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Post by inchmix on Oct 6, 2018 10:36:30 GMT
Finally got series 3 on CD. So Ive listened to series 1 & 2 again. Now halfway through series 3. What an excellent BF range.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2018 11:09:35 GMT
Finally got series 3 on CD. So Ive listened to series 1 & 2 again. Now halfway through series 3. What an excellent BF range. It is let us look forward to a possibility of another series once more people get to stretch their wings beyond the Who Ranges at least BF dont have to worry about the cast looking older 😂
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Post by inchmix on Oct 6, 2018 11:45:41 GMT
Finally got series 3 on CD. So Ive listened to series 1 & 2 again. Now halfway through series 3. What an excellent BF range. It is let us look forward to a possibility of another series once more people get to stretch their wings beyond the Who Ranges at least BF dont have to worry about the cast looking older 😂 Unfortunately we cant get 100,000 signatures, to prevent a BF range from getting axed, like fans do with axed tv shows
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2018 11:55:47 GMT
It is let us look forward to a possibility of another series once more people get to stretch their wings beyond the Who Ranges at least BF dont have to worry about the cast looking older 😂 Unfortunately we cant get 100,000 signatures, to prevent a BF range from getting axed, like fans do with axed tv shows I think as i have said and i get the same feeling on here people are branching out of the who range and experimenting in other areas and enjoying them too
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Post by inchmix on Oct 6, 2018 12:02:18 GMT
Unfortunately we cant get 100,000 signatures, to prevent a BF range from getting axed, like fans do with axed tv shows I think as i have said and i get the same feeling on here people are branching out of the who range and experimenting in other areas and enjoying them too Yes true, audity. A similar thing has happened before. I remember someone at BF saying, Gallifrey was to end at series 3. But then time passed and sales took off. So Gallifrey made a comeback with series 4. So yes it could happen with omega factor too. Hope so.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2018 13:12:09 GMT
I think as i have said and i get the same feeling on here people are branching out of the who range and experimenting in other areas and enjoying them too Yes true, audity. A similar thing has happened before. I remember someone at BF saying, Gallifrey was to end at series 3. But then time passed and sales took off. So Gallifrey made a comeback with series 4. So yes it could happen with omega factor too. Hope so. Yes and hopeful New Countermeasures will return too at some point.I used to be such a pessimist
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Post by Deleted on Oct 6, 2019 6:25:01 GMT
I was feeling kind of guilty not having got around to Spiders web yet. But the Scottish Autumn Winter nights have arrived. its ideal material for this kind of weather.
I enjoyed all three series and the audiobook by Louise. Revisiting this series is a pleasure as i have very fond memories of the Tv show and seeing Louise in something post Leela.Even this audio series has legs beyond the three series its got but glad we got three and an ending that works as a finale.Though i can hope for more one offs,which really would be lovely.
This is psychological/supernatural story telling at its best . Does it un nerve as the TV show did-it certainly does in heaps and spades.
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Post by BHTvsTFC on Dec 28, 2019 20:36:21 GMT
Just finished rewatching the television series - it's such a shame Hazledine and Carlisle are no longer with us. Both superb actors who would have brightened any range and would have been very well received had they recreated their roles for Omega on audio. I got more of the antagonism between Tom and Roy this time and Roy, in particular, intrigued me with his world view beyond both Department 7 and Omega; a second season could have so worked on this.
