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Post by DreamDangerously on Nov 9, 2006 23:34:45 GMT
I believe that they knew coming in to the second series when they were sorting out new contracts. I have a dim recolection of Jemima R. mentioning it in her interview with Nikki and the fact that she wasn't sure that she wanted to do it without Christina.
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Post by rwctlc1107 on Nov 11, 2006 14:35:52 GMT
I guess my point was that I would assume they had already had a christina cole headed series 2 planned out to some extent even before contract negotiations started and then they had to redo everything.
Tina
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Post by DreamDangerously on Nov 11, 2006 15:34:45 GMT
to be honest...they were writing as they were going along for most of the series I think!
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Post by rwctlc1107 on Nov 11, 2006 16:42:56 GMT
well then no wonder it went to crap...how can you do that with out a clear plan where you are going??
Tina
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Post by DreamDangerously on Nov 11, 2006 17:47:42 GMT
well quite!
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Post by fenris on Dec 24, 2012 3:04:21 GMT
Three years before appearing as Peggy in Hex, Katy Carmichael starred in another semi-obscure, cult fantasy series. Although it was filmed in the UK with an all-British cast in 2001, The Infinite Worlds of H.G. Wells was produced by the American cable channel Hallmark (an off-shoot of the greeting card company of the same name). It depicted H.G. Wells (played by Tom Ward) as a young man, yet to find success as a writer, working as a newspaper reporter and investigating strange & bizarre events with the aid of his friend Professor Cedric Gibberne (Nicholas Rowe) and one of Gibberne's former students, Jane Robbins (Katy Carmichael). In real life, Jane Robbins became Wells' second wife, and he caused quite a scandal by walking out on his first wife to set up home with her. The Infinite Worlds simply ignores Well's first marriage and portrays him as being single when he initially meets Robbins.
Each episode of the series was named after one of Wells' short stories, the idea being that it showed the 'real' events that inspired him to later write the tale in question; Episode #1: 'The New Accelerator'. When acts of theft and vandalism occur in front of startled eyewitnesses without anyone apparently being responsible, Wells discovers that Mark Radcliffe, an academic who is courting Jane, has developed a serum that enables him to move so fast he can't be seen. Based on the short story The New Accelerator (1901). Episode #2: 'Brownlow’s Newspaper'. Arthur Brownlow, an electrician working on the London Underground, suffers an electric shock and is knocked unconscious. Upon awakening, he finds he can predict things before they happen, and is also somehow in possession of a newspaper dated several days ahead. As Wells and Jane become involved, Brownlow tries to prevent an event that is reported in the newspaper, with tragic results. Based on the short story The Queer Story of Brownlow’s Newspaper (1932). Episode #3: 'The Crystal Egg'. A crystal-like meteorite, the same size and shape as an egg, crashes to Earth and finds it's way into the hands of antique dealer William Cave. Wells discovers that the 'meteorite' is actually artificially-made... and from Mars. Based on the short story The Crystal Egg (1897). Episode #4: 'The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes'. Wells realises that an experiment using powerful radio coils has caused the mind of student Sidney Davidson to become fused with identical radio coils onboard the warship HMS Fulmar, that now lies wrecked on an island on the other side of the world. Based on the short story The Remarkable Case of Davidson’s Eyes (1895). Episode #5: 'The Truth About Pyecraft'. Desperate to win the heart of a waitress whom he's fallen in love with, an obese friend of Wells named Albert Pyecraft takes an experimental weight-loss potion, and subsequently becomes so weightless that he begins to uncontrollably float off the ground. Based on the short story The Truth About Pyecraft (1903). Episode #6: 'The Stolen Bacillus'. Thomas Keating, an obsessive fan of Wells's work, steals a flask containing a sample from Professor Gibberne's collection of bacilli, and Wells valiantly tries but fails to prevent him from throwing the contents into the reservoir that supplies water for the whole of London. Gibberne discovers that exposure to the bacillus compels people to tell the truth, and Wells & Jane watch as a city-wide outbreak of total honesty begins to tear society apart. Based on the short story The Stolen Bacillus (1894).
Although filmed as six hour-long episodes, when shown (and repeated) on the Hallmark channel the series was re-edited into either three two-hour episodes or two three-hour episodes. In their original, intended format, each hour-long episode is bookended by scenes set in the 1940s, with an aged Wells (Ward with latex wrinkles) being interviewed by female journalist Ellen McGillvray (Eve Best) about his friend Gibberne, who has recently died. However, Wells soon realises that McGillvray is actually working for a covert government department that investigates seemingly otherworldly occurrences, and she's quizzing him in an attempt to learn about an item found amongst Gibberne's research material. An egg-shaped crystal...
After The Infinite Worlds, Tom Ward spent ten years starring in Silent Witness, and can also be seen in this year's Doctor Who Christmas Special, 'The Snowmen'. Nicholas Rowe remains best known for playing the title role in the 1985 movie Young Sherlock Holmes. Plans for him to reprise his performance as The Great Detective in a new film directed by Neil Marshal (Dog Soldiers, Doomsday, Centurion, etc) were scuppered by Guy Ritchie's series of Holmes movies.
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Post by fenris on Apr 2, 2021 18:37:49 GMT
Peggy actress Katy Carmichael appears in the Vera episode 'The Escape Turn', which is being repeated on ITV tonight (2nd April 2021) at 20:30.
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