Q-Ship: The Interview

[Spatzimaus]

(to all) When you were young, were you fans of the original 1950s "Q-Ship" radio programme?

(to the actress who played S'ondra) According to your biography, "Q-Ship" was your first major acting role. How did the experience compare to your later movie roles? And would you sign this picture, please?
(then, to the actor who played John Fury) Your first attempt at an action movie, (insert cheesy 80s title here, like "Fatal Strike" or "The Eliminator" or something), was widely considered to be a complete flop that nearly bankrupted the studio. What was it about that experience that caused you to give up on movie acting and go into politics?

(to Doctor Gustav) How much science did you have to learn for your role to make Gustav's explanations sound plausible?

 

[Capellan]

Saptzimaus - the questions for S'Ondra and Fury are great, but the interview is supposed to be contemporary with the show - taking place just because the last episode of season 1 was aired.

We'll just have to hold them over for the 'restrospective' interview in the season 2 boxed set

The ones for the whole cast and Gustav are fine, though.

 

[Spatzimaus]

but the interview is supposed to be contemporary with the show

Yep, missed that part. For some reason I was thinking it was an interview done FOR the DVD set, not an old one included in the set. Since it's something done at the end of the first season of a show that only lasted about two years, some of the questions should be things like "So, what sort of changes would you like made to your character next season?" or "Are there any plans for a musical episode?"

And, of course, there should be at least one Comic Book Guy style of fan in the audience, nitpicking some trivial part of the pseudoscience.

 

[Capellan]

Since it's something done at the end of the first season of a show that only lasted about two years

It's three seasons of six episodes each, for anyone who is interested in the specifics. I have all 18 episodes planned out (by which I mean I've raided every trope of serial SF I can, and noted down to do an episode for each )

The comic book guy is a good idea. I'll see what I can come up with, though if anyone here has any ideas, they should feel free to chime in

 

[Spatzimaus]

by which I mean I've raided every trope of serial SF I can, and noted down to do an episode for each

It's off-topic, but let's see how many I can guess...
> Scientist accidentally creates (self-aware computer/army of robots/horde of zombies/pack of ravenous little creatures) and the team has to figure out a way to stop it.
> Two incredibly powerful alien races are at war, and humanity is caught in the middle.
> A larger, more well-armed Q-ship arrives from a parallel universe, where the Earth is a tyrranical dictatorship and everyone has a goatee (even Archie).
> While exploring another system, the Pathfinder crashes on an unexplored planet, and has to fight off the violent local life-forms to find the minerals needed to repair the damage.
> One member of the crew has been replaced by an evil duplicate, sent by their enemies in an attempt to steal (or sabotage) the Q-drive.
> Giant semi-intelligent space creature enters the solar system, attracted to earth by the cetaceans, and intends to cleanse the planet of the humanoids that are exploiting its friends.
> Some part of the Venusian life cycle, or a reaction to some local plant/animal causes S'ondra to act highly emotional and irrational for a short period of time, during which she throws herself at Fury, who resists solely because he knows it's not what she'd really want.
> An (enemy/programming glitch) makes Archie go berserk and attack the crew.
> Gustav develops some age-related health problems, until an (ancient artifact/alien race/spatial anomaly) accidentally causes both his body and mind to revert to that of his youth.
> Archie develops more human-like emotions.
> The humans all become irrational and evil, and it's up to Archie and Gordon to save the day.
> The Clip Show: Fury's actions are questioned by a Space Force tribunal. He has to defend his rank by showing how his unconventional approach has solved many of the Q-ship's problems. (For the non-clipshow version: Fury's many rule-breakings cause him to be replaced on the Pathfinder by a more by-the-book pilot, who gets the crew into a hopeless situation, and the crew is saved by the timely intervention of an off-duty Fury, for which he is reinstated)
> After encountering an alien artifact, S'ondra becomes pregnant. (Bonus points: Fury becomes pregnant.)
> The crew goes back in time to World War 2 to prevent an enemy from helping Hitler win.
> The crew goes back in time to the modern day (1981 London).
> Gustav meets a female scientist with whom he begins to have a romantic relationship. She, of course, is (evil/doomed/an alien).
> (Venus/Mars) declares independence.
> The crew members begin seeing their closest dead re-appear: Gustav's wife, S'ondra's father, one of Fury's academy buddies who was killed in action while they were on a mission together.
> A Venusian Christmas Carol. (Okay, I'm cheating on that one.)

Anyway, to the earlier discussion: the Comic Book Guy question could be something like "To the writers: In the first episode, it is clearly established that the Q-ship can travel through six dimensions, and was lost only because the Doctor could not find the original values for the fifth and sixth dimensions. How is it possible that the Q-drive could alter the values of those variables to exactly match the new universe without knowing the original values? And how do you reconcile this with (insert reference to later episode here)?" Something completely geeky and pointless, that causes the cast to roll their eyes.