Episode 17 – Gary Russell and the Return to Gallifrey




Doctor Who: Adventures in Time, Space and Music show

Summary: <a href="http://adventuresintimespaceandmusic.phillipwserna.com/"></a><br> In this episode we’ll be featuring an interview with Doctor Who and Sarah Jane Adventures script editor, author and audio producer Gary Russell focusing on the return to the Gallifrey series by Big Finish Productions, recorded the 27th of November, 2010 at the Chicago TARDIS convention.<br> ADVENTURES IN TIME, SPACE AND MUSIC IS A PROUD MEMBER OF THE DOCTOR WHO PODCAST ALLIANCE: <a href="http://www.doctorwhopodcastalliance.org/">http://www.doctorwhopodcastalliance.org/</a><br> ABOUT YOUR HOST: My name is Dr. Phillip Serna – you can call me Dr. Phill as many of my colleagues, friends and students do. I’m a performer and teacher here in the Chicago area where I received my Master &amp; Doctoral degrees in Music at Northwestern University. On double bass I perform solo, chamber, orchestral and contemporary literature. I am also a performer of Early Music on viols – or violas da gamba – a family of bowed guitars that were popular in Europe from the 15th through the late 18th centuries.<br> ABOUT OUR GUEST: Gary Russell is a freelance writer and former child actor. As a writer, he is best known for his work in connection with the television series Doctor Who and its spin-offs in other media. As an actor he is best known for playing Dick in the 1978 television series, The Famous Five. He was editor of Doctor Who Magazine between 1992 and 1995. He was the producer for the Doctor Who licensed audio drama tie-ins at Big Finish Productions from its inception in 1998 until July 2006, when he stepped down to work for BBC Wales on Doctor Who and Torchwood. He has written a number of Doctor Who spin-off novels and in 2000 co-wrote with executive producer Philip Segal the book Doctor Who: Regeneration (HarperCollins, ISBN 0-00-710591-6), the making-of book of the 1996 Doctor Who television movie, as well as the TV movie’s novelization in 1996.<br> Gary Russell continues to work for BBC Wales on the Sarah Jane Adventures as script editor as well as returning working on Doctor Who audios for Big Finish (notably the Gallifrey spinoff series), working on Doctor Who: the Adventures Games, and many other projects.<br> ABOUT OUR THEME: The theme to ADVENTURES IN TIME, SPACE AND MUSIC is a remix by Isaac Arsenault. Isaac started mashingup music in the winter of ’09, After reading Jordan Roseman’s “Audio Mashup Construction Kit.” Working with sound Equipment and being technical leader for two bands he opened his taste for music by studying it mathematically and learning the science behind it. To find out more about Isaac’s work, visit <a href="http://www.twitter.com/drautobob">http://www.twitter.com/drautobob</a>.<br> DEDICATION: I dedicate this episode to all of those individuals, family, friends, colleagues and otherwise – and you know who you are, who remind me how important it is to live by Tom Baker’s great commentary to companion Sarah Jane Smith from Serial 4A, Story 75, Robot – ‘There’s no point in being grown up if you can’t be childish sometimes!’<br> LINKS OF INTEREST:<br> Gary Russell – <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Russell">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Russell</a><br> Gallifrey – <a href="http://www.bigfinish.com/Gallifrey">http://www.bigfinish.com/Gallifrey</a> &amp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallifrey_(audio_series)">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallifrey_(audio_series)</a><br> The Gallifrey Audios – Gallifrey Series I – <a href="http://www.bigfinish.com/Gallifrey-Season-1">http://www.bigfinish.com/Gallifrey-Season-1</a><br> The Gallifrey Audios – Gallifrey Series I – 1.1 – Weapon of Choice – <a href="http://www.bigfinish.com/11-Gallifrey-Weapon-of-Choice">http://www.bigfinish.com/11-Gallifrey-Weapon-of-Choice</a> &amp; <a href="http://en.wikipedia."></a>