Detectives investigate a dire disturbance in both magic and the dead on the streets of Sydney, Australia in this spirited urban fantasy from Rusty Quill.

Episode 3: "Apprentice". Magical mayhem breaks out for two apprentices, ending with one tragic result. Could Jill have done better? Was Oliver thrown in the deep end? And how hard is it to get a decent coffee without Nixies these days?

Content Notes:

arguments

grief

childhood trauma

ghosts/undead

mild inuendo

mild swearing

Mentions of: ableism, alcohol, fire, divorce

Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7

Showrunner Elizabeth Moffatt

Directed by Chris Magilton

Written by Imogen Cassidy

Script Editor Chris Magilton

Produced by April Sumner

Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sumner

Featuring

Hamish Plaggemars as Tim Foster 

Nina Nikolic as Jill Foster 

Faryaal Jabbar as Rashida Baqri 

Matt Malachite as Council Defender 

Sebrina Thornton-Walker as Gloria Foster 

Michael Bache as Brian Hewlitt-Smith 

Tim Sefo as Oliver Long 

Maia Harlap as Debbie 

Zara Moffatt as The Nixie 

Chris Magilton as Colin 

Chris Alosio as Tulele 

Hannah Aroni as Sylvia Price 

Cooper Mortlock as Mook 

Our Zombie Horde include Jenna Krasowski, Alexander Bryan and Catherine Rinella.

Dialogue Editor – Lowri Ann Davies

Sound Designer – Elizabeth Moffatt

Mastering Engineer and Music Editor – Meg McKellar

Title music by Sam Jones

Additional music by Nico Vettese

Art by Guerrilla Communications

Background Music track in café: “Surf Inspector” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). 

Original SFX and foley for this series were produced by Elizabeth Moffatt, Frances Miller-Pezo, Daniel Hill, Chris Magilton and Imogen Cassidy. Additional SFX for this series include sounds sourced from Soundly, Freesound, Zapsplat, AudioHero, and Pixabay. This includes SFX provided by Dynamicell, Sturmankin, Youmeandbiscuit, PlayedNFaved, Rkeato via freesound.org. 

Tulele is listening to an episode of Stellar Firma. 

The Australian production team would like to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which this series is set, the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We pay our respects to elders, past and present.

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