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Post by The Doctor on Apr 7, 2013 9:21:58 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 7, 2013 17:34:30 GMT
Matt, do you still need the Audiobooks?
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 9, 2013 16:56:37 GMT
One hour into Black Orchid and it's still stuck on the endless and pointless cricket game. Still over 4 hours to go. This may break me.
--Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 9, 2013 17:11:17 GMT
I'm sorry, a 1 hour Doctor Who story stretched to a 5 hour audiobook?  ?? |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 9, 2013 17:11:37 GMT
And cricket is not pointless!
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 9, 2013 17:47:20 GMT
I'm sorry, a 1 hour Doctor Who story stretched to a 5 hour audiobook? ?? 5 hours and 15 mins! All the audio versions of the Target books are unabridged readings and so as the Black Orchid novel was standard Target length... Oh, I didn't mean that cricket was pointless, merely that it is pointless in this story. In audio terms we get about 15 mins of Mystery. Then the Doctor plays a cricket game for an hour, in agonising detail while the plot (which had barely begun) goes nowhere. It wouldn't matter what he was playing! And this after the tops THE ANDROIDS OF TARA audiobook. I recall DWM being sniffy about it but I enjoyed it. It's a new novelisation by David Fisher rather than using the Uncle Tewwance Target which is of course a crime but I still enjoyed this version. Simon 'minimum effort' Power can't even be arsed with extra effort with an audio original though and one of his trademark 10 seconds at most music stings is re-used from other releases! I enjoy these audios for the readings and the texts but he is the laziest sound designer on the planet. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 9, 2013 19:58:02 GMT
Oh, AND THE SPACE WAR was tops. Beevers is a great reader. This haul from The Works has mostly been grand so far.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Apr 9, 2013 20:25:24 GMT
I have been enjoying listening to The Sensorites during my journey to work this week!
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 9, 2013 20:27:14 GMT
Good man!!!
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Apr 9, 2013 20:27:40 GMT
Matt, do you still need the Audiobooks? I ordered again off the Works after they refunded me for the order that didnt work |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 9, 2013 20:37:25 GMT
goodo well done
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 9, 2013 21:07:50 GMT
Black Orchid audiobook never ends. Adric has been eating for about 90 mins by this point. NNNNNGHHH. NNNGHHHHH.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 10, 2013 19:27:55 GMT
20 mins into Disc 3. Adric is still eating. NNNGHH.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Apr 10, 2013 21:07:16 GMT
20 mins into Disc 3. Adric is still eating. NNNGHH. -Ralph My order from The Works has arrived. Apparently. Though I got an email this morning saying that Ghost Light was out of stock so they posted it without it (to be fair they refunded me, but I like to buy stuff in bulk to save on shipping!). Also the box has been left with a neighbour who I have not met and who doesn't seem to be in at all. Soon I will have my copy of Black Orchid though! D: |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 10, 2013 21:11:43 GMT
End. End. Fucking end. Please end. End. End.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Apr 11, 2013 17:29:27 GMT
Hurrah I have Black Orchid now!
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 11, 2013 20:46:28 GMT
You poor bastard.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 12, 2013 17:09:03 GMT
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Post by blueshift on Apr 12, 2013 17:34:41 GMT
Big finish have reduced all their Ice Warriors stories to a fiver thissssss weekend. -Ralph Turns out I do own The Bride of Peladon, I did have to go and check, that's how memorable it must be! I guess I need to buy Mission to Magnus, Thin Ice and Prisoner of Peladon! |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 12, 2013 17:57:15 GMT
The Prisoner of Peladon is tops.
Talking of tops, the audiobook of Earthshock is brilliant! Some nice sound effects and Davison and Briggs are fabulous.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Apr 12, 2013 18:49:02 GMT
The Prisoner of Peladon is tops. Talking of tops, the audiobook of Earthshock is brilliant! Some nice sound effects and Davison and Briggs are fabulous. -Ralph I read that as "some nice sound effects from Davison" and imagined Peter Davison making all the noises himself |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 12, 2013 19:41:16 GMT
That would be amazing. Like in the deleted scenes for The Empire Strikes Back which features folk shouting: "BANG!" a lot.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 13, 2013 20:43:52 GMT
re: THE MACRA TERROR serial soundtrack. The initial CD release used the Colin Baker narration from the tape release (moved around slightly in places). When the Lost TV Episodes cd sets were punted out, The Macra Terror was redone from scratch with new narration written and performed to bring it in line with other releases. I did want to hear it but without buying a boxset of stories I already had. I see it has now been released separately as a download for £4. Hurray. I must give it a spin. The previous narration was rather lacking in comparison to later releases of missing stories. www.audiogo.com/uk/doctor-who-the-macra-terror-tv-soundtrack-ian-stuart-black-gid-1011234-Ralph Listened to it today. Superb release. The quality of the soundtrack is much more dynamic and clear with the narration being somewhat better written. Got a vastly different experience from the story this time as it was so much easier to visualise what was going on and the story has improved somewhat for me. The previous two attempts were a bit of a chore to listen to in comparison. Well worth four quid of anyone's money. -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 13, 2013 22:04:09 GMT
Argh, The Twin Dilemma is hurting me. Saward was not a skilled novelist.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Apr 14, 2013 9:01:08 GMT
Argh, The Twin Dilemma is hurting me. Saward was not a skilled novelist. -Ralph I really enjoyed the Twin Dilemma audiobook. Sure it meanders a lot, but there's a ton of nice stuff in there |
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 14, 2013 10:22:10 GMT
It's dreadful and as much as it pains me to say this: Colin's reading is really really bad! He's trying too hard to make it arch and funny.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 14, 2013 20:11:07 GMT
Impulse buy was the TV soundtrack of The Tenth Planet. Top stuff. Damn you, Audiogo and your cheap download prices!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Apr 14, 2013 20:33:41 GMT
The Target version of The Twin Dilemma is not good. I remember reading it in the past and finding it tough going.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 14, 2013 20:35:45 GMT
It is a shame. I am one of those who actually likes the TV serial but in novel form it is a rare Target dud.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Apr 14, 2013 20:39:52 GMT
It is a shame. I am one of those who actually likes the TV serial but in novel form it is a rare Target dud. -Ralph You guys are all wrong! Wrong, I say! |
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