Sylvester McCoy Joins Inspector Spacetime in INSPECTOR CHRONICLES Movie

Well, this is one way to finally see The Doctor in a movie...

During a panel yesterday at the Doctor Who convention Gallifrey One, Travis Richey, star of the web series Untitled Web Series About a Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time, announced that instead of making a second season, his Siv-Art Productions company will instead be making a feature-length film titled The Inspector Chronicles: Untitled Motion Picture About a Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time.

The movie continues the adventures of Richey's character The Inspector, an unofficial version of the character Inspector Spacetime, which itself is a parody of Doctor Who featured on the NBC television series Community.  And even better, the Seventh Doctor himself, Sylvester McCoy, will be joining The Inspector in the film along with Robert Picardo (The Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager), Chase Masterson (Leeta from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) and Mayim Bialik (Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler on The Big Bang Theory).

And hey, there's even a handy press release from Richey concerning this very thing...

Greetings, Inspectators!

In conjunction with our third standing-room-only panel at Gallifrey One, Siv-Art Productions is proud to announce that the web series that’s been praised by MTV, Entertainment Weekly, Nerdist, the AV Club and the Huffington Post, as well as named “the best of TV on the web” by USA Today, has a brand-new guest star!

The Seventh Doctor himself, SYLVESTER MCCOY ("Doctor Who", The Hobbit) is joining the guest cast that already includes Robert Picardo (The Doctor in "Star Trek: Voyager", "Stargate: Atlantis"), Chase Masterson ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine"), and Mayim Bialik ("Big Bang Theory", "Blossom"). They'll all be joining existing cast members Travis Richey (Inspector Spacetime on "Community"), Eric Loya, and Carrie Keranen.

 

Because of all these incredible casting additions, we've decided that instead of a second season of the web series, we'll be doing a feature-length film! "Untitled Web Series" will now become The Inspector Chronicles: Untitled Motion Picture About A Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time!! See The Inspector like you've never seen him before! See him face villains he's never faced before! And, of course, see him flee like he has never fleed before! Flown? Flew. Fled. ...like he has never fled before!

The film will be directed by acclaimed director Nicholas Acosta and produced by former Director of Development for Marvel Studios, Golan Ramras! Acosta directed the Prequel Episode that was just released for the series, which blew away all expectations about what this creative team could accomplish.

Executive Producer and star Travis Richey ("Pretty Little Liars", "Community") had this to say about the series’ latest casting coup: "As a lifelong Doctor Who fan, I was thrilled with the possibility to work with Sylvester McCoy! We've been working on this for the last year or so, and I finally got a chance to meet Sylvester in October in London, where we discussed the project over tea. Come on. That's the kind of thing this small-town kid from Wisconsin never thought he'd be able to say...”

Co-writer and co-star Eric Loya exclaimed, "If the coolest thing I ever did was play a scene opposite Mayim Bialik's voice, I'd be a happy man. But to get to write for and act with actual Doctor Who and multiple Star Trek alums? I can't even wrap my brain around this!"

Director Nicholas Acosta (Riddance, Friend Request) couldn't help geeking out a little bit himself, “Doctor Who and Radagast the Brown with The Inspector? I feel like the universe is going to explode.”

Sylvester McCoy himself commented, "It's a brilliant piece of work! Marvelous, and I really want to work with The Inspector!"

The film is currently entering the pre-production phase, and is seeking help from fans while we also seek investors. You can help become part of this acclaimed series by pledging as little as $1 here:

http://igg.me/at/TheInspector/x/2522671
 

Please DONATE if you can! There are some fantastic perks available, which you can view at the link, and of course you'll have the Inspector's eternal gratitude! Which, considering he's an immortal being, "eternal gratitude" is a pretty big deal...

We're thrilled to be bringing this to you, and we can't wait to get started! But, until then:
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Thank you so much for your enthusiastic support!!

