CALLISTO: A Sci-Fi Psychological Horror Radio Play
Raph Montford for Dr. Samuel Gibson
THE GEOLOGIST
Dr. Samuel Gibson is a committed, curious and experienced scientist, yearning to be recognised in the annals of discovery. Outside of work, Gibson likes to keep an informal environment with the crew, is well-liked and respected by his fellow crew, and is known for his generosity toward others. However, once the signal is discovered, Gibson struggles to keep his crew together and eventually his own mind.
Voice attributes: 30-40 age range, with an Estuary English accent, and a medium to low pitched voice.
“Cryo-induced fatigue”, they call it. Like an ice-cream headache times a thousand. You’ll get over to it. Be thankful you don’t have it as bad as Tom, I think he’s still vomiting up the breakfast he had before going in.
Callisto’s geography is frankly quite simple. No mountains, no volcanoes or other tectonic features - only craters and multi-ring structures are the largest features on the moon. Me and Esmée took some samples to analyse the material composition of the surface, finding it quite similar element-wise to asteroids: magnesium, iron and an abundance of carbon. From the outset, we don’t believe that the surface wields any organic materials.
We’re the first thing this signal has reached, and if the source of it has just found us, what then? We thought we were alone, and so has it. So... what next?
