Dark Shadows 17 - The Creeping Fog

Matthew says great-nephew, IIRC.

He thinks John wasn't the marrying kind.

When listening to this I at first thought John seemed too nice to be related to Andrew. I definitely believed him throughout. Boy did he play me like a fool. But this audio definitely did a good job of keeping me in suspense about John Cunningham. I suppose having heard Blooolust first I should have been more suspicious but props to the story that despite that I actually didn't see that twist.


Of course maybe this is a bit mean of me but since John tricked me along with Quentin I cant say I felt sad for him in the end. John acts like he cares about history and maintaining it but what he really cares about is the glory of making discoveries before his colleagues.


As for Quentin love the line that there is a monster in him not the wolf, but the man. He shows his true anti-hero side in this story.

Matthew is so good in this isn't he? The story is excellent and continues that same tradition as London's Burning with its very claustrophobic feel! I love the flashback scenes with the Roman Centurion.

Of course, lest we forget, Matthew's own thoughts on it are here.

matthewwaterhouse.com/site/episode-three/

Matthew is a gem.  His support of DS is really impressive--he goes out of his way to promote all aspects of it, from the audios to the films and the original series.  Not to mention his public appearances.  I love his writing too.  Thanks for reminding us of this great blog entry. 

As far behind as I am with the Quentin listen-thru I still had to hear this one anyway being I've gotten all excited about the things Matthew is doing with Big Finish. I'm so delighted with his involvement in and enthusiasm for Dark Shadows - I think that's the closest I've even gotten to having anything in common with Adric who I still admire much.

It's strange to think now how I was wary of this audio at first - I guess I'm a little non-plussed about fog stories (let me guess, there will be fog, and things that come out of it?) - but it's just marvelous how it appeals here interwoven with the focus on the relationship between the characters and the slowly unfolding mystery. Makes me feel like the characters are what the story is mainly about, and reminds me of the outstanding London's Burning where the humanity manages to seem even more imperative than the supernatural. Thankfully the great cast prompted me to purchase The Creeping Fog, and the great performances won me over immediately.

Really,Matthew Waterhouse was just destined to play evil....well getting slammed into the planet on a spaceship with his bits scattered everywhere while his pals make up excuses not to go back and rescue him could make me turn evil too.
But this is a wonderful two handler between him and David Selby 

I believe so. He talks about Dark Shadows in his autobiography and that led James Goss to ask if he wanted to play a "mild-mannered occult-worshipping serial killer" in the Creeping Fog. 

He leapt at the chance - I mean, who wouldn't? - and the rest is history.