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b'Reality Check: The Scarifyers\\nAs we enter Doctor Who\\u2019s 50th anniversary year, Reality Check investigates a radio drama series tangentially connected to the franchise. The Scarifyers is a horror / black comedy series, with new instalments broadcast each year on BBC Radio 4 Extra (formerly BBC 7) and released on CD and concern the adventures of an elderly horror writer and his retired police sidekick as they investigate supernatural crimes and occurrences in 1950s Britain. Alex Fitch talks to series writer and producer Simon Barnard and CD cover artist Garen Ewing about the genre crossing narrative, their love of old SF and horror and the use of iconic actors in new serialised roles in a series whose cast includes Terry Molloy (Doctor Who\\u2018s Davros), Nicholas Courtney (Doctor Who\\u2018s Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart) and David Warner (Time Bandits et al.). The supporting cast includes actors famous for roles in Doctor Who and other Sci-Fi dramas such as Gabriel Woolf, Philip Madoc, Gareth David-Lloyd and Brian Blessed.\\nPromo material for The Thirteen Hallows, David Warner and Terry Molloy, cover of The Scarifyers comic no.1\\n(Expanded podcast of an episode of I\\u2019m ready for my close-up, broadcast 25/01/13 on Resonance 104.4 FM) \\nFor more info about this podcast and a variety of other episodes you can download, please visit the home of this episode at www.sci-fi-london.com \\nLinks: Bafflegab productions website\\nGaren Ewing\\u2019s website\\nListen to Alex\\u2019s previous interview with Garen about The Rainbow Orchid'