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Professor Douglas Storm is John Storm's uncle. He is the designer of the
Elizabeth Swann. He was a consultant to the British Ministry of Defence,
with respect to cyber security and the design of special vehicles. During
his time working as an engineer, he assembled number of specialist
teams and secured patents for umpteen inventions. Using artificially
intelligent computers developed for navigation, energy harvesting and other
efficient operation of vessels, he discovered a high level of covert
operations of questionable legality. He thus became a target, rather than an
asset. Regarded as a potential whistleblower.
Professor
Storm became legally declared dead at the age of ninety, where he had been missing for a number of
years. The MOD's official explanation is that died in an 'accident' while involved in the testing of a top-secret and very high speed underwater craft. But the circumstances were never fully investigated or
explained - even though Zheng
Ling is arrested for his murder. The mini-sub and the body of the Professor were never
recovered, and a USB stick containing evidence against Zheng Ling, proves to
be unreliable.
Some officials were sacked as a result of the incident. Others were
promoted. Suggesting that whatever happened was no accident.
The
Professor's friend, George Franks, is keen to get to the bottom of that matter, suspecting foul play. He does not believe in coincidences, where Professor Storm was a thorn in the side of many
a government administration for anti-slavery human rights and political
corruption work - so had many enemies in high places. Including politicians
and banks. Working for cheap energy, low cost housing and environmentally friendly
transport, he was dead against the modern disease of financial slavery - and
a proponent of a sustainable society - with a genuinely circular economy.
Professor Storm is a fictional character in the John Storm 'inner-space' adventure
series. He is one of the mainstay supporting characters in this Treasure Island story.
Only gold,
silver and gemstones were worth anything to captains of old. The currency
was easy to trade and did not corrode, so ideal to be secreted in the most
inhospitable environments. Paper money is worthless, when the value can rise
and fall, without anything tangible to back the promises written thereon. In
the modern world, with rampant inflation and cost of living crises, we'd
have to agree with the pirates.
CAST
OF - "TREASURE
ISLAND: BLACKBEARD'S CURSE & PIRATES GOLD"
CHARACTERS:
PROTAGONISTS |
DESCRIPTION |
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Admiral
Sir (Captain) Henry Morgan |
Privateer & Governor of Jamaica |
Ark,
The |
The world's largest,
most comprehensive interactive DNA
database |
BioCore™ |
A
digital communication interface for the human brain |
Blackbeard
|
Edward Teach, privateer turned pirate,
tortured & murdered |
Captain
Nemo |
AI
onboard computer system |
Charley
Temple |
Researcher &
camerwoman,
good friend of John Storm |
CyberCore
Genetica™ |
The
world's smallest, fastest and most powerful nano supercomputer |
Dan
Hawk |
Computer
wizard, gaming
champion,
crew
member Elizabeth Swann |
Dr
Roberta Treadstone |
Blue Shield, Newcastle University, England |
Elizabeth
Swann |
Fastest solar/hydrogen
ship & floating laboratory |
Excalibur,
Pendragon & Merlin |
Anti piracy weapon
& ship security system |
George
Franks |
Legal and intelligence trust
manager, Swindles
& Gentry |
HAL
|
The onboard AI supercomputer ship manager |
Jill
Bird |
Senior
BBC news presenter world
service anchor |
John
Storm |
Ocean adventurer,
amateur anthropologist, & marine archaeologist |
Katy,
Kitty |
The ships cat and lucky mascot |
Professor
Douglas Storm |
John Storm's uncle,
designer
of Elizabeth Swann |
Professor
Jacques Pierre Daccord |
UNESCO sunken realms
division, conservationist |
Sam
Hollis |
BBC & Sky freelance investigative reporter Caribbean
regions |
Scott Tremaine |
Treasure
hunting professional & ships captain |
Shui
Razor |
Japanese
privateer,
ocean conservationist and historian |
Sir Rodney Baskerville |
Professor of
Maritime History & oceanographer |
Steve
Green |
Freelance
reporter,
friend of Charley Temple |
Suki
Hall |
A
marine biologist,
admirer of John's work |
Tom Hudson |
Sky
News Editor,
always looking for an exclusive |
Trisha
Lippard |
Cleopatra's call sign to protect her royal identity |
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CHARACTERS:
ANTAGONISTS |
DESCRIPTION |
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Alexander
Spotswood |
Ambitious,
(disgruntled) Governor of Virginia |
Billy
(Bones) One Eye |
Pirate sailor, marksman ex
marines SBS |
Captain
Flint |
John
Long's pet parrot, pieces of eight |
Commander
James William Maynard |
British
Royal Navy, MOD, Antiquities & Acquisitions, Special Ops |
Hispaniola,
The |
Lord
Huntington's converted
Arctic survey vessel |
Jack Boon
(Black
Jack) |
Pirate computer expert hacker |
King
Charles II |
British
Empire colonial slave trader, commissioner of privateers |
King
James II |
British
Royal
African Company, slave trader, colonial bloody triangle |
Lieutenant
Robert Maynard |
British naval officer, HMS Pearl,
who tortured Blackbeard |
Lord
James Huntington |
Opportunist, British Geographical Society |
Robin
(John) Longstride |
Pirate leader, bare knuckle fighter
with silvery tongue |
William Gray |
Cashiered US Navy Captain,
snitch & mastermind |
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Draft
scripts for Kulo-Luna and
Cleopatra The Mummy are published with
'Treasure
Island' under
development for 2024 release. The three films could be shot back to back -
as a franchise - to
make the most of the Elizabeth Swann. Screenplays available in Final Draft
format for Studio executives, producers & directors.
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