Damon Dark - Continuation (2006-2011)

Continuation (2006-2011)

When the revamped pilot did not take off, Sherlock decided to resurrect his creation for the Internet generation. Back in the lead role a series of new adventures were successful on YouTube achieving more than 250,000 hits by 2011, in which year Adrian Sherlock became a "YouTube Partner", featuring Google ads on his channel's videos. Reactions to Damon Dark on YouTube have included interest from musicians, actors, special effects creators and aspiring screenwriters all offering contributions to the webseries. Some Damon Dark episodes have also been uploaded to Openfilm.com, Dailymotion and Revver.

The 2009 episode "The Cosmic Magician" introduced a new adversary for Damon Dark, a time-meddler played by Oliver McNeil, who had previously achieved a degree of recognition in the British media and on YouTube for an independent series called Barry the Demon Hunter in which McNeil played the title character, a hero inspired by Joss Whedon's series Buffy and Angel. McNeil followed up this first Damon Dark appearance with "Revenge of the Magician".

In 2010, British film director Brett Gerry wrote a blog about the impact of Damon Dark on web video and became involved as a writer, scripting Damon Dark episode "Hidden Camera, Hidden Truth" in which Damon Dark's life is seen apparently by hidden video cameras in his home, two part story "Is there anybody out there?" and four part story "The Death of Damon Dark" in which Gerry also appeared as the main villain.