Charles Chilton (1917–2013)
Autor de Oh What a Lovely War [play]
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Chilton, Charles Frederick William
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1917-06-15
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2013-01-02
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- London, England, UK
- Biografía breve
- Charles Chilton MBE was a BBC radio presenter, writer and a producer. Born in Bloomsbury in London, England, his father (whom he never knew) was killed during World War I, and when he was still only six his mother died due to complications during an illegal abortion; Chilton was then raised by his grandmother. He was educated at St. Pancras C. of E. school.
Chilton left school at 14, and after a brief apprenticeship making electric signs he joined the BBC as a messenger boy. One year later he became an assistant in their gramophone library. In 1937 he formed the BBC Boys' Jazz band.
His first role as a producer was for 'I Hear America Singing', after which he moved to the BBC variety department. He then presented his own show between 11pm and midnight called 'Swing Time', and a weekly jazz programme called 'Radio Rhythm Club'. Next came five years' war service with the RAF, after which he was sent to Sri Lanka to run the forces radio station with broadcaster David Jacobs, later to participate in Chilton's Journey into Space.
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The original Journey Into Space radio series ran from 1953 - 1956. I was born during their second season, so even if I'd been British instead of American, I'd be too young to remember it. Still, I've enjoyed other BBC radio dramas I've checked out from my local library, so I thought I'd give this one a try.
It was the crew of the spaceship Ares [the Greek name for Mars] that's been frozen in time since the late 1970s. The captain, 'Jet' Morgan, awakened early because his pod malfunctioned. He must have spent a very lonely 30 years looking after his ship and crew. (From something one of his crew later remarks, I think the person(s) responsible for the idea of keeping an entire crew in suspended animation for a voyage should be charged with criminal negligence, assuming he/they are still alive.
The Ares is running low on fuel. How fortunate that they're near Mars, where the crew of a mining operation has plenty of fuel, but having trouble getting their ship and its cargo off planet.
There's no difficulty awakening the Ares engineer, Mitch, and radio operator, Lemmy, but it looks as if Doc won't make it.
The year is 2013. Of course their ship, opinions, and knowledge are considered outdated by the crew of the mining operation, but the captain and crew still have something to offer.
The mining operation is for-profit. Naturally, this means that their company bigwigs didn't have the good sense to include an actual engineer in the crew. None of them know diddly-squat about how to fix their problem. It's going to take Mitch to get things going again.
Astrid, the computer expert at the mine, is working with Mitch. She also has her own agenda, which allows the audience to wonder if our heroes will find out what's going on behind their backs in time.
I enjoyed the adventure, especially the way the crew dealt with their peril (and some karma involved). There was even a hint that something might be done for Jet at the end.… (más)
It was the crew of the spaceship Ares [the Greek name for Mars] that's been frozen in time since the late 1970s. The captain, 'Jet' Morgan, awakened early because his pod malfunctioned. He must have spent a very lonely 30 years looking after his ship and crew. (From something one of his crew later remarks, I think the person(s) responsible for the idea of keeping an entire crew in suspended animation for a voyage should be charged with criminal negligence, assuming he/they are still alive.
The Ares is running low on fuel. How fortunate that they're near Mars, where the crew of a mining operation has plenty of fuel, but having trouble getting their ship and its cargo off planet.
There's no difficulty awakening the Ares engineer, Mitch, and radio operator, Lemmy, but it looks as if Doc won't make it.
The year is 2013. Of course their ship, opinions, and knowledge are considered outdated by the crew of the mining operation, but the captain and crew still have something to offer.
The mining operation is for-profit. Naturally, this means that their company bigwigs didn't have the good sense to include an actual engineer in the crew. None of them know diddly-squat about how to fix their problem. It's going to take Mitch to get things going again.
Astrid, the computer expert at the mine, is working with Mitch. She also has her own agenda, which allows the audience to wonder if our heroes will find out what's going on behind their backs in time.
