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Post by mark687 on Jul 26, 2019 14:30:38 GMT
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Post by cwm on Jul 26, 2019 14:53:57 GMT
Here are the CompChrons I don't yet have:
Fear of the Daleks Helicon Prime The Great Space Elevator, The Magician's Oath, The Stealers from Saiph The Pyralis Effect, Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code, The Emperor of Eternity, Night's Black Agents The Invasion of E-Space, A Town Called Fortune, The Sentinels of the New Dawn, Ferril's Folly Beyond the Ultimate Adventure, The Rings of Ikiria House of Cards The Beginning, The Dying Light, Luna Romana
Given what I have heard, I do not get the impression there are any must-hear stories I am missing there, although if anyone wants to make a suitably impassioned case for any of those you may be able to change my mind.
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Post by vivdunstan on Jul 26, 2019 15:18:56 GMT
Nice sale. I’ve heard loads of the Companion Chronicles, but had loads more still to listen to.
For now I’ve gone for the new for me pair Mastermind and Council of War, which both look a lot of fun.
And as well as those I’ve bought Frostfire and Find and Replace, two of my favourite Companion Chronicles that I bought through Amazon, so don’t have digital Big Finish downloads. For £2.99 each I’ll snap those up too, and re-sell the duplicate CDs.
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Post by Star Platinum on Jul 26, 2019 15:25:06 GMT
Here are the CompChrons I don't yet have: Fear of the Daleks Helicon Prime The Great Space Elevator, The Magician's Oath, The Stealers from Saiph The Pyralis Effect, Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code, The Emperor of Eternity, Night's Black Agents The Invasion of E-Space, A Town Called Fortune, The Sentinels of the New Dawn, Ferril's Folly Beyond the Ultimate Adventure, The Rings of Ikiria House of Cards The Beginning, The Dying Light, Luna Romana Given what I have heard, I do not get the impression there are any must-hear stories I am missing there, although if anyone wants to make a suitably impassioned case for any of those you may be able to change my mind. New dawn and house of cards are pretty good For me, new dawn was elevated by when I happened to listen it it. But it’s a great story none the less!
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Post by Superium on Jul 26, 2019 15:29:01 GMT
Well, this is going to be a challenge. I haven't bought any Companion Chronicles, and I don't know when I'll be paid next.
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Post by vivdunstan on Jul 26, 2019 15:31:18 GMT
Here are the CompChrons I don't yet have: Fear of the Daleks Helicon Prime The Great Space Elevator, The Magician's Oath, The Stealers from Saiph The Pyralis Effect, Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code, The Emperor of Eternity, Night's Black Agents The Invasion of E-Space, A Town Called Fortune, The Sentinels of the New Dawn, Ferril's Folly Beyond the Ultimate Adventure, The Rings of Ikiria House of Cards The Beginning, The Dying Light, Luna Romana Given what I have heard, I do not get the impression there are any must-hear stories I am missing there, although if anyone wants to make a suitably impassioned case for any of those you may be able to change my mind. Pitching in here I’d recommend some off beat choices. Firstly The Magician’s Oath captures really nicely the Third Doctor’s era, with a hefty dose of melancholy added in. I liked it a lot. The other one I’d suggest is Luna Romana. Sadly Mary Tamm had died by the time it was recorded, so she’s not in it. But Juliet Landau does an excellent job IMHO as a later Romana looking back, recalling her first incarnation. Lalla Ward is strong as usual, and it’s a fun timey wimey adventure in Ancient Rome and outer space. Liked a lot. Plus a very nice tribute to Romana 1 / Mary Tamm.
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Post by ljwilson on Jul 26, 2019 15:33:01 GMT
The Salachian Gambit and The Jigsaw War for me.
