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Post by constonks on Jul 12, 2019 0:13:02 GMT
I agree, it does seem strange to create a new companion for Davison - especially as 3 companions can be difficult to write for. At least the character is in all stories, which does at least add some interest to the trilogy. Hopefully, this will be better handled than Mathew Sharpe who ended up as a 'fake' companion with only one story (thus far). This is either going to go two ways. Either Marc is going to develop into a companion that is in more than this run of stories or he is going to meet his demise at the end of the Cyber adventure. I am leaning towards the second option as I think that there is some symbolism with Adric that BF might want to play on (plus the blurb for the story hints at a more emotional type story for the Fifth Doctor).
Either way, I hope the second half of the year is stronger for the MR. The Mags trilogy was let down by a weak ending (in my opinion) and the Kamelion trilogy was hit and miss. Yet to hear the Sixie trilogy, but have yet to be really disappointed by anything Baker does. I really hope Marc ends up being a long lasting companion. There's a ton of potential to a grouping of companions that amounts to "Past-Present-Future" and... to be honest it feels almost like we'd be treading on ground we've walked before if the Cybermen were the end of Marc between Adric, Samuel, and Bill unless something VERY different was done. I had to Google Samuel to realize it was Danny but you have a point - Cybercompanion just isn't a new thing. I do hope that Marc is around for a few more stories - the Fifth Doctor hasn't had a Big Finish companion stick around for a fourth release since Erimem!
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Post by fingersmash on Jul 12, 2019 3:58:50 GMT
I really hope Marc ends up being a long lasting companion. There's a ton of potential to a grouping of companions that amounts to "Past-Present-Future" and... to be honest it feels almost like we'd be treading on ground we've walked before if the Cybermen were the end of Marc between Adric, Samuel, and Bill unless something VERY different was done. I had to Google Samuel to realize it was Danny but you have a point - Cybercompanion just isn't a new thing. I do hope that Marc is around for a few more stories - the Fifth Doctor hasn't had a Big Finish companion stick around for a fourth release since Erimem! Wow there's that egg again. But Five really doesn't have much luck with original companions and the Tegan-Nyssa-Marc team fits my "soft-reboot" theory. I hope it works out how I want and we at least get two or three trilogies of the team.
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Post by slithe on Jul 12, 2019 16:35:29 GMT
I agree, it does seem strange to create a new companion for Davison - especially as 3 companions can be difficult to write for. At least the character is in all stories, which does at least add some interest to the trilogy. Hopefully, this will be better handled than Mathew Sharpe who ended up as a 'fake' companion with only one story (thus far). This is either going to go two ways. Either Marc is going to develop into a companion that is in more than this run of stories or he is going to meet his demise at the end of the Cyber adventure. I am leaning towards the second option as I think that there is some symbolism with Adric that BF might want to play on (plus the blurb for the story hints at a more emotional type story for the Fifth Doctor).
Either way, I hope the second half of the year is stronger for the MR. The Mags trilogy was let down by a weak ending (in my opinion) and the Kamelion trilogy was hit and miss. Yet to hear the Sixie trilogy, but have yet to be really disappointed by anything Baker does. I really hope Marc ends up being a long lasting companion. There's a ton of potential to a grouping of companions that amounts to "Past-Present-Future" and... to be honest it feels almost like we'd be treading on ground we've walked before if the Cybermen were the end of Marc between Adric, Samuel, and Bill unless something VERY different was done. True and I hope you are right. BF have a habit of 'sequel-itis' at times and it could be an opportune time to do it again with another companion. Then the reaction of the TARDIS crew could be better developed than the one or two lines of dialogue in Timeflight. Are we definitely sure that Marc is a 'past' companion... Might be more to him than meets the eye. Would BF certainly want another Katrina mark II? In the end, even Jamie had to lose his 'Highlander' character and morph into something different. Yep, the development was hinted as being the result of his travels with the Doctor, but even so, he ended up knowing how to read, accepting things that would be beyond people from today, let alone his time zone. I think this does mark a 're-boot' for the Fifth Doctor. I think Kamelion was a bit of a dud and, hopefully, this will be a better effort.
