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Neon Inkwell: Welcome to Fosters 3 - Apprentice
Season 5, Ep. 3
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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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