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Damon Dark

I met filmmaker, actor, and creator of the series Damon Dark, Adrian Sherlock on a message board last year. It wasn't long before he started plugging his homegrown sci-fi series. I really admire what Adrian is doing here. If the viewing figures of his series on youtube are anything to go by, I'm sure you'll be hearing more from him in the near future.

I asked Adrian to say a few words and this is what he had to say:

"I am an Australian Science Fiction hero who I dreamed up in late 1980s, a character who is utterly obsessed with hunting down UFOs and investigating strange cases and becomes a slayer of alien-controlled human zombies! Damon likes to dress entirely in black, is something of a loner, and has more than mortal knowledge in him, having a huge experience of things unknown. He works for Department Six, a secret government agency that has provided him with classified information about aliens and the forces of the unknown.

"Damon Dark came to life in a series of short and not-so-short films, made in the 1990s, which eventually became an indie SF on Melbourne's Channel 31 Community TV station in 1999 and a premiere screening at the 57th World Science Fiction Convention the same year.

"Recently, I decided to revive Damon for an indie film called "Damon Dark and the Bomb". I've now put all my Damon Dark stuff on You Tube where Damon Dark and the Bomb's intro and ending segments recieved a huge number of views. In fact they got around 400 views in total, in just a couple of weeks.

"Basically, all my films are self funded and I've been the writer, lead actor, editor and often the director/camera man on the majority of them. I make my own props and do my own FX.

"I like to read books about success and positive thinking as they inspire me to put action behind my creative ideas. Other than that I like a variety of stuff, but I can say H.G Wells' The Time Machine, Olaf Stapledon's The Star Maker and some of Ian Fleming's James Bond books are among my faves.

"I also love Shakespeare, especially the tragedies. And I love to watch my vast collection of British cult SF DVDs, from Doctor Who and Blakes 7 to Quatermass and Sapphire and Steel, from Thunderbirds to UFO and Space:1999. I'm also a fan of Fawlty Towers and the Goodies!

"UFO and Quatermass have influenced the creation of Damon Dark. In fact, UFO star Ed Bishop once agreed to appear in Damon Dark as my co-star!

"I really hope Damon Dark will have many more adventures written by other young writers and I hope that I will eventually see younger actors take over for me to play different versions of Damon Dark one day. I'd love it to go on and on. The indie DVD releases have sold remarkably well on ebay and I hope to someday make Damon Dark into a big screen movie."

For a complete list of Damon Dark videos visit Adrian's youtube profile here.

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