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Post by omega on Dec 17, 2016 10:04:49 GMT
Released February 2017London, 1864 — where any gentleman befitting the title ‘gentleman’ belongs to a gentlemen’s club: The Reform, The Athenaeum, The Carlton, The Garrick… and, of course, The Contingency. Newly established in St James’, The Contingency has quickly become the most exclusive enclave in town. A refuge for men of politics, men of science, men of letters. A place to escape. A place to think. A place to be free. The first rule of the Contingency is to behave like a gentleman. The second is to pay no heed to its oddly identical servants. Or to the horror in its cellars. Or to the existence of the secret gallery on its upper floor… Rules that the Doctor, Adric, Nyssa and Tegan are all about to break. Written By: Phil Mulryne Directed By: Barnaby Edwards CASTPeter Davison (The Doctor), Matthew Waterhouse (Adric), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Janet Fielding (Tegan), Clive Merrison (George Augustus), Philip Jackson (Mr Peabody), Lorelei King (The Red Queen), Tim Bentinck (Wakefield/ Cabby/ Stonegood), Alison Thea-Skot (Marjorie Stonegood/ Computer), Olly McCauley (Edward/ The Knave). Other parts played by members of the cast.
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Post by gregm on Feb 13, 2017 8:42:20 GMT
For release Tuesday 14 February, according to the latest podcast
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Post by TinDogPodcast on Feb 13, 2017 8:50:20 GMT
It's not a bad story... holds tough until tomorrow
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Post by omega on Feb 14, 2017 9:16:55 GMT
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Post by barnabaslives on Feb 14, 2017 9:35:29 GMT
Can't wait to hear it! I'm a big pushover for oddly identical servants. :-) Actually I can't wait to hear it because it's so good to see this TARDIS team together again and occupying a place in the Main Range.
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Post by omega on Feb 14, 2017 9:41:03 GMT
Can't wait to hear it! I'm a big pushover for oddly identical servants. :-) Actually I can't wait to hear it because it's so good to see this TARDIS team together again and occupying a place in the Main Range. I've always had a soft spot for Adric, and it's great Matthew Waterhouse is finally getting material worthy of him.
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Post by mark687 on Feb 14, 2017 10:49:26 GMT
And PDF Script for Subscribers available
Regards
mark687
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Post by del37 on Feb 14, 2017 12:31:39 GMT
I've only listened to part one and half of part two yet so this may be explained later but Adric knowing Marjorie's name before she tells him it sticks out like a sore thumb to me.
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Post by Digi on Feb 14, 2017 17:20:21 GMT
Perhaps not a Top Shelf, 'Cream of the Crop' release, but still very competently put together and well-acted throughout. I genuinely felt badly for the Edwards at the end. All in all, I enjoyed it (minus the cringe-inducing final line).
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Post by chapwithwings on Feb 14, 2017 19:12:55 GMT
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Post by theotherjosh on Feb 14, 2017 23:17:12 GMT
Man, is this out already?! I was almost ready to start on the Star Men, but then 50-125 sales started and I bought a bunch of other stuff. Curse you, Big Finish!
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Post by relativetime on Feb 15, 2017 3:40:30 GMT
Not as good as Fallen Angels, but still a strong story in its own rights. Janet Fielding just brightens my day no matter what and I'm still happy to hear Matthew Waterhouse back in the role. I don't think I'll have any problems revisiting this story when I eventually get around to it in the future.
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Post by barnabaslives on Feb 15, 2017 11:57:33 GMT
I thought this was really good. I'm sure I liked it every bit as much as The Star Men. Certainly looking forward more than ever to Zaltys.
Edit: This story certainly deserved a more intelligent critique than I gave it there (understatement), but I really can't put my finger on why I enjoyed it so much, other than it felt particularly like it belonged to its era, and that it was because of the writing much more than the casting or production, even with Adric on board. (It wasn't the period-appropriate electronics either). Perhaps when I get to the extras there will be some insights in it for me how Phil Mulryne wrote a story that kept me thinking the whole time that it really was a story that could have, should have been part of the OS?