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Post by Hieronymus on Jul 26, 2019 17:19:53 GMT
Here are the CompChrons I don't yet have: Fear of the Daleks Helicon Prime The Great Space Elevator, The Magician's Oath, The Stealers from Saiph The Pyralis Effect, Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code, The Emperor of Eternity, Night's Black Agents The Invasion of E-Space, A Town Called Fortune, The Sentinels of the New Dawn, Ferril's Folly Beyond the Ultimate Adventure, The Rings of Ikiria House of Cards The Beginning, The Dying Light, Luna Romana Given what I have heard, I do not get the impression there are any must-hear stories I am missing there, although if anyone wants to make a suitably impassioned case for any of those you may be able to change my mind. The Stealers from Saiph is remarkable for the performance that Mary Tamm gives. It's worth hearing simply for the display of her skills.
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Post by Ela on Jul 26, 2019 19:37:20 GMT
So it looks like they are pulling the ones that have sold out on CD from the sale list, rather than offering downloads of the sold out CDs at the sale price, as they've done with previous warehouse sales.
Which means this sale is totally useless to me.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2019 20:13:01 GMT
Reminds me, I need to go back and relisten to Tales from the Vault and put The Second Doctor Chronicles: Volume 2 on the list... Matheson and/or Sato only turn up occassionally, but it's nice when they do. It's a bit of a shame that we can't have Grace or Lee aboard (yet) due to all that legal brouhaha.
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Post by masterdoctor on Jul 26, 2019 21:53:54 GMT
Well, I picked up a few CD's of stories that I love, and I'm wrangling with the idea of picking up a few more, but we shall see.
- Find And Replace - Peri and the Piscon Paradox - The Perpetual Bond - The Cold Equations - The Last Post - The Scorchies - Mastermind.
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Post by barnabaslives on Jul 27, 2019 8:48:02 GMT
Here are the CompChrons I don't yet have: Fear of the Daleks Helicon Prime The Great Space Elevator, The Magician's Oath, The Stealers from Saiph The Pyralis Effect, Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code, The Emperor of Eternity, Night's Black Agents The Invasion of E-Space, A Town Called Fortune, The Sentinels of the New Dawn, Ferril's Folly Beyond the Ultimate Adventure, The Rings of Ikiria House of Cards The Beginning, The Dying Light, Luna Romana Given what I have heard, I do not get the impression there are any must-hear stories I am missing there, although if anyone wants to make a suitably impassioned case for any of those you may be able to change my mind. I really enjoyed most of these but along with the other recommendations in this thread, I especially liked Bernice Summerfield and the Criminal Code, Helicon Prime, and The Beginning and The Dying Light (part of a trilogy with with Luna Romana).
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Post by Whovitt on Jul 27, 2019 11:51:06 GMT
Having heard all but four of the Companion Chronicles range, I strongly recommend anyone who hasn't got them yet to grab as many as they can now. Some fantastic ones are already gone, but of the remaining titles I'd say everyone should have: 3.11. The Mahogany Murderers - it's one of the best CC in the range, plus it's a wonderful pilot for the Jago & Litefoot series (I hope there's more stock of it than other stories, as it would have been one of the best selling entries in the range, I'd imagine). 4.12. Solitaire - one of the few full-cast entries in the range, it makes fantastic use of the Toymaker and really gets to showcase Charley. Also, it's written by John Dorney, so there's reason enough to get it! 5.7. Peri and the Piscon Paradox - this one is a lot of fun, bar the one really hard gut-punch toward the end. It doesn't ruin the hilarity of the rest of the release though (plus it's two discs, so it's twice the fun). 5.8 The Perpetual Bond/5.12. The Cold Equations/6.5. The First Wave - the Oliver Harper trilogy deserves all the praise it gets, but it's not easy to say why without getting into spoilers. Suffice it to say these releases are good on their own and great as a whole. Not to be missed. 7.1. The Time Musuem - I'm surprised this release hasn't already gone. A great little love letter to the Ian/Barbara period of the Hartnell years. 7.4. The Last Post - again, I'm surprised this isn't already gone. This is great big love letter to both Season 7 and Liz, to the entire Pertwee years. If you like the early 70's, you'll love this story. 7.8. The Scorchies - Doctor Who does a musical based on rip-off 70's children's TV. Might not sound like much to some, but trust me, it's worth it! 8.1. Mastermind - Maybe not quite as good as some of the others on this list, but definitely a very strong story with Geoffrey Beevers being magnificent (as always). 8.10. The War to End All Wars - much like the Oliver Harper trilogy, this story is best listened to with it's two semi-sequels in The First Doctor: Volume 1, but it is still quite good on it's own. Those are just my recommendations, but if anyone was uncertain what to go for from what's currently left, I'd put them high on my priority list
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jul 27, 2019 13:44:15 GMT
I dont have anything from Seasons 3 - 8 except Soliatire and the Mahogany Murders.