The episodes we have are wonderful and pre-date the similar X Files by over a decade. I think all the episodes work, give or take some strange production values and casting choices - Bruce Boa, cough, cough - and they all leave distinctive images in the mind afterwards. Looking forward to revisiting the audios next.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 28, 2019 22:12:06 GMT
Just finished rewatching the television series - it's such a shame Hazledine and Carlisle are no longer with us. Both superb actors who would have brightened any range and would have been very well received had they recreated their roles for Omega on audio. I got more of the antagonism between Tom and Roy this time and Roy, in particular, intrigued me with his world view beyond both Department 7 and Omega; a second season could have so worked on this. The episodes we have are wonderful and pre-date the similar X Files by over a decade. I think all the episodes work, give or take some strange production values and casting choices - Bruce Boa, cough, cough - and they all leave distinctive images in the mind afterwards. Looking forward to revisiting the audios next. I have always enjoyed re-watching the television series having re-watched it periodically since its DVD release in 2005. I would have liked to have seen more made of Drexel, as played so well by Cyril Luckham (The White Guardian). Less is more, but he seemed to be defeated too easily. A second series may have shown that what we saw of his demise may not have been what was... All told casting wise, Nicholas Coppin as Tom Crane's brother seemed the poorest choice for a returning character. He passed away in 2016 all due respect, but his delivery of the script was way off to say the least. As a standalone series, it creates a convincing sense of the dangers of the paranormal for what was a pre-watershed programme, no hammy or OTT scenarios, but only the suggestion of violence. I clearly enjoyed it at the time, but on watching the DVD's the opening titles were the strongest recollection. I do however remember being disappointed when 'The Krypton Factor' was advertised and it did not have any connection, so I was evidently keen on watching more of the same. I was not quite 8 years old when it was on after all... So far I have enjoyed Louise's reading of the Novelisation above listening to Series 1 of the BF 30 'years after' revival, whilst the 'Spiders Web' audio book has struck me as a bit gory in description to the spirit of the TV series (I have not completed it yet). All told, this was Jack Gerson's work and follow on dramas are speculative as to where he may have gone with the series. I would have preferred a recasting of James Hazeldine and for BF to have picked up a few years after the TV series for a proper follow on to the TV series (with Natasha Gerson on-board naturally).
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Post by BHTvsTFC on Dec 31, 2019 10:41:56 GMT
So far I have enjoyed Louise's reading of the Novelisation above listening to Series 1 of the BF 30 'years after' revival, whilst the 'Spiders Web' audio book has struck me as a bit gory in description to the spirit of the TV series (I have not completed it yet). All told, this was Jack Gerson's work and follow on dramas are speculative as to where he may have gone with the series. I would have preferred a recasting of James Hazeldine and for BF to have picked up a few years after the TV series for a proper follow on to the TV series (with Natasha Gerson on-board naturally). It's always the same whenever a concept is revived. I read somewhere that for (the few) people who were disappointed in Doctor Who's revival in 2005 one of the reasons was seeing an infinite number of possibilities gradually worn down with each announcement. Whatever the vision of the show you had in your mind it was slowly compromised by the announcements of RTD, Eccleston, Piper, etc. A recasting of Tom might not have been a bad idea, especially if the revival was still set in the present. Anything could have happened to him to make him sound different, etc. Listening to Series One again I am struck by how different this is to the TV series funnily enough; they've gone down the 'Powers of Darkness,' 'Wicker Man' Old Gods route with it rather than general stand alone examinations of cases that can't be defined by the usual procedures. The series is largely about Adam, a character who never appeared in the original, and his attempts to deal with the changes in his life. Anne is definitely an older version of the character we had in the show; again we have to get to know her from scratch - Doctor Who writers take note, this is how you write an older version of an established character! It's a very intense revival relying on a lot of sound and fury - lots of roaring, arguing, big sound effects, and this is probably my biggest problem with it. As well acted, written and produced as it is, it could have done with the volume turning down a tad. Listening on head phones late at night I came away from the first three episodes in need of painkillers! Edited to add: I agree that Cyril Luckham's Drexel was criminally underused in the television series.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2021 5:57:22 GMT
1.1 From Beyond by Matt Fitton
“Dr Anne Reynolds finds her life's work under threat as Department 7 faces review. Is there really any place for paranormal investigation in government? Help arrives from an unlikely source, as a young man comes to Edinburgh looking for answers. Adam Dean holds a connection to Anne's past, which will open the doors of perception and take them down a new and disturbing path...”
Time for a revisit now that winters setting in.cold nights and Scotland ideal listening time.As a series opener this is a great introduction and although knowledge of the original show is always a help this script invites new listeners to join easily into the goings on at Department 7.Louise returns to her role with a vaper and not a fag and John Dorney we have to be glad takes the role of her previous partners son.(lets be honest not only a brilliant script writer but on audio a good strong solid actor too-check out Macedon in The Doctor Who range).We get to explore Adams gifts if you can call them that and there is an immediate connection between him and Louise.I know its been said before this is the precursor to X Files but without the mythology that got lost up its own ass in the end. As an introductory story it ticks all the boxes we get to know what department 7 is and how Anne is fighting to save it.we get to know Toms son and his gifts and his trying to find his place in the world and we get a background story of siblings.the sound design is up to the usual big finish standard.I t really is a show to get into and those not wanting to commit long term it rounds of in a complete kind of way in series 3 and a few novel audiobooks but there is always room for more one offs which would be good we shall see. I got hooked back into the series and remember so well the initial run but this is a fresh start too and it works .
