This cache is based on melodies originally whistled by Garth Marenghi
Darkplace was originally filmed in the 1980s and has since earned a cult reputation as one of the most terrifying and radical television programmes ever made. Despite this, none of the episodes have ever been seen before now (although the show enjoyed a brief run in Peru).
Darkplace was scripted and directed by the best-selling horror writer Garth Marenghi, known to thousands as the author of such classic chillers as The Ooze (can water die?), Afterbirth (a mutated placenta attacks Bristol) and Black Fang (rats learn to drive). In addition, Marenghi starred as the show’s lead character, Dr. Rick Dagless M.D., a maverick doctor battling against the evil forces lurking in a standard-sized hellmouth underneath a hospital in pre-apocalyptic Romford.
Darkplace was funded by Marenghi’s publisher, business associate and co-star, Dean Learner, who plays hospital boss Thornton Reed. The programme also features cult horror star Todd Rivers as Dr. Lucien Sanchez, and Madeleine Wool as Dr. Liz Asher (who vanished during the production and remains missing, presumed dead).
Controversy has surrounded the show since its creation, leading to rumours that the production was cursed. When Darkplace was originally cancelled, it had already claimed several lives, caused three nervous breakdowns and been subject to at least one visitation. Marenghi, however, blames the government for the show’s troubled genesis: “MI8, which is actually three levels above MI6, pulled the plug. And they did it because I knew the truth. They had files on everyone. But mainly on me.” Dean Learner, however, blames its creator: “Not since Orson Welles had one man so many fingers in so many pies, and been the chef as well. And then looked like he went and ate them all. The guy was out of control.”
Even now, Garth warns that the show, an effort to “radicalise men’s minds,” may prove “too subversive, too dangerous, too damn scary.” The wait for the most famous ‘lost’ project in horror goes on, but not for much longer…
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DR. RICK DAGLESS M.D.
[PLAYED BY GARTH MARENGHI]
A maverick doctor haunted by the demons of his past, who must now fight an everlasting battle with the forces of darkness whilst dealing with the burden of day to day admin. Dagless is an ex-warlock, having renounced the occult in favour of the stability of the medical profession.
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THORNTON REED
[PLAYED BY DEAN LEARNER]
Dagless’s boss and professional ball-buster. A former POW in Korea forced by his injuries into pushing paper behind a desk, he longs to be back on the ward with the young bucks.
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DR. LUCIEN SANCHEZ
[PLAYED BY TODD RIVERS]
Hot-shot surgeon Sanchez served alongside Dagless in ‘Nam.’ A student of martial arts and Eastern lore, he has pledged a sacred oath to uphold justice, which he does his best to keep.
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DR. LIZ ASHER
[PLAYED BY MADELEINE WOOL]
Lady doctor with psychic powers. Liz joins Dagless’s team after seeing hell opening beneath Darkplace Hospital. Able to perform stunning feats of telekinesis, Liz is nevertheless afflicted with emotional instability, like most women.
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Caches Needed
Please make sure you find all of the caches in the series. Please note, you will need the letter and number combination in each cache to be able to get the final.
Once Upon A Beginning
Hell Hath Fury
Skipper the Eyechild
The Apes of Wrath
Scotch Mist
The Creeping Moss from the Shores of Shuggoth