Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe

"Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe" is a science fiction audio theater production produced by the ZBS Foundation, written by Thomas Lopez. The series was originally syndicated to radio in episodes approximately five minutes long, but later released as half-hour episodes to radio stations.

The original series has spawned several sequels. To date, seven "Ruby" series have been released, the most recent in October 2006.

Laura Esterman played Ruby in the pilots and the original series. Karen Young starred in the second series as "Ruby Too", another version of the protagonist. Esterman returned to the role from "Ruby 3" onwards, but is credited as Blanche Blackwell.

"Ruby" has been broadcast in 23 countries, including Canada (on CBC), England (on BBC) and Australia (on ABC). "Ruby" entered Science Fiction's Audio Hall of Fame for Best Science Fiction of 1982. [ [http://www.greatnorthernaudio.com/MarkTime/MarkTime.html Mark Time Award] ]

eries

*"Ruby 1: The Adventures of a Galactic Gumshoe":Ruby is hired by Rodant Kapoor to find out who is manipulating reality.
*"Ruby 2: The Further Adventures of a Galactic Gumshoe":Ruby Two is hired to find out who is windowing the Bulldada.
*"Ruby 3": :Part One: The Underworld:Part Two: The Invisible World
*"Ruby 4": :Part One: The Moon Coins of Sonto Lore :Part Two: The Turban of El Morya:Part Three: Dark Night of the Reptoids:Part Four: Mad Moon for Rubina
*"Ruby 5: The Land of Zoots":Ruby is hired by the President Koonstar Bootstar to find out who created the Land of Zoots, a fantasy land that has stated to be made real by the inhabitants of the Awakening Archipelago.
*"Ruby 6: The Illusionati":Ruby is hired by Oop Boop, an Illuboo from the planet Illuboo Roi, to uncover members of the Illuboo secret society, the Illusionati.
*"Ruby 6.5: Far Flung Farouk":Ruby, Teru, Kapoor, and And/Or are hired to investigate the royal tomb of Far Flung Farouk.
*"Ruby 7: Dream Weaver, Dream Deceiver"

Pilots

*"Tired of the Green Menace":The pilot for the "Ruby" series. Ruby Tuesday is hired by Colonel Abulah Abdullah to find out who has stolen Cleo, a small planet from Saudi Asteroidia in the Middle Eastern star cluster. Her only lead is the the Advanced Fulcrum Magnetic Works of Fong on the planet of Dong-A-Long, who while previously unknown have recently appeared with highly sophisticated technology to move large asteroids around for easy mining.
*"Rebel from Utopia":Ruby Star is hired by Kapoor to locate "Mr. X", an earthling.

Major characters

*Ruby, a galactic gumshoe
*The Android Sisters, who perform satirical speak-songs
*The Tookah, a creature with four tentacles, three eyes, a thin blue mustache and wearing a red fez
*TJ Teru, a human archaeologist
*Moliere, chief of the Mole People
*Rodant Kapoor, in some series described as a Kapoorian, in others as merely rat-like inevitably leading to him being called "Rodent"
*Mother Kapoor, Rodant's mother
*Angel Lips, an android
*And/Or, a techie for the Digital Circus
*Francois, a robot and head waiter at the cafe Garçon
*Toots Mutant, part human and part reptoid, an archaeologist and once the leader of the Zoot Mutants, a gang of techno-punks

References

External links

* [http://www.zbs.org/ ZBS Foundation]
* [http://lodestonecatalog.com/zbs.html Lodestone Catalog]
* [http://www.natf.org/profiles/lopez.html Interview with Thomas Lopez]
* [http://www.audiotheater.com/profiles/lopez.html Audio Theater interview]
* [http://www.thrillingdetective.com/eyes/ruby.html Thrilling Detective writeup]