One Million Times
Striving to escape their present circumstances, seven outcasts hunt down alleged visitors from the future.
Our World
A speculative thriller Limited Series with elements of magical realism, in the vein of Severance, Dark Winds, Paradise, Plur1bus , evoking Black Mirror and the original Twilight Zone.
Each episode tells of epic conflict between a desperate present-day outcast and an unfathomable, powerful TRAVERSER from an infinite future.
The protagonists – hearing rumors of magical technology – take extreme measures to force their wishes, right now, right here…
Presented in semi-anthology format – some characters reappear on a longer arc, the story unfolding independently of episode viewing order.
Some of Our Characters
Rogelio adapted Christopher Priest's story "The Stooge" as a short film which debuted at NovaCon 2022 in Buxton, UK, and won awards on the international film festival circuit. Priest's screenplay appears in the book. The film serves as a concept for the TV series and can be viewed here.
RACE HALLIDAY
Engineering prodigy ROYCE (RACE) HALLIDAY is deposited in the future after entering the MAGIC CABINET.
He makes the most of his new life as a technologist, dedicated to making the experience of SPACETIME TRAVERSAL safe and humane, physically and psychologically
MILTON the ETERNALIST
An unscrupulous hack conjuror and mentalist, MILTON is known and vilified in the present-day magic community.
He strikes a deal with the future technologists of ONE MILLION TIMES, improving their concept, becoming part of their operation.
Before becoming an Eternalist, he performed stage magic as simply Milton, the stooge for a mysterious traveling magic duo.
AXEL HALLIDAY
Auto mechanic ALEXANDER (AXEL) HALLIDAY leads an unfocused life, conscious of being in the shadow of his accomplished brother.
The brothers become separated while participating in MILTON THE ETERNALIST’s magic act.
AXEL is determined to discover what happened to his brother, a path which leads to his own journey into the future.
Some of Our Episodes
ONE MILLION TIMES – Pilot
Audience members are “volunteered” onstage by a duo of magicians and enter a MAGIC CABINET. One tells bizarre stories of abduction and sanity-bending experiences in the future.
But the act gets rave reviews, and the crowds keep coming.
“TRAVERSERMANIA” sweeps the nation.
A determined young man, searching for his lost brother who disappeared from a stage in Dublin – which no one else remembers – tracks a shady magician from Ireland to an obscure venue on the California coast… and soon is in danger of losing his own memories of his brother’s disappearance.
RACE MACHINES
A new extreme sport is born, centered around daring jumps through time and space.
Against a background of the dusty roads of El Camino Real morphing into the congested freeways of the City of Angels, a future technologist helps stage a dramatic competition along this ideal racing circuit.
A lonely graduate student rushes head-on into an encounter with a young man who may be stalking her… and taps into a latent talent for experiencing and exploring transcendental mysteries of time travel.
Co-Creators
Rogelio Fojo
Website: www.rogeliofojo.com
Email: rogefojo@yahoo.com
Tel: (603) 606-0848
R. James Doyle
Website: www.rjamesdoyle.com
Email: DoyleRJRB@aol.com
Tel: (818) 742-7294