Episode Guide
Before Quatermass, before Doctor Who, one icon of British science fiction shone out beyond the stars – Dan Dare.
But what becomes of the ‘Pilot of the Future’ when the future arrives?
In B7 Media’s acclaimed dramatic audio reboot, Dan Dare lives again.
Adapted from the original Eagle comic strips – the first ‘Venus’ series onwards – and inspired by the 1951 Radio Luxembourg series, this is a new Dan Dare for our times, serialised as all good radio space opera should be!
Dan Dare defends the Earth against the Mekon, their battle beginning anew.
Spaceship away!
Season 1
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