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Post by number13 on Apr 19, 2019 0:24:05 GMT
It makes 'The Three Doctors' seem easy...
'I am he times nine plus two, and he is me times eleven minus two!' 'No, I am he times eleven minus two, and he is me times nine plus two!'
"And we are all together - boo-boo-be-doo!!" I was reading this out loud to try and get my head around it... then I realised there were two other people in the room. I then had to explain our entire conversation just so they didn't think I'd gone mad The perils of being a Who fan, we live in interesting realities!
Last night I saw the story about scientists reviving pig brains four hours after death and immediately said out loud : 'It's "The Brain of Porkius"'. Fortunately I was alone in the room or explanations would have been required...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2019 3:46:57 GMT
Was it as strong as 2 i feel it was equal.The Ravenous finally became a very real threat and the stories strong.Unlike 2 though i took breathers between each episode whereas Ravenous 2 i always play from start to finish which for me is a sign it is the stronger set of stories but thats just my opinion.I get people saying it reinvigorated their love for McGanns Doctor whereas i never lost that love for his Doctor.I love Liv and Helen and i can take the snarkiness of the character delivered so well.I have colleagues who are the same as her everyday 🤪 Great Box set Mr Dorney Mr Fitton keep up the great work guys its a pleasure listening to your imaginations coming to life
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Post by drj on Apr 22, 2019 22:31:00 GMT
I had to hide from the forum until I got through this boxset to avoid the temptation of reading the spoilers! Really enjoyed this but now I have to wait till the next one’s out. Nightmare!
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Post by nottenst on May 31, 2019 0:48:05 GMT
Finished listening to it today. Will listen to the BTS next week sometime. Companion Piece was such a delight through and through.
Now, tell me if I have this correct - after the 9 was attacked by The Ravenous and survived and then made a deal with them, he then planted the trap with Professor Marathanga (or one of her sources) which then the 11 found which took them to the "abbey" asteroid. Now the 11 is playing along in order to spring a bigger Ravenous trap which we'll see in the next set. Meanwhile, the 11 sent the 9 off somewhere.
Do we know why the 11's inner 9 voice disappeared or why even though he appeared to know that he kidnapped Liv and Helen as the 9, and so they were able to "rescue them", he didn't know any of the 9's subsequent actions? Or was he able to take The Doctor to that prison using some other means and not his prior knowledge?
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Post by Whovitt on May 31, 2019 8:30:02 GMT
Finished listening to it today. Will listen to the BTS next week sometime. Companion Piece was such a delight through and through. Now, tell me if I have this correct - after the 9 was attacked by The Ravenous and survived and then made a deal with them, he then planted the trap with Professor Marathanga (or one of her sources) which then the 11 found which took them to the "abbey" asteroid. Now the 11 is playing along in order to spring a bigger Ravenous trap which we'll see in the next set. Meanwhile, the 11 sent the 9 off somewhere. Do we know why the 11's inner 9 voice disappeared or why even though he appeared to know that he kidnapped Liv and Helen as the 9, and so they were able to "rescue them", he didn't know any of the 9's subsequent actions? Or was he able to take The Doctor to that prison using some other means and not his prior knowledge? If I understand your questions/s correctly, it's because when time travellers meet, only the oldest version really remembers what happened. The Eleven was remembering fragments of information and acting upon them, that's how knew Liv and Helen were kidnapped but not that they escaped. As for the Nine's voice disappearing, I seem to recall this was addressed in the story by the Nine saying that he deliberately went quiet or something to make the Eleven believe he had been killed. That would then force the Eleven/Doctor & co. to come looking to find out what happened. Or something along those lines, I think
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Post by nottenst on Jun 3, 2019 13:47:38 GMT
Finished listening to it today. Will listen to the BTS next week sometime. Companion Piece was such a delight through and through. Now, tell me if I have this correct - after the 9 was attacked by The Ravenous and survived and then made a deal with them, he then planted the trap with Professor Marathanga (or one of her sources) which then the 11 found which took them to the "abbey" asteroid. Now the 11 is playing along in order to spring a bigger Ravenous trap which we'll see in the next set. Meanwhile, the 11 sent the 9 off somewhere. Do we know why the 11's inner 9 voice disappeared or why even though he appeared to know that he kidnapped Liv and Helen as the 9, and so they were able to "rescue them", he didn't know any of the 9's subsequent actions? Or was he able to take The Doctor to that prison using some other means and not his prior knowledge? If I understand your questions/s correctly, it's because when time travellers meet, only the oldest version really remembers what happened. The Eleven was remembering fragments of information and acting upon them, that's how knew Liv and Helen were kidnapped but not that they escaped. As for the Nine's voice disappearing, I seem to recall this was addressed in the story by the Nine saying that he deliberately went quiet or something to make the Eleven believe he had been killed. That would then force the Eleven/Doctor & co. to come looking to find out what happened. Or something along those lines, I think So, the 11 had just enough information to track himself to get to where Liv and Helen were kidnapped, but not anything more that the 9 did.
