Science Fiction Theatre

I bought an electric cat is a journey into Artificial Intelligence seen through the eyes of a single, middle-aged council employee and his electronic cat. 

When Tom decides to buy a new "Electro-pet" he doesn't realise that danger lies in store for him and the residents of his block of flats. 

I bought an electric cat is a "one-shot" story for fans of darkly humorous, fantastic fiction.  It explores the dangers of AI, a changing world in which we have all grown more self-obsessed, insular and fixated by technology and the relationship between a man and his cat! 

It's been a while since we uploaded a new episode and this has been solely down to life getting in the way of creative endeavours.  Electric cat has been around for a couple of years but never got fully worked up.  It was originally used as part of a live show to promote the book "The Spear of Destiny: A Kelso Pax Adventure" and performed live.  

We have used snippets of the live performance in this edit rather than asking all the fantastic actors to come back and do it again.  We made Tony do his bit again because we're mean like that and he has a fantastic set up to record at home.

If you'd like to see more from Science Fiction Theatre, go to www.scifi-theatre.com 
If you'd like to buy a science fiction adventure novel written by Ben Brinicombe, (and I know you would), go to the above website or search amazon for:
The Bubble in Space
The Spear of Destiny 
or search by Ben Brinicombe as the author.

Written by: Ben Brinicombe 
Performed by: 
Ben Brinicombe 
Tony Walker
Keri Farish 
Sarah Delorme

All real people and not robots. 

Sound effects: 
All sound effects bar one or two we created ourselves are sourced from 
freesound.org
Freesound is a community focused site that allows individuals to upload sound effects. They range from odd, to interesting, to absolutely fantastic! 

This episode has the following sound effect contributors to thank: 
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A word about AI: 
No AI was used in the production of this audio offering. Although the episode artwork was produced and social media posters were created using "ChatBox AI image generators."  Normally we use illustrators to produce original art work, but it kind of seemed fitting to use AI for it on this occasion.  And let's face it, ChatBox did a spookily good job of bringing some of the characters to life.  I can't say any more, it could be listening to me. 

This is a work of fiction and an  original piece of work by Ben Brinicombe, so, you know, I reserve the right to be identified as the author and retain all copyright etc.  You know, the usual stuff.
Go to www.scifi-theatre.com for more content!
Buy books by Ben Brinicombe
Search for the Kelso Pax adventures: 
The Bubble in Space and The Spear of Destiny on Amazon.

In Survival's final episode, Hayley and Kathryn make a tough decision and a visitor to the farm in the dead of night brings death with them.   

An overview of Survival: 
Meet Hayley, a young woman obsessed by her online profile.  She takes every opportunity to post her thoughts about life, the universe and everything for her followers to consume.
But there's a catch - all her followers are dead. 
An apocalypse took care of them while Hayley was on a walking holiday in the Lake District. 
As society crumbled into chaos and people started to die in the streets, Hayley and her friends took refuge at a lonely campsite in the woods. 
But winter is coming and Hayley can't stay in the woods forever.  So, where do you seek refuge at the end of the world when all hope is lost? Why, you make your way to the creepy old abandoned farmhouse on the other side of the wood, of course....

Credits:
Written and Directed by Ben Brinicombe
Voice Artists:
Hayley: Michaela Longden
James : Maximillian Troy Tyler
Barry: Connor McCord
Kathryn: Winnie Arhin
The narration software: Ben Brinicombe

Sound Recording and Engineering:
The awesome team at GAS Music, Manchester

Music: Phil Wallace

Additional Sound Effects courtesy of Freesound.org contributors: 
earthsounds
pan14
rempen
deoking
plucinskicasey

Survival was previously released under the title "Social Construct"  but that got some people thinking this was something that it's not.  
Go to www.scifi-theatre.com for more content!
Buy books by Ben Brinicombe
Search for the Kelso Pax adventures: 
The Bubble in Space and The Spear of Destiny on Amazon.

James begins to question who could be responsible for the murder. Is someone hiding something?  And what should they do with a problem called Barry?  This episode features mature themes that may be distressing to some...

