Hartley

Hartley is the series that Matthew John Latham created in 2001 in his first foray into the world of Virtual Series. It was a virtual spin-off of Buffy The Vampire Slayer and was set after the fifth season. It lasted a total of ten episodes, all which were written by Matthew John Latham except for episode four that was written by Marc Gibson.

=Basic Premise=

Welcome to the quaint little villiage of Freedom, full of lush green forests, small shops and secluded and hidden off to everyone else - The Watcher's Council. The series opens with Hartley joining the Watcher's Council as one of the new young Watcher's being taught...but he shows strange skills of strength and speed, and as dark forces within the Council conspire against the new watchers, Hartley finds himself alone. He's told by a ghost (the Deceased Riley Finn) that he's supposed to be a champion, and with the help of a 'Seer' in Catherine Geonni, arrogant American Scientist Lydia Marsall and a supposedly reformed Ethan Rayne - they can overcome this darkness...

=Characters=

Ethan Rayne
=Supporting Characters=

Carsall
=The Episodes=

1:10 - Glimmer
=Future Plans=

=Influences on Subsequent Series=

Besides from declaring that he "will forever hate the transcript/script format", the notion of a Virtual Series affected Marc Gibson's plans for a novel he was writing called Ravenshill. A few montsh of planning later, Gibson then wrote a two-part prose pilot for Ravenshill, after comments from Latham - he tried writing a third episode and was successful. Latham then joined the Ravenshill staff, planning the fourth episode and writing the tenth.

The name Carsall would show up in the Ravenshill spin-off Hayden City in the character of Tina Carsall.

Lydia Marshall
Latham's longest surviving character.

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