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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2016 19:00:36 GMT
I've been tempted to pick these up for quite a while now, but they are so damn expensive that making that initial plunge, sight unseen (or sound unheard, if you will) has been a bit of a difficult hurdle for me to clear.
So has anyone here purchased any of these sets, and if so, do you recommend them? Is the mix of narration and original audio well done? How well do they actually work as an audio experience, story wise? Any thoughts or opinions on the subject are most welcome. Cheers.
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Post by SoundableObject on Aug 22, 2016 21:32:32 GMT
If you want to try before you take the plunge there are a few of the soundtracks that can be bought pretty cheap these days. The Enemy of the World is usually really cheap for example for obvious reasons!
I think the format isn't to everybody's taste but they do work well. Some of them are the best way to experience the story, I've found. For example I think The Power of the Daleks is best as the soundtrack rather than the recon.
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Post by coffeeaddict on Aug 22, 2016 21:52:01 GMT
They are decent - linking audio has been recorded for sections where visuals would have explained the scene originally. In some cases these audio versions make you wonder if it was the best episodes of the early years that were lost.
Dalek Master plan is a most enjoyable way to pass an afternoon.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2016 22:03:10 GMT
They're a pretty good purchase if you can swipe some of the Loose Cannon reconstructions as well. As coffeeaddict says, you can't really go wrong with The Daleks' Master Plan.
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Post by constonks on Aug 23, 2016 1:32:13 GMT
Oh, I loved listening to these. When I watched through Doctor Who in one year, that's the only way I tackled the lost episodes. I didn't even bother with the recons, really. I had thirty minutes to and from school every day and I used it to listen to the Hartnell and Troughton era. Some of them I remember quite clearly - The Daleks' Master Plan and The Power of the Daleks are both mentioned above as being great listens and that's true. I've re-listened to a few recently - Toymaker, Highlanders, Savages and Power. Toymaker doesn't hold up the best, tbh, but it's very visual (and not very good plotwise). The rest are all good.
My favourites, though? The Web of Fear and The Evil of the Daleks. Which is why I was so excited when they found Web.
And actually, these recons are how I got into Big Finish. Having finished the narrated soundtracks, I found myself a lot more interested in listening to stories on my walk instead of music!
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Post by Whovitt on Aug 23, 2016 2:06:48 GMT
Oh, I loved listening to these. When I watched through Doctor Who in one year, that's the only way I tackled the lost episodes. I didn't even bother with the recons, really. I had thirty minutes to and from school every day and I used it to listen to the Hartnell and Troughton era. Some of them I remember quite clearly - The Daleks' Master Plan and The Power of the Daleks are both mentioned above as being great listens and that's true. I've re-listened to a few recently - Toymaker, Highlanders, Savages and Power. Toymaker doesn't hold up the best, tbh, but it's very visual (and not very good plotwise). The rest are all good. My favourites, though? The Web of Fear and The Evil of the Daleks. Which is why I was so excited when they found Web. And actually, these recons are how I got into Big Finish. Having finished the narrated soundtracks, I found myself a lot more interested in listening to stories on my walk instead of music! That's exactly how I listened to these - walking to and from school every day! For the majority of that time I only owned the 4th and 5th sets though, and when I last checked I think I had listened to every story in those sets something like 17 times each! Also a great lover of The Web of Fear and The Evil of the Daleks, though I think The Macra Terror and The Faceless Ones don't get as much attention as they deserve I also moved on to Big Finish having heard all of these; I'd seen everything on TV, heard everything I couldn't, and needed something else to stop me from going insane Anyway, in regards to whether these are any good: yes, yes they are! They're very similar to The Third Doctor Adventures: Volume 1 and (from what I understand) The Early Adventures - it's essentially the dialogue that drives the stories, with narration to explain any visual aspects that aren't obvious. The narration is usually unintrusive, and is only used when necessary or (occasionally) to dramatic effect, especially in fight scenes during stories like Marco Polo, The Massacre and The Evil of the Daleks. Though they aren't cheap (I made my collection over a course of 18 months), they're definitely worth it
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Post by coffeeaddict on Aug 23, 2016 19:06:32 GMT
I'm hoping that Book Depository will mark down the second and third boxes at some point as I wouldn't mind getting more of the lost episodes.
