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Post by whiskeybrewer on Oct 16, 2019 10:50:33 GMT
Creatures of Beauty
Bleak, unrelenting, outstanding. Gripping from start to finish, brilliantly performed and produced; a masterpiece by Nick Briggs.
Agreed. Its one of those fantastic stories with so many layers
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Chancellery Guard
It's tangerine....not orange
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Post by ljwilson on Oct 16, 2019 12:02:57 GMT
Creatures of Beauty
Bleak, unrelenting, outstanding. Gripping from start to finish, brilliantly performed and produced; a masterpiece by Nick Briggs.
It is really good, and one of those audios that is a bit more adult in tone than usual. And I didn't see the link throughout, until it hit me between the ears in those last few moments. An outstanding 9 out of 10.
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Post by tuigirl on Oct 16, 2019 12:37:52 GMT
I hope to get finished on the latest 5th Doctor release and of course start with the Paternosters. Luckily, I have one last day off work. Huzzah!
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Post by mark687 on Oct 16, 2019 12:54:43 GMT
PG Heritage 2
(All round feel good fun)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2019 13:37:55 GMT
2.2-Sapphire and Steel-The Surest Poison-Richard Dinnick
Well thanks to some good fortune and ebay I get to finally listen to some more of the Range as i only owned and had heard Joe Lidsters Daisy Chain which i loved...and glad to say this kicks it off to a good start.
I may wet myself with the thrill of it hahahaha
well am glad i got to listen to this finally.Pissed i missed this range.what an excellent and insightful extras section too. As i had only Daisy Chain to work with it was hard to grasp what the series would be like. Its good to know now i would have enjoyed it just as much as my beloved TV version of it ❤️
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2019 15:44:57 GMT
2.3-sapphire and Steel-Water Like A Stone-Nigel Fairs
Well third tale for me in the range but am a wee bit apprehensive as reading the cover Nick Briggs is in it and if anything can bring me out of a tale its Nick he is just far too memorable a vocal for me.But am sure i will get over it. and Lisa Bowerman too this is going to be an interesting listen
great wee story but as usual overdone by Briggs even if i didnt know who he was i find him distracting for some reason.(do not mean to be cruel)I can take Nick as a flamboyant Sherlock but have difficulty with him in a role that requires depths and gravitas it just doesnt seem to be in his repertoire.Sorry Nick
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Chancellery Guard
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Post by ljwilson on Oct 16, 2019 18:18:59 GMT
Exotron - another one I've now finished after a previous failed attempt, and it was fairly enjoyable without being spectacular. The Major was a bit of a loon. A 6 out of 10.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2019 18:20:32 GMT
MR-131-Survival Of the Fittest/Kleins Story-Jonathan Clements/John ainsworth
Sometimes you just need a wee bit of Klein, before bedtime 😎
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Post by tuigirl on Oct 16, 2019 18:30:06 GMT
MR-131-Survival Of the Fittest/Kleins Story-Jonathan Clements/John ainsworthSometimes you just need a wee bit of Klein, before bedtime 😎 I really liked Nazi Klein. We should get more stories with her.
And I really would like a more detailed re-telling of the story of the 8th Doctor fooling her... starting from 7 being gunned down, crawled off into the night and survived to rise up in the ranks to get near Klein. That would be awesome.
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Post by polly on Oct 16, 2019 19:28:38 GMT
2.3-sapphire and Steel-Water Like A Stone-Nigel FairsWell third tale for me in the range but am a wee bit apprehensive as reading the cover Nick Briggs is in it and if anything can bring me out of a tale its Nick he is just far too memorable a vocal for me.But am sure i will get over it. and Lisa Bowerman too this is going to be an interesting listen great wee story but as usual overdone by Briggs even if i didnt know who he was i find him distracting for some reason.(do not mean to be cruel)I can take Nick as a flamboyant Sherlock but have difficulty with him in a role that requires depths and gravitas it just doesnt seem to be in his repertoire.Sorry Nick I feel the same way about Nick, but I can never tell if it's actually his acting, or just because I've heard his speaking voice so much on podcasts, BF idents, extras, etc. I like the Sherlocks but even those were took a while for me to picture Holmes and not Nick in a booth somewhere.