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Post by Whovitt on Jun 3, 2019 19:27:37 GMT
If I understand your questions/s correctly, it's because when time travellers meet, only the oldest version really remembers what happened. The Eleven was remembering fragments of information and acting upon them, that's how knew Liv and Helen were kidnapped but not that they escaped. As for the Nine's voice disappearing, I seem to recall this was addressed in the story by the Nine saying that he deliberately went quiet or something to make the Eleven believe he had been killed. That would then force the Eleven/Doctor & co. to come looking to find out what happened. Or something along those lines, I think So, the 11 had just enough information to track himself to get to where Liv and Helen were kidnapped, but not anything more that the 9 did. That's about the sum of it. I believe there was another line in the episode about it "not having happened yet because it was happening right now", but things just start getting confusing at that point
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Post by nottenst on Jun 4, 2019 20:11:01 GMT
I tweeted about this series ending with a "Hungry for Ravenous S4." John Dorney replied "Oh, it’ll be a good one! I promise you that."
I'm glad to see his confidence about S4.
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Post by Ela on Aug 8, 2019 4:49:39 GMT
Well, that was an interesting set of stories.
Deeptime Frontier was a nice set up for the box set.
I loved Companion Piece.
L.E.G.E.N.D was quite weird, but I enjoyed all the fairy tale references.
Nice twist in The Odds Against.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Sept 19, 2019 22:41:33 GMT
I finally got around to listening to the entire set and this was, to my mind, the strongest set of stories thus far. I’m still not completely sold on the Ravenous but I think the level of threat they pose was better realized thus the stakes for the characters were elevated. Let’s hope volume 4 builds on this and the set finishes strong.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2019 6:40:40 GMT
I finally got around to listening to the entire set and this was, to my mind, the strongest set of stories thus far. I’m still not completely sold on the Ravenous but I think the level of threat they pose was better realized thus the stakes for the characters were elevated. Let’s hope volume 4 builds on this and the set finishes strong. Believe me a few listens to these Stories in the Dark alone and you’ll be convinced of the Ravenous. Take yourself back to 9 year old you .These are a gruesome threat.I tend to lose adult me when listening.🤪 These stories are not blockbuster but IMAX 😎
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2019 6:44:04 GMT
Well, that was an interesting set of stories. Deeptime Frontier was a nice set up for the box set. I loved Companion Piece. L.E.G.E.N.D was quite weird, but I enjoyed all the fairy tale references. Nice twist in The Odds Against. I guess we all loved Companion Piece i think that was going to be a given .But now after a few listens to this set. DeepTime is by far my favourite,Odds Against 2nd.LEGEND third and Companion Piece last given the high quality of Comapnion Piece then these are very high scoring episodes. Deeptime has it all for me-action,drama and horrific moments.
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Post by tuigirl on Sept 20, 2019 7:09:00 GMT
Well, that was an interesting set of stories. Deeptime Frontier was a nice set up for the box set. I loved Companion Piece. L.E.G.E.N.D was quite weird, but I enjoyed all the fairy tale references. Nice twist in The Odds Against. I guess we all loved Companion Piece i think that was going to be a given .But now after a few listens to this set. DeepTime is by far my favourite,Odds Against 2nd.LEGEND third and Companion Piece last given the high quality of Comapnion Piece then these are very high scoring episodes. Deeptime has it all for me-action,drama and horrific moments. Ravenous 3 just was an overall great release. It will be very hard to top that, although they certainly have assembled the cast to try in Ravenous 4. It is certainly my favorite of the Ravenous sets so far. And I am not sure which one is my favorite story to be honest.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2019 7:17:36 GMT
I guess we all loved Companion Piece i think that was going to be a given .But now after a few listens to this set. DeepTime is by far my favourite,Odds Against 2nd.LEGEND third and Companion Piece last given the high quality of Comapnion Piece then these are very high scoring episodes. Deeptime has it all for me-action,drama and horrific moments. Ravenous 3 just was an overall great release. It will be very hard to top that, although they certainly have assembled the cast to try in Ravenous 4. It is certainly my favorite of the Ravenous sets so far. And I am not sure which one is my favorite story to be honest.