I enjoyed the adventure, especially the way the crew dealt with their peril (and some karma involved). There was even a hint that something might be done for Jet at the end.… (más)
Rummet, Månen, 1965
Indeholder kapitlerne "1. Chok", "2. Planen", "3. Luna", "4. Starten", "5. Katastrofe", "6. Paa Maanen", "7. Den døde Raket", "8. Pas paa, Mænd fra Jorden!", "9. Ingen Vej tilbage", "10. Rejsen gennem Tiden", "11. Stemmen", "12. Byen", "13. Væsenet", "Epilog".
Jet Morgan, Lemmy Barnet, Stephen Mitchell og Doc (fortælleren) er besætning på Jordens første rumskib til Månen. Det er financieret af Commonwealth landene i fællesskab og bruger en atommotor som andet og sidste trin. Raketten er udtænkt af Mitch og det er også ham, der har formået at få financieringen på plads.. Doc har konstrueret rumdragterne og udvalgt provianten, Lemmy har sørget for radiosystemet og Jet er en meget dygtig pilot. Så snart de er lettet fra Jorden begynder noget at spille dem et puds. Da de er kommet rundt om Månen og er på vej tilbage, opdager de fx at de næsten ikke har brændstof tilbage, deres proviant er blevet helt anderledes i smag og konsistens og Doc, som fører dagbog kan konstatere at der står en masse i dagbogen, skrevet med hans håndskrift, men uden at han har skrevet det.
Han rekapitulerer hvordan de seneste ni måneder er gået med at bygge raketten ude i den australske ørken og hvordan affyringen gik.
Så følger vi den første fase, hvor de er vægtløse og på vej mod Månen, men deres radio er helt tavs uden at de kan finde fejl ved den. De skiller den ad og sætter den sammen igen. Flere gange og til sidst virker den og kontrolstationen på Jorden fortæller at de fint har hørt alt, hvad der er blevet sendt. Mystisk! Radiokontakten driller stadig en smule ind imellem og der kommer en mærkelig slags musik i stedet.
De lander planmæssigt på Månen, hvor der er ca 50 grader Celsius på landingsstedet. De udforsker overfladen i et par uger, men da de vil hjem igen, er der intet i raketten, der virker.
Efter 14 dage ekstra i ulidelig venten kommer kraften tilbage i raketten, men det gør også at de kan se at der er dukket en genstand op i et krater ved siden af dem. De beslutter sig for at udforske det for de har stadig lidt ilt og proviant i overskud. Det er en slags flyvende tallerken og Mitch går ind i den. Imens har de radiokontakt med ham, men pludselig skifter hans stemme karakter og han lyder som om han taler på vegne af dem, der har konstrueret tallerkenen.
De letter fra Månen, men på bagsiden ser de pludseligt 20 tallerkener, der letter og overhaler dem. I deres kølvand er der pludselig en frygtelig tyngdepåvirkning og da de kommer til sig selv igen, kan de ikke se hverken Jorden eller Månen nogetsteds. Efter et par dage fortvivlelse finder de en planet og lander. Det viser sig at være en fortidig udgave af Jorden med fortidsmennesker og sabeltigre. Fordelen er at de kan trække vejret frit, men ulempen er at de er strandet på planeten på et stykke land, hvor Middelhavet om tusinder af år vil ligge.
De lykkes med at få lettet igen med rumvæsnernes hjælp og håber så på at få et lift hjem.
Til sidst forlader vi dem som de er ved at forberede sig på at lande med et absolut minimum af brændstof. Måske vil de overleve og hvis ikke, så vil deres optegnelser måske overleve og blive fundet?
Bogen er en romanudgave af en radioserie, så hvert kapitel slutter med en cliff-hanger og alle effekter er noget, der vil gøre sig fint i radioteateret. Fx virker rumskibet og radioen ikke, når der er noget uhyggeligt musik i æteren.… (más)
Indeholder kapitlerne "1. Chok", "2. Planen", "3. Luna", "4. Starten", "5. Katastrofe", "6. Paa Maanen", "7. Den døde Raket", "8. Pas paa, Mænd fra Jorden!", "9. Ingen Vej tilbage", "10. Rejsen gennem Tiden", "11. Stemmen", "12. Byen", "13. Væsenet", "Epilog".