Travis Richey
The Inspector

COMMUNITY Attends an Inspector Spacetime Convention

It was the next logical step, really.  Once again, the NBC sitcom Community graced us with their show-within-a-show Doctor Who parody Inspector Spacetime in last night's episode, "Conventions of Space and Time," and even acknowledged Doctor Who's 50th anniversary in the process.

It seems diehard Inspector Spacetime fans Troy Barnes and Abed Nadir are going to their first InSpecTiCon, the 49th Annual Inspector Spacetime Convention.  Troy shows his secret girlfriend Britta Perry a classic black-and-white episode featuring the First Inspector and Constable Edmund kicking around a pair of Blorgons.  "We can go anywhere in any time in the universe," remarks the First Inspector, "but it will probably be London during the Blitz."  Britta, however, remains unimpressed.  "Oh, wow..." she says to Troy, "...There are fifty years of these, hunh?"

Troy and Abed, bringing along their Greendale study group friends, finally arrive at InSpecTiCon.  We see dozens of Inspector Spacetime fans milling about, cosplaying in all sorts of strange gear, and there are a number of background posters revealing more of the Inspector's enemies, such as immortal automatons The Pharoahbots and Baron Von Morbidor, the dungeon demon of Halog.  Britta is surprised to learn that there was a female Inspector, Inspector Minerva, but Abed explains "And everyone hates her.  Not because they're sexist, but because she sucks."

The first thing Troy and Abed do is look for the Gluon Chamber photo booth line.  Britta and Annie Edison look puzzled, so Troy quickly explains.  "It's a photo where two people are fused together like the Inspector and Reggie were bonded for eternity in Episode 704."  The line is ridiculously long, but Toby Weeks (played by Little Britain's Matt Lucas), Abed's friend from England who is "arguably the biggest Inspector Spacetime fan in the world," suggests an alternative plan.  He offers Abed a ticket to the sold-out panel "Which Inspector would win in a fight in space and which Inspector would win in a fight in time?"

Meanwhile, traditional group leader Jeff Winger discovers that he bears a striking resemblance to one of Inspector Spacetime's supervillains, Thoraxis the Man-Tiss of Thallidum.  An attractive female fan named Lauren (played by Battlestar Galactica actress Tricia Helfer) mistakes him for Nigel Cuthbertson, the actor who played Thoraxis, and even tries to get him to say Thoraxis' catchphrase "Bow before Thoraxis!"

Group members Shirley Bennett and Pierce Hawthorne are swiftly brought into a focus test group to gauge their reactions to an American version of Inspector Spacetime, a nod to one of Doctor Who fans' biggest fears.  After viewing the initial pilot, Shirley thinks it was pretty good while the older, grumpier Pierce says that he was confused.  When asked what confused him, Pierce replies, "The time travel mostly.  Also the space travel."  Shirley informs the focus group researchers, "I am friends with a couple of huge Inspector Spacetime fans and I think what they like about the show is that it's smart, complicated and doesn't talk down to its audience, so if you'd like to make a good American version, you should stay true to that."  Pierce, however, has his own suggestion.  "Instead of this Constable, what about a blonde with long legs and a tennis racket?"

As part of his attempts to separate Abed from Troy, Toby later offers Abed a ticket to the 50th Anniversary Inspector Spacetime convention in London.  Abed becomes suspicious, observing that Toby is dressed as the Third Inspector, "who was famous for trying to strangle the actor who plays Constable Dudley because they were both pursuing Linda McCartney."  He then suggests to Toby that he should try to get along with Troy.  "Maybe all relationships are made up of logical Inspectors and emotional Constables...and we need both to make space and time a better place."

Later on in the closing credits sequence, we get to see the final American version of Inspector Spacetime and none other than 90210 actor Luke Perry steps out into San Francisco in the 1960s.  "Here we are," he remarks in a solid American accent, "the 1960s, the greatest, grooviest period in the entire history of the entire universe.  I'm lucky, I get to visit places like this because I can travel through time...and space...but not both at once.  Do you know why that is, Ensign?"

Perry's fellow 90210 star Jennie Garth emerges with a tennis racket that lights up and her blond hair flowing.  "Because, Inspector Spacetime," she replies, "our minds would be blown with the spacetime confusion."

