Star Cops: Blood Moon lands between January and June 2024.
Now in its fourth run, the audio revival of Chris Boucher’s Star Cops embraces a brand new mini-series format.
The present, based mostly on the short-lived BBC tv collection, is a great police procedural. Set within the close to future, it follows the actions of the Interplanetary Area Police Pressure. Based mostly on the Moon, the so-called Star Cops police comings and goings to Moonbase, stations in orbit and all the pieces else on the “excessive frontier”.
In a similar way to the current Physician Who: As soon as and Future collection, Star Cops – Blood Moon drops in month-to-month instalments between January and December 2024.
Right here’s the (very temporary) premise for Star Cops – Blood Moon:
It’s the close to future, and mankind has expanded its presence in area. Sustaining regulation and order past Earth is the duty of the Worldwide Area Police Pressure, identified colloquially because the Star Cops. Their chief is Commander Nathan Spring.
A Star Cop investigation right into a homicide on Earth results in a tremendous revelation. The workforce’s resilience is examined because the fallout impacts their subsequent circumstances.
Whereas the data is scant to date, we’re advised to anticipate homicide, kidnappings, and thrilling cliff-hangers.
Authentic tv solid members David Calder, Trevor Cooper and Linda Newton reprise their roles as Nathan Spring, Colin Devis and Pal Kenzy. They’re joined by Philip Olivier’s Paul Bailey, plus the newly recruited Inspector Alice Okoro (Lyndsey Murrell).
Blood Moon has six instalments and rolls out month-to-month, just like the current Physician Who: As soon as and Future mini-series.
The writing workforce for the Blood Moon storyline is a mixture of acquainted and new names
The six episodes are:
‘I Was Killed Yesterday’ by Andrew Smith
‘Daughters of Demise’ by Nicola Baldwin
‘Troubled Waters’ by Una McCormack
‘A Cage of Sky’ by James Swallow
‘London Zone’ by Andrew Smith
‘Devis’ by Roland Moore
Script editor Andrew Smith stated:
“Star Cops is all the time a deal with to come back again to. The idea, established by the late Chris Boucher in his 1987 TV collection, supplies a wealthy dramatic canvas for us.
There are such a lot of tales that may be advised about policing near-Earth area within the close to future, tales which are advised in a gritty, reasonable approach, and the writers by no means fail to ship.”
Every episode of Star Cops – Blood Moon is accessible to pre-order on collector’s version CD (+ obtain), or as a digital obtain solely, from Large End. There’s additionally at present an early-bird low cost out there on full collection pre-order bundles.
NB: The collector’s version CDs are strictly restricted to a urgent of simply 1,000 per episode.