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Post by Timelord007 on Aug 30, 2016 8:55:15 GMT
Way overpriced going for £70 on Amazon, yeah the boxsets are good, each story is individually slipcased & the narration is done well thankfully i purchased these upon release when they were at the more affordable price of £35.
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Post by bobod on Aug 31, 2016 10:13:31 GMT
I got most of these but already had all the originals. Other than The Macra Terror is there anything different about any of them?
Seems daft having both sets.
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Post by mark687 on Aug 31, 2016 10:23:54 GMT
I got most of these but already had all the originals. Other than The Macra Terror is there anything different about any of them? Seems daft having both sets. When you say original do you mean on cassette or CD?
Power and Macra in particular have more dialogue and are clearer then the Cassette versions.
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Post by bobod on Aug 31, 2016 10:32:24 GMT
CD.
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Post by mark687 on Aug 31, 2016 10:39:41 GMT
Well as I said, I found Macra a lot clearer on CD than Cassette.
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Post by bobod on Aug 31, 2016 11:28:02 GMT
Yeah, that's the only one I knew of any difference in. The new Anneke linking narration.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2016 23:14:23 GMT
Belated thanks for the replies, all. Much appreciated. Gave me some encouraging food for thought, anyway. I guess, as with most things, the only way to really test is to buy one of the sets and try it out for myself.
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Post by agentten on Sept 5, 2016 16:26:19 GMT
I've been wondering about these sets, too, so I've secured "The Dalek's Master Plan". Should arrive by post next week and I'm looking forward to hearing it. I recently rewatched all of the orphaned episodes and it really wetted my appetite for more.
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Post by coffeeaddict on Sept 5, 2016 17:48:35 GMT
I've been wondering about these sets, too, so I've secured "The Dalek's Master Plan". Should arrive by post next week and I'm looking forward to hearing it. I recently rewatched all of the orphaned episodes and it really wetted my appetite for more. And it is the first appearance of Nicholas Courtney in Doctor Who, that alone makes it a must have - not to mention it being one of the strongest Dalek serials. Such a shame that it wasn't one of the ones recovered.
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Post by Ela on Sept 13, 2016 18:48:49 GMT
They're a pretty good purchase if you can swipe some of the Loose Cannon reconstructions as well. As coffeeaddict says, you can't really go wrong with The Daleks' Master Plan. Are the Loose Cannon reconstructions even available anymore? I have to say I enjoyed those.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2016 1:51:19 GMT
They're a pretty good purchase if you can swipe some of the Loose Cannon reconstructions as well. As coffeeaddict says, you can't really go wrong with The Daleks' Master Plan. Are the Loose Cannon reconstructions even available anymore? I have to say I enjoyed those. It has a bit of a complicated answer that one. Technically they're available, but practically you do have to hunt for them quite a bit. You used to be able to find them on torrenting websites in amongst the other fan-produced material that was just too big to simply hand over in a *.zip file. More often than not they're worth the search. Not just for the reconstructions themselves, but also for the additional content they were able to create on the side (which I often see isn't included in the copies on Dailymotion or YouTube). Marco Polo has a brief history of the titular explorer's travels and exclusive intro and outros performed in character by Marc Eden. The Daleks' Master Plan has an interview with Jean Marsh, intros and outros narrated by Kevin Stoney and adaptations of the original The Destroyers script and the Cadet Sweet Card stories. The Evil of the Daleks has Colin Baker narrating some interesting tidbits about the story's production, a few anecdotes from Sonny Caldinez who played Kemel and new footage shot with a Dalek at Grim's Dyke Mansion House where the original was filmed.
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Post by Ela on Sept 14, 2016 2:39:27 GMT
One guy who used to post them on Dailymotion included at least some of the additional material. He closed his channel, though.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2016 5:45:50 GMT
They're a pretty good purchase if you can swipe some of the Loose Cannon reconstructions as well. As coffeeaddict says, you can't really go wrong with The Daleks' Master Plan. Are the Loose Cannon reconstructions even available anymore? I have to say I enjoyed those. You need to search out El Doctor in on Daily motion. He is official Loose Cannon and the quality of his uploads is awesome, whereas previous uploaders have used YouTube rips (YouTube bandwidth is not as good as DailyMotion)
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