KANGAZANG! PODCAST #5 ENTIRE FIRST EPISODE!

Here's a treat for you – the entire first episode of Kangazang! the audio experience! Read and performed by the sixth Doctor Who, Colin Baker, it's 25 minutes of pure audio sci-fi fun and adventure!

KANGAZANG! PODCAST #4

In this podcast, Terry talks about the late, great Douglas Adams and how he was a key influence for writing Kangazang!

KANGAZANG! PODCAST #5

Listen to the trailer for Kangazang! Featuring the voices of Doctor Who's Colin Baker, actress Claire Cage and author Terry Cooper himself! The 3-CD box set comes with a bonus DVD full of lovely extras including interviews and animations!

KANGAZANG! PODCAST #3

Our heroes Jeff and Ray meet the Hoppas – cute but fearless inhabitants of the paradise planet Kangazang!

KANGAZANG! PODCAST #2

In this clip, Kevin Overlord of Skragg meets the most feared beings in the entire galaxy – tax inspectors!

IT'S THE FIRST KANGAZANG! PODCAST

Listen to an excerpt from Kangazang! the audio experience (as read by Colin Baker):

KANGAZANG 2: STAR STUFF EXCLUSIVE SIGNING AT COMIC GURU CARDIFF!

Kangazang! author Terry Cooper will be making an appearance at the legendary Comic Guru in Cardiff on the 24th March 2012 for an exclusive signing of the much-anticipated sequel, Kangazang!: Star Stuff.

Kangazang!: Star Stuff is a continuation of Jeff Spooner's travels through space with his alien barber Ray. After saving the Universe, their adventures are kicked off once again as Ray's father goes missing (and insane) and Jeff's girlfriend (an android) runs off to find him the child he always wanted.

Terry will be in store signing all Kangazang merchandise and there will be no less than forty exclusive preview copies of the book left to sign, so don't wait to get in and grab your stuff! We're excited to be teaming up with The Comic Guru - Cardiff's premier comic book store (and the UK's greatest online comic retailer, no less!) who have been a terrific supporter of all things Kangazang!

Also, look out for the Comic Guru film crew who will be recording a special edition of their regular video blog (who knows, you may even get to appear on camera with the guru himself!)

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KANGAZANG 2 COVER ART!

Well it's been quite a while since we were here updating the blog, but here as a 'Hot-Off-The-Press' treat, is the cover art for KANGAZANG!: Star Stuff, the second in the trilogy!

As with the first book, The cover and style is intentionally made to follow the same kind of aesthetic appeal, with minor refreshments (No, I don't mean very small cups of tea and biccies!)

Here it is! Cover and layout by Author TERRY COOPER

And here it is front-on so to speak.....

WHAT CAN THAT MACHINE-CREATURE BE?

Well, it's not what it looks like at first sight. But it's very important and you'll learn more as time goes by!

Why not PRE-ORDER your own copy of KANGAZANG!: STAR STUFF now, so you get it as soon as it comes off the presses in February 2012?

Just £11.99! Visit www.candy-jar.co.uk and check out their online shop to do it! Go! Go!

KANGAZANG INTRODUCES RARE DOCTOR WHO INTERVIEWS!

Kangazang! publisher Candy Jar recently unearthed VHS tapes from 1996 containing interviews with Doctor Who heavyweights Tom Baker, Nicholas Courtney and John Nathan Jones.

Filmed by Candy Jar Director Shaun Russell when he was working for a local television station in Manchester, the interviews were originally thought lost forever until a chance discovery in the attic!

Tom Baker is well-known as the fourth incarnation of the enigmatic time traveller. He remains the longest-lived Doctor in the show's on-screen history, counting both the classic and modern series.

William Nicholas Stone Courtney was most famous for playing Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart in Doctor Who. Generally referred to simply as the Brigadier, he one of the founders of UNIT (Unified Intelligence Taskforce), an international organisation that defends Earth from alien threats, and serves as commander of the British contingent.

John Nathan-Turner was the ninth producer of Doctor Who from 1980 until it was effectively cancelled in 1989. He was the longest-serving and, at the time, the most widely known Doctor Who producer.

You can view the videos here:

NEW BBC AMERICA DR WHO TRAILER

Here at Candy Jar towers we always love a good Dr Who trailer!

WELSH AUTHOR RECRUITED FOR NEW DR WHO EPISODES (APRIL FOOLS!)

April fools, everyone!

KANGAZANG! BOUNCES INTO SPRING WITH A FANTASTIC SALE!

Candy Jar Books have announced their spring sale. The four disc Kangazang! CD has been slashed from £15.99 to £7.99, with the book dropping from £9.99 to £5.99*.

Colin Baker narrates the story about Earthling Jeff Spooner and his alien barber, Ray Scump, as they search for the fabled Universal Remote Control – avoiding danger, doom and embarrassing situations as they go. Aided by two badly programmed robots and an army of warrior Space Hoppers, our heroes dive and try to dodge the biggest threats in the galaxy: Supreme Overlord Kelvin (Emperor of Skragg), the terminally depressed Emo people and Queen Shelley (a bald, cannibalistic Amazon who has a score to settle from way back)...

Actress Claire Cage, who also features in Kangazang!, can be seen this week in Submarine – the highly anticipated movie from The IT Crowd’s, Richard Ayoade.

Kangazang! – a triple CD disc set, with a bonus DVD – was actually produced in the same building where the Doctor Who episode Blink, and the new series of Torchwood, was filmed.