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Post by barnabaslives on Oct 16, 2019 20:36:16 GMT
2.3-sapphire and Steel-Water Like A Stone-Nigel FairsWell third tale for me in the range but am a wee bit apprehensive as reading the cover Nick Briggs is in it and if anything can bring me out of a tale its Nick he is just far too memorable a vocal for me.But am sure i will get over it. and Lisa Bowerman too this is going to be an interesting listen great wee story but as usual overdone by Briggs even if i didnt know who he was i find him distracting for some reason.(do not mean to be cruel)I can take Nick as a flamboyant Sherlock but have difficulty with him in a role that requires depths and gravitas it just doesnt seem to be in his repertoire.Sorry Nick Many audios and podcasts later, I sometimes find Nick distracting because I do know who he is, he has a very distinctive baritone and I think he is given to subtlety in many of his roles. I still think he ends up in a lot of things to help them meet budget rather than trying to steal the show. It may also be the way he is usually recorded because it often seems to greatly accentuate the distinctive bassiness of his voice, whereas in one audio it sounded like they had turned the bass down on his voice and he played two or three different roles in that one without me even guessing it was him until I read the credits. I wish I could remember which one it was but it seems like it was a monthly range story. Doesn't bother me too much, I think it's fun for him to pop up in different productions, it's just that I think he might get credited with a greater range if his microphone had less range. :-) I do like his Holmes, I bought the whole range in a bundle, although I haven't got to them yet because I keep looking for times when I can give the stories undivided attention. It's not that I think I have the wits to match wits with Holmes, but I at least want to try to catch the clues. Nice to still have ranges to look forward to, though.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2019 5:13:07 GMT
2.3-sapphire and Steel-Water Like A Stone-Nigel FairsWell third tale for me in the range but am a wee bit apprehensive as reading the cover Nick Briggs is in it and if anything can bring me out of a tale its Nick he is just far too memorable a vocal for me.But am sure i will get over it. and Lisa Bowerman too this is going to be an interesting listen great wee story but as usual overdone by Briggs even if i didnt know who he was i find him distracting for some reason.(do not mean to be cruel)I can take Nick as a flamboyant Sherlock but have difficulty with him in a role that requires depths and gravitas it just doesnt seem to be in his repertoire.Sorry Nick I feel the same way about Nick, but I can never tell if it's actually his acting, or just because I've heard his speaking voice so much on podcasts, BF idents, extras, etc. I like the Sherlocks but even those were took a while for me to picture Holmes and not Nick in a booth somewhere. From reading the Big Finish Companion ,Nigel fairs had intended the roles to go to Louise Jameson(Got to say Lisa was not distracting in this but Louise would have been) and Toby Longworth... I have put the last two episodes of the story aside. For a bit and will relisten later.
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Post by polly on Oct 17, 2019 6:16:18 GMT
The Fires of Vulcan
I get the nagging feeling we've been here before. Or we will be... So, Mel makes her audio debut. I'm aware her role here is widely praised, but I find it more of a mixed bag. I don't much care for her on the show, and at first I was worried I wasn't going to like her on audio, either. She spends far too much time in the first half loudly criticizing the Romans for their more barbarous qualities instead of actually being helpful. Now, I understand some initial culture shock, or slips of the tongue. But it just carries on for far too long. It's not a well-earned dressing down at the climax of the story, nor is it the crux of the plotline like in The Aztecs. It's just counterproductive and she should know that by now. The second half, though, is where she excels. She continues to work at an escape from the city, even when the Doctor has resigned himself to his fate. She carries her own little plotline with Celsinus admirably, and I was cheering her on as she tracked down the TARDIS and put the screws to Eumachia. More like this! Sylvester McCoy is very good in this as well. I really liked the added twist on what would otherwise be a traditional - though very good - historical, that the Doctor believes that his being trapped here is a foregone conclusion. There is a ticking clock and seemingly no way out. The story also builds up a rich set of guest characters, and the eruption is truly apocalyptic, accompanied by a very impressive, cinematic score. I can visualize this one very strongly. Better still, the fates of our Roman characters are not explicitly revealed. It's a nice bit of ambiguity to chew on, and as the Doctor says, we'll never know. An excellent story, and the best outing for Seven yet. +1 bonus for the Roman setting.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2019 8:17:34 GMT
The Fires of Vulcan
