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    True, if a little depressing that we can't produce some strong, novel concepts of our own without recycling a former golden age of British fantasy. "Ah, but then, of course, there is also the commercial reality ... Audiences are getting harder to please – and brands like Doctor Who, Blake's 7 and Survivors are very attractive to commissioners." Unlike most revivals – the 2003 reworking of the 1978 series Battleship Galactica, for example – Hodges' remake is not directly based on the original TV show. Full Article at The Independent
    Ah, but then, of course, there is also the commercial reality ... Audiences are getting harder to please – and brands like Doctor Who, Blake's 7 and Survivors are very attractive to commissioners.
    SOURCE: The Independent 13 months ago
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Survivors: the classic TV saga returns
  1. Not while writing it. At that stage, it's more pressure than I need. I'm delighted by fan sites – and I'm deeply excited by their interest – but also a little nervous. It'll be easier to have a dialogue with fans when it's out there.
    SOURCE: The Independent 13 months ago
  2. We won't be using that ending
    SOURCE: The Independent 13 months ago
  3. There's a lovely quote in the book: it's all about keeping a little fire burning; the human condition has to prevail because otherwise, what's the point?
    SOURCE: The Independent 13 months ago
  4. It's like back in the Cold War ... If there was going to be a nuclear attack, you always wanted to be right under the warhead. Apart from anything, the alternative would be so lonely. Human beings are such social creatures.
    SOURCE: The Independent 13 months ago
  5. There are a lot of people out there who would have seen the original series – more so now since it's been available on DVD ... I didn't want them thinking that they knew absolutely what was going to happen. Killing off a different major character from the original seemed a good way of doing that.
    SOURCE: The Independent 13 months ago
  6. We've all been reading it
    SOURCE: The Independent 13 months ago
  7. Look at Sars and bird flu ... Governments are already stockpiling vaccines. And pandemics can travel so fast these days.
    SOURCE: The Independent 13 months ago
  8. The rights situation with the TV series was so hellishly complicated we just couldn't go there ... Instead, the rights were obtained to the novel that Terry Nation wrote after he quit the show – based on his original scripts. That book's very dark.
    SOURCE: The Independent 13 months ago
  9. We want to offer some hope
    SOURCE: The Independent 13 months ago
  10. She's the de facto mother of the family. I like her, she's a decent person ... I'd hope I'd be like her if humanity went belly up. It would quickly divide into good and bad, and it does make you feel which side you'd be on.
    SOURCE: The Independent 13 months ago

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