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Tag: science fiction
On the making of Diary of a Space Archivist
This is the first week that I haven’t published a new episode of Diary of a Space Archivist.
Feels weird.
Season two will be made asap!
In the meantime, though, I recorded myself making an episode a while back and have edited the footage to make a little video exploring my process and that…
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Diary of a Space Archivist season one: episode 06
I thought we were friends…
What will happen to Sam, CAL and Puck in this, the last episode of season one?
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Coming soon to a novel near you: Matt
Matt
Place of Origin: Hurcott
Fighting style: Make love not war
Age: 31
Occupation: No one is quite sure but he is occasionally seen busking
Hobby: Music
Likes: Music and chilling out around Hurcott
Dislikes: Taking things too seriously
Coming soon to a novel near you: Lucy
Lucy
Place of Origin: Earth
Fighting style: Use Matt as ballast
Age: 25
Occupation: Till staff at Superstore (warrior poet)
Hobby: Playing computer games
Likes: People and their odd tendencies – the way he sniffs at the end of a sentence, how she chews her necklace…
Dislikes: Complications
Coming soon to a novel near you: Russell
Russell
Place of Origin: Hurcott
Fighting style: Stealth – it’s all about the stealth
Age: 29
Occupation: Supermarket shelf-stocker (philosopher king)
Hobby: Listening to music and occasionally playing some
Likes: The sound of wood crackling in a fire
Dislikes: Fireworks
Diary of a Space Archivist season one: episode 05
The Discoverer
CAL takes the reigns in this, slightly shorter than usual, penultimate episode…
Diary of a Space Archivist © Rebecca Stirrup 2018
Diary of a Space Archivist
Sam wanted to be at the forefront of space exploration. Ideally on the crew of The Discoverer.
Instead Sam’s stuck on her own in a beaten-up-junk-ship, trailing around space behind The Discoverer, archiving all of their cool discoveries in the correct, ‘corporate-approved-process’, with no one but CAL (Computerised Artificial Life), for company.
It could be worse – at least she’s in space – and she’s got a box of curly wurlys under her bunk.
Credits
Written and acted by Beccy Stirrup
Music by Six Umbrellas
Sound effects from:
Coming soon to a novel near you: Colin
Colin
Place of Origin: Hurcott
Fighting style: He’s not sure yet
Age: 27
Occupation: Office worker (frustrated astronaut)
Hobby: Surfing the Net, making cups of tea, anything to distract from work
Likes: Cracking the top off a freshly boiled egg
Dislikes: Boy racers and their boom boom look at me in my souped up wreck with my amazingly expensive stereo system, I’m a gangster, no really…
Coming soon to a novel near you: Selby
Selby
Place of Origin: Hurcott
Fighting style: The only one to have seriously studied ‘The Karate Kid’– his superior skill will win the day
Age: 29
Occupation: Seeking self-employment
Hobby: Watching old black and white films with buttery popcorn
Likes: Pecan pie
Dislikes: Any other pie
Coming soon to a novel near you: Malcolm
Malcolm
Place of Origin: Hurcott
Fighting style: Rushes to attack and relies on brute strength to carry him through. It often does
Age: 30
Occupation: Works in a newsagent’s
Hobby: Spending time with friends, playing cards, watching films
Likes: Jack Daniels – the glug glug when it’s poured, and the crack of ice
Dislikes: Coke bubbles up his nose, the feeling of going nowhere and turning 30
