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Post by coffeeaddict on Oct 28, 2016 15:27:12 GMT
With regard to omega , mark687 & bobod 's posts, I've never really taken to Thomas Brewster as a character so have shied away from getting his introduction before. Perhaps I should give it a go at this price ... Cheers Tony I hate that character so much those audios are low on my re-listen list.
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Post by redsharkJason on Oct 28, 2016 16:12:40 GMT
i would suggest anyone who doesn't have phantom of the opera in their collection, takes advantage of this sale to get it. banish all thoughts of the musical from your minds this is really the best "classic" release BF have done and now they have found the long lost music files it's an even better package as these were paid for extras at the time. Some time ago before explicitly purchasing all my BF products directly from BigFinish.com, I bought the Phantom of the Opera CD from Alien Entertainment. So, I am planning this weekend to plunk down an additional 5 bucks in order to mainly have access to its digital musical extras.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 28, 2016 22:27:03 GMT
I like Brewster, I wanted a McCoy trilogy with him too. Glad that didn't happen! Brewster had nothing going for him as far as I'm concerned. His stories, even on offer, aren't worth it. (IMO of course!)
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Post by Ela on Oct 28, 2016 22:51:30 GMT
For now, I got Companion Chronicles: The Doll of Death, and Sarah Jane Smith: Ghost Town. I'm think about the Iris Wildthyme Reloaded and Carnacki The Ghost Finder. I should really listen to the free episode I have of each of these before I decide.
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Post by aemiliapaula on Oct 28, 2016 23:23:04 GMT
I got Phantom of the Opera, Dark Shadows the Creeping Fog and House by the Sea. Not really a Dark Shadows person, (I did listen to Bloodlust and it was ok, but did not get me interested in the rest) these seemed like good standalone stories and it will be interesting to hear actors I know from DW in something different.
I've listened to half of the Carnacki so far, very good. Since I have not read the stories, I never know if the spirit is real or will turn out to be a hoax! Dan Starkey's narrating voice is gorgeous. Now that it's fall I wil listen to the other 3 stories.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2016 0:29:51 GMT
I took the opportunity to get into the Short Trips range and am really glad that I did.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2016 10:46:36 GMT
I took the opportunity to get into the Short Trips range and am really glad that I did. They are good, aren't they?
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Post by barnabaslives on Oct 30, 2016 2:55:43 GMT
I got Phantom of the Opera, Dark Shadows the Creeping Fog and House by the Sea. Not really a Dark Shadows person, (I did listen to Bloodlust and it was ok, but did not get me interested in the rest) these seemed like good standalone stories and it will be interesting to hear actors I know from DW in something different. Louise Jameson is just brilliant in the Dark Shadows audio, London's Burning, IMO. Still one of my favorite Dark Shadows of all.
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Post by omega on Oct 30, 2016 3:05:06 GMT
I got Phantom of the Opera, Dark Shadows the Creeping Fog and House by the Sea. Not really a Dark Shadows person, (I did listen to Bloodlust and it was ok, but did not get me interested in the rest) these seemed like good standalone stories and it will be interesting to hear actors I know from DW in something different. Nicola Bryant is great in The Blind Painter. Colin Baker's character from The House by the Sea has a cameo in Beyond the Grave (which takes the format of a ghost hunt TV broadcast that goes horribly wrong), and is also in The Harvest of Souls, follow-up for Beyond the Grave.
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Post by elkawho on Oct 30, 2016 4:41:48 GMT
I really loved The Haunting of Thomas Brewster, and I had high hopes for the character. So I agree with omega, the character did not come anywhere close to his potential.
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Post by omega on Oct 30, 2016 5:11:45 GMT
I really loved The Haunting of Thomas Brewster, and I had high hopes for the character. So I agree with omega , the character did not come anywhere close to his potential. It'd have been great if his relationship with the Doctor, both the Fifth and Sixth, was explored deeply. As if is, Brewster is absent for much of Boy That Time Forgot, appearing in a cameo at the end probably recorded during the recording of Time Reef, and Time Reef starts off with the Fifth Doctor very much annoyed at Brewster so not much development there before Brewster departs in A Perfect World (the one-part story on the second disc of Time Reef). The Sixth Doctor doesn't interact much with Brewster in Crimes of Thomas Brewster, and Brewster's competing with fan favorites Evelyn and DI Menzies anyway. Feast of Axos is like Time Reef in that the Doctor isn't happy with Brewster and has to deal with the problem on hand. There's a moment at the end where Evelyn makes the Doctor see how alike he and Brewster are, but it's a moment at the end of the story. They don't interact much in Industrial Evolution, at least not in any meaningful character development way. The stories could still happen without Brewster being there, and the fact that Maggie Stables was back as Evelyn was hook enough for that trilogy.
