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DERELICT

DERELICT

By: Night Rocket Productions
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 Something has been found at the bottom of Earth's ocean. An ancient artifact that can only be described as a giant door, inset into the sea floor. It becomes known as the Vault. A gigantic enigma, buried and forgotten...nineteen thousand feet down. To study the artifact, the galaxy's most powerful corporation, Maas-Dorian, has built a massive, self-contained, secret laboratory base surrounding it, named FATHOM. It's objective: unlock the secrets of the artifact and discover what it holds.​ But some mysteries should remain buried. And some doors should never be opened....The story of DERELICT begins with season one, FATHOM, a narrative podcast experience from award winning science fiction author J. Barton Mitchell, and produced by Night Rocket Productions. Website: derelictpodcast.com© 2023 Night Rocket Productions, LLC Art Drama & Plays Entertainment & Performing Arts Science Fiction
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  • FATHOM - Full Trailer

    FATHOM - Full Trailer
    May 4 2021
    The full trailer to FATHOM, the prequel to DERELICT. Episode One is almost here! For more information, visit www.fathompodcast.net to sign up for our mailing list and learn how to support the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    2 mins
  • FATHOM E1 - In the Dark We See

    FATHOM E1 - In the Dark We See
    Jun 7 2021
    DERELICT Premium: https://derelict.supercast.com Something has been found at the bottom of Earth's ocean. An ancient artifact that can only be described as a giant door, inset into the ocean floor. It became known as the Vault. A gigantic enigma, buried and forgotten...nineteen thousand feet down. Just the kind of thing that would interest the galaxy's most powerful corporation, Maas-Dorian. To study the artifact, the company built a massive, self-contained, secret laboratory base surrounding it. That base is named Fathom. It's objective: unlock the secrets of the artifact and discover what it holds.​ A group of scientists, engineers, and workers led by Dr. Eva Graff and Commander Joe Freeman have been working on that task for almost a year, but with little to show for it. The Vault has yet to give up its secrets, and their employers are beginning to lose patience. Add to that, some on the base say they hear...voices. Inside the signal the Vault is broadcasting. Hundreds of them. Thousands. Whispering and chittering of a desire to be let out... But none of it holds sway over a corporation interested only in power and profit, even if it knows all too well that some mysteries should remain buried. And that some doors should never be opened... DERELICT Merch: https://derelictpodcast.myshopify.com DERELICT Discord: https://discord.gg/EtCA8YN9XY DERELICT Website: http://www.derelictpodcast.com FATHOM is created, written and directed by J. Barton Mitchell; produced by Kirsten Rudberg, Elizabeth Laidlaw and Thomas Barker; features original music by Makeup and Vanity Set, Luke Atencio, and Ryan Taubert; sound design and editing by J. Barton Mitchell; additional sound design by Music Radio Creative. Cast: Elizabeth Laidlaw - EVA GRAFF; Michael Mau - BLAYNE; Eli Goodman - JOE FREEMAN; Dani Payne - SARAH KLAYTON. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    57 mins
  • Season 1 - FATHOM - E2 - Hard Right

    Season 1 - FATHOM - E2 - Hard Right
    Jun 23 2021
    DERELICT Premium: https://derelict.supercast.com After a surprise, cataclysmic tide surge hits Fathom base, Dr. Eva Graff is trapped in the west platform airlock. When she learns that base commander Joe Freeman is hurt and stuck in a slowly flooding circuitry conduit, she sets off on a perilous journey to save him; a journey that will push her beyond her breaking points... DERELICT Merch: https://derelictpodcast.myshopify.com DERELICT Discord: https://discord.gg/EtCA8YN9XY DERELICT Website: http://www.derelictpodcast.com FATHOM is created, written and directed by J. Barton Mitchell; produced by Kirsten Rudberg, Elizabeth Laidlaw and Thomas Barker; features original music by Makeup and Vanity Set, Luke Atencio, and Ryan Taubert; sound design and editing by J. Barton Mitchell; additional sound design by Music Radio Creative. Cast: Elizabeth Laidlaw - EVA GRAFF; Eli Goodman - JOE FREEMAN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    53 mins
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Great story. Sound effects really make you feel you are there. Amazing quality Acting. Possibly my best audio production so far.

Derelict

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I was aw actually enjoying the story and the acting on this but the sound mixing made it very hard to hear with the constant loud crashes and alarms. I gave up on episode 3

interesting story when you can hear it

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great premise but dragged out and the SFX is interesting but so often it's trying to be real life and ends up like a phone call in a hurricane for entire episodes. ran out of ideas

dissappointing

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Diverting, fairly original, some decent twists

but one terrible flaw that ruins immersion

Did it not occur to anyone that doors at the bottom of the sea cannot possibly open outwards?

Enjoyable

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an interesting listen. the sound effects can be grating and sometimes drowns out the dialogue (pardon the pun)

A good listen but hard to make out in places

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By far one of the best Audio dramas ive heard, I got totally sucked in

outstanding

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There is a lot of good about this series, its enjoyable and entertaining. Would I recommend it? Well, yes and no.

Basically a big box on the sea floor gets found, people try to open it, and the story is about the survivors overcoming a disaster at the underwater base (called Fathom) which is related to the box.

The sound design and acting is outstanding, all the SFX are really clear and its engaging. I was entertained, I liked the tale. The actors carry the story, they are really convincing and are very talented.

However there are a lot of sci-fi cliches which the series tries to own and do something new with. However, the voice actors are the ones doing all the heavy lifting and I think thats what makes it partly compelling.

Before I get into spoilers, I would say, sure give it a try and the moment you find yourself sighing and being annoyed by the story beats, its probably a good time to stop. It doesn't get any better in that regard past Episode 2. Also brace yourself for near constant gasping and banging sounds, to the point of distraction.

SPOILER ALERT

I'm reminded of the quote: He's dead. Dave, everybody is dead. Everybody is dead, Dave. There is so much death, you just switch off to it. Its not an acting problem. It's a story problem. Want to root for a hero? Bad luck! They're dead now.

There are plot holes you will notice. One example: The Company Agent has a live conversation with his partner (who is on the surface) yet no SOS had been sent by the Fathom base at that point. Then the main characters then decide to GO to a communications array to contact the surface because the base exploded hours ago. Why was this not done in the hours during which people on Fathom were able to contact the surface for rescue to be initiated? No one mentions this at all. There are few other plot holes that I noticed, which to the producers defence, might have been explained but were lost in the endless amounts of distortion, alarms, creaking, water and beep-boop SFX overlaying everything. Sufficed to say, Fathom's main let down for me is the black goo. Whats in the vault? How mysterious! Its going so well and then, uh oh, its a black goo that dissolves everything. Come on. Why establish a naughty computer as being the baddy and then hit the 'black goo' panic button? A nasty AI is a fun concept to explore, and Fathom was doing good with it, but kind of bailed on the idea. I just think it loses itself in its own cliches far too often.

Alarms, Gasping, Greatness and Cliches

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Good story but sound effects are a little too loud. its Worth a listen though.

sound fx too loud

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Really well done, very much enjoyed this production. Totally worth a listen. I might listen to it again...

Fantastic

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The quality of this is beyond amazing. As a person that “sees” what I read or hear this made me experience an Hollywood quality movie with the audio landscape it paints. Do yourself a favor if you like sci-fi and horror….LISTEN.

A movie in audio

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