This post first appeared on Ren’s Patreon page.

Great news! Our Indiegogo campaign ended this morning, having raised over £16,000. That’s enough, in combination with what you Marked Ones kindly provide, for the second block of Season Three to shoot in the spring.

If you took advantage of the Patreon discount on the Traveller’s Kit perk, your shipping address probably wasn’t collected at checkout, so look out for an email requesting that. Thanks for supporting us again!

During the campaign we found time to do the first location recce for the new episodes. Episode 1 director Alan “Torberry” Hay and I battled Storm Bert and fallen trees on the railway line to visit Colchester Castle in Essex. This 11th Century castle was built on the foundations of a Roman temple and you can spot some of the recycled Roman brickwork in the walls.

The very friendly staff showed us around various interesting spaces inside the building, including the vaults and the beautiful spiral staircases. At this stage it’s far from definite that we’ll be shooting there, but we now have a lot of ideas to discuss amongst the team so that we can go back to the castle staff with a proposal.

In other news, we had a fun trip to MCM Comic Con Birmingham yesterday. Season Two’s production designer Rose Collis, props master and co-writer Ash Finn and sound designer Dale Suttle joined me on the Live Stage to discuss the making of “The Heretics’ Market”, screening clips and breaking down the creative decisions and practicalities behind the visual and aural design. Thanks to everyone who attended or just paused in passing to watch a bit of the episode on the big screen! It was our first time at the Birmingham con but I’m sure we’ll be back again soon.