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Post by fingersmash on Jun 21, 2019 21:52:24 GMT
What do we think. 7 and Mags again? Could we be seeing the trilogies going 7, 6, 5, 6 this year? It was 5-7-6-5 this year, could just continue along that pattern - 7-6-5-7 - unless a multi-Doc trilogy gets in the way (or they swap format). For what it's worth, I think it's a Mags story. But I thought that about Santa's Claw too! But we also had two 7th Doctor trilogies last year and we're getting 2 5th Doctor trilogies (technically a quartet and a quintet) this year. Logic dictates that they'll continue the trend and do two 6 trilogies.
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Post by themeddlingmonk on Jun 21, 2019 21:57:37 GMT
I imagine if they do two Six trilogies, it’ll end up being one with Flip and Connie, then another Peri Trilogy.
Though I’d like it if they did something similar to what happened in 2014 and have maybe a Flip and Connie conclusion trilogy that then narratively leads into the Doctor meeting his next companion later in the year. (or just have Menzies back plz).
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Post by fingersmash on Jun 21, 2019 22:12:31 GMT
I imagine if they do two Six trilogies, it’ll end up being one with Flip and Connie, then another Peri Trilogy. Though I’d like it if they did something similar to what happened in 2014 and have maybe a Flip and Connie conclusion trilogy that then narratively leads into the Doctor meeting his next companion later in the year. (or just have Menzies back plz). I think we'll be seeing Six's current companions getting little bows on their stories. I imagine that we'll be seeing something of a slow soft reboot all around with Doctor Who though. Doing a series wide jumping on point in the aftermath of the 20th Anniversary festivities.
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Post by themeddlingmonk on Jun 21, 2019 22:21:51 GMT
I imagine if they do two Six trilogies, it’ll end up being one with Flip and Connie, then another Peri Trilogy. Though I’d like it if they did something similar to what happened in 2014 and have maybe a Flip and Connie conclusion trilogy that then narratively leads into the Doctor meeting his next companion later in the year. (or just have Menzies back plz). I think we'll be seeing Six's current companions getting little bows on their stories. I imagine that we'll be seeing something of a slow soft reboot all around with Doctor Who though. Doing a series wide jumping on point in the aftermath of the 20th Anniversary festivities. Well Flip and Connie can’t really go much further as Static was pretty much end of the line for them. Really the only thing they could do is have a trilogy exploring how the events of Static affected Constance before having both her and Flip depart at the end. I’m hoping that the Sixth Doctor Episode of Legacy of Time is actually Set after Six and Charley’s travels together so it could potentially set up a return for Menzies later on, but thats pretty much a Pipe Dream. Though it does say a lot that Menzies managed to make it into the 20th Anniversary celebrations.
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Post by constonks on Jun 21, 2019 22:23:02 GMT
It was 5-7-6-5 this year, could just continue along that pattern - 7-6-5-7 - unless a multi-Doc trilogy gets in the way (or they swap format). For what it's worth, I think it's a Mags story. But I thought that about Santa's Claw too! But we also had two 7th Doctor trilogies last year and we're getting 2 5th Doctor trilogies (technically a quartet and a quintet) this year. Logic dictates that they'll continue the trend and do two 6 trilogies. We didn't have two 7th Doc trilogies though. Each Doctor got a trilogy (S19 team, Six alone, Mel & Ace) plus their part of the UNIT trilogy - just spread out across the year rather than in one chunk - and the 7th Doctor got Muse of Fire.
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Post by fingersmash on Jun 21, 2019 22:26:15 GMT
But we also had two 7th Doctor trilogies last year and we're getting 2 5th Doctor trilogies (technically a quartet and a quintet) this year. Logic dictates that they'll continue the trend and do two 6 trilogies. We didn't have two 7th Doc trilogies though. Each Doctor got a trilogy (S19 team, Six alone, Mel & Ace) plus their part of the UNIT trilogy - just spread out across the year rather than in one chunk - and the 7th Doctor got Muse of Fire. That is true. I forgot about that. The 5 straight months of 7 made me forget.
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Post by mark687 on Jun 21, 2019 23:43:50 GMT
Trailer is online for Dark Universe,,,,
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Post by vivdunstan on Jun 22, 2019 0:33:58 GMT
Trailer is online for Dark Universe,,,, Ooh! That sounds fun. Think I might have to take another 6 month sub.
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Post by fingersmash on Jun 22, 2019 3:41:31 GMT
Are they actually doing something... interesting with Ace for once? It's a miracle.
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Post by tuigirl on Jun 22, 2019 3:56:30 GMT
Trailer is online for Dark Universe,,,, Regards mark687 OMG, OMG, OMG. One of the things I have been waiting for. Yesssss....
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Post by tuigirl on Jun 22, 2019 3:57:04 GMT
Trailer is online for Dark Universe,,,, Ooh! That sounds fun. Think I might have to take another 6 month sub. My thoughts exactly.
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Post by slithe on Jun 22, 2019 10:07:50 GMT
Trailer is online for Dark Universe,,,, Regards mark687 This is incredibly early for a trailer to be announced. We also pretty much know the MR run now for the rest of the year and into 2020. Has that information ever been given out this early on - I always thought that the later releases would be announced around August time and even then, the December ones come a bit later than that. Perhaps time is going a lot quicker and I don't realise how much this year is flying by (even if the Doctor would say that 'time is relative'!) I am really hoping that the back end of this year and into the next will be much better. I love the MR, but I do think that since Hour of the Cybermen, there have been a few clunkers and few really good stories. Red Planets was ok, thought Moons of Vulpana and Monsters of Gokroth were better than the standard 7 fare, but only Muse of Fire has ticked all the boxes for me. That's 4 out of 12 releases... I like the idea of a new companion for 5 - but I do hope it isn't a pastiche of Katerina/Adric (from a past time and ending up being killed by the Doctor's enemies). The picture of what, looks like, Nerva on the second Davison release also makes me fear that we are going to get a 'retread' of the Season 11 stories that used this set. Dark Universe sounds potentially good and the early release of it might suggest that things tie to this in the releases leading up to it. The older Ace could be good and I wonder if this is potentially a multi-Doctor story.
