{"id":4381,"date":"2021-10-18T22:29:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T22:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/?p=4381"},"modified":"2021-10-18T22:29:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T22:29:17","slug":"survivors-new-dawn-ghosts-and-demons-beckon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2021\/10\/18\/survivors-new-dawn-ghosts-and-demons-beckon\/","title":{"rendered":"Survivors: New Dawn, ghosts and demons beckon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vortex_new_dawn_one.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"704\" data-attachment-id=\"4382\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2021\/10\/18\/survivors-new-dawn-ghosts-and-demons-beckon\/vortex_new_dawn_one\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vortex_new_dawn_one.jpg?fit=864%2C724&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"864,724\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Rich Cross&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1634594635&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"vortex_new_dawn_one\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vortex_new_dawn_one.jpg?fit=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vortex_new_dawn_one.jpg?fit=840%2C704&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vortex_new_dawn_one.jpg?resize=840%2C704&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vortex_new_dawn_one.jpg?w=864&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vortex_new_dawn_one.jpg?resize=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/vortex_new_dawn_one.jpg?resize=768%2C644&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BIG FINISH HAVE released new information about the two new <em>Survivors <\/em>audios scheduled for release next month: the full-cast audio series <em>Survivors: New Dawn 1<\/em> and the narrated audiobook <em>Survivors: Ghosts and Demons<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new issue of Big Finish&#8217;s free magazine <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/vortex\/v\/152\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vortex<\/a> <\/em>(No 152, October 2021) includes a three page preview of <em>Survivors: New Dawn 1<\/em>, which combines interviews with writers Andrew Smith, Katharine Armitage and Roland Moore. All three interviewees reflect on the opportunities and challenges of imagining how the country depicted in the 1970s&#8217; TV series might have evolved in a parallel post-Death 1990s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Released today (18 October) is the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/survivors-ghosts-and-demons-audiobook-2117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> first trailer<\/a> for the new audiobook <em>Ghosts and Demons<\/em>, written by Ethan Milsea and voiced by Carolyn Seymour. This snippet from the book &#8211; set at the time of the original TV series &#8211; hints at intriguing parallels between the the storyline of <em>Ghosts and Demons<\/em> and the plot of the second TV series episode <em>A Friend in Need<\/em>, written by <em>Survivors<\/em> cast member Ian McCulloch (Greg Preston). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/files\/release\/ghosts.and.demons..excerpt..mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Survivors: Ghosts &amp; Demons<\/em>\u00a0will be released as a digital download, and is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/survivors-ghosts-and-demons-audiobook-2117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">available to pre-order<\/a>\u00a0now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Survivors: New Dawn 1<\/em>\u00a0is also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/survivors-new-dawn-1-2531\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">available for pre-order<\/a>, in both CD and digital download formats, from the Big Finish site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Survivors: New Dawn 2<\/em>&nbsp;will be released in February 2022 and is also&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/survivors-new-dawn-2-2532\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">available for pre-order<\/a>. Both releases can also be pre-ordered, in both formats, as part of a Big Finish&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/bundles\/start\/83\/2532\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bundle<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ghosts_and_demons.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"4185\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2021\/07\/24\/new-survors-audiobook-voiced-by-carolyn-seymour\/ghosts_and_demons\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ghosts_and_demons.jpg?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ghosts_and_demons\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ghosts_and_demons.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ghosts_and_demons.jpg?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ghosts_and_demons.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ghosts_and_demons.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ghosts_and_demons.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ghosts_and_demons.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIG FINISH HAVE released new information about the two new Survivors audios scheduled for release next month: the full-cast audio series Survivors: New Dawn 1 and the narrated audiobook Survivors: Ghosts and Demons. The new issue of Big Finish&#8217;s free magazine Vortex (No 152, October 2021) includes a three page preview of Survivors: New Dawn &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2021\/10\/18\/survivors-new-dawn-ghosts-and-demons-beckon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Survivors: New Dawn, ghosts and demons beckon&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-big-finish"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9n8B4-18F","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4381"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4386,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4381\/revisions\/4386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}