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Post by shallacatop on Jul 12, 2019 21:54:39 GMT
I’m looking forward to Marc. I think if it’s five fairly continuous, yet relatively standalone stories for the crew then it’ll be a success. There’s certainly enough material to craft an era in a way that a one-off trilogy doesn’t quite manage.
There’s the opportunity to space the stories out and lose the development, which I think the Mags trilogy suffered from. There’s also the opportunity to make them tie into continuity too much, which I think the Kamelion trilogy suffered from. I hope this run doesn’t fall into either of those.
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Post by slithe on Jul 14, 2019 9:05:43 GMT
I’m looking forward to Marc. I think if it’s five fairly continuous, yet relatively standalone stories for the crew then it’ll be a success. There’s certainly enough material to craft an era in a way that a one-off trilogy doesn’t quite manage. There’s the opportunity to space the stories out and lose the development, which I think the Mags trilogy suffered from. There’s also the opportunity to make them tie into continuity too much, which I think the Kamelion trilogy suffered from. I hope this run doesn’t fall into either of those. Here's hoping... I think BF usually do original companions a good service. Evelyn, Hex, Charlie, etc. were often far better and believable than some of the scripted TV ones. Kamelion was always a strange one to bring back. I do wonder if it was done to 'tick' a box. As his name suggests, Kamelion is a strange one for audio as surely the novelty is that he can take on the form of other people (an effect that is somewhat lost on an aural medium!) I think they missed a trick with Culshaw - his excellent mimicry could have been used well. Tegan and Nyssa are aware of the 4th Doctor (so could have had something there) or even Culshaw doing other characters from the series or real life. I get why BF may have chosen to avoid that route, but I think it might have been a better approach.
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Post by shallacatop on Jul 14, 2019 9:41:37 GMT
I’m looking forward to Marc. I think if it’s five fairly continuous, yet relatively standalone stories for the crew then it’ll be a success. There’s certainly enough material to craft an era in a way that a one-off trilogy doesn’t quite manage. There’s the opportunity to space the stories out and lose the development, which I think the Mags trilogy suffered from. There’s also the opportunity to make them tie into continuity too much, which I think the Kamelion trilogy suffered from. I hope this run doesn’t fall into either of those. Here's hoping... I think BF usually do original companions a good service. Evelyn, Hex, Charlie, etc. were often far better and believable than some of the scripted TV ones. Kamelion was always a strange one to bring back. I do wonder if it was done to 'tick' a box. As his name suggests, Kamelion is a strange one for audio as surely the novelty is that he can take on the form of other people (an effect that is somewhat lost on an aural medium!) I think they missed a trick with Culshaw - his excellent mimicry could have been used well. Tegan and Nyssa are aware of the 4th Doctor (so could have had something there) or even Culshaw doing other characters from the series or real life. I get why BF may have chosen to avoid that route, but I think it might have been a better approach. There’s enough different ways to handle Kamelion that could make for an interesting run of stories. Instead, they had him taken over by a strong presence in every story. The Kamelion Empire is the worst culprit as it doesn’t even carry the story it’s telling through. It’s abandoned in favour of leading directly into The Five Doctors.
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Post by mbt66 on Jul 14, 2019 12:42:05 GMT
I cannot see this having been commented on...Fiona Bruce is named in the cast. Is this the newsreader/television presenter Fiona Bruce or an actor with the same name?
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Post by cwm on Jul 14, 2019 12:54:52 GMT
I presume it is the same Fiona Bruce who has a recurring role in Coronation Street as "Doctor".
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Post by mark687 on Jul 14, 2019 13:00:10 GMT
I cannot see this having been commented on...Fiona Bruce is named in the cast. Is this the newsreader/television presenter Fiona Bruce or an actor with the same name? I'm assuming its the Actor with the same name.
