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Post by Pinwig on Jan 28, 2024 20:18:57 GMT
Pinwig's attention is drawn to the second column of page 61 of the DWM 2024 Yearbook. -Ralph Is that a new special? I don't think I've had a DWM special since the expensive twenty quid one. |
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 28, 2024 21:31:44 GMT
Just been checking my list. I see the usual special release schedule got knocked out of sync by the anniversary and that £20 one. The 2024 yearbook is a month late and we missed a chronicles slot that the 200 moments one took. So we should be due a chronicles next month, but I don't think we've have solicits for one?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 28, 2024 21:46:25 GMT
We haven't but the Yearbook mentions that there's something Richard Franklin in the 1971 chronicles so it's thought that's next
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 29, 2024 17:16:56 GMT
Ooh good year.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 29, 2024 20:08:56 GMT
We haven't but the Yearbook mentions that there's something Richard Franklin in the 1971 chronicles so it's thought that's next Great. I had assumed the Chronicles format had quietly expired. -Ralph |
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Post by Pinwig on Jan 29, 2024 22:21:26 GMT
I don't think those bookazines will ever die. We're fated to fill shelves with them forever. In truth, the 200 moments book took the last slot. I expect service will resume with an announcement in the next Gallifrey Guardian. March release instead of Feb as usual.
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 30, 2024 10:19:07 GMT
I didn't bother with the previous bookazines but the Chronicles series is lovely. Looking forward to the 1993 edition in due course.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 5, 2024 17:40:28 GMT
1971 Chronicles pre-order now up on Panini's site.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 24, 2024 12:09:01 GMT
Found the 1971 book in Smiths this morning. Quite a surprise; I didn't realise it was out. Unusual for mine to have the Chronicles books in straight away.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 28, 2024 12:54:14 GMT
New DWM here. Had been looking fwd to the second part of the Planet of the Daleks Fact of Fiction and it's not in here!!!
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 29, 2024 13:00:10 GMT
Um. It is.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 29, 2024 13:25:48 GMT
I looked through the Mag 3 times before posting and could not find it. Grrrrr. I could have done with having that to read yesterday when I was struggling
Thank you for pointing out my error, much appreciated
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 1, 2024 14:16:20 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 1, 2024 14:18:51 GMT
Oooo. It had been hinted at previously.
All over that.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 1, 2024 20:44:04 GMT
That'll be a nice collection. Might be nice to have them all together. I've been meaning to get the Tom omnibus for that reason. Never letting the originals go!
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 1, 2024 22:16:00 GMT
I skipped on the Tom omnibus as...those old strips aren't very good. Sorry!
The golden era doesn't begin until the 5th Doctor's strip run.
6th and 8th Docs had the best runs overall. So far.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 1, 2024 22:22:06 GMT
I skipped on the Tom omnibus as...those old strips aren't very good. Sorry! I love them! I skipped it cos I have the older Panini trades however they have not worn well and I may need some advice on how to flatten them |
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 1, 2024 23:28:20 GMT
Aren't very good? How very dare you. Try telling Rusty Davies that, he turned one into a TV show you know!
It's true the strip became a little more cerebral when the fifth came in, but Tom's stories are classic comic fun.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 2, 2024 9:33:52 GMT
Aren't very good? How very dare you. Try telling Rusty Davies that, he turned one into a TV show you know! Yup. He took a slight and crap comic story that could barely sustain its length and turned it into a slight and crap TV story that could barely sustain its length. Not even Rusty T is immune from Nostalgia Goggles. The novelisation is surprisingly decent though! -Ralph |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 2, 2024 11:11:25 GMT
I don't mind the early Wagner/Mills Who stuff, but it definitely isn't until the 5th Doctor stuff that it really picks up pace.
Agree with Ralph, the 6th and 8th Doctor runs are the peak.
7 suffers from the same thing the tv show did, played like a buffoon, and then course corrects when the Cartmel influence really picks up, but the lead time meant that's an age in monthly books.
9 was good, but brief, but no out and out bangers to speak of.
10 was grand, I think when Dan McDaid took over the writing it really hit it's stride.
11 - solid, but I don't think ever had a really cracking story,
12 - same really
13 - a mixed bag, and I didn't read a huge amount as it coincided with the biggest drop in quality for DWM
14 - like 9 a nice contained run, doing one single story was a fun move and really enjoyable
15 - we shall see...
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 2, 2024 11:44:21 GMT
It was not crap! And neither is the comic!
Next you'll be saying The Iron Legion is no good either.
Those three new target books are due here today. I think. They will be read forthwith.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 2, 2024 21:28:07 GMT
The Iron Legion is not good. Comic 4th Doc is just too goofy.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 2, 2024 21:48:31 GMT
I am disappointed.
However, the 14th Doc Targets did arrive today. Signed editions from Forbidden Planet proved cheaper than Amazon.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 2, 2024 22:00:28 GMT
I'm just so glad Gary Russell was assigned The Star Beast rather than The Giggle.
Just imagine. It would have been Divided Loyalties II.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 3, 2024 17:27:01 GMT
Oh sweet zombie jesus that would have been dreadful.
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 21, 2024 12:32:34 GMT
Hmm. I thought the editorial changes in DWM were going well but I just realised the in-depth previews of the Blu-ray sets have been dropped. No disc by disc breakdown for season 15. I find those MASSIVELY useful for identifying what the new extras are. I use a copy as a tick list while watching.
Disappointing. Unless Ralph can do what he did before when Phil thought the fact of fiction section was missing and pointed out it actually wasn't. Save me Ralph!
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 21, 2024 12:34:40 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 21, 2024 13:18:09 GMT
I cannot help you.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 21, 2024 14:01:49 GMT
Nooooo!
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Post by Pinwig on May 1, 2024 20:33:28 GMT
I see there's a letter in DWM this month complaining about the lack of a Blu-ray index for Season 15. I'm not alone! I must write to endorse this point.
I've been quite happy with the content changes so far under the new management, but over the last couple of issues there have been some really random articles. I seem to be skipping more than usual.
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