The Pilgrimage Saga

Turpentine Productions

Welcome aboard the R.I.N. Starstrider. This is your captain speaking. You are listening to an audio drama about five humans and an AI trying to find home. Captain Harris is here to complete her mission and keep her crew in one piece. First Mate Casana is here because it sounds like an adventure and hey, why not? Dr. Armstrong is here because… well, don’t ask her or she might rip your head off. Gabriel Grey is here because he likes machines a lot more than people. Darcey Eldridge is here because [REDACTED]. Saph is just… here. The Pilgrimage Saga is a podcast by Turpentine Productions.

  • 22 minutes 45 seconds
    Dracula: 2004 - Chapter One: "A New Millennium"

    From the creator of The Pilgrimage Saga...

    "The world seems full of good men, even if there are monsters in it."

    - Bram Stoker, Dracula


    Jonathan Harker, solicitor, arrives in Romania, listens to a voicemail from Mina, records his travel log, and meets his employer’s new client: Count Dracula.


    Dracula: 2004 is a weekly found footage horror audio drama, based on the novel "Dracula" by Bram Stoker. Care to take a bite?

    _______________________________________________

    Content warnings: Imprisonment, wild animal attack

    Transcript here: ⁠https://docs.google.com/document/d/14XmVMYjOt9KL01DOa2CXoN6a5jbB7pD58w46FrfLfJk/edit?usp=sharing⁠


    Check out our website for more information: ⁠https://dracula2004.wordpress.com/⁠

    _______________________________________________

    This episode was written and directed by Francesca Mylod-Ford, and produced by Maddy Searle. The show is created and executive produced by Francesca Mylod-Ford.

    This episode featured sound design by Maddy Searle, with music composed by Joash Kari.


    Our actors were:

    Tom Crowley as Jonathan Harker

    Michelle Kelly as Mina Munjal

    Brad Oliver as Dracula and The Coachman

    and

    Jon Black as The Driver

    5 October 2025, 11:00 am
  • 3 minutes 28 seconds
    Trailer Drop - Dracula: 2004

    EPISODE 1 OUT NOW! Check out our website for episodes, cast and crew, fun bonus content and more: https://dracula2004.wordpress.com/


    The fax machine is beeping a warning...


    From the creator of The Pilgrimage Saga comes brand new audio adaptation of Bram Stoker's gothic novel Dracula. Dracula: 2004 is a brand-new twist on a 127-year-old theme... when a young solicitor named Jonathan Harker is invited to Castle Dracula in the year 2004, our heroes must use the power of friendship, garlic and dial-up internet to prevent the nefarious Count Dracula from gaining a foothold within the unwitting people of London.

    Care to take a bite?

    Transcript here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17RtSkUhHVblEu-JymMiPc1gu37GvgnLb_Smua0PlrDI/edit?usp=sharing

    4 October 2025, 11:12 am
  • 43 minutes 30 seconds
    3.11. Orbits, Part 2: Home

    THE FINALE: What makes a home?


    Content warning: This episode contains ringing sounds (tinnitus warning) and discussions relating to war and the climate emergency.


    The Pilgrimage Saga is a UK-based podcast by Starstrider Productions. It was produced and created by Francesca Mylod-Ford.


    Starring:

    Sena Bryer as Captain Mika Harris

    James Oliva as Sascha Casana

    Stacey Cotham as Dr. Armstrong

    Courtney Perdue as Gabriel Grey

    Emily Curtis as Darcey Eldridge

    Rosie Curry as Saph


    Guest star:

    Deanna Halls as Admiral Shao


    Sound design and editing by Leila Jones-Atkinson

    Music composition and performance by Joash Kari (https://www.facebook.com/joashkarimusic/)

    Lyrics by David Farr (https://davidfarrbooks.com/#bookshop / https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/client/david-farr)


    KOFI: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/R6R5OA1W⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    REDBUBBLE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/TurpentinePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Script: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uY4c0HosiUi9IwihofJasEDE4AypTQeG/view?usp=sharing

    https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rB_ryoZPAc2KStqf3zfAAY-2BaZbdojOPXRoXpKDst4/edit?usp=sharing

    Other information can be found HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thepilgrimagesaga.wordpress.com

    16 November 2024, 12:00 pm
  • 2 minutes 5 seconds
    BONUS: Ode to the Day the Starstrider Avoided an Asteroid - A Poem By Saph

    The full version of Saph's interrupted poem from 3x10! See below for written version of the poem.