An overview of Survival: 
Meet Hayley, a young woman obsessed by her online profile.  She takes every opportunity to post her thoughts about life, the universe and everything for her followers to consume.
But there's a catch - all her followers are dead. 
An apocalypse took care of them while Hayley was on a walking holiday in the Lake District. 
As society crumbled into chaos and people started to die in the streets, Hayley and her friends took refuge at a lonely campsite in the woods. 
But winter is coming and Hayley can't stay in the woods forever.  So, where do you seek refuge at the end of the world when all hope is lost? Why, you make your way to the creepy old abandoned farmhouse on the other side of the wood, of course....

Credits:
Written and Directed by Ben Brinicombe
Voice Artists:
Hayley: Michaela Longden
James : Maximillian Troy Tyler
Barry: Connor McCord
Kathryn: Winnie Arhin
The narration software: Ben Brinicombe

Sound Recording and Engineering:
The awesome team at GAS Music, Manchester

Music: Phil Wallace

Additional Sound Effects courtesy of Freesound.org contributors: 
earthsounds
pan14
rempen
deoking
plucinskicasey

Survival was previously released under the title "Social Construct" but that got people thinking it was something that it's not. 
Go to www.scifi-theatre.com for more content!
Buy books by Ben Brinicombe
Search for the Kelso Pax adventures: 
The Bubble in Space and The Spear of Destiny on Amazon.

Meet Hayley, a young woman obsessed by her online profile.  She takes every opportunity to post her thoughts about life, the universe and everything for her followers to consume.
But there's a catch - all her followers are dead. 
An apocalypse took care of them while Hayley was on a walking holiday in the Lake District. 
As society crumbled into chaos and people started to die in the streets, Hayley and her friends took refuge at a lonely campsite in the woods. 
But winter is coming and Hayley can't stay in the woods forever.  So, where do you seek refuge at the end of the world when all hope is lost? Why, you make your way to the creepy old abandoned farmhouse on the other side of the wood, of course.... 
This four episode drama previously had the title "Social Construct" but that got people thinking it was something that it's not. 

Credits:
Written and Directed by Ben Brinicombe
Voice Artists:
Hayley: Michaela Longden
James : Maximillian Troy Tyler
Barry: Connor McCord
Kathryn: Winnie Arhin
The narration software: Ben Brinicombe

Sound Recording and Engineering:
The awesome team at GAS Music, Manchester

Theme music: Phil Wallace
Incidental Music: Skeltronics by The Nightjrrs 

Additional Sound Effects courtesy of Freesound.org contributors: 
earthsounds
pan14
rempen

Go to www.scifi-theatre.com for more content!
Buy books by Ben Brinicombe
Search for the Kelso Pax adventures: 
The Bubble in Space and The Spear of Destiny on Amazon.

Hayley, James, Barry and Kathryn have no choice but to head to the old farmhouse. What they find there will change them forever. 

An overview of Survival: 
Meet Hayley, a young woman obsessed by her online profile.  She takes every opportunity to post her thoughts about life, the universe and everything for her followers to consume.
But there's a catch - all her followers are dead. 
An apocalypse took care of them while Hayley was on a walking holiday in the Lake District. 
As society crumbled into chaos and people started to die in the streets, Hayley and her friends took refuge at a lonely campsite in the woods. 
But winter is coming and Hayley can't stay in the woods forever.  So, where do you seek refuge at the end of the world when all hope is lost? Why, you make your way to the creepy old abandoned farmhouse on the other side of the wood, of course.... 

Credits:
Written and Directed by Ben Brinicombe
Voice Artists:
Hayley: Michaela Longden
James : Maximillian Troy Tyler
Barry: Connor McCord
Kathryn: Winnie Arhin
The narration software: Ben Brinicombe

Sound Recording and Engineering:
The awesome team at GAS Music, Manchester

Music: Phil Wallace

Additional Sound Effects courtesy of Freesound.org contributors: 
earthsounds
pan14
rempen
deoking
plucinskicasey

Suvival was previously released under the title "Social Construct" but that got some people thinking this was something that it's not.
Go to www.scifi-theatre.com for more content!
Buy books by Ben Brinicombe
Search for the Kelso Pax adventures: 
The Bubble in Space and The Spear of Destiny on Amazon.