I think you can take the adventure as a whole from set 1 all the way through and the threat certainly builds up.It all hinges on what kind of threat you consider The ravenous to be.As. A large scale adventure it ticks all the boxes and as i have said the team truly gel together and why am sad we will LOSE one of them in the writing teams eyes they have been lost for over a year and the New stories are already in production no doubt.But lets not release details it would be more of a shock NOT knowing.I mean like Adric or Not it was an effective dramatic demise as was PERIS death/Non Death....ahhh those pre internet days lol. This is gearing up to be a roller coaster set of stories and am semi prepared for what gets thrown at me-am with River on this NO spoilers lol
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Sept 20, 2019 19:48:28 GMT
I finally got around to listening to the entire set and this was, to my mind, the strongest set of stories thus far. I’m still not completely sold on the Ravenous but I think the level of threat they pose was better realized thus the stakes for the characters were elevated. Let’s hope volume 4 builds on this and the set finishes strong. Believe me a few listens to these Stories in the Dark alone and you’ll be convinced of the Ravenous. Take yourself back to 9 year old you .These are a gruesome threat.I tend to lose adult me when listening.🤪 These stories are not blockbuster but IMAX 😎 Eh. Time-Lord bogeymen who look like zombie clowns. I don't need to listen in the dark with the ears of a nine year old to not be completely sold on the Ravenous. That said, I thought the third volume was easily the strongest one so far.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2019 20:08:45 GMT
Believe me a few listens to these Stories in the Dark alone and you’ll be convinced of the Ravenous. Take yourself back to 9 year old you .These are a gruesome threat.I tend to lose adult me when listening.🤪 These stories are not blockbuster but IMAX 😎 Eh. Time-Lord bogeymen who look like zombie clowns. I don't need to listen in the dark with the ears of a nine year old to not be completely sold on the Ravenous. That said, I thought the third volume was easily the strongest one so far. I’m with you there Watchdog. Three series in and I’m still not convinced by the Ravenous as antagonists. They just come across to me like snarling abominations who can apparently do whatever the plot requires them to do. I still have no clue what the full extent of their powers are and what their weakness is.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2019 20:12:02 GMT
Believe me a few listens to these Stories in the Dark alone and you’ll be convinced of the Ravenous. Take yourself back to 9 year old you .These are a gruesome threat.I tend to lose adult me when listening.🤪 These stories are not blockbuster but IMAX 😎 Eh. Time-Lord bogeymen who look like zombie clowns. I don't need to listen in the dark with the ears of a nine year old to not be completely sold on the Ravenous. That said, I thought the third volume was easily the strongest one so far. Me and Tuigirl have discussed the monsters merits and demerits and all I can say is after a few nightmares and am pretty much fearless as regards them that they really have ingrained themselves even without the homage to Stephen kings clown alien thingy This is great drama am still torn between 2 and 3 as fairytale and the rest were superb and Seizure ,I feel is underrated as a place of sanctuary , The TarDis in my mind became a deadly maze and pippa Haywood a tragic victim within its constant reconfiguring walls Yes Doim was brilliant but ravenous is my kind of set unnerving horrific well told with lots of what makes Doctor Who such a brilliant concept
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Post by tuigirl on Sept 20, 2019 20:22:31 GMT
Eh. Time-Lord bogeymen who look like zombie clowns. I don't need to listen in the dark with the ears of a nine year old to not be completely sold on the Ravenous. That said, I thought the third volume was easily the strongest one so far. Me and Tuigirl have discussed the monsters merits and demerits and all I can say is after a few nightmares and am pretty much fearless as regards them that they really have ingrained themselves even without the homage to Stephen kings clown alien thingy This is great drama am still torn between 2 and 3 as fairytale and the rest were superb and Seizure ,I feel is underrated as a place of sanctuary , The TarDis in my mind became a deadly maze and pippa Haywood a tragic victim within its constant reconfiguring walls Yes Doim was brilliant but ravenous is my kind of set unnerving horrific well told with lots of what makes Doctor Who such a brilliant concept You make me sound like some kind of shadow authority on the subject... when anyone who knows me knows I am anything but.... I do not even keep my own opinion if someone is very convincing with presenting theirs...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2019 20:24:00 GMT
Me and Tuigirl have discussed the monsters merits and demerits and all I can say is after a few nightmares and am pretty much fearless as regards them that they really have ingrained themselves even without the homage to Stephen kings clown alien thingy This is great drama am still torn between 2 and 3 as fairytale and the rest were superb and Seizure ,I feel is underrated as a place of sanctuary , The TarDis in my mind became a deadly maze and pippa Haywood a tragic victim within its constant reconfiguring walls Yes Doim was brilliant but ravenous is my kind of set unnerving horrific well told with lots of what makes Doctor Who such a brilliant concept You make me sound like some kind of shadow authority on the subject... when anyone who knows me knows I am anything but.... I do not even keep my own opinion if someone is very convincing with presenting theirs...
Ahh the dark Valeyard 😂
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Sept 20, 2019 20:30:35 GMT
Eh. Time-Lord bogeymen who look like zombie clowns. I don't need to listen in the dark with the ears of a nine year old to not be completely sold on the Ravenous. That said, I thought the third volume was easily the strongest one so far. Me and Tuigirl have discussed the monsters merits and demerits and all I can say is after a few nightmares and am pretty much fearless as regards them that they really have ingrained themselves even without the homage to Stephen kings clown alien thingy This is great drama am still torn between 2 and 3 as fairytale and the rest were superb and Seizure ,I feel is underrated as a place of sanctuary , The TarDis in my mind became a deadly maze and pippa Haywood a tragic victim within its constant reconfiguring walls Yes Doim was brilliant but ravenous is my kind of set unnerving horrific well told with lots of what makes Doctor Who such a brilliant concept I'm glad you feel that way. I've found the three box sets to be something of a mixed bag and I've had no nightmares to contend with. The Ravenous do seem more like a plot device than an actual villain but I do think they work better here. Like I've said a couple of times already, I thought this was the strongest set of the three and I liked it. Just not as much as you. Is that an issue?
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