Black Box : An Audio Drama : Part Two : Europa

Alternative Stories and Fake Realities

Season: 3 Episode: 16

Published on Dec 4th at 6:00am

In Black Box, based on the novel by Kevan Manwaring, mankind is looking to the stars to find solutions to the failing climate on planet Earth.  In episode two we meet Commander Boone and Dr Massimo from the Europa Mission.

Black Box Part Two : Europa, was written by Dr Kevan Manwaring,  adapted from his original novel.

In this episode you can hear:
Danyelle Ellett as Comamander Boone
Lewie Watson as Captain Lake
Charlie Richards as Dr Massimo
Warren Graham as Boone's father
Kelli Winkler as Boone's Mother

Other voices were by members of the cast

The presenter is Kelli Winkler
The original theme and incidental music are  by Chris Gregory
Sound effects are from freesound.org
Direction, sound design and editing are by Chris Gregory

You can follow writer Kevan Manwaring on twitter here
https://twitter.com/bardicacademic

 And read his regular blog posts here
https://thebardicacademic.wordpress.com/

As a bonus in this edition you can hear Kevan Manwaring talking about the inspiration for Black Box, the process of writing the original novel, of adapting it to audio drama and of recreating the visual elements for an audio drama audience.

We have made 3 pilot episodes of Black Box, the drama,  based roughly on the first 3 chapters of the novel.  We’ll be assessing the possibilities of dramatizing the whole story at a later date.  In the meantime we’d love to hear your thoughts on Black Box and particularly on whether you’d like to hear more.  You can drop us a note via office@alternativestories.com or tweet us with your thoughts 

 If you’re an audio drama producer and have ideas about how we could take Black Box into full production we’d be very grateful for your views.

 If you would like to check out more Science Fiction on Alternative Stories please look for our dramas A Memory of Robin by David Green,  The Ark by Madeleine F White, The Bomb by Emily Inkpen and Backdrop by Anna Orridge.  You’ll be able to find them by searching our content on any podcast platform.

Please join us next week for the final part of Black Box