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Post by The Doctor on Aug 20, 2018 8:56:57 GMT
DWM mentions a big 20th anniversary of BF DW story. On the one hand it appears to have everyone in it. On the other hand it has the same writers who appear to do 99% of BF's input these days. Good writers but some diversity of voices please! It is becoming increasingly tiresome not to mention odd given how much stuff BF churns out every month. EDIT: Up on the BF site too. www.bigfinish.com/news/v/doctor-who-the-legacy-of-time-Ralph |
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Post by Jim on Aug 20, 2018 10:44:36 GMT
Hmmm, it looks fairly enticing, but like you say some new writers are needed. And I'm not sure about all the writers there, either, some of them more miss than hit in my (limited) experience.
Definitely up for some 6th Doctor / Charley though, they were great together! I hope it really is Charley as well and not that doppelganger from the latter part of their pairing. That was a terrible idea.
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 24, 2018 14:07:10 GMT
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Post by Jim on Aug 24, 2018 14:14:06 GMT
oh, nice, I'll be taking a look at that later!
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 24, 2018 22:00:22 GMT
Argh. I need s5 but no spare pennies in the budget. Another time!
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Aug 24, 2018 22:31:00 GMT
Yes, other than getting Solitaire about the time I started getting into Big Finish I hadn't paid much attention to them until recently. In recent weeks I've listened to The Anachronauts and The Scorchies, and both were great. The other four I have waiting for me are: The Forbidden Time The Jigsaw War The Apocalypse Mirror The Sleeping City I have been through all of these now, every one a winner! The Jigsaw War particularly sticks in the mind, though. And Frazer Hines is just amazing in everything he's in. |
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Post by Jim on Aug 25, 2018 20:32:35 GMT
Grabbed a few things in the 4th Doctor sale; the first 4 season 5 releases as I have some trust in those writers and the one cowritten by Louise Jameson from season 3.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 26, 2018 10:37:52 GMT
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Post by Jim on Aug 27, 2018 7:05:57 GMT
Grabbed a few things in the 4th Doctor sale; the first 4 season 5 releases as I have some trust in those writers and the one cowritten by Louise Jameson from season 3. I just glanced back at this and it reads like I don't want to try new writers which is not what I meant - the other options were all Fitton / Dorney / Briggs / Barnes, and while they've all written stuff I've enjoyed they've tended to disappoint lately. More new blood please! |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 27, 2018 8:59:15 GMT
Yes some new blood is required. Nowt against the regular writers but variety is also good.
Recently heard the 3rd set of The War Doctor. It's ok but not a patch on the first 2 and the need to have not-Servalan in every episode is becoming a bit limiting to the series by this point. Also having the constant underscoring of the War Doctor's theme is becoming as silly as how 'I am the Doctor' seemed to be used every few seconds at times during the 11th Doctor's run on telly!
Hopefully the 4th set closes the series on a high.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 31, 2018 12:26:06 GMT
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Post by Jim on Aug 31, 2018 12:38:24 GMT
Aaaah, more good news! I was thinking just the other evening that I'd like some more stand-alone, less high-stakes stories for McGann again.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 2, 2018 21:37:07 GMT
Just finished the 3rd of the 4 War Doctor sets. Enjoying the series, and will be sad to see it end.
Andy
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Post by KnightBeat on Sept 2, 2018 23:20:28 GMT
Aaaah, more good news! I was thinking just the other evening that I'd like some more stand-alone, less high-stakes stories for McGann again. I was going to ask how Lucie Miller got better, but it looks like BF have done the sensible thing of setting the stories before her death. I will put away my pitchfork. |
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Post by Jim on Sept 3, 2018 8:05:47 GMT
I was glad to see that as well. I've been avoiding those Sara Kingdom Companion Chronicles where the blurb for them imply that she has survived in some way. Maybe they're good (they probably are!) but undoing a death like that always feels off to me.
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 3, 2018 9:30:57 GMT
The Sara Kingdom CC's are the best they've done in that line. Really original and interesting.
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Sept 3, 2018 13:15:55 GMT
I had a feeling they would be really good! I loved The Anachronauts. Maybe I need to get over that and check them out (next time they're on special offer)...
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 3, 2018 13:34:57 GMT
The thing is, I can't say why they're good without spoiling what makes them good. All I can say is that they deal with the possible return of Sara Kingdom in a way that I thought was both clever and did not negate the end of THE DALEKS' MASTERPLAN.
The first three CC's she is in form a trilogy with the framing story so need to heard in release order.
In general, I thought the CC's were BF's most consistent DW range for series 1-8. They returned in a 'boxset' format which I don't feel has been as strong though I can't quite put my finger on why.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 19, 2018 10:14:22 GMT
*opens DWM*
*screams*
The next vinyl is 5th of October at HMV. Travelling that day so no chance. A deep sigh for limited editions. Burns wants the complete set but no way now! I care not for how limited they are. I just think they are nice collector items.
Another one at Sainsburgeries on October 19th.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 19, 2018 10:19:01 GMT
Swindon agent contacted!
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Sept 20, 2018 9:40:02 GMT
What are the vinyls? I hope they're not in the pathetically small quantities as before. Not getting that Tennant one really turned me off getting any more.
I hope they are doing a vinyl of Exile to tie in with the female Doctor.
With a warning label on it saying "we did it first but please don't listen as it's terrible"
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 20, 2018 11:04:51 GMT
A Tennamt for Hmv and a Tom for Sainsburgeries. 'Limited' though number not stated.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Sept 20, 2018 19:38:18 GMT
The Sara Kingdom CC's are the best they've done in that line. Really original and interesting. -Ralph Yep, I'd second that. Their approach is very well thought through, the stories are very good in the way they blend the atmosphere of that period of the show with some interesting SF/Fantasy ideas and the performances are absolutely stand-out. Definitely worth the while - they are perennial relistens for me. Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 21, 2018 9:05:52 GMT
A Tennamt for Hmv and a Tom for Sainsburgeries. 'Limited' though number not stated. -Ralph Blurb: www.bigfinish.com/news/v/more-big-finish-on-vinyl"HMV and Sainsbury's are incredible partners to work with and because of the previous demand they've upped the production numbers on each release" Last time it was 750 at HMV and 1500 at Sainsburgeries and they will mostly gone by mid-day. I hope the new production numbers are more reasonable! -Ralph |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 21, 2018 19:13:24 GMT
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Post by blueshift on Sept 21, 2018 19:20:22 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 21, 2018 19:30:08 GMT
1250 of Tennant HMV release (750 last time).
2000 of Tom Sainsburgeries release (1500 last time).
Source: digging through BF replying to queries on their FB page. They also mention looking into international releases (outside UK) in the future as well as something from another range.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Sept 21, 2018 19:39:22 GMT
1250 of Tennant HMV release (750 last time). 2000 of Tom Sainsburgeries release (1500 last time). Source: digging through BF replying to queries on their FB page. They also mention looking into international releases (outside UK) in the future as well as something from another range. -Ralph I still need their last one (availability of that was a shambles. I was at HMV at opening time but there was only one which was grabbed (and that was also the store BF decided to do their livestream from!) It seems HMV moved most of their stock to the Birmingham store! Thankfully ebay prices are slightly less insane now |
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 21, 2018 20:30:12 GMT
That live stream was extremely obnoxious.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Sept 22, 2018 12:15:37 GMT
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