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Drawn into "the nexus of the primeval cauldron of Space-Time itself," the Doctor and Peri are somewhat surprised to find themselves at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. Is it really just chance that has brought them to the funfair? Or is their arrival somehow connected with the sinister presence of a rather familiar Chinese Mandarin?
Originally produced in 2003 by Robert Dunlop. This download is free, but as this production was for charity, please donate to Sense - a national charity for people with deafblindness and associated disabilities.
INTRODUCTION BY ANTHONY READ
Graham Williams was always proud to be the complete professional.
I first knew him back in the late sixties, when I was producing and script editing a BBC-TV series called "The Troubleshooters". He joined us from work in the theatre, as an assistant floor manager - what we would now call a second assistant. It was a lowly position but it was clear from the start that this was a young man who was going places. Tall, slim, broad-shouldered and good looking, he had intelligence, enthusiasm and energy. After a couple of years, he applied for a new job as a trainee script editor, and as one of his mentors I was pleased to note that he showed considerable talent in this area.
His promise soon came to fruition, and when I gave up producing to return to my typewriter as a freelance writer, I was happy to find myself working for him on series like "Sutherland's Law" and "Z-Cars", which he edited with considerable skill. When he became a producer himself, I was equally happy to return to the BBC to work alongside him as his script editor for one series of "Doctor Who". It was hard work, but we had a great time - and I'm sure it showed on the screen. Graham was a good producer, leading the team with style, panache and unfailing good humour. He was always the total professional in all that he did. His tragic death at a young age was a great loss to the business, as well as his family and friends.
I'm sure Graham would have approved of my choice of Sense as the charity to benefit from this production. To those of us who live by sight and sound, to be both deaf and blind is one of the worst nightmares imaginable, and anything we can do to help children with such an appalling handicap must be worthwhile.
-Anthony Read, April 2003
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THE NIGHTMARE FAIR is presented as a large ZIP file containing a JPG of the cover, two high quality MP3 files (Part One and Part Two), and an interactive database containing a vast amount of information on THE NIGHTMARE FAIR. >> DOWNLOAD THE NIGHTMARE FAIR ZIP FILE (217 MB) - NOTE: TRY THE LINK - PLEASE READ BELOW! >> ALTERNATE DOWNLOAD LOCATION 1: RAPIDSHARE (In 3 parts) Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 RapidShare instructions: Just download each of the links above (click Free download option unless u have a rapidshare account) and then use the program HJ Split to join the files together. Would you like to mirror this file? Please contact Steve Hill.
PLEASE READ.
The announcement on Outpost Gallifrey's news page of the availability of The Nightmare Fair came as a complete surprise to me. It wasn't even until my site was already down that I found out why. I'm pleased to know that many downloaders did indeed donate some money to Sense. But then there are others, such as the person who decided to put the file up on a torrent site and take credit for it, and not mention that it was for charity. At any rate, here's what happened: The news story was posted without my knowledge, and my site was swamped with hits, and exceeded the 250 gigabyte transfer limit for the entire month of May, all in just one day. It brought down my whole site - not just this page, but every sub-site I run - from May 4 until June 2.
Most casual visitors to my site don't know this, but I try to keep my websites ad-free. In order to offset the server costs, I long ago implemented three ways of making a bit of money. One is Amazon.com commission links. I make a few bucks off of that every month, in the form of Amazon gift certificates. Sometimes the amount is too low for them to send me anything, so they bank it and wait until there's enough. It really doesn't add up very fast. Another is Google ads, on just some of my pages. Those are also pretty variable, but I can earn 10 or 15 dollars in a month with them. The third way is a donation box on my front page - visitors can donate either via PayPal or via Amazon. I haven't had a single donation in the past few years, so that can't be considered an effective way of raising money.
What I'm getting at is this - my site was down for a month because I was swamped with visitors looking for The Nightmare Fair, which I was providing for free, with an encouragement to donate to Sense. I lost the revenue I would have made in the month of May - admittedly, it's quite a small amount, but it hurts me. Yes, this is a plea - if you are feeling at all generous, please visit my Appeal for Help page and drop a dollar or pound or two into the PayPal or Amazon donation box. But please remember, if you've only a small amount to donate, give it to Sense instead. Give to them first. (Thank you very very much indeed to the two people who have donated to help me.)
Update 16 June 2007: My current plan is to keep the file available until I start getting too close to my bandwidth limit, after which time it will be unavailable until the start of the next month. So far, so good. Also, producer Rob Dunlop has now provided an alternate source. Things should be okay from now on, I think. Thanks for your patience, everyone.
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