Dark Season

An outstanding drama written by Russell T Davies in the early nineties, it is also notable for (a) starring a young Kate Winslet and (b) the fact that Russell T Davies went on to write Queer As Folk and the only Doctor Who novel set entirely on a Glasgow sink estate. Glasgow?? I heard London --TL The city is not named in Damaged Goods: somewhere near a moor is all we are told, and the woman with the hair came there FROM? London I think --MAB Oop, my bad.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/tv/darkseason/index.shtml

The series was split into two halves. The first dealt with some crazy hypnotic computer stuff (not entirely unlike the second Demon Headmaster? book), the second with a buried monster which turned out to be a forgotten Mo D? war computer (dope!).

The villain was a really bad dude with Spike-like platinum hair, black shades and a limo with the registration plate NEME515. His name was apparently Eldritch.

Kate Winslet may have been the one with the kayak paddle in her rucksack (No she wasn't - she played Reet, the chum of the one with the rucksack, Marcie...). "In case I get lost up the creek without a paddle" - I quote --TL

Not the same as Century Falls. Or Archers Goon (not even remotely). Some crazy hypnotic stuff and a few bits of hi-techery here and there, but yes, not at all the same. Does anyone have a copy of Dark Season or Century Falls on video? With all the retro vibes afflicting BBC, rerunning some good drama would more than make up for it.

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