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Delia created effects and backgrounds for a 1962 science fiction radio drama ''[[Closed Planet]]'' by [[John Hynam]]<ref name=genome/> for the BBC Light Programme.<ref>[[DD162002]]: Yellow notes for Closed Planet, page 1.</ref> | Delia created effects and backgrounds for a 1962 science fiction radio drama ''[[Closed Planet]]'' by [[John Hynam]]<ref name=genome/> for the BBC Light Programme.<ref>[[DD162002]]: Yellow notes for Closed Planet, page 1.</ref> | ||
| − | On | + | On her papers for [[Closed Planet]], Delia refers to [[Time On Our Hands]],<ref name=DD161912/> which is also from 1962. |
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=Plot= | =Plot= | ||
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In the end, one of the crew members has a baby and the ship lifts off. (Sorry, I couldn't stand following the rest of it!) | In the end, one of the crew members has a baby and the ship lifts off. (Sorry, I couldn't stand following the rest of it!) | ||
| − | + | Its Radio Times entry describes it as: | |
<BLOCKQUOTE> | <BLOCKQUOTE> | ||
Time: Somewhere in the future<BR> | Time: Somewhere in the future<BR> | ||
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Delia constructed it with four makeup tapes<ref name=DD161912>[[DD161912]]: Pink notes for Closed Planet, page 1.</ref> on the [[TR90]] and [[Ferrograph]] tape recorders and the "[[KU]]" and "[[RGD]]", whatever they are, and seems to reuse elements of [[Time On Our Hands]] in one place. | Delia constructed it with four makeup tapes<ref name=DD161912>[[DD161912]]: Pink notes for Closed Planet, page 1.</ref> on the [[TR90]] and [[Ferrograph]] tape recorders and the "[[KU]]" and "[[RGD]]", whatever they are, and seems to reuse elements of [[Time On Our Hands]] in one place. | ||
| − | The four tapes contain:<ref name=DD161912/> | + | The four tapes contain:<ref name=DD161912/><ref name=DD161932/> |
* Tape 1: basic inc- high sine | * Tape 1: basic inc- high sine | ||
** Band 1: single []<ref name=square/> notes + f.b. - approx. 1 per 6" | ** Band 1: single []<ref name=square/> notes + f.b. - approx. 1 per 6" | ||
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=Extracts= | =Extracts= | ||
* Opening | * Opening | ||
| − | "Very high and eerie, desc. semitones, down to steady far mar[?]. Moving forward - higher and further."<ref>[[DD161932]]: Pink notes for Closed Planet, page 2.</ref> | + | "Very high and eerie, desc. semitones, down to steady far mar[?]. Moving forward - higher and further."<ref name=DD161932>[[DD161932]]: Pink notes for Closed Planet, page 2.</ref> |
{{Spectrogallery|Closed Planet - Opening}} | {{Spectrogallery|Closed Planet - Opening}} | ||
* Meteor warning and strike | * Meteor warning and strike | ||
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Delia created effects and backgrounds for a 1962 science fiction radio drama Closed Planet by John Hynam[1] for the BBC Light Programme.[2]
On her papers for Closed Planet, Delia refers to Time On Our Hands,[3] which is also from 1962.
Plot
A spaceship far from Earth is hit by meteors, one engine is damaged, and they obtain special permission, given the circumstances, to land on a planet where visit are not allowed from other civilizations
While the crew is on the planet, a black african member of the crew who has gone mad steals one of the alien guard's vehicles, drives into town, complains about the drinks that they serve there, is arrested, runs from the police and is shot.
Back at the ship, our heroes have followed these events on "view-screens" and find that one of the only two women in the crew is missing. They attack the guards, steal another flycar and fly to the city to rescue her.
In the end, one of the crew members has a baby and the ship lifts off. (Sorry, I couldn't stand following the rest of it!)
Its Radio Times entry describes it as:
Time: Somewhere in the future
In the New Age interplanetary travel has become an everyday occurrence. and Time rather than Distance now sets the only limit on man's exploration of the universe. It seems, however, that Outer Space. like our own familiar world, also has secrets to hide, frontiers to guard, "security" zones to protect. Such a place is the "closed" planet, and only dire necessity may excuse the deliberate infringement of its astral neutrality by visitors from Earth.
Scenes
Dividing it into sections with different (or no) Delian backgrounds:
- 00:00-07:10: Intro and meteor hit to the spaceship (Spaceship interior background, a whistle)
- 07:10-08:10: Records Office interior (hum with tremolo)
- 08:10-10:52: Working on the engines (as above with noise and computer beeps and internals)
- 08:37-08:53 Loudest/clearest samples of engine room background
- 10:52-19:34 Orbiting the planet
- 19:34-24:26 The ambassador's visit to the spaceship
- 22:35-22:45 Sombre chords "This is understood"
- 24:26-30:11 First moments on the planet surface. No sound except for:
- 28:35-28:51 Arrival of the ambassador's flycar
- 30:14-32:07 Consternation and alarm
- 31:40-31:43 The alarm
- 32:07-45:37 Listening to police radio (no background)
- 32:32-32:30 Alien speech (backwards human speech)
- 42:50-43:10 "Good night" (shimmering enchantment)
- 45:37-48:18 Flycar takeoff, interior background and landing
- 48:18-55:32 On the planet surface (filtered noise then silence)
- 55:32-57:23 "Look at this tiny child here", ship takeoff and outro.
Most of Delia's backgrounds start with a musical effect which then fades into the background sound for the scene, lasting throughout it and punctuating the dialogue with effects.
Makeup tapes
Delia constructed it with four makeup tapes[3] on the TR90 and Ferrograph tape recorders and the "KU" and "RGD", whatever they are, and seems to reuse elements of Time On Our Hands in one place.
- Tape 1: basic inc- high sine
- Band 1: single [][5] notes + f.b. - approx. 1 per 6"
- Band 2: .,.-./\/\.-.,. rand. & Doppler - approx. 1 per 15"
- Band 3: cont. high sine + f.b.
- Band 4: low blocks
- Tape 2:
- Tape 3: first mix with [][5]
- Tape 4:
- Band 1: loud bass distortion
- Band 2: q.u.[?]
- Band 3: filthy
- Band 4: good (first mark[?] now on tape 2) using the Ferrograph, TR90 and KU.
Extracts
- Opening
"Very high and eerie, desc. semitones, down to steady far mar[?]. Moving forward - higher and further."[4]
- Meteor warning and strike
- Chords "This is understood"
- Ship landing
- Arrival of the ambassador's flycar
- Good Night
- Flycar takeoff
- Flycar landing
- Ship takeoff and outro
Papers
- DD161912 DD161932: Two pink pages of notes, paperclipped together, listing what's on each of the four makeup tapes and with notes for Time On Our Hands.
- DD162002 DD162024: Two yellow pages of notes and diagrams, stapled together, listing the effects she was to create and their internal structure
Availability
- Broadcast on 24 October 1962 at 20.31 on the Light Programme.[1]
- Its rebroadcast as episode 49 of American radio series "SciFi Friday" is archived in the OTRR Library, from which the following is cropped.
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