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Dan Dare: The Audio Adventures - Season 1

By: Richard Kurti,Bev Doyle,James Swallow,Marc Platt,Patrick Chapman,Colin Brake,Imran Ahmad
Narrated by: Ed Stoppard,Geoff McGivern,Heida Reed,Michael Cochrane,Raad Rawi
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Summary

The complete collection of season one of Dan Dare: The Audio Adventures.

This includes all six episodes: 'Voyage to Venus', 'The Red Moon Mystery', 'Marooned on Mercury', 'Reign of the Robots', 'Operation Saturn' and 'Prisoners of Space'.

Also included are both the documentary Dan Dare: 21st Century Spaceman and New Worlds - the Music of Imran Ahmad.

This excellent collector's edition is perfect not only for fans of Dan Dare and his nemesis, The Mekon, but also for anyone who simply enjoys science fiction. Adapted from the original Eagle comic strips, this is a new Dan Dare for our times!

Audio dramatisation based on the Eagle comic strip Dan Dare created by Rev Marcus Morris and Frank Hampson. Dan Dare: The Audio Adventures © B7 Enterprises Limited 2017. All rights reserved. Dan Dare TM © Dan Dare Corporation Limited 2017. All rights reserved. Dan Dare word mark and logo are trademarks of the Dan Dare Corporation Limited and are used under license. The moral right of the Dan Dare Corporation Limited and B7 Enterprises Limited to be identified as having paternity of this work has been asserted. All characters in this production are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. All rights of the manufacturer and owner of the recorded work reserved. Unauthorised public performance, broadcasting and copying of these digital recordings is prohibited.

©2017 B7 Productions (P)2017 B7 Productions

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Using a credit - this is the one to buy!


It gets a little confusing looking at the Dan Dare audiobooks; which one to buy, head scratch? If you are using an Audible ‘credit’, this one!

This is Season 1, which contains both Volume 1 + 2; a total of 6 episodes, a documentary and the music of Dan Dare. Wasn’t interested in listening to the music, just skipped it (36 minutes).

A fun romp around space, no complicated storyline to follow. Will definitely listen to any future episodes. It’s a grower, enjoyed it more as I went through the episodes. It even has Heida Reed who plays Peabody - Elizabeth from BBC’s Poldark.

The ‘only’ criticism is that it appeared as if the actors were recorded in individual booths, probably due to productions reasons/ the availability of actors, and then the vocals entwined together. This resulted in ‘heavy dialogue’ parts coming across more as joined sound bites, also the gap between vocals seemed the same so made the conversation sound unnatural.

Hope that B7 media produce some more :)

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Not My Dan Dare

I was hoping for new stories for the classic characters but I was disappointed. The writer seems to have taken the titles of the original stories and vaguely retold them with characters that correspond in name only to the originals, not understanding that the charm of the stories comes from ripping space yarns told about characters with 40s/50s style and sensibilities.

Dan Dare in name only.

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Not as good as the Eagle originals.

Was disappointed with this adaptation. Can't fault the performances as they are first rate but the stories lack the punch I remember from Dan Dare's adventures in The Eagle. Although even further removed from the original the animated adventures of Dan Dare explore the characters much better than this and is a better buy.

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Unfortunately not for me

I loved the Dan Dare stories in the Eagle comics - this book didn't catch the spirit of the stories for me. The presentation was wrong as was the sound effects - in my opinion it just didn't work.

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Outstanding adaptation and performance

Dipping into the past to bring to a new generation something that worked well before does not always work. Thunderbirds(Movie) and the Green Hornet(Movie) to name but to, but the list is quite long. This, however, is the exception. Great story, great acting and a perfect balance of special sound effects. I can't wait for the next one!

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Last six or so chapters just music.

Would have preferred less chapters than tracks with only music...still i suspect it willfloat someones boat just not mine.

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Excellent Fun

If you're looking for serious sci-fi there is a bunch of Iain M. Banks books to choose from. If you're looking for a light hearted and fun romp then you can't go far wrong with this. Is it going to win awards? Probably not. Would I like a second series? Yes please!

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Nothing like the comic book stories in Eagle

This is far darker than the original comic stories. Very disappointing. There is considerable ambivalence in the characters and the Dare-Digby relationship is not like my childhood series.
With undertones of corporate exploitation and some quite brutal violence this is certainly not a children's book.
Despite excellent acting I found this a big let-down.

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A Real Pleasure

A true British hero with the accent to go. This is the character Ace Rimmer must have been based on but with more depth and development. With the unswerving morals of Captain American and the stiff upper lip of Richard Burton, a true pleasure hearing the cast take Britain into space to face the dastardly Mekon.

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Great book

I loved it, great story performance and musical score.

Therr is alot of wasted time at the end just of music.

Some people may love it, I'd rather have more story

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