Jet Morgan, Lemmy Barnet, Stephen Mitchell og Doc (fortælleren) er besætning på Jordens første rumskib til Månen. Det er financieret af Commonwealth landene i fællesskab og bruger en atommotor som andet og sidste trin. Raketten er udtænkt af Mitch og det er også ham, der har formået at få financieringen på plads.. Doc har konstrueret rumdragterne og udvalgt provianten, Lemmy har sørget for radiosystemet og Jet er en meget dygtig pilot. Så snart de er lettet fra Jorden begynder noget at spille dem et puds. Da de er kommet rundt om Månen og er på vej tilbage, opdager de fx at de næsten ikke har brændstof tilbage, deres proviant er blevet helt anderledes i smag og konsistens og Doc, som fører dagbog kan konstatere at der står en masse i dagbogen, skrevet med hans håndskrift, men uden at han har skrevet det.
Han rekapitulerer hvordan de seneste ni måneder er gået med at bygge raketten ude i den australske ørken og hvordan affyringen gik.
Så følger vi den første fase, hvor de er vægtløse og på vej mod Månen, men deres radio er helt tavs uden at de kan finde fejl ved den. De skiller den ad og sætter den sammen igen. Flere gange og til sidst virker den og kontrolstationen på Jorden fortæller at de fint har hørt alt, hvad der er blevet sendt. Mystisk! Radiokontakten driller stadig en smule ind imellem og der kommer en mærkelig slags musik i stedet.
De lander planmæssigt på Månen, hvor der er ca 50 grader Celsius på landingsstedet. De udforsker overfladen i et par uger, men da de vil hjem igen, er der intet i raketten, der virker.
Efter 14 dage ekstra i ulidelig venten kommer kraften tilbage i raketten, men det gør også at de kan se at der er dukket en genstand op i et krater ved siden af dem. De beslutter sig for at udforske det for de har stadig lidt ilt og proviant i overskud. Det er en slags flyvende tallerken og Mitch går ind i den. Imens har de radiokontakt med ham, men pludselig skifter hans stemme karakter og han lyder som om han taler på vegne af dem, der har konstrueret tallerkenen.
De letter fra Månen, men på bagsiden ser de pludseligt 20 tallerkener, der letter og overhaler dem. I deres kølvand er der pludselig en frygtelig tyngdepåvirkning og da de kommer til sig selv igen, kan de ikke se hverken Jorden eller Månen nogetsteds. Efter et par dage fortvivlelse finder de en planet og lander. Det viser sig at være en fortidig udgave af Jorden med fortidsmennesker og sabeltigre. Fordelen er at de kan trække vejret frit, men ulempen er at de er strandet på planeten på et stykke land, hvor Middelhavet om tusinder af år vil ligge.
De lykkes med at få lettet igen med rumvæsnernes hjælp og håber så på at få et lift hjem.
Til sidst forlader vi dem som de er ved at forberede sig på at lande med et absolut minimum af brændstof. Måske vil de overleve og hvis ikke, så vil deres optegnelser måske overleve og blive fundet?
Bogen er en romanudgave af en radioserie, så hvert kapitel slutter med en cliff-hanger og alle effekter er noget, der vil gøre sig fint i radioteateret. Fx virker rumskibet og radioen ikke, når der er noget uhyggeligt musik i æteren.… (más)
The year is 1965 [*12 years into the future]. The rocket ship "Luna" sets off for the Moon with it's four man crew: Jet, Doc, Mitch and Lemmy; but, right from the start things start to go wrong. Radio contact with Earth is lost and Lemmy hears an eerie unexplained sound he describes as 'music'. Its only the start of a bizarre adventure for this crew...
'Journey into Space' was a sensation when it was first aired between 1953–1954 - However, what I am reviewing are the abridged versions released on audio tape in 1998 (*Unabridged editions are now available on CD) in either respect, these are both vastly cut down version in both script and cast from the original 1953 radio serial recordings, and were produced for the BBC Transcription Services in 1958. In fact it was long since assumed that even these later recordings were lost till they turned up over 20 years later misfiled!