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2021 6:17:11 GMT
1.2 The Old Gods by Phil Mulryne
“Looking into Tom Crane's legacy, Anne and Adam investigate a remote community, isolated from the distractions of the twenty-first century. As Anne fights to justify Department 7's existence, Adam begins to learn how dangerous his new life can be. For when the world is stripped of the trappings of today, only the old gods are left to rule it...”
onwards to story two and Adam seems to have committed himself to his fathers legacy and the bond between Anne and him has progressed.It is into a world of old Paganism that the second tale takes us,remote communities and new age(as they say nothing new under the sun).There is always something for me remotely sinister in people wishing to return to an older age as if it is something truly great and Terry Molloy immediately gives me the creeps as all self confessed gurus tend to do to me (hey i have my beliefs too).This is the kind of tale that omega factor is about and as usual the host of characters are strongly acted.The protectiveness of Anne towards Adam is lovely and Louise really does play it well almost confessing her love for Adams father.Adam is shown to have ideas of his own but without Annes experience in this realm she knows the potential dangers and he comes across as eager to please.Terry Malloy as usual is sinister from the word go and listeners who might know his Who characters will sense this. Phil Mulryne delivers a worthy script for the series.Playing it as a brand new listener(which am not) i definitely remain hooked and interested .
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2021 7:08:35 GMT
1.3 Legion by Cavan Scott
“Exorcism is alive and well and making a healthy profit in modern Scotland. As one practitioner's unsavoury methods are called to account, a terrible force threatens to be unleashed. While Anne follows the trail left by Tom Crane, Adam hears a voice from his father's past calling for help - but what will it cost him if he chooses to answer?”
Well times have moved on when characters will put on herbal tea for visitors instead of coffee. I am very much of the opinion that a GOOD Catholic family would go through the proper channels as regards Excorcism and not resort to outsiders( and especially not Wanda MacCrum (Georgie Glen-superb) So i always mark this story down a bit as they could have saved themselves a lot of shall we say-hassle. We continue in deeper with the supernatural with freelancing non-denominational exorcists and possession there are some things you just don’t mess with you get the real ghostbusters in ,and we get more of Toms past and Adams legacy. Initial gripes aside our heroes are well and truly established with each other and the eerie quality of these audios continues with some great sound design.The Standard of story telling is still on the HIGH
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2021 19:19:09 GMT
and now for the final tale been a busy wee day for me
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Post by muckypup on Nov 6, 2021 19:44:01 GMT
Last one is a real scary treat……
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2021 19:53:47 GMT
Last one is a real scary treat…… Yes I remembered lol am listening in the dark lol
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2021 20:09:58 GMT
1.4 The Hollow Earth by Ken Bentley
A church is meant to be a place of sanctuary. Of peace. Of protection. But when Anne and Adam look into disappearances among the homeless of one Southside parish, they find themselves trapped and terrified within the walls of St Nicholas as all hell breaks loose around them...
Its unusual to have Ken Bentley actually writing a script.But our Duo are investigating in a church and there are some nice wee Touches .There are lots of paranormal mumbo jumbo and all the usual new age technobabble that the department investigates as they say and the story has some genuinely chilling imagined moments.Look long enough into the abyss and you will find the abyss looking back at you.I actually like that Anne doesn’t dismiss the reverends beliefs it’s is Adam despite his brush with the possible demonic in that last story that shows skepticism and even the explanation of possible empty church numbers allowing more demonic access is a plausible explanation within the story.I also like that faith isn’t dismissed at all Dracula became less scary when they removed the deity behind the Crucifix and he became unafraid of it or Holy water or the Host. This tale has great sound design as all these tales have had.Good scary stuff ending the set with another strong story. A good intelligent script from ken Bentley again top marks
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Post by ljwilson on Nov 9, 2021 14:28:09 GMT
Good reviews mate, I've been inspired to start a relisten this evening.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jun 13, 2022 8:53:22 GMT
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Post by tuigirl on Nov 4, 2023 19:11:05 GMT
Series 1: This is a nice spooky release. You cannot fault the great performances and the pacing, and also the sound design and sound effects are well done and effective. I just did not fall in love with this. It is very dark atmospherically and emotionally, I did not really get into the main characters and I missed some fun and levity. Someone recommended this to me, saying it was like the UK X- files. No, it is not. There always was some humor in the X-files. This here is dark and serious. I think it depends on one‘s preferences how much you will like this approach.
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