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Series Name:   Dark Season
Format:TV Series
IMDB:IMDB Page
Years:1991
Country:  UK
Language:English
Genre:Science Fiction, Adventure, Children & Family
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Selected CastVictoria Lambert as Marcie Hatter
 Kate Winslet as Reet
 Ben Chandler as Thomas
 Grant Parsons as Mr Eldritch
 Brigit Forsyth as Miss Maitland
 Jacqueline Pearce as Miss Pendragon
 Samantha Cahill as Olivia
 Cyril Shaps as Mr Polzinski
 Rosalie Crutchley as Mrs Polizinski
 Marsha Fitzalan as Behemoth (Voice)


Notes

Written by Russell T. Davies

Directed by Colin Cant

On DVD & Blu-ray World

DVD

Dark Season - BBC - UK (2006)


Comments and Reviews
 
RadoxTheGreen
4th Jul 2015
 Yes, this is certainly the reason why he got Doctor Who, not Queer As Folk. RTD was only given 6 episodes to work with and splitting the show into 3 episodes per story (Doctor Who style) was a thinly disguised job application in case they were ever going to bring the show back again.

I heard a rumour that the beeb bosses at that time were less than impressed with RTD for turning what was intended to be a one off 6 episode sci fi for kids into an alternative to Doctor Who (and going over budget in the process). They eventually let him do another series, but after two years of beeb dithering, the actor who played Marcie was too old to play a schoolgirl, and the whole point of her character was that kids see and do things adults don't.

Recasting and script rewriting ensued and Dark Season 2 was abandoned and the equally excellent "Century Falls" created in its place. You don't have to look too hard at that show to see that it had its origins with Dark Season.
 

 
23skidoo
4th Jul 2015
 @Radox I believe Davies has acknowledged Doctor Who as an inspiration for Dark Season, and I do believe the BBC wanted him to be the guy to bring Doctor Who back based on the strength of this more than from his best known pre-Who series, Queer as Folk. I had no idea Kate Winslet was in this, though!
 

 
RadoxTheGreen
4th Jul 2015
 It's Doctor Who... with kids
 


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