Lock

Flight Engineer David O’Mahony

Flight Control Kelly Burke

Onboard Computer Dianne Weller

Other roles were played by members of the cast.

Based on the Eagle comic strip “Dan Dare” created by Rev. Marcus Morris and Frank Hampson

Sound Design and Post Production Alistair Lock

Sound Engineer Wilfredo Acosta

Original Music Imran Ahmad

Casting Director Matt Western

Associate Producer Fiona McAlpine

Development Producer Patrick Chapman

Lead Writers Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle

Series Script Editor Colin Brake

Executive Producer Simon Moorhead

Producer/Director Andrew Mark Sewell

A B7 Production

THE RED MOON MYSTERY

Written 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?

CREDITS

Dramatised by James Swallow

Directed by Andrew Mark Sewell

Dan Dare Ed Stoppard

Digby Geoff McGivern

Professor Peabody Heida Reed

Sir Hubert Michael Cochrane

Ivor Dare Hugh Fraser

Sergeant Scott Jake Maskall

Corporal Dajani Jalleh Alizadeh

Crewman Galloway Alistair Lock

Doctor Harlan Stoll Greg Keith

Teacher Diane Spencer

Flamer Spry Ryan Sewell

Onboard Computer Dianne Weller

Other roles were played by members of the cast.

Based on the Eagle comic strip “Dan Dare” created by Rev. Marcus Morris and Frank Hampson

Sound Design and Post Production Wilfredo Acosta

Original Music Imran Ahmad

Casting Director Matt Western

Associate Producer Fiona McAlpine

Development Producer Patrick Chapman

Lead Writers Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle

Series Script Editor Colin Brake

Executive Producer Simon Moorhead

Producer/Director Andrew Mark Sewell

A B7 Production

MAROONED ON MERCURY

Written 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!

CREDITS

Dramatised by Marc Platt

Directed by Andrew Mark Sewell

Dan Dare Ed Stoppard

Digby Geoff McGivern

Professor Peabody Heida Reed

The Mekon Raad Rawi

Sondar Bijan Daneshmand

Ergulux Kelly Burke

Garlok Nicholas Briggs

Treen Captain Alistair Lock

Onboard Computer Dianne Weller

Other roles were played by members of the cast.

Based on the Eagle comic strip “Dan Dare” created by Rev. Marcus Morris and Frank Hampson

Sound Design and Post Production Wilfredo Acosta

Original Music Imran Ahmad

Casting Director Matt Western

Associate Producer Fiona McAlpine

Development Producer Patrick Chapman

Lead Writers Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle

Series Script Editor Colin Brake

Executive Producer Simon Moorhead

Producer/Director Andrew Mark Sewell

A B7 Production

THE REIGN OF THE ROBOTS

Written by Simon Guerrier

Dan Dare and his crew finally return to Earth. Landing in central London, they find the city deserted – or that’s how it seems at first. But soon Dare faces an army of ruthless machines, robots who have conquered the planet and placed the surviving humans in slave camps. The robots are too powerful and too numerous to be resisted, and their invasion is complete. With limited resources, Dare, Digby and Peabody face their greatest challenge yet – to liberate planet Earth. But the task becomes more desperate than ever when Dan discovers the alien force behind the robot invasion…

CREDITS

Dramatised by Simon Guerrier

Directed by Andrew Mark Sewell

Dan Dare Ed Stoppard

Digby Geoff McGivern

Professor Peabody Heida Reed

Sir Hubert Michael Cochrane

The Mekon Raad Rawi

Eko Amy Humphreys

George Bryan Dean Harris

Onboard Computer Dianne Weller

Other roles were played by members of the cast.

Based on the Eagle comic strip “Dan Dare” created by Rev. Marcus Morris and Frank Hampson

Sound Design and Post Production Wilfredo Acosta

Original Music Imran Ahmad

Casting Director Matt Western

Associate Producer Fiona McAlpine

Development Producer Patrick Chapman

Lead Writers Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle

Series Script Editor Colin Brake

Executive Producer Simon Moorhead

Producer/Director Andrew Mark Sewell

A B7 Production

OPERATION SATURN

Written by Patrick Chapman

As work begins to rebuild planet Earth after the devastation of the robot invasion, Dare and his friends in Space Fleet remain vigilant, certain that it is only a matter of time before the Mekon launches a fresh attack. When the wreck of the Nautilus – an experimental ship lost over a decade before – appears in orbit of the moon, Dare, Digby and Peabody are sent to investigate. They find the ship and its crew were destroyed by advanced alien weapons. All clues lead them to Saturn’s moons. With Earth still vulnerable our heroes must journey to an unknown world – to discover who sent the Nautilus back, not realising that for once the source of their latest conflict comes from a lot closer to home. Not all would-be conquerors of planet Earth are alien…

CREDITS

Dramatised by Patrick Chapman

Directed by Andrew Mark Sewell

Dan Dare Ed Stoppard

Digby Geoff McGivern

Professor Peabody Heida Reed

Sir Hubert Michael Cochrane

Sondar Bijan Daneshmand

Blasco Jonathan Rhodes

The Vora Nicholas Briggs

The Prime Minister Matthew Turmaine

Flight Control Diane Spencer

Maxwell Fiona McAlpine

Onboard Computer Dianne Weller

Other roles were played by members of the cast.

Based on the Eagle comic strip “Dan Dare” created by Rev. Marcus Morris and Frank Hampson

Sound Design and Post Production Wilfredo Acosta

Original Music Imran Ahmad

Casting Director Matt Western

Associate Producer Fiona McAlpine

Development Producer Patrick Chapman

Lead Writers Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle

Series Script Editor, Colin Brake

Executive Producer Simon Moorhead

Producer/Director Andrew Mark Sewell

A B7 Production

PRISONERS OF SPACE

Written by Colin Brake

After a sequence of near non-stop adventures Dare, Digby and Peabody find themselves in a strange limbo of paranoid calm. Whilst there’s been no sign of the Mekon anywhere in the solar system, Dare is certain Earth hasn’t seen the last of the evil alien. Mysterious spaceship disappearances near Venus, an Academy student accidentally launching a prototype new spacecraft, and a floating prison cell in space… reveal themselves as all part of the Mekon’s latest plan to defeat his arch-enemy Dan Dare once and for all. The first season of Dan Dare concludes with daring space action, fearless heroics and the revelation of devastating secrets concerning Space Fleet…

CREDITS

Dramatised by Colin Brake

Directed by Andrew Mark Sewell

Dan Dare Ed Stoppard

Digby Geoff McGivern

Professor Peabody Heida Reed

Sir Hubert Michael Cochrane

The Mekon Raad Rawi

Sondar Bijan Daneshmand

Old Timer Robert G. Slade

Cadet Flamer Spry Noof McEwan

Treen Captain Alistair Lock

Onboard Computer Dianne Weller

Other roles were played by members of the cast.

Based on the Eagle comic strip “Dan Dare” created by Rev. Marcus Morris and Frank Hampson

Sound Design and Post Production Alistair Lock

Sound Engineer Wilfredo Acosta

Original Music Imran Ahmad

Casting Director Matt Western

Associate Producer Fiona McAlpine

Development Producer Patrick Chapman

Lead Writers Richard Kurti and Bev Doyle

Series Script Editor Colin Brake

Executive Producer Simon Moorhead

Producer/Director Andrew Mark Sewell

A B7 Production