    Ode to the Day the Starstrider Avoided an Asteroid - A Poem by Saph

    Written by Francesca Mylod-Ford

    Performed by Rosie Curry


    Whilst observing in the mess hall,

    Utilising perfect recall,

    And preparing for an asteroid collision


    I percieve a fight recurring

    (Though the engines keep on whirring)

    So I plan out all responses with precision.


    Quoth the Captain: "It's an issue

    For our hull will crunch like tissue

    If we try with an uneven distribution."


    Quoth the Doctor: "It's appalling

    But still better than forestalling

    And we cannot find another substitution."


    All the Crew is getting nervous,

    No one offering their service,

    And they are in desperate need of a logician.


    Now I know that I am needed

    For their intellect's exceeded;

    They require my own superior cognition.


    Quoth the AI: "I'll assist you,

    And I know you won't resist to

    My solution to your engine contradiction.


    "For your problem's in the wiring

    Periodically firing.

    If you reset this, you will prove my small prediction."


    The Technician did the reset

    Which returned it to its preset

    And the engines roared again without resistance.


    With the asteroid evaded

    And congratulations traded

    The Crew celebrated the AI's persistance.


    Quoth the Crew: "Your cogitation

    Rescued us from our damnation

    When the hope we had was but a glowing ember.


    "Is there a gift that we may give?

    For you ensured we all would live."

    Quoth the AI: "Only that you would remember."

    13 November 2024, 7:35 pm
  • 25 minutes 20 seconds
    3.10. Orbits, Part 1: The Descent

    THE PENULTIMATE EPISODE: The Crew of the Starstrider prepare for landing. Darcey packs, Sascha and Gabriel perform final checks, Mika and Lee get some alone time, and Saph performs some poetry.


    Content warning: This episode contains loud noises and ringing sounds (tinnitus warning).


    The poem featured in this episode is "No Man is an Island" by John Donne.


    The Pilgrimage Saga is a UK-based podcast by Starstrider Productions. It is produced and created by Francesca Mylod-Ford.


    Starring:

    Sena Bryer as Captain Mika Harris

    James Oliva as Sascha Casana

    Stacey Cotham as Dr. Armstrong

    Courtney Perdue as Gabriel Grey

    Emily Curtis as Darcey Eldridge

    Rosie Curry as Saph


    Sound design and editing by Leila Jones-Atkinson

    Music composition by Joash Kari (https://www.facebook.com/joashkarimusic/)


    KOFI: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/R6R5OA1W⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    REDBUBBLE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/TurpentinePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Script: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1898gqEVwe18G-PDzXRno3O0lMkhYSOCN/view?usp=sharing

    Other information can be found HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thepilgrimagesaga.wordpress.com

    2 November 2024, 12:00 pm
  • 10 minutes 9 seconds
    BONUS: Redemption

    Only two episodes remaining!


    Back on Esho, Edgar Armstrong has an unexpected visitor to his prison cell.

    The Pilgrimage Saga is a UK-based podcast by Starstrider Productions. It is produced and created by Francesca Mylod-Ford.


    Guest stars:

    Abigail Turner as Hallie Harris

    James Carpenter as Edgar Armstrong

    Iona Campbell as Annie Hart

    Karim Kronfli as The Guard

    Sound design and editing by Howard White

    Music composition by Joash Kari (https://www.facebook.com/joashkarimusic/)


    KOFI: ⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/R6R5OA1W⁠⁠⁠

    REDBUBBLE: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/TurpentinePod⁠⁠⁠

    Script: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F2dOP2LAceF-_4-GuUGzx2IlGjb4VZ_F/view?usp=sharing

    Other information can be found HERE: ⁠⁠⁠www.thepilgrimagesaga.wordpress.com⁠

    26 October 2024, 11:00 am
  • 25 minutes 44 seconds
    3.9. The Human Condition

    The R.I.N. Starstrider calls home.


    Only two episodes (and a Bonus episode) remain! Keep your ears ready for our incredible series finale in only a few weeks' time!

    The Pilgrimage Saga is a UK-based podcast by Starstrider Productions. It is produced and created by Francesca Mylod-Ford.


    Starring:

    Sena Bryer as Captain Mika Harris

    James Oliva as Sascha Casana

    Stacey Cotham as Dr. Armstrong

    Courtney Perdue as Gabriel Grey

    Emily Curtis as Darcey Eldridge

    Rosie Curry as Saph


    Sound design and editing by Leila Jones-Atkinson

    Music composition by Joash Kari (https://www.facebook.com/joashkarimusic/)


    KOFI: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/R6R5OA1W⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    REDBUBBLE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/TurpentinePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Script: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nDpXF_6cPk34iDFBaYPKDhP20P77P65W/view?usp=sharing

    Other information can be found HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thepilgrimagesaga.wordpress.com

    19 October 2024, 11:10 am
  • 24 minutes 1 second
    3.8. Matters of the Heart

    The Starstrider crew are sick of Harris and Armstrong pining over each other, and finally decide to do something about it - inspired by William Shakespeare.