I get the nagging feeling we've been here before. Or we will be... So, Mel makes her audio debut. I'm aware her role here is widely praised, but I find it more of a mixed bag. I don't much care for her on the show, and at first I was worried I wasn't going to like her on audio, either. She spends far too much time in the first half loudly criticizing the Romans for their more barbarous qualities instead of actually being helpful. Now, I understand some initial culture shock, or slips of the tongue. But it just carries on for far too long. It's not a well-earned dressing down at the climax of the story, nor is it the crux of the plotline like in The Aztecs. It's just counterproductive and she should know that by now. The second half, though, is where she excels. She continues to work at an escape from the city, even when the Doctor has resigned himself to his fate. She carries her own little plotline with Celsinus admirably, and I was cheering her on as she tracked down the TARDIS and put the screws to Eumachia. More like this! Sylvester McCoy is very good in this as well. I really liked the added twist on what would otherwise be a traditional - though very good - historical, that the Doctor believes that his being trapped here is a foregone conclusion. There is a ticking clock and seemingly no way out. The story also builds up a rich set of guest characters, and the eruption is truly apocalyptic, accompanied by a very impressive, cinematic score. I can visualize this one very strongly. Better still, the fates of our Roman characters are not explicitly revealed. It's a nice bit of ambiguity to chew on, and as the Doctor says, we'll never know. An excellent story, and the best outing for Seven yet. +1 bonus for the Roman setting. Yes similarities were uncanny eh- and I actually prefer this version
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2019 18:25:44 GMT
2.3-sapphire and Steel-Water Like A Stone-Nigel FairsWell third tale for me in the range but am a wee bit apprehensive as reading the cover Nick Briggs is in it and if anything can bring me out of a tale its Nick he is just far too memorable a vocal for me.But am sure i will get over it. and Lisa Bowerman too this is going to be an interesting listen great wee story but as usual overdone by Briggs even if i didnt know who he was i find him distracting for some reason.(do not mean to be cruel)I can take Nick as a flamboyant Sherlock but have difficulty with him in a role that requires depths and gravitas it just doesnt seem to be in his repertoire.Sorry Nick Many audios and podcasts later, I sometimes find Nick distracting because I do know who he is, he has a very distinctive baritone and I think he is given to subtlety in many of his roles. I still think he ends up in a lot of things to help them meet budget rather than trying to steal the show. It may also be the way he is usually recorded because it often seems to greatly accentuate the distinctive bassiness of his voice, whereas in one audio it sounded like they had turned the bass down on his voice and he played two or three different roles in that one without me even guessing it was him until I read the credits. I wish I could remember which one it was but it seems like it was a monthly range story. Doesn't bother me too much, I think it's fun for him to pop up in different productions, it's just that I think he might get credited with a greater range if his microphone had less range. :-) I do like his Holmes, I bought the whole range in a bundle, although I haven't got to them yet because I keep looking for times when I can give the stories undivided attention. It's not that I think I have the wits to match wits with Holmes, but I at least want to try to catch the clues. Nice to still have ranges to look forward to, though. Right, i had to go back and listen to this again..and i can honestly say this about Nicks performance...it is fecking bloody awful and am trying to work out if its meant to be or not... now what would it have been like with Toby Longworth i wonder?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2019 18:54:20 GMT
2.4 Sapphire and Steel-Cruel Immortality-Nigel Fairs
A sweet relief...a beautiful beginning...here’s hoping the acting is better (sorry Nick).You can hear the beautiful ticking of clocks ...must be time for the DUO to arrive. Goodnight folks.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2019 19:16:02 GMT
The Third Doctor Adventures - Primord.
Amid a slew of rolling r's, this terrific and strangely heart-warming series continues with Mr Dorney's really strong story. I'm not usually madly keen on sequels unless there is something new to say, and here there definitely is. It's all creepy and great fun, and highly in-keeping with stoical style of early 1970's television. The clipped tones of the new Brig and the new L:iz join forces with the new Third Doctor and the convincing recreation of the UNIT 'family' is incredibly good. Of course, the glue that holds it all together and convinces 'recast sceptics' like myself of their worth, is Katy Manning, still magnificent as Jo.
The only concern I have is that as yet, I don't believe any further box-sets have yet been announced.
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Post by polly on Oct 17, 2019 19:21:11 GMT
Yes similarities were uncanny eh- and I actually prefer this version I think I do, too. Fires of Pompeii is good, but this feels richer and more detailed. As well it should at twice the running time. A story about people and fate, and on the other hand, a story about a volcano monster...
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Post by number13 on Oct 17, 2019 20:18:25 GMT
Paternoster Gang 2 : Dining with Death
Great work by Dan Starkey, I surrended in laughter before the writing power of the glorious Sontaran Empire's human ambassador!
{Spoiler} Do NOT ask a Sontaran to fix your plumbing. ('It was only a recreational grenade.')
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Oct 18, 2019 2:29:40 GMT
Dark Eyes Season 2 Episode 2. Lunchtime today.. We aren't quite in "lockdown" mode yet from yesterday's specific death threat... 4 hours to go till I finish work for the day , fingers crossed
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