It's 1980.
The night before a big rain storm. The night before Sam's car skids into the canal.
...Except Sam opens a fob watch.
A fan comic.
Chapter 2 will take place in 2007, after the 'death' of Harold Saxon.
So, this is just a fun little project I decided to do in my spare time :) It's not Ashes to Ashes complaisant, I'll admit that way way way back when Ashes first started airing, I was pretty salty about the explanation that Sam died in a car accident. I know how that show ended, and what they decided to go with, but I'm still just ignoring it all together. I guess this could be a 'fix it,' I'm not sure. Just suspend your disbelief.
I'm going to estimate that chapter 2 will take about two months to finish, depending on my real life work load, but the script is already written.
might be for a small audience, but here is every instance of bastard/bastards said in Life on Mars
Life on Mars finishes with 57 "bastard(s)" across 2 series: 5 in series 1, 52 in series 2. an average of 3.6 bastards an episode across both series, and 6.5 bastards an episode across s2 alone
s2e3 has the highest rate of "bastards" with 11, 19.3% of all bastards coming from this episode
Gene Hunt takes up 54.4% of all bastards with 31 in total