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Post by kastoniago on May 10, 2018 8:25:10 GMT
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on May 10, 2018 8:28:20 GMT
Okay, we are now OFFICIALLY living in a bizarre universe wherein anything is possible.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2018 8:59:57 GMT
BIG suprise. I'd expected maybe getting Terrance Dicks or a big name to write a Fourth Doctor novel, but not this!
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Post by mark687 on May 10, 2018 9:14:10 GMT
Tom as co-author well well
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Post by glutamodo on May 10, 2018 9:15:13 GMT
Depends on what you mean by "big name" here. Goss is hardly an unknown, after all.
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You know, now that you mention it, I actually do rather like Attack of the Cybermen ...
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Post by lidar2 on May 10, 2018 9:30:57 GMT
Didn't expect this. I think on balance I'd have preferred it as a BF Lost Story rather than a novel.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2018 9:51:56 GMT
Didn't expect this. I think on balance I'd have preferred it as a BF Lost Story rather than a novel. The BBC have final heresay and the Adams books have done well. |
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Post by glutamodo on May 10, 2018 10:02:51 GMT
Didn't expect this. I think on balance I'd have preferred it as a BF Lost Story rather than a novel. Agreed. This is, after all, one of the most (in)famous of Lost Stories. |
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There’s a horror movie called Alien? That’s really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you.
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Post by shutupbanks on May 10, 2018 10:06:08 GMT
Given that the big storyline turned up a couple of years later rejigged as a central idea of Life, The Universe And Everything I think this is a pretty cynical and desperate move on the part of the Adams estate. This is shark-jumping territory.
Edit: whoops. Got the wrong unproduced story idea in my head. Apologies for being an idiot. Am keeping the post up to remind myself to check stuff first.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2018 10:34:30 GMT
Didn't expect this. I think on balance I'd have preferred it as a BF Lost Story rather than a novel. The BBC have final heresay and the Adams books have done well. The question has been put to Big Finish and they have frequently stated that it was very visual story, not easily adapated for audio in comparsion to the rest of the Lost Stories. |
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Post by whiskeybrewer on May 10, 2018 11:23:57 GMT
Well that's certainly.....unexpected
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Post by omega on May 10, 2018 12:10:31 GMT
The BBC have final heresay and the Adams books have done well. The question has been put to Big Finish and they have frequently stated that it was very visual story, not easily adapated for audio in comparsion to the rest of the Lost Stories. Same for Dark Dimension. That and it's not a good story. |
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Post by omega on May 10, 2018 12:12:34 GMT
The shark was pretty much jumped with Krikkitmen. Why not get on to Eric Saward about officially novelising Resurrection and Revelation of the Daleks?
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Post by stcoop on May 10, 2018 12:39:06 GMT
The question has been put to Big Finish and they have frequently stated that it was very visual story, not easily adapated for audio in comparsion to the rest of the Lost Stories. "Oh no Doctor, we're inside a giant pinball table!" |
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Post by lidar2 on May 10, 2018 13:02:23 GMT
The shark was pretty much jumped with Krikkitmen. Why not get on to Eric Saward about officially novelising Resurrection and Revelation of the Daleks? He was reported in DWB as novelising them along with Yellow Fever back around 1993.
From memory he said in a DWM interview (issue 148?) that Terry Nation wanted 60% of the money for use of the Daleks, which Saward considered "bloody outrageous", hence no novelisations. That is how things were left.
We're in fantasy land here, but if they were getting Saward then I would be interested in all of the above, plus in a novelisation of part 13 of Trial, followed by his version of part 14, plus a conclusion to the cliffhanger.
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Post by constonks on May 10, 2018 14:50:12 GMT
What the-
What
Oh gosh.
I hope that 1) Tom Baker actually had input on this novelisation, rather than just being credited for the script and 2) that James Goss played a vital role in turning this cavalcade of whimsy, weirdness and pinball into something more closely resembling a story.
We are through the looking glass, my friends. Dark Dimension 2020?
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Post by nucleusofswarm on May 10, 2018 16:39:37 GMT
We are through the looking glass, my friends. Dark Dimension 2020? Considering the author was a plagiaristic conman, I doubt it more than a bit. If Candy Jar threw him off the Lethbridge books, what chance does he or his stuff have with the real Beeb?
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Post by constonks on May 10, 2018 16:59:12 GMT
We are through the looking glass, my friends. Dark Dimension 2020? Considering the author was a plagiaristic conman, I doubt it more than a bit. Just googled all of that after seeing this post. I appreciate the audacity of trying to fake an interview with Stanley Kubrick of all people. |
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Post by iainmclaughlin on May 10, 2018 17:15:51 GMT
I'm really intrigued and excited about this one. I always hoped it would see the light of day in some form. From the synopses I've read I think prose might actually be the vest way to realise it to its fullest potential. Bring it on.
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Post by stcoop on May 10, 2018 17:18:39 GMT
If Candy Jar threw him off the Lethbridge books, what chance does he or his stuff have with the real Beeb?
Did not know that. What did he do this time? |
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