    The Pilgrimage Saga is a UK-based podcast by Starstrider Productions. It is produced and created by Francesca Mylod-Ford.


    Starring:

    Sena Bryer as Captain Mika Harris

    James Oliva as Sascha Casana

    Stacey Cotham as Dr. Armstrong

    Courtney Perdue as Gabriel Grey

    Emily Curtis as Darcey Eldridge

    Rosie Curry as Saph


    Guest star:

    Shane Mullan as Raz Wellesley


    Sound design and editing by Leila Jones-Atkinson

    Music composition by Joash Kari (https://www.facebook.com/joashkarimusic/)


    KOFI: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/R6R5OA1W⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    REDBUBBLE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/TurpentinePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Script: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T4LaJqSqmHmzas4vUdVPNxtw7p8xMxgP/view?usp=sharing

    Other information can be found HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thepilgrimagesaga.wordpress.com

    5 October 2024, 11:00 am
  • 27 minutes 40 seconds
    3.7. The Needle's Eye

    Darcey, Gabriel and Sascha venture outside the ship to fix the broken transmitter, but a problem as old as the space race is about to cause havoc.

    The Pilgrimage Saga is a UK-based podcast by Starstrider Productions. It is produced and created by Francesca Mylod-Ford.


    Starring:

    Sena Bryer as Captain Mika Harris

    James Oliva as Sascha Casana

    Stacey Cotham as Dr. Armstrong

    Courtney Perdue as Gabriel Grey

    Emily Curtis as Darcey Eldridge

    Rosie Curry as Saph


    Sound design and editing by Leila Jones-Atkinson

    Music composition by Joash Kari (https://www.facebook.com/joashkarimusic/)


    KOFI: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/R6R5OA1W⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    REDBUBBLE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/TurpentinePod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

    Script: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CM3TLp_dnRSdQMrXsnEcadZ3HSjGvwPm/view?usp=drive_link

    Other information can be found HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.thepilgrimagesaga.wordpress.com

    24 September 2024, 11:00 am
  • 9 minutes 13 seconds
    BONUS: Day 1

    Launch time: 0800 hours.

    The Pilgrimage Saga is a UK-based podcast by Starstrider Productions. It is produced and created by Francesca Mylod-Ford.


    Starring:

    Sena Bryer as Captain Mika Harris

    James Oliva as Sascha Casana

    Stacey Cotham as Dr. Lee Armstrong

    Emily Curtis as Darcey Eldridge

    Courtney Perdue as Gabriel Grey

    Rosie Curry as Saph


    Guest stars:

    Graham Rowat as Caelish

    Walter Mack as Michael Grey

    Shane Mullan as Raz Wellesley

    Sound design and editing by Howard White

    Music composition by Joash Kari (https://www.facebook.com/joashkarimusic/)


    KOFI: ⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/R6R5OA1W⁠⁠

    REDBUBBLE: ⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/TurpentinePod⁠⁠

    Script: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hzeYZHmxEwxjFLIzVN-hDOknX6GsGiPi/view?usp=sharing

    Other information can be found HERE: ⁠⁠www.thepilgrimagesaga.wordpress.com⁠

    31 August 2024, 11:00 am
  • 8 minutes 3 seconds
    BONUS: Haircuts

    Darcey needs a haircut... and revenge.

    The Pilgrimage Saga is a UK-based podcast by Starstrider Productions. It is produced and created by Francesca Mylod-Ford.


    Starring:

    Sena Bryer as Captain Mika Harris

    Stacey Cotham as Dr. Lee Armstrong

    Emily Curtis as Darcey Eldridge

    Courtney Perdue as Gabriel Grey

    Rosie Curry as Saph


    Sound design and editing by Howard White

    Music composition by Joash Kari (https://www.facebook.com/joashkarimusic/)


    KOFI: ⁠https://ko-fi.com/R6R5OA1W⁠

    REDBUBBLE: ⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/TurpentinePod⁠

    Script: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iTl3YrECVmGW4KgUy7Wc3oafqLQmvVzK/view?usp=sharing

    Other information can be found HERE: ⁠www.thepilgrimagesaga.wordpress.com


    17 August 2024, 11:00 am
  • More Episodes? Get the App