"That's right.  And now I must sleep with the sexiest woman here, who is also my grandmother, or I will cease to exist."

"How do you know I'm not your grandmother?"

The Inspector smiles flirtatiously.  "There's only one way to find out..."

So yeah, if there was any thought of an American version of Doctor Who, I think this pretty much kills that horrible idea once and for all.

The (Not) INSPECTOR SPACETIME Web Series Debuts

Inspector Spacetime has returned!  Well...kind of...

...sorta...

...ish.

Once upon a time, about one year ago this month, the NBC sitcom Community gave the world's longest-running science-fiction series, Doctor Who, some serious love with a show-within-a-show parody called "Inspector Spacetime."  The Inspector and his faithful constable Reggie Wigglesworth were a big hit with Whovians and the characters returned (in one form or another) four more times over the course of Community's third season.

The first Inspector -- the original, you might say -- was played by actor Travis Richey, who has organized a web series production of new Inspector Spacetime adventures.  One problem, though...NBC Universal owns the rights to Inspector Spacetime, so after demanding that Richey cease production (Boo! Hiss! Eradicate!), another vaguely-familiar yet entirely different for legal reasons web series was developed, called Untitled Web Series About a Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time.

Richey uploaded the first episode of Untitled Web Series to the series' official website and YouTube yesterday, titled "Boyish the Extraordinary, Part 1" and written by Richey and Eric Loya.  Arriving in the year 3,000 million on the planet Second New Old Earth Seven, we're (re)introduced to "The Inspector" (wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more) and his companion constable whatever Piper Tate, played by Carrie Keranen.  "Piper Tate," as Whovians should guess, is a cute nod to previous Doctor Who actresses Billie Piper and Catherine Tate, who played Ninth and Tenth Doctor companions Rose Tyler and Donna Noble.

We soon encounter a new sworn enemy of the Inspector, the Circuit Chaps, who are fond of chanting "Integrate! Integrate!" and seem just a little teeny bit like classic Doctor Who baddies The Cybermen.  Oh, and the Inspector has a nifty Optic Pocketknife as well.  Don't diss the Optic.

You can view the first episode below, and don't forget to tune in next week, same Space Channel, same...Space Time!

COMMUNITY's Inspector Spacetime Gets a New Constable

It was bound to happen.  Inspector Spacetime, the Doctor Who parody character that appears every so often on the NBC sitcom Community, finally moved faithful Constable Reginald "Reggie" Wigglesworth aside and made way for a feisty female Constable.

In last night's episode "Virtual Systems Analysis," the study group takes a three-hour lunch, giving Abed Nadir a chance to return to his Holodeck-like Dreamatorium for another Inspector Spacetime adventure.  However, instead of bringing his best friend Troy Barnes along, Abed ends up with Annie Edison as his replacement Constable.

The Dreamatorium adventure begins with actual opening credits to the Inspector Spacetime series, complete with Abed's face as the Inspector filling the screen similar to Doctor Who opening credit sequences from 1967 through 1989.  "I am Inspector Spacetime," Abed begins in a voiceover, "and I know that which is unknown.  Duty-bound to protect a universe of unremarkables, I patrol it in the X-7 Dimensionizer with my loyal Constable Reggie.  This week, however, Reggie has been forced to go to lunch, so I'm aboard the much crappier HMS Spacetime XII, from the worst season ever, with the temporary Constable Geneva."

Annie, wearing an elaborate gown, hands Abed's Inspector a Quantum Spanner.  She attempts to roleplay Constable Geneva, giving her a heavy Cockney accent with phrases like "Oi, Guv'nor!" and "Tut tut, my Lord, wouldn't give a tuppence for that sticky wicket!"  Abed, however, isn't pleased and even corrects her (and many Community fans in the process) on the proper spelling of the Inspector's arch-enemies.  "It's Blorgons with an 'R," he explains.  "Blogon means 'Thank you' in Blorgon." 

