Catacombs Credits Guide
Office

MICHAEL BARNES Casting Director (Year 1)

The Protectors (1974), The Slipper and the Rose (1976), Terror of Frankenstein (1977), International Velvet (1978), Quatermass (1979), The Great Muppet Caper (1981), Return to Treasure Island (1986)

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LESLEY DE PETTITT Casting Director (Year 2)

Born 1936, died 2002. The Sweeney (1975), The Prisoner Of Zenda (1979), Hammer House Of Mystery and Suspense (1984), Quest For Fire (1981), Tandoori Nights (1987)

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PROFESSOR JOHN TAYLOR Scientific Advisor

Born 1931, John G. Taylor held chairs of Physics at Southampton University and Rutgers University, New York, before becoming Professor of Mathematics at King's College, London. He created the Centre for Neural Networks at King's College in 1990 and served as its director. He also acted in plays and films, directed stage productions in Oxford and Cambridge, and wrote science fiction plays. He appeared in discussions and documentaries on popular science issues, He was particularly interested in the fringe sciences and the supernatural, and was initially very open minded, though he later became a sceptic. His popular science books included The Shape Of Minds To Come (1971), The New Physics (1972), Black Holes: The End Of The Universe? (1973), Super Minds (1975) and Science and the Supernatural (1980)

Later his academic work concentrated on neural networks, including applying the theory to hedge funds. He died in 2012.