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Post by elkawho on Oct 30, 2016 5:18:45 GMT
I really loved The Haunting of Thomas Brewster, and I had high hopes for the character. So I agree with omega , the character did not come anywhere close to his potential. It'd have been great if his relationship with the Doctor, both the Fifth and Sixth, was explored deeply. As if is, Brewster is absent for much of Boy That Time Forgot, appearing in a cameo at the end probably recorded during the recording of Time Reef, and Time Reef starts off with the Fifth Doctor very much annoyed at Brewster so not much development there before Brewster departs in A Perfect World (the one-part story on the second disc of Time Reef). The Sixth Doctor doesn't interact much with Brewster in Crimes of Thomas Brewster, and Brewster's competing with fan favorites Evelyn and DI Menzies anyway. Feast of Axos is like Time Reef in that the Doctor isn't happy with Brewster and has to deal with the problem on hand. There's a moment at the end where Evelyn makes the Doctor see how alike he and Brewster are, but it's a moment at the end of the story. They don't interact much in Industrial Evolution, at least not in any meaningful character development way. The stories could still happen without Brewster being there, and the fact that Maggie Stables was back as Evelyn was hook enough for that trilogy. I agree with everything you've said. There was so much potential in the relationship between the Doctor and Brewster that never happened. I don't know if it was due to a fear of comparison with Adric, but it should have been so much more. It doesn't help that the first Brewster trilogy had some iffy scripts. Time Reef is a mess of a story, and The Boy That Time Forgot is controversial. And, as you mention, Brewster is absent from that story anyway. It felt to me that in each trilogy, the creative team liked the idea of Brewster, but then didn't know what to do with him once they had him.
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Post by omega on Oct 30, 2016 5:44:23 GMT
It'd have been great if his relationship with the Doctor, both the Fifth and Sixth, was explored deeply. As if is, Brewster is absent for much of Boy That Time Forgot, appearing in a cameo at the end probably recorded during the recording of Time Reef, and Time Reef starts off with the Fifth Doctor very much annoyed at Brewster so not much development there before Brewster departs in A Perfect World (the one-part story on the second disc of Time Reef). The Sixth Doctor doesn't interact much with Brewster in Crimes of Thomas Brewster, and Brewster's competing with fan favorites Evelyn and DI Menzies anyway. Feast of Axos is like Time Reef in that the Doctor isn't happy with Brewster and has to deal with the problem on hand. There's a moment at the end where Evelyn makes the Doctor see how alike he and Brewster are, but it's a moment at the end of the story. They don't interact much in Industrial Evolution, at least not in any meaningful character development way. The stories could still happen without Brewster being there, and the fact that Maggie Stables was back as Evelyn was hook enough for that trilogy. I agree with everything you've said. There was so much potential in the relationship between the Doctor and Brewster that never happened. I don't know if it was due to a fear of comparison with Adric, but it should have been so much more. It doesn't help that the first Brewster trilogy had some iffy scripts. Time Reef is a mess of a story, and The Boy That Time Forgot is controversial. And, as you mention, Brewster is absent from that story anyway. It felt to me that in each trilogy, the creative team liked the idea of Brewster, but then didn't know what to do with him once they had him. The Doctor could have seen Brewster as a second chance that for with Adric. It was just Nyssa or Evelyn in the TARDIS, both companions who created an easier atmosphere than season 19 provided. I'd have not done Boy That Time Forgot, but rather a smaller scale personal story where the Doctor and Nyssa discover Brewster has stowed away on the TARDIS and them trying to find an equilibrium in terms of a team dynamic. Much like how The Edge of Destruction brought the First Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara eye to eye after the Doctor's initial antagonism. Haunting of Thomas Brewster is easily the best story from that trilogy. The plot is complex yet makes sense (some diagrams required), it's good use of the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa, and Brewster works well in the context of the story. While the character is clearly an Artful Dodger-type like Adric was meant to be, without and deeply personal stakes that aren't him wanting to go home (Brewster also works well in the A Perfect World episode, which is personal for him) you do rather want to punch him in the face for his Artful Dodger personality and behavior.
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Post by aemiliapaula on Oct 30, 2016 7:09:17 GMT
I got Phantom of the Opera, Dark Shadows the Creeping Fog and House by the Sea. Not really a Dark Shadows person, (I did listen to Bloodlust and it was ok, but did not get me interested in the rest) these seemed like good standalone stories and it will be interesting to hear actors I know from DW in something different. Nicola Bryant is great in The Blind Painter. Colin Baker's character from The House by the Sea has a cameo in Beyond the Grave (which takes the format of a ghost hunt TV broadcast that goes horribly wrong), and is also in The Harvest of Souls, follow-up for Beyond the Grave. Thanks jbmasta and barnabaslives maybe I'll check those out!
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Post by ljwilson on Oct 30, 2016 11:16:26 GMT
On a different note, how good is the Omega Factor?
Edit: Sorry Elkawho, that was a question not a statement!
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Post by acousticwolf on Oct 31, 2016 9:45:29 GMT
On a different note, how good is the Omega Factor? Edit: Sorry Elkawho, that was a question not a statement! It's great Cheers Tony
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Post by omega on Oct 31, 2016 9:57:31 GMT
On a different note, how good is the Omega Factor? Edit: Sorry Elkawho, that was a question not a statement! It's really dark and spooky, with some of the ideas being very Lovecraftian (think the Hinchcliffe era with the scary dialed up to eleven). The characters are the Big Finish usual, very well written and performed.
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Post by ljwilson on Oct 31, 2016 13:10:04 GMT
Sold!
Omega Factor 1 Ghost Ship The House by the sea
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