Later on, Abed makes another attempt with Annie, suggesting a different Inspector Spacetime character.  "I've been thinking about our Inspector Spacetime scenario," he informs her.  "It might work better instead of playing Geneva, you played Rosamund.  She was a constable in Season Five and she only had three lines."

Abed and Annie eventually come to an understanding with the help of the Dreamatorium, then return to the Observadeck of the HMS Spacetime XII where a new crisis awaits.  "Inspector, set the tachyon drive to hyperjump!" cries Annie/Geneva.  "We just get to the other side of this starfield before the Blorgons intercept!"

"Blorgons?  In this sector?" questions the Inspector.  "Well, this mission has gone pear-shaped indeed.  Prepare the hyperjump on my mark!"

As you might expect, the Inspector and Geneva are then suddenly interrupted.  "Bugger the starfields, Inspector...We're too late!  Blorgons!"

A pair of Blorgons appear on the spaceship, chanting "Eradicate! Eradicate" while firing a wide spray of laser fire at our heroes.  The Inspector and Geneva return fire, but to no effect whatsoever.  "Our quantum blasters are useless against their armor!" remarks the Inspector.  "We're as cooked as Lord Nelson's mutton, we are."

"Not if I can help it," Geneva replies defiantly.  "I'll see you on the other side, Inspector...wherever that is."

"Don't you mean...whenever that is?"

All at once, Geneva bellows a battle cry, rushes directly at the Blorgons and proceeds to start punching one of them.  "Take that, Blorgon scum!  You'll blogon me for this later."

If you'd like to see some clips from the episode, you can check them out below thanks to YouTube user GreendaleSeven...

COMMUNITY's Inspector Spacetime Once Married...Himself

NBC's sitcom Community returned after a lengthy hiatus last night and made time for more of their show-within-a-show Doctor Who parody Inspector Spacetime.  Or did they make...space?

In the episode "Urban Matrimony and the Sandwich," which centered around character Shirley Bennett renewing her wedding vows at Greendale Community College, Inspector Spacetime fans Abed Nadir and Troy Barnes offer their assistance with the wedding planning.  "We can help too," remarks Troy.  "We just saw the Inspector Spacetime wedding episode, so we know which pitfalls to avoid." 

Abed chimes in with advice from the episode.  "Be sure to get a DNA reading of your prospective mate," he said.  "Inspector Spacetime ended up marrying himself as a baby."

Later, after Abed and Troy "purge" their weirdness in order to be more socially acceptable during the wedding ceremony, Troy tries to snap Abed back to his traditionally weird self by acting like Inspector Spacetime's companion, Constable Reginald "Reggie" Wigglesworth.  "Inspector Spacetime," begins Troy, "thank the Cosmic Engineer I found you."

Abed, who is busy dancing with a girl, shrugs him off.  "Troy, this is hardly the time."

"Or is it hardly...the space?"

"Okay, I see what you did there, but I have to back to my Lindbergh Lean with...Sorry, I didn't catch your name."

"Inspector, what sort of creature would be doing a dance like the Lindbergh Lean?"

Abed ponders for a moment, slipping back to his old self.  "Blogons?"

"Blogons."

Abed's dance partner interrupts, saying her name is Danielle.  "Constable Reggie," remarks Abed, "it appears as though the Blogons have developed the ability to take human form."

Troy then empties a nearby plastic serving bowl, hands it to Abed as his "Photonic Bowler Hat" and the two leave the wedding to go off on Blogon patrol.

COMMUNITY's Inspector Spacetime Gets Christmas Special

The question isn't whether Inspector Spacetime should get his own spinoff series...but when.

The NBC sitcom Community's show-within-a-show Doctor Who parody made a third appearance last night in the Christmas episode "Regional Holiday Music."  Early on, Inspector Spacetime fan Abed Nadir suggests to his group of friends that they could watch the lost 1981 Inspector Spacetime Holiday Special, which has a running time of two and a half hours and was "so critically reviled after it aired the creator had his knighthood revoked."