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Post by Whovitt on Jun 22, 2019 11:32:49 GMT
Trailer is online for Dark Universe,,,, Regards mark687 I was listening to this through my phone when my brother suddenly came in from the other room: "Is that the Seventh Doctor meeting the Eleven?!" Suffice to say, we're both very excited for this
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Post by mbt66 on Jun 22, 2019 12:10:36 GMT
Trailer is online for Dark Universe,,,, Regards mark687 I was listening to this through my phone when my brother suddenly came in from the other room: "Is that the Seventh Doctor meeting the Eleven?!" Suffice to say, we're both very excited for this I am surprised that this seems to be a one off Monthly Range release....although it does sound rather exciting. I had expected a boxset or at least a multi-Doctor Monthly Range trilogy.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Jun 22, 2019 19:00:42 GMT
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Post by mark687 on Jun 22, 2019 21:06:26 GMT
How Strange this exclusive doesn't have the piece of info we did have Jan 2020
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Post by slithe on Jun 23, 2019 11:14:30 GMT
Interesting... Assuming this information is correct, this story appears to indicate a different direction for the Seventh Doctor and more of an attempt to 'bridge the gap' between the end of his incarnation and the arrival of the Eighth Doctor. I know the New Adventures did this back in the mid-1990s (with the final books being released after the TV Movie), it appears as if this might be BFs attempt at it. If so, this could be the direction that I think the Seventh Doctor releases need. I've always found the better McCoy releases to be the ones set 'after the end of the TV series as it gives more flexibility to develop the character - the Hex stories and the first Klein trilogy show this well. An older Ace is also welcome - Aldred isn't a teenager anymore and the character was always more of a pastiche of what a 1980s BBC executive 'thought' a 'teenager should be' - the better BF stories junk this and develop Ace as more of a character, rather than just a 'shouty' 2D stereotype. It would be interesting to know why other sites seem to be 'leaking' updates that have yet to be confirmed by BF (the other plots for the Fifth Doctor stories later this year are also posted elsewhere). I do think BF needs to focus on getting its message out on its own website as well as Social Media. PR is important and either the info should be on the site and published elsewhere or not at all.
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Post by tuigirl on Jun 23, 2019 11:21:58 GMT
Interesting... Assuming this information is correct, this story appears to indicate a different direction for the Seventh Doctor and more of an attempt to 'bridge the gap' between the end of his incarnation and the arrival of the Eighth Doctor. I know the New Adventures did this back in the mid-1990s (with the final books being released after the TV Movie), it appears as if this might be BFs attempt at it. If so, this could be the direction that I think the Seventh Doctor releases need. I've always found the better McCoy releases to be the ones set 'after the end of the TV series as it gives more flexibility to develop the character - the Hex stories and the first Klein trilogy show this well. An older Ace is also welcome - Aldred isn't a teenager anymore and the character was always more of a pastiche of what a 1980s BBC executive 'thought' a 'teenager should be' - the better BF stories junk this and develop Ace as more of a character, rather than just a 'shouty' 2D stereotype. It would be interesting to know why other sites seem to be 'leaking' updates that have yet to be confirmed by BF (the other plots for the Fifth Doctor stories later this year are also posted elsewhere). I do think BF needs to focus on getting its message out on its own website as well as Social Media. PR is important and either the info should be on the site and published elsewhere or not at all. I found the whole marketing strategy of "leaking" the story of "Dark Universe" yesterday baffling. The first thing I saw of it was in the morning when someone posted on here that the trailer was up without any further information on the site. That alone was confusing. And then some side other than BF came out with the information, which was then shared by BF on their Facebook page. Information flows in mysterious ways. Maybe this is a strategy to engage the fans more? By leaving a trail of breadcrumbs to follow? Something like an escape room mystery, just with information of various websites? One wonders.
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Post by shallacatop on Jun 23, 2019 11:27:18 GMT
Looking forward to Dark Universe. Late era Seventh Doctor, a potentially Gallifrey era Ace and the long awaited encounter with The Eleven. Ollistra and Rasmus in the mix tie the continuity up too; I wish the many Time War series did that better. It’s reminding me of The Two Masters for some reason, and we all know that’s brilliant.
I like that it’s an epic main range release and not an overly long box set too. Pretty savvy of Big Finish to get it promoted now and release it in January; I bet it’ll persuade a few into a subscription.
My biggest concern is it’s by Guy Adams and I do tend to struggle with his stories that are longer than 60 minutes. Hopefully this will be the exception.
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Post by xlozdob on Jun 23, 2019 14:15:36 GMT
What's baffling to me is how people are interpreting (or trying to) these new marketing strategies. They're not leaks! Big Finish is partnering with actual (pop culture) news sites and giving them exclusives to get more exposure, rather than doing it on a website no-one knows about (EDIT: I'm talking about bigfinish.com, which, let's face it, not many people, including those in the Doctor Who fandom, know it exists, let alone check on a daily basis for updates). Their social media acts as a hub for all of these announcements and you can then go to their online shop, linked in all of these articles, to buy their products. I don't see what's so difficult to understand. Yes, it's a different strategy, but then again it's a different landscape than it was even five years ago, so I'm all for them trying to get all the exposure they can even if it means sacrificing something that was only working for a percentage of the intended target audience.
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