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Post by nucleusofswarm on Oct 26, 2018 23:51:21 GMT
Shada is good anytime, anywhere, anyhow, but if you had to pick, which one is your preferred way to enjoy Adams' magnum opus?
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Post by mark687 on Oct 26, 2018 23:59:03 GMT
Shada is good anytime, anywhere, anyhow, but if you had to pick, which one is your preferred way to enjoy Adams' magnum opus? Paul McGann Audio followed by the latest DVD Animation version.
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Post by bohnny on Oct 27, 2018 1:56:06 GMT
Shada is good anytime, anywhere, anyhow, but if you had to pick, which one is your preferred way to enjoy Adams' magnum opus? Well, TBH I think that Shada is massively overrated as a story. Its certainly not 'bad' but it is not the lost Douglas Adams masterpiece of legend, either. Just a middling tale, some good elements of which were put to better use later on in the first Dirk Gently book.
But that said, the recent animated version was a bit of a triumph and, for mine, the definitive take on the story.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2018 9:40:02 GMT
Hmmm.... I had to go with the Eighth Doctor (audio) version. But I do agree that Shada is overrated within fandom. It is a good story but there are many better Fourth Doctor stories out there. So I'm happy to count Shada as part of my BF Eighth Doctor continuity.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2018 10:00:59 GMT
I've a soft spot for the Paul McGann version. It was one of my first Eighth Doctor stories and I have some very fond, starry-eyed memories of listening to it for my first trip going overseas.  |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2018 10:16:05 GMT
I have to say The Animated recent one but i also love the Big finish Paul McGann version and in my head through some Steven Moffat time wimey stuff they both happened 😂
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Post by tuigirl on Oct 27, 2018 13:05:23 GMT
Hmmm...
I started out with the book and really liked it, then I watched the TV versions. It is a great story for Tom Baker. Especially the first few episodes are terrific, the last episode drags a bit in my opinion.
The Big Finish version I heard last, and I have to say for my ears it somehow sounded wrong. Somehow I just cannot picture the 8th Doctor in this. I am not faulting McGanns performance, but him saying Baker's text... it completely broke my immersion.
I would be curious if other people had the same experience or if it is just me.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2018 13:09:30 GMT
Hmmm... I started out with the book and really liked it, then I watched the TV versions. It is a great story for Tom Baker. Especially the first few episodes are terrific, the last episode drags a bit in my opinion. The Big Finish version I heard last, and I have to say for my ears it somehow sounded wrong. Somehow I just cannot picture the 8th Doctor in this. I am not faulting McGanns performance, but him saying Baker's text... it completely broke my immersion. I would be curious if other people had the same experience or if it is just me. Just you😘 |
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Post by sherlock on Oct 27, 2018 13:20:01 GMT
I’ve only seen the recent animated version. I do own the original DVD release (which has the Tom Baker inserts and I believe the webcast version of the McGann one), but have never got round to it. It’s been stubbornly sat on a shelf in my uni rooms for thriee years now.
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Post by tuigirl on Oct 27, 2018 13:28:27 GMT
Hmmm... I started out with the book and really liked it, then I watched the TV versions. It is a great story for Tom Baker. Especially the first few episodes are terrific, the last episode drags a bit in my opinion. The Big Finish version I heard last, and I have to say for my ears it somehow sounded wrong. Somehow I just cannot picture the 8th Doctor in this. I am not faulting McGanns performance, but him saying Baker's text... it completely broke my immersion. I would be curious if other people had the same experience or if it is just me. Just you😘 Why am I not surprised?  |
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Post by glutamodo on Oct 28, 2018 2:32:40 GMT
I don't know if I can vote. Like many long time fans my first real exposure was the Baker narrated reconstruction. If only a little bit more had been completed back then, I think I would favor that one.
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Post by aemiliapaula on Oct 29, 2018 6:28:35 GMT
Hmmm... I started out with the book and really liked it, then I watched the TV versions. It is a great story for Tom Baker. Especially the first few episodes are terrific, the last episode drags a bit in my opinion. The Big Finish version I heard last, and I have to say for my ears it somehow sounded wrong. Somehow I just cannot picture the 8th Doctor in this. I am not faulting McGanns performance, but him saying Baker's text... it completely broke my immersion. I would be curious if other people had the same experience or if it is just me. I felt that way too. I started with the book, my favourite is the audiobook read by Lalla Ward. |
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Post by Ela on Nov 1, 2018 3:57:02 GMT
I need to be able to vote for more than one. My first exposure was the Baker narrated reconstruction and I did enjoy that. But I thought the Big Finish version with Paul McGann, as well as the animation of it, were also very enjoyable. |
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