So damn
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Post by number13 on Jul 27, 2019 22:02:25 GMT
Don't miss the "fourth part" of the Sixie/Jamie MR trilogy (I love it!) Night's Black Agents - Frazer Hines, always excellent - and a fabulous guest performance from Hugh Ross.
Slots into second place in the trilogy after 'City of Spires' and very well worth hearing in its proper place on a first run through the 'trilogy', as I did. Full of clues which will make sense later, trust me...
Seconded all the ones I've heard off Whovitt 's list (which is all but two I think.) Wonderful stories, all of them. And on that note, do get 'Old Soldiers'. It's maybe not the greatest story in the range, but it is precious time with one of the greatest characters and actors. A fireside chat with the Brig.? Unmissable.
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Post by Star Platinum on Jul 27, 2019 22:09:13 GMT
Don't miss the "fourth part" of the Sixie/Jamie MR trilogy (I love it!) Night's Black Agents - Frazer Hines, always excellent - and a fabulous guest performance from Hugh Ross.
Slots into second place in the trilogy after 'City of Spires' and very well worth hearing in its proper place on a first run through the 'trilogy', as I did. Full of clues which will make sense later, trust me...
Seconded all the ones I've heard off Whovitt 's list (which is all but two I think.) Wonderful stories, all of them. And on that note, do get 'Old Soldiers'. It's ,maybe not the greatest story in the range, but it is precious time with one of the greatest characters and actors. A fireside chat with the Brig.? Unmissable.
Hugh Ross really is brilliant in this one, one of my favourite stories he's in.
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Post by agentten on Jul 27, 2019 23:14:54 GMT
Fortunately, the last half dozen in this range that I needed were not yet sold out so I managed to complete the range today, which is always a satisfying feeling.
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Post by Digi on Jul 27, 2019 23:43:07 GMT
I own all of these, and have listened to most of them, but for whatever reason - even when I've enjoyed them - a lot of the time I forget the details of what these stories were about.
That said, some of the ones that I remember as being favourites of mine: - The Mahogany Murderers - Solitaire - The Invasion of E-Space - Peri and the Piscon Paradox - Quinnis - The Rocket Men - Return of the Rocket Men - The Scorchies - Mastermind - The Beginning - The Alchemists - Luna Romana
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jul 29, 2019 12:57:27 GMT
Guess ill be going to ebay once i get a job for a lot of these or i win the Lottery lol
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2019 23:16:07 GMT
The final tally of OOP titles:
Home Truths (3.5) The Darkening Eye (3.6) The Magician's Oath (3.10) The Stealers from Saiph (3.12)
The Suffering (4.7)
The Guardian of the Solar System (5.1) Find and Replace (5.3) A Town Called Fortune (5.5) Peri and the Piscon Paradox (5.7) Ferril's Folly (5.11)
The Rocket Men (6.2) Beyond The Ultimate Adventure (6.6) The Anachronauts (6.7) Binary (6.9) The Wanderer (6.10)
The Uncertainty Principle (7.2) Project Nirvana (7.3) The Last Post (7.4) Return of the Rocket Men (7.5) The Scorchies (7.9) The Library of Alexandria (7.10) The Apocalypse Mirror (7.11) Council of War (7.12)
Ghost in the Machine (8.4) The Beginning (8.5) Luna Romana (8.7) The War to End All Wars (8.10) The Elixir of Doom (8.11)
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