Apart from giving a shout-out to the various Doctor Who Christmas specials that have aired regular since the show's return in 2005, this also makes fun of the infamously horrible 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special  that was so bad Star Wars creator George Lucas has refused to allow it to be officially released on home video.

Towards the end of the episode, Abed is sitting at home in his pajamas watching the Inspector Spacetime Holiday Special.  "Happy Time Day, Reggie," says the Inspector as he hands Constable Reginald Wigglesworth a Time Day gift.  "It is tradition to give one's Constable a gift at the end of each orbital cycle."

"Blimey! A hologram!" exclaims Constable Reggie.  "Let's activate it and view the performance."  Sure enough, a Star Wars-like hologram of a rock band appears and starts playing bad music.

Abed stares at the screen, finally declaring "This is terrible."  Later, after Abed's friends arrive at his door singing a Christmas carol, they all sit down to watch the Inspector Spacetime Holiday Special.  We hear the Inspector's arch-enemies the Blogons chanting "Eradicate! Eradicate!" followed by Santa Claus who wishes everyone a "Merry Time Day."

And a Merry Time Day to all of you at home.  If you'd like to see the scenes mentioned, you can view them below thanks to the kindness of YouTube user TVGirl17...

COMMUNITY's DOCTOR WHO Parody INSPECTOR SPACETIME Returns

The question isn't how old we are, but when old we are!

On last night's episode, "Advanced Gay," the NBC sitcom Community brought back their Doctor Who parody Inspector Spacetime that debuted on the show back in September.  The good Inspector and his companion Constable Reginald Wigglesworth, this time played by Community stars Danny Pudi and Donald Glover, once again faced their arch-enemies the Blogons in another short adventure that aired during the show's closing credits.

"I thought those Blogons had us dead to rights," begins the Inspector as he exits his British red telephone box onto another alien landscape.

Following close behind, Constable Reggie asks, "What on Beta-Earth do they want from us, Inspector?"

"The question isn't what they want from us, Constable...but when?"

"Inspector, look out!  Blogons!"

Once again, the Inspector and Constable Reggie fall under laser assault from the Blogons chanting "Eradicate!  Eradicate!," but this time they return fire with laser weapons of their own.  Not sure the Doctor would approve of that...

Earlier in the episode, the characters Abed Nadir and Troy Barnes refer to another Inspector Spacetime villain called the Anti-Inspector, who was apparently created when the Inspector's positrons were negatized.  According to Troy, the Anti-Inspector "had a funny moustache and was kinda rapey."

If you're interested in checking out the footage from last night's episode, you can view it below thanks to the kindness of YouTube user Raxacoricoo...

COMMUNITY Parodies DOCTOR WHO in "Biology 101"

And now NBC's sitcom Community is jumping on the Doctor Who bandwagon...sort of.

In a short parody sequence featured during last night's episode "Biology 101," Britta Perry, played by Gillian Jacobs, introduces the pop-culture junkie character Abed Nadir, played by Danny Pudi, to what could be his new favorite show, "a British sci-fi series that's been on the air since 1962."  (*Cough* 1963 *Cough*)  Abed starts playing the show, called "Inspector Spacetime," on a laptop computer and we see a British red telephone box (not a blue police box?) materializing on a strange alien world.

An eccentric-looking man with David Tennant sideburns in a trenchcoat and a derby hat called "Inspector" emerges along with a male sidekick dressed as a police constable.  "Blimey, Inspector," says the Constable, "where've we wound up this time?"  As some eerie Doctor Who-esque music plays in the background, the Inspector replies, "The question isn't where, Constable...but when."  The Constable then realizes they are under attack.  "Inspector, look out!  Blogons!" he cries as two salt shaker-looking metal creatures with bulging eyes start firing laser blasts at them, chanting the words "Eradicate! Eradicate!" in a tone very similar to the Daleks.

Pausing for a moment to take in what he's just seen, Abed announces, "This is the best show I have ever seen in my entire life."

Yeah, I know exactly how you feel, Abed...

For those interested in checking out the segment, you can view it below thanks to the YouTubey kindness of someone called Limors...