Hopefully most of you have listened to "Soap of Fatal Death" by now - and will know that the story's end saw our companions Rob and Nick marooned on 21st Century Earth. If you'd like to know what happened to Rob next (the fate of Nick will be revealed later in the year), then now you can find out!

We've made a special mini-adventure called "Keepsake", bridging the gap between "Soap" and its sequel "Magical History Tour" (due to be recorded in June). "Keepsake" will be put on-line in two 15 minute downloadable episodes, the first available from this Friday, 13th April and the second on-line the following Tuesday (17th April). Also being put on the website with Episode 2 will be a full downloadable front and back cover so you can burn your own copy of the story to disc and create a cover for it if you wish. In addition, there will be a mini audio documentary "Making Keepsake" on the site on the same day, containing some cast interviews and a selection of out-takes from "Soap" and "Keepsake", narrated by P-Bal. All in all, it will add up to a nice 40 minute CD!

The introduction blurb for "Keepsake" is as follows:

Rob finds himself back home on Earth in 2007, but bumping into his old friend Ben brings its own share of troubles - there's been a dreadful accident involving Ben's old college master, and a strange space ship has recently crashed into a nearby lake.

Rob and Ben dive down to explore the ship, but unwittingly release a force which has been imprisoned for the good of the Universe. Is the offer it makes them too good to be true? Ben suddenly finds himself whisked backwards in time, and then the dead begin to walk... could it be up to Rob alone to save his friend, and possibly the Universe itself?
The story is a full-cast (albeit not the gargantuan one assembled for "Echoes" and "Soap"!), fully scored and produced audio play which came about during the latter stages of the "Soap" recording sessions. We realised we'd be seeing some "Soap" cast members with some recording time to spare, so took the opportunity to script an adventure for them of their own!

"Keepsake" stars Steven Alexander as Rob, Dave Taylor as Ben, Jonno Simmons as Terry Johnson and Ant Cox as The Statue. It also features Simon Hart as The Computer, Trudi Gard as Linda McCow and Andrew Clancy as Passer By.

No charitable contribution is required this time, this one's "for free".

Look out for the first episode to download on Friday!

Si.