Pyramid Review
Space 1889: The Lunar Inheritance
Published by Noise Monster Productions
Written by Richard Dinnick & Andy Frankham
Directed by John Ainsworth
Starring Neville Watchurst (Captain Nathaniel Blake), Jack Galagher (Mr. William Brooker), Helen Goldwyn (Miss Annabelle Somerset), Max Bolinger (Colonel Molokov), Jason Mitchell (Lieutenant Matheson) with Nicholas Briggs (K'chuk/Jank) & Garrick Hagon (Doctor Cyrus Grant)
65-minute audio drama; $22
The destination for The Arina Stone Trilogy, the series of audio dramas published by Noise Monster Productions and set in the milieu of Space 1889, was Mars. Over the course of three adventures the listener heard the last few hours of the doomed ether liner, HMS Perbindesh, thrilled to journeys along the Red Planet's canals and chases out into her deserts, and learned of the fate of the city-state of Alclyon. With high production values and excellent performances, the trilogy superbly brought both the setting of the game and the attitudes of the period to life and to the ear. With that trilogy complete, Noise Monster Productions' fourth audio drama set in the worlds of Space 1889 brings us much closer to home.
As the title suggests, The Lunar Inheritance is set on and in the Moon. It is more obviously inspired by H.G. Wells than the Edgar Rice Burroughs of the previous three CDs and it is also draws very heavily and far more obviously upon the roleplaying game than does The Arina Stone Trilogy. The Lunar Inheritance is a sequel to two . . .
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Article publication date: June 23, 2006
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