Clonesgirl's
Life on Mars
fanfic & other goodies
Sam, Gene and the Mark III-2000E Cortina
My Life on Mars rave
If you haven't yet heard of Life on Mars I cannot recommend this brilliant TV series highly enough. It's about a modern day detective in Manchester, DCI Sam Tyler, who has an accident and wakes to find himself in the Manchester of 1973. If that's not disconcerting enough he's also been demoted to a DI. Is he mad? Is he in a coma? Or has he genuinely time travelled back to 1973? Or maybe he's dead and this is heaven? Who knows? At any rate 1973 is very real to him.
Then there's his boss, DCI Gene Hunt, a man of his era. In other words a real 70s detective - incredibly sexist, marvellously un PC and a complete larger than life character with the best one-liners you'll hear in an age.
As played by John Simm and Philip Glenister, together, these two characters come alive like no two television detectives I've ever seen. Forget Starsky and Hutch, forget Crockett and Tubbs, forget Bodie and Doyle, etc. They all pale into insignificance beside Tyler and Hunt. Between Sam's modern day forensic methods and Gene's boots and all 70s style they clash and they spark off one another like no two characters I've ever seen.
Did I mention the other star of this series? It's a lovely old orange bronze Mark III Ford Cortina with a vinyl roof and Phil Glenister as Gene Hunt drives it like a bat out of hell. Loads of fun!
And did I mention the music? This series has a fab rock soundtrack from the early 70s with an array of artists such as David Bowie, Elton John, The Moody Blues, Roxy Music, The Sweet, Slade, ELO, The Who, Thin Lizzy, The Hollies, T-Rex, Status Quo, Uriah Heep, etc., and some really rare album tracks too. So go find the soundtrack. However, there are lots of tracks which were in the series but not included on the soundtrack (they really need to release a second soundtrack) but you can find most of them on Youtube and elsewhere. Have fun finding them!
So enough of my raving. If you haven't yet seen this wonderful series go get it on DVD. Believe me you won't regret it.
Cortina Clips
Here are some clips on the other star of Life on Mars - the Ford Cortina
'Mars' car up for auction BBC News clip on the car being auctioned for Comic Relief - 348KB
Life on Mars Cortina sold
BBC News clip on the sale of the car for £10,000 - 3.04MB Life on Mars car hits streets
Clip about the Cortina and its former owner from Express & Star - 8.74MB Cortina clip in German
Features the owner's red Cortina and includes LoM clips (watch Gene speaking in German) and a bit of the history of the Ford Cortina - 17.8MB Tribute to the Ford Cortina Music is Elton John's "Made in England". This is a Sam song - "I had a quit-me father, had a love-me mother" - 3.89MB
Life on Mars in Lincolnshire One of the stars of the hit BBC drama Life on Mars has come to live on the Lincolnshire coast - 514KB
The Life on Mars car now in Lincolnshire
BBC feature on the Cortina and its new owner in 2008. Longer version of the above clip - 10.7MB
Life on Mars Ford Cortina - NEC Classic Motor Show The Life on Mars Cortina with its previous owner at the 2007 Classic Motor Show - 8.89MB
LIFE ON MARS CORTINA OFFICIAL SITE
The other star of Life on Mars, the Cortina, now has its own official site:
http://www.lifeonmars-cortina.com
Go check out the lovely pictures. The car is available to hire for functions and there's a booking form on the site. You can also contact the owner, Nick Day, at:
nickday@lifeonmars-cortina.com
(Info added with permission from Nick.)
Life on Mars fanfic
New fic added 12 November 2008
Here's my Life on Mars slash - be warned you need to be over 18 to read it.
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