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Post by mark687 on Jul 16, 2019 10:08:06 GMT
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Post by slithe on Jul 16, 2019 18:22:00 GMT
Sounds like this could be a very good trilogy... Baker is always good and hopefully this won't be a disappointment. Could be a better second half for the MR this time around (last few years it's been the other way with January-June quite strong).
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Post by slithe on Jul 17, 2019 18:23:19 GMT
Unsurprisingly, Legacy of Time has dominated the news for BF today, but the trailer for Number 256 Tartarus is also up: www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-tartarus-1286Sounds like this could be quite a fun release. Davison and Fielding seem to be enjoying themselves here, which bodes well. Could be a more light hearted story a la the Romans than a more serious historical in the vein of The Peterloo Massacre. Could fathom if Marc is in the trailer or not though...
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Post by mark687 on Jul 17, 2019 18:28:19 GMT
Unsurprisingly, Legacy of Time has dominated the news for BF today, but the trailer for Number 256 Tartarus is also up: www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-tartarus-1286Sounds like this could be quite a fun release. Davison and Fielding seem to be enjoying themselves here, which bodes well. Could be a more light hearted story a la the Romans than a more serious historical in the vein of The Peterloo Massacre. Could fathom if Marc is in the trailer or not though... Just Beat me to it
No Marc that I could make out
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Post by shallacatop on Jul 24, 2019 10:44:26 GMT
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Post by mark687 on Jul 24, 2019 11:12:35 GMT
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Post by Whovitt on Jul 24, 2019 11:49:13 GMT
I really like that cover, particularly Dreyus in the middle there So, just to get things straight, the First Master has met: the First Doctor ( The Destination Wars), the Second Doctor, ( The Home Guard), probably the Fourth Doctor judging by Twitter (in an as-yet unconfirmed story), and now the Seventh in The Psychic Circus. He gets around a bit, doesn't he
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Post by shallacatop on Jul 24, 2019 15:21:19 GMT
I love The Greatest Show in the Galaxy and I’m rather keen on the idea of a prequel to it, as there’s untapped potential there. I’m less keen on putting The Master in there, as I’d say the Chief Clown is enough.
I’m not a big fan of the James Dreyfus Master for similar reasons to not being a big fan of the Alex MacQueen incarnation. For me, they’re rather generic and sort of derivative of the character, created at a time when they only had Geoffrey Beevers. That’s just my view, though!
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Post by Digi on Jul 25, 2019 18:34:58 GMT
Hey gang. The admin team has decided that the Dreyfuss(/etc) issue being discussed was really derailing this thread from its actual purpose, which is of course to discuss the Monthly Range releases, rather than real-world issues. As such, the posts on the subject have been moved out of the thread, and any further posts on the subject in this thread will be regarded as off-topic and deleted. However, we do not want to stifle the discussion either, and so rather than delete the existing posts, I've split them off to a new thread over on the General Big Finish Discussion board, where you're welcome to carry on the conversation.
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Post by cwm on Jul 25, 2019 19:17:33 GMT
Something I don't think has been noted yet: Emma Haigh is producer of The Psychic Circus, so I presume she is now the permanent producer for the Seventh Doctor's main range stories. Matt Fitton is down as script editor, although given he already has River Song, two McGann ranges, The Paternoster Gang, the 10DAs, Rose and Donna I wonder if he might not be temporary...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2019 19:30:02 GMT
So, just to get things straight, the First Master has met: the First Doctor ( The Destination Wars), the Second Doctor, ( The Home Guard), probably the Fourth Doctor judging by Twitter (in an as-yet unconfirmed story), and now the Seventh in The Psychic Circus. He gets around a bit, doesn't he I'm surprised Dorney hasn't been along yet to point out that Dreyfus isn't actually the 'first' Master...
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