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Human Frontier #1.1
The Human Frontier: Possibility of Life
Two sets of Earth colonists, both setting out for the planet ND492.
One crew takes the long route, sleeping for 1000 years, in secret, on a ship called The Human Frontier.
The other crew set off hundreds of years later, at hyper speed.
When the sleepers wake as they approach the planet, the hyper-speed crew have been living there for 300 years already - and they have no clue the ‘sleepers’ are about to arrive.
Part One Possibility of Life
Two awakenings. One is unexpected, the other is a dire emergency. One brings love. Both bring danger. This is the voyage of The Human Frontier.
One crew takes the long route, sleeping for 1000 years, in secret, on a ship called The Human Frontier.
The other crew set off hundreds of years later, at hyper speed.
When the sleepers wake as they approach the planet, the hyper-speed crew have been living there for 300 years already - and they have no clue the ‘sleepers’ are about to arrive.
Part One Possibility of Life
Two awakenings. One is unexpected, the other is a dire emergency. One brings love. Both bring danger. This is the voyage of The Human Frontier.
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Published May 1, 2020
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Nicholas Briggs
375 books133 followersNicholas Briggs is a British actor and writer, predominantly associated with the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs. Some of Briggs' earliest Doctor Who-related work was as host of The Myth Makers, a series of made-for-video documentaries produced in the 1980s and 1990s by Reeltime Pictures in which Briggs interviews many of the actors and writers involved in the series. When Reeltime expanded into producing original dramas, Briggs wrote some stories and acted in others, beginning with War Time, the first unofficial Doctor Who spin-off, and Myth Runner, a parody of Blade Runner showcasing bloopers from the Myth Makers series built around a loose storyline featuring Briggs as a down on his luck private detective in the near future.
He wrote and appeared in several made-for-video dramas by BBV, including the third of the Stranger stories, In Memory Alone opposite former Doctor Who stars Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant. He also wrote and appeared in a non-Stranger BBV production called The Airzone Solution (1993) and directed a documentary film, Stranger than Fiction (1994).
Briggs has directed many of the Big Finish Productions audio plays, and has provided Dalek, Cybermen, and other alien voices in several of those as well. He has also written and directed the Dalek Empire and Cyberman audio plays for Big Finish. In 2006, Briggs took over from Gary Russell as executive producer of the Big Finish Doctor Who audio range.
Briggs co-wrote a Doctor Who book called The Dalek Survival Guide.
Since Doctor Who returned to television in 2005, Briggs has provided the voices for several monsters, most notably the Daleks and the Cybermen. Briggs also voiced the Nestene Consciousness in the 2005 episode "Rose", and recorded a voice for the Jagrafess in the 2005 episode "The Long Game"; however, this was not used in the final episode because it was too similar to the voice of the Nestene Consciousness. He also provided the voices for the Judoon in both the 2007 and 2008 series. On 9 July 2009, Briggs made his first appearance in the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood in the serial Children of Earth, playing Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary Rick Yates.
He wrote and appeared in several made-for-video dramas by BBV, including the third of the Stranger stories, In Memory Alone opposite former Doctor Who stars Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant. He also wrote and appeared in a non-Stranger BBV production called The Airzone Solution (1993) and directed a documentary film, Stranger than Fiction (1994).
Briggs has directed many of the Big Finish Productions audio plays, and has provided Dalek, Cybermen, and other alien voices in several of those as well. He has also written and directed the Dalek Empire and Cyberman audio plays for Big Finish. In 2006, Briggs took over from Gary Russell as executive producer of the Big Finish Doctor Who audio range.
Briggs co-wrote a Doctor Who book called The Dalek Survival Guide.
Since Doctor Who returned to television in 2005, Briggs has provided the voices for several monsters, most notably the Daleks and the Cybermen. Briggs also voiced the Nestene Consciousness in the 2005 episode "Rose", and recorded a voice for the Jagrafess in the 2005 episode "The Long Game"; however, this was not used in the final episode because it was too similar to the voice of the Nestene Consciousness. He also provided the voices for the Judoon in both the 2007 and 2008 series. On 9 July 2009, Briggs made his first appearance in the Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood in the serial Children of Earth, playing Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary Rick Yates.
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October 9, 2020
Primo episodio, offerto gratuitamente dalla Big Finish, del cofanetto The Human Frontier.
Una serie originale, scritta da Nicholas Briggs, ambientata in un imprecisato futuro.
Due gruppi di esploratori e pionieri terrestri sono diretti su un lontano pianeta, per colonizzarlo.
Il primo gruppo farà il giro lungo, con mille anni di viaggio in animazione sospesa sulla nave Human Frontier... sempre che tutto fili liscio.
Una missione segreta e del tutto sconosciuta al secondo gruppo, partito centinaia di anni dopo, in iper velocità, e già insediato sul pianeta da trecento anni.
In questo primo episodio, parte dell'equipaggio della Human Frontier viene risvegliato per studiare un pianeta potenzialmente abitabile.
Iniziamo a conoscere i personaggi e, con un gioco di flashback, le relazioni tra loro. Dramma e angoscia, condite con sbaciucchiamenti non necessari ai fini della storia. Tutto finisce relativamente bene, creando vari presupposti per i successivi capitoli.
Sul pianeta colonizzato le cose non vanno meglio. Tumulti e rivolte e una situazione complessiva che non sono riuscita a seguire completamente.
Nell'insieme la storia sembra interessante, ma non così tanto da comprarmi l'intero cofanetto.
Una serie originale, scritta da Nicholas Briggs, ambientata in un imprecisato futuro.
Due gruppi di esploratori e pionieri terrestri sono diretti su un lontano pianeta, per colonizzarlo.
Il primo gruppo farà il giro lungo, con mille anni di viaggio in animazione sospesa sulla nave Human Frontier... sempre che tutto fili liscio.
Una missione segreta e del tutto sconosciuta al secondo gruppo, partito centinaia di anni dopo, in iper velocità, e già insediato sul pianeta da trecento anni.
In questo primo episodio, parte dell'equipaggio della Human Frontier viene risvegliato per studiare un pianeta potenzialmente abitabile.
Iniziamo a conoscere i personaggi e, con un gioco di flashback, le relazioni tra loro. Dramma e angoscia, condite con sbaciucchiamenti non necessari ai fini della storia. Tutto finisce relativamente bene, creando vari presupposti per i successivi capitoli.
Sul pianeta colonizzato le cose non vanno meglio. Tumulti e rivolte e una situazione complessiva che non sono riuscita a seguire completamente.
Nell'insieme la storia sembra interessante, ma non così tanto da comprarmi l'intero cofanetto.
June 27, 2020
An interesting blend of sci-fi and horror, this audio-drama blends concepts of planetary colonization, a space ark carrying the hopes of humanity, suspended animation, artificial intelligence, xeno-biology and the beginnings of a rather unconventional murder mystery and political intrigue. Unfortunately, as a stand alone story this doesn’t work very well, but it is very enticing and that’s the point. It’s a teaser, a sample, to get listeners to pick up the whole volume 1 of this series. I would have liked a little grounded framework, but I’m sure more the backstory will come in the next few chapters. For an initial start, it shows a lot of promise.
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