THE
PREMISE BEHIND COMMANDER'S LOG FREQUENTLY
ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs) Commander's
Log is a low-budget comedy-science fiction television show. Premise:
Commander Craig-Scott of the Laundry Corps is thrust into command of
his space ship when the other senior officers die. He struggles to maintain
control along with Laundry Chief Blather, amid a host of strange, and
largely incompetent characters. What
we see, as the audience, is the new Commander's reports to Two
more episodes have been shot ( #'s 3 and 4), and two more are planned.
Everything was shot in Vancouver British Columbia. The first two episodes
(actually 24 shorts), were filmed all on one set. The subsequent two
were filmed on multiple sets. Although the sets are very low budget,
the post production special effects have a very professional pedigree,
having been designed by Northwest Imaging, the award winning post production
house of the Andromeda television series. The
show is directed by Jon-Michael Preece, who has been a fixture in the
film scene in Vancouver for many years, working, among other things,
as producer and 2nd unit director on the Millenium television series.
Two new important continuing roles are started with episode 3 and 4,
with The
song, "Galaxies Are Lonely Places," the theme from Commander's Log,
is featured on a new CD being released this fall. The Co-writer, John
Thor, who had a large heavy metal following, is branching into popular
music and has compiled a number of songs under the new band, "The Elo's."
(The CD is being released by Revolver Records in San Francisco, and
Scratch records in Canada. It will be available in major stores, such
as Virgin Mega Store, and A and B Sound.) For copies of this CD contact
www.theelos.com WHERE
CAN I SEE COMMANDER'S LOG? WHO
MADE THIS SHOW? WHAT'S
THE PREMISE? CAN
I BUY A DVD OR VHS TAPE? CAN
I BUY THE SOUNDTRACK? ARE
MORE EPISODES PlANNED? WHERE
CAN I MEET THE CREATORS/ACTORS? WHAT'S
THE TIME PERIOD? DO
THEY HAVE WARP DRIVE? DO
THEY HAVE GRAVITY CONTROL? WHAT
DOES THE SHIP LOOK LIKE?
(In case you haven't guessed.)
mission control. Initially this was made as a series of 2 minute or
less episodes to be used as interstitials. However, as brilliant as
this concept is, it wasn't brilliant enough for t.v., so it was then
packaged together as two half hour format (22 minutes) episodes and
then it sparkled enough
to be picked up by the Space Channel as a filler, in March of 2004.
(Which is when it was initially shown. They actually bought it in the
fall
of 2003).
Michael Roberds, as Doctor Patsey, who previously played "Uncle Fester,"
on the new Addams Family television show, and Greg Anderson, a well
known television actor, as the antagonist, Commander Bastaard.
Currently the Space Channel, out of Toronto Canada, has the non-exclusive
rights to show the first two episodes for 3 years. While they have already
shown the show once, in March, they have not told us when they are going
to show it again. Currently we will be showing the full two 22 minute
episodes, plus excerpts of the two new episodes in progress at VCON
29, the science fiction convention in Vancouver (Burnaby) Oct. 8-10
2004. The VCON website is http://www.v-con.ca Commander's Log will also
be shown at Cascadia-Con 2005
in Seattle. VHS copies and DVD's OF Commander's Log will be available
soon for purchase. Please stay tuned for updates.
This is an entirely independent Canadian television production, under
a company called Cyrano Productions, in Vancouver British Columbia.
Created, written and produced by Craig Bowlsby. Directed by Jon-Michael
Preece. (see bios).
Commander Craig-Scott of the Laundry Corps is thrust into command of
his space ship when the other senior officers die. He struggles to maintain
control along with Laundry Chief Blather, amid a host of strange, and
largely incompetent characters.
Yes, soon. We're not quite ready with that, but please watch for announcements.
Yes. The song, "Galaxies Are Lonely Places," the theme from Commander's
Log, is featured on a new CD being released this summer. The Co-writer,
John Thor, who had a large heavy metal following, is branching into
popular music and has compiled a number of songs under the new band,
"The Elo's." The CD is being released by Revolver Records in San Francisco,
and Scratch records in Canada. It will be available in major stores,
such as Virgin Mega Store, and A & B Sound. You can also contact
www.theelos.com In the meantime, however,
we do have some Cd's left with only the "Galaxies Are Lonely Places"
song on them. These are $9.99 Canadian dollars, and orders may be made
through our email at epic@intergate.ca
(We can only take cash, personal checks and money orders).
Yes, see the Future of Commander's Log.
At VCON 29 in Vancouver B.C. (Burnaby)
Oct 8-10 2004, and at CascadiaCon
in Seattle Washington, September 1-5 2005. Stay tuned for more venues!
50 years in the future.
No.
Only
through a system of revolving modules.
We don't know. So far all an audience has seen is the Commander's reports
back to Earth from inside the ship. But in the future (our future…I
mean our real future…but also the show's future) we will see the ship.
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