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Post by mark687 on Nov 23, 2015 16:23:36 GMT
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Post by omega on Nov 23, 2015 18:37:56 GMT
Interesting to note it's a celebrity historical, I'm on the fence despite it being a Johnny Morris story. The cover isn't very good, the stock photos are poorly integrated, the Fifth Doctor especially.
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Post by Feroniya27 on Nov 23, 2015 20:06:45 GMT
I'm excited! It looks like this story will be the perfect bridge between "Arc of Infinity" and Omega!
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Post by mrfuggleboppins on Nov 24, 2015 19:55:29 GMT
Great cover art by Anthony Lamb. And Amsterdam is a lovely city too.  |
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Post by seeley on Nov 24, 2015 22:46:47 GMT
The gap keeps getting bigger. The Doctor really didn't want to resume his travels with Tegan, did he?
Hopefully this will fulfill the wasted potential of Arc of Infinity.
Judging by the title and synopsis, this looks to be picking up on that story's bizarre and flimsy attempt an excuse for its setting.
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Post by omega on Nov 24, 2015 22:53:31 GMT
Judging by the title and synopsis, this looks to be picking up on that story's bizarre and flimsy attempt an excuse for its setting. JNT's desire to go somewhere nice for a holiday? |
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Post by seeley on Nov 24, 2015 23:11:01 GMT
Judging by the title and synopsis, this looks to be picking up on that story's bizarre and flimsy attempt an excuse for its setting. JNT's desire to go somewhere nice for a holiday? More like his understandable desire to ape City of Death's success. He was very much an impresario, much more so than his predecessors. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2015 23:18:50 GMT
JNT's desire to go somewhere nice for a holiday? More like his understandable desire to ape City of Death's success. He was very much an impresario, much more so than his predecessors. That was my thought too, you can see it in his desire to try and make every story an event in its own right. It'll be cool to see a story that lives up to the novelty of its setting (at less than half the expense) and it's lovely to see a crossover between the new Anderson productions and Big Finish with Jamie Anderson directing. |
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Post by omega on Nov 24, 2015 23:23:53 GMT
JNT's desire to go somewhere nice for a holiday? More like his understandable desire to ape City of Death's success. He was very much an impresario, much more so than his predecessors. If you're trying to replicate City of Death's success, include a memorable guest character, like City of Death had in Duggan (he's be great for dealing with a threat manifesting in a hall of mirrors!) and a better reason for the location. As such we had Tegan's cousin (obviously from the boring side of the family) and a giant anti-matter chicken. |
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Post by seeley on Nov 24, 2015 23:34:13 GMT
More like his understandable desire to ape City of Death's success. He was very much an impresario, much more so than his predecessors. If you're trying to replicate City of Death's success, include a memorable guest character, like City of Death had in Duggan (he's be great for dealing with a threat manifesting in a hall of mirrors!) and a better reason for the location. As such we had Tegan's cousin (obviously from the boring side of the family) and a giant anti-matter chicken. It's sad reading about the development of the story, as its previous iterations sounded considerably more interesting than what we got. Of course, the script wasn't terribly well-written, but I suspect that Byrne might have fared better without having to include Omega and, consequently, Gallifrey (changes he was reluctant to make.) Originally, the villain was a being called the Avatar, who manifested through Time Lord-regeneration. The original plot, which involved a dystopian, future version of Amsterdam, was something of a cross between Paradise Towers and the Temptation of Sarah-Jane Smith. EDIT: And of course, the final story suffers for having to hold off the reveal of Omega's identity until the end of the Third Part. Had it happened midway through, the story would have been less meandering. |
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