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Post by elkawho on Feb 15, 2017 15:31:23 GMT
I enjoyed this release a lot. I am really enjoying having Matthew Waterhouse back with the team. More so than even I thought I would. I love how Big Finish takes people and things that annoyed me on TV and turns them around. First it was Mel, then Tegan (who I want to kill for all the whining on TV) and now the whole 5th Doctor Tardis team.
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Post by omega on Feb 16, 2017 4:24:23 GMT
When the Doctor played what Tegan had in her cassette player I smiled.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2017 17:52:47 GMT
It missed the mark a little for me, did this. I felt that the story never really got going. I'm never convinced by having the same actor playing several versions of the same character - it seems to be an unsatisfying way of betraying a small cast. I remember a similar trick was done in 'The Warehouse' recently, and ages ago in 'The Reaping' (I think) - not that BF make a habit of this kind of thing, it's just unconvincing when it is used. Equally, I felt that the story was far more enjoyable when set in the Club itself. I tended to lose interest a little when standard sci-fi concepts took over. Consequently, the atmosphere of the Club wasn't utilised as interestingly as I'd hoped it might be. The companions, after their interesting turns in the previous story, became ciphers - especially Adric, who was relegated to main question-asker throughout.
All this sounds rather negative. I don't mean it to be. I didn't NOT enjoy this. The acting was very good throughout. Clive Merrison and Lorelei King in particular, I constantly hoped would be given something really effective to do. 'The Contingency Club' never reached any memorable heights for me.
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Post by mrperson on Feb 19, 2017 21:24:20 GMT
I though it was a solid entry, and I certainly enjoyed it. It was refreshing to have a more down-to-Earth threat, if you will, rather than the "take over the entire universe" business.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 3:45:08 GMT
Fantastic tale, tapping into the darkness of the Victorian veneer of Black Orchid, but doing something quite different. At least The Red Queen is honest about herself. A full review will be posted at some point by me, I promise
On a side note, I love how Big Finish are developing the Season 20 team in this triolgey. There adding some nice layers to Adric and him losing, nicely adds to Earthshock and his own difficulty in adjusting to Five. And poor Tegan, she's trying to be the adult and helping him through it, but it's clear she's still not over Vannessa's death and she's feeling overwhelmed and Adric's alien nature doesn't really help. Tegan's conflict over whether or not to stay in the TARDIS is a great nugget for (rather then "I'm here in corriders!") strange move of the original series - and it'll be intresting to see if Nyssa's straw will break. It really feels as if we're heading towards some sort of conflict between this TARDIS team. Psychodrome may have bonded the team together, but it also exposed the worst sides of themselves to each other.
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Post by Timelord007 on Feb 20, 2017 9:11:27 GMT
Loved it, this is a quirky strange tale & I'd love to hear the Red Queen in a future story.
This is a smaller self contained story with solid cast of actors who deliver exceptional performances.
Id rate it a 8/10
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Post by number13 on Feb 21, 2017 11:35:16 GMT
Fun and very authentic to the era if not really ground-breaking (except for some tunnelling!) Entertainingly portrayed Victorian characters, lots of (well-plotted) running around and lots of Edwards..., tunnels, posh clubrooms, secret rooms and a surprise motive for the new villain which I thought was refreshingly simple and fitted in well with the setting of this story. A good idea from the Doctor to save the day, in keeping with the scale of the story and again, the era. And the three companions were all very well written with lots of humorous banter - and the Doctor justifiably getting a bit tired of it! I could easily imagine them doing this back in the 1980s, though Adric is much better here and Tegan especially has some great one-liners. A very enjoyable listen. 4* (out of 5) One UN-spoiler but I'll hide it anyway. You may well (as I did) suspect a different villain, but {Spoiler} it's NOT the Toymaker, despite all the references to 'games'.
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