All in all I thoroughly enjoyed this adventure, which still felt exciting and original even after over 50 years gathering dust.
Once on the Moonstrange happenings continue and Jet has visions of both the past and the future and the rest of the crew experience various effects of what seems like madness. A total loss of power forces the crew to get stuck on the Moon almost till the air supply runs out, but just then a UFO is seen on the televiewer, accompanied by the eerie noise from before. Then power is suddenly restored to the ship, and the UFO lands outside. Mitch decides to investigate the inside of the UFO, where he is temporarily possessed by an alien intelligence before getting back to Luna.
The ship finally takes off while a fleet of UFOs pursues them. But, the UFOs accelerate Luna at incredible speed till the crew blacks out. When they awake, they find themselves in deep space approaching a distance planet.
The crew land Luna on the planet and discover that it shares many of Earth's characteristics - oxygen atmosphere, drinkable water, vegetation and ice-caps at both the poles. The planet is like Earth, too much like Earth. One starry night Jet realises the horrible truth. They are on Earth! but they've travelled thousands of years back in time.
Just then a UFO lands nearby warning the crew that they are in great danger, and persuades them to enter the UFO, which takes off for to bring the crew to a domed city.
The crew learn more about the alien they call 'the voice' and his people who are a peaceful civilisation. Exploring the planet the crew enter a domed building, walk down a long dark tunnel, and arrive at a huge underground city. Finally they are invited into another building to meet their host, but what they find is terrifying to behold.
'The voice' is obviously displeased to learn that the crew are descended from the 'forest creatures' what he calls destructive and hostile animals; but, after much debate, agrees to help the crew get back to their own time. Luna takes off and is accelerated by the UFOs; but the crew blacks out again.
The crew find themselves on the Moon in 1965 again, but with no recollection of their adventures except for Doc's diary along with a prehistoric stone knife as a memento of their adventures and proof that they really did happen. … (más)
'Journey into Space' was a sensation when it was first aired between 1953–1954 - However, what I am reviewing are the abridged versions released on audio tape in 1998 (*Unabridged editions are now available on CD) in either respect, these are both vastly cut down version in both script and cast from the original 1953 radio serial recordings, and were produced for the BBC Transcription Services in 1958. In fact it was long since assumed that even these later recordings were lost till they turned up over 20 years later misfiled!
All in all I thoroughly enjoyed this adventure, which still felt exciting and original even after over 50 years gathering dust.
Once on the Moon
The ship finally takes off while a fleet of UFOs pursues them. But, the UFOs accelerate Luna at incredible speed till the crew blacks out. When they awake, they find themselves in deep space approaching a distance planet.
The crew land Luna on the planet and discover that it shares many of Earth's characteristics - oxygen atmosphere, drinkable water, vegetation and ice-caps at both the poles. The planet is like Earth, too much like Earth. One starry night Jet realises the horrible truth. They are on Earth! but they've travelled thousands of years back in time.
Just then a UFO lands nearby warning the crew that they are in great danger, and persuades them to enter the UFO, which takes off for to bring the crew to a domed city.
The crew learn more about the alien they call 'the voice' and his people who are a peaceful civilisation. Exploring the planet the crew enter a domed building, walk down a long dark tunnel, and arrive at a huge underground city. Finally they are invited into another building to meet their host, but what they find is terrifying to behold.
'The voice' is obviously displeased to learn that the crew are descended from the 'forest creatures' what he calls destructive and hostile animals; but, after much debate, agrees to help the crew get back to their own time. Luna takes off and is accelerated by the UFOs; but the crew blacks out again.
The crew find themselves on the Moon in 1965 again, but with no recollection of their adventures except for Doc's diary along with a prehistoric stone knife as a memento of their adventures and proof that they really did happen.
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- 3.9
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The audio version available is from a 1958 recording although the original is from '53. This version is a little cut down and you can tell towards the 3/4 mark where the edits are.
Still that doesn't effect the story much, this is far more advanced sci-fi than i was expecting from the 50's. Really solid intellectual sci-fi, gets a little bit expositional at the end but really enjoyable overall.… (más)