Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (TV Mini Series)

The Apes of Wrath (2004)

Matthew Holness: Garth Marenghi, Dr. Rick Dagless M.D.

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• Dr. Rick Dagless M.D. : I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards, every one of them.

• Garth Marenghi : You know, my books are all essentially about what ifs. In Black Fang, I asked "what if a rat could drive a bus. And what if it, and its rat brethren, took over and ate Parliament." When I wrote, directed, and starred in tonight's episode of Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, I was asking another what if. Now, I won't tell you which *what if* it is, but it's basically along the same lines, but with a different animal. Without giving too much away, think Planet of the Apes.

• Garth Marenghi : Greetings, traveler. Who am I? Perhaps you have met me twixt sleep and wake in the penumbra of uncertainty you call unconsciousness. Or perhaps you met me at a book signing.

• Garth Marenghi : I realized that man needs to keep in touch with his primal urges, whether through sport or through violent movies. But a man must not let his beast be his master. Otherwise you're no better than Bill Wyman.

• Dr. Rick Dagless : This place was dark, damn dark. Hence Darkplace.

• Dr. Rick Dagless M.D. : I'm one of the few people you'll meet who's written more books than they've read.

• Garth Marenghi : This place was dark, damn dark. Hence Darkplace.