Shaun Russell, director of Candy Jar Books, is excited that Kangazang! will reach more listeners. He said: “We’ve had fantastic reaction to both the book and CD. However, at Candy Jar we are focusing on new projects including a wartime memoir and children’s book. It is now time to clear the decks, so if you have not purchased the CD yet this maybe your last opportunity to do so. We also have a handful of Mike Collins prints to give away.”

For every Kangazang CD or book sold online, we will give a £1 donation to the Atlantic Dash team. They will be rowing the Atlantic for three months later this year, raising money for three worthwhile causes: Help for Heroes, Breast Cancer Care and The Fire Fighters Charity.

Don't delay - get your copy of Kangazang! here.

*plus p&p

10THOLOGY LAUNCHES AT CARDIFF COMIC EXPO!

Kangazang! author Terry Cooper has worked on a project entitled '10thology' - 10 stories with a distinctly Welsh flavour involving the cream of Welsh comic talent. Terry wrote and produced the artwork for one of the stories - Project Phoenix - which has been well received by critics. See a review here.

10thology was launched in February at the first Comic Expo - the first of its kind in Cardiff.

You can find out more about 10thology here.

KANGAZANG REVIEW

Read a review about Kangazang, as featured on Amazon:

'This barmily brilliant audio adventure featuring the vocal talents of Sixth Doctor Who Colin Baker is somewhat like a cross between Douglas Adams' Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy and one of the more surreal Doctor Who serials from the late 1970s.

Baker narrates the tale of everyman Jeff Spooner and his cosmic capers as he gets caught-up in the strange life of seemingly ordinary barber Ray and his spaceship made of hair cuttings. This is just the tip of a crazy iceberg, and Baker is clearly having a whale of a time with Terry Cooper's bonkers script.'

FREE MIKE COLLINS PRINT WITH EVERY COPY OF KANGAZANG!

Today we unveil details of our Kangazang! Christmas giveaway.

All purchasers who buy the CD or book will get a Mike Collins Sixth Doctor print free. The print depicts Colin as he bounces on a Space Hopper across a colourful alien landscape.

Mike Collins is famous for his artwork on Spider-Man, Transformers, Doctor Who, and Zoids. He also drew Judge Dredd, as well as Batman, Superman, Flash, Star Trek, Babylon 5, Wonder Woman and the Justice League.

Mike will take part in the first Cardiff International Comics Expo in February – where a special panel will be dedicated to all things Kangazang! Mike said: “I thoroughly enjoyed the Kangazang! audiobook and was more than happy to contribute artwork to celebrate Colin Baker's perfect narration of the wonderfully weird world of Kangazang!”

Kangazang! was produced in the same building where the Doctor Who episode, Blink was filmed, as well as the Torchwood episode, Everything Changes.

Kangazang! is available as a special edition 3 CD Disc release plus bonus DVD available to buy online. The DVD contains a wealth of extras. In an exclusive interview, Colin discusses his time on Doctor Who, his love of sci-fi, and, of course, Kangazang!

While stocks last - get in quick!

KANGAZANG! LANDS IN NEWCASTLE

Terry Cooper, author of Kangazang!, attended the recent Dimensions Doctor Who convention in Newcastle, signing copies of the novel and CD audio version (featuring Sixth Doctor Colin Baker). As well as bumping into a friendly Dalek, Terry also met up with Colin on stage to talk about Kangazang!

Colin gave Kangazang! the big thumbs up, telling the crowd how much he enjoyed recording the story in Cardiff, working alongside Terry and actress Claire Cage. He also promised to sign copies of the CD for fans: "Wherever I am in the country, if you see me, I'm more than happy to sign a copy," he said.

Candy Jar books would like to thank Derek at Tenth Planet Events as well as Colin Baker for all their support.

AUTHOR TERRY COOPER MEETS THE FORCE!

Sci-fi worlds collide as Star Wars characters come to support Kangazang at Star Mania in Swansea!

SIXTH DOCTOR COLIN BAKER MEETS THE FANS - SIGNS COPIES OF KANGAZANG!

COLIN BAKER KANGAZANG SIGNING IN CARDIFF

Candy Jar is proud to announce that Colin Baker (the 6th Doctor from BBC's Doctor Who) will be visiting the Forbidden Planet International store in Cardiff this month.

He will be signing copies of Candy Jar's latest product - Kangazang! - as well as his own portrait photos.

You will be able to meet the much-loved actor at 10am on Saturday the 25th September 2010.

Forbidden Planet International is one of the best sci-fi, fantasy and movie shops in the UK with sixteen stores nationwide.

Colin is currently performing on stage as Inspector Morse in the stage play 'House of Ghosts'. You can find out more here.

KANGAZANG! AVAILABLE TO BUY NOW!

Candy Jar is proud to announce the launch of Terry Cooper’s sci-fi comedy Kangazang!

Available as an audiobook on three CDs, Kangazang is read by Doctor Who’s Colin Baker and features the additional vocal talents of Terry Cooper (Author, Artist) and Claire Cage (Actress - Torchwood, Submarine, I Know You Know).

Kangazang contains dramatic music, sound effects and characterisation making it a richer and more immersive experience than traditional narration-only audiobooks.

The Special Edition box set comes with a DVD containing over 30 minutes of material including cast interviews and specially commissioned animations.
Buy your copy now – while stocks last!