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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2020 21:22:13 GMT
With a title like ‘The Lovecraft Invasion’ chances are we are to expect an adventure with H.P Lovecraft somewhere down the line.
So, the question I have to ask is which historical figure would you like to see Big Finish tackle down the line? Here’s a few I have thought of.
George Meliés: Famous French filmmaker best known for his silent film ‘A Trip to Moon’ with a fictionalised account of his life being portrayed in the 2011 film ‘Hugo’ I’d imagining an adventure with him could involve a trip into outer space thus serving as inspiration for him down the line or a story perhaps featuring something living in the film reels.
Enid Blyton: Best selling children’s writer with such creations as Noddy and The Famous Five under her belt. Maybe a story could be done with her as a child where the Doctor has to save her from becoming a Chosen One of the Fairies from Torchwood? That or she gets kidnapped by a group of sentient toys?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2020 21:31:13 GMT
A sharpshooting, rollicking adventure with Annie Oakley.
Misread the post. I want Oakley on the TV show with my Doctor, 13.
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Post by frisby78 on Jan 18, 2020 21:51:58 GMT
A nice American gothic story with Edgar Allan Poe and I've always liked the idea of Five meeting someone like WG Grace or Don Bradman.
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Post by timegirl on Jan 18, 2020 21:55:07 GMT
I would love on of the modern Doctors to meet Mr. Rogers, he was pioneer of children’s tv hosts who’s entire philosophy revolved around kindness and appreciating people for who they truly are. He also did an entire week on conflict and anti war, and how to solve things peacefully. He sang a song called “what do you with the mad that you have”, where he taught about how to deal with anger in a positive way. He also taught about how to deal with greif and death and tolerance for all differences. I could picture one of the modern Doctors unexpectedly landing the TARDIS in the tv studio and them maybe just having a heart to heart with each other and the Doctor telling him about his struggles with everything.Then Mr Rogers would invite the Doctor to sing a song with him or something on his show and the Doctor would invite him for a ride in the TARDIS😊
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Post by frisby78 on Jan 18, 2020 22:01:16 GMT
I would love on of the modern Doctors to meet Mr. Rogers, he was pioneer of children’s tv hosts who’s entire philosophy revolved around kindness and appreciating people for who they truly are. He also did an entire week on conflict and anti war, and how to solve things peacefully. He sang a song called “what do you with the mad that you have”, where he taught about how to deal with anger in a positive way. He also taught about how to deal with greif and death and tolerance for all differences. I could picture one of the modern Doctors unexpectedly landing the TARDIS in the tv studio and them maybe just having a heart to heart with each other and the Doctor telling him about his struggles with everything.Then Mr Rogers would invite the Doctor to sing a song with him or something on his show and the Doctor would invite him for a ride in the TARDIS😊 Now that's a lovely idea. In a similar vein meeting Pete Seger would be great too. One one if the great musicians and humanitarian.
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Post by frisby78 on Jan 18, 2020 22:01:39 GMT
Oh and Rod Serling too!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2020 22:18:39 GMT
Sid James and the Carry on crew whilst making 'Up the Khyber', 'Feast of Steven' style. That should be an interesting juxtaposition and laughs aplenty as Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond takes a lecherous shine to the Doctor in the absence of Babs Windsor to the chagrin of Joan Sims' Lady Joan. Bernard Bresslaw meanwhile has some explaining to do as he is playing one Bungdit Din in 'make-up', whilst Roy Castle looks just as embarrassed and apologetic as he did in the original film.
Bad taste, yeah, but then again we used to have a laugh at our past this way, as a form of catharsis. And no - I am not being serious....
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2020 22:40:54 GMT
I would love on of the modern Doctors to meet Mr. Rogers, he was pioneer of children’s tv hosts who’s entire philosophy revolved around kindness and appreciating people for who they truly are. He also did an entire week on conflict and anti war, and how to solve things peacefully. He sang a song called “what do you with the mad that you have”, where he taught about how to deal with anger in a positive way. He also taught about how to deal with greif and death and tolerance for all differences. I could picture one of the modern Doctors unexpectedly landing the TARDIS in the tv studio and them maybe just having a heart to heart with each other and the Doctor telling him about his struggles with everything.Then Mr Rogers would invite the Doctor to sing a song with him or something on his show and the Doctor would invite him for a ride in the TARDIS😊 Fred Rogers was never really a "thing" in the UK so it'd be a bit of an odd one for the show or BF. A great man though, and a fascinating figure but although the likes of Sesame St made it here, the Neighborhood didn't.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2020 22:43:45 GMT
Peter Cushing Moffat's Day Of The Doctor novelisation said The Doctor and Cushing were friends and I won't rest till I get that in a whole boxset!
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Post by frisby78 on Jan 18, 2020 23:05:28 GMT
Peter Cushing Moffat's Day Of The Doctor novelisation said The Doctor and Cushing were friends and I won't rest till I get that in a whole boxset! Keep the attractive female companions away from Mr Cushing though!!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2020 23:14:06 GMT
Peter Cushing Moffat's Day Of The Doctor novelisation said The Doctor and Cushing were friends and I won't rest till I get that in a whole boxset! Keep the attractive female companions away from Mr Cushing though!! Why?
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Post by frisby78 on Jan 18, 2020 23:31:25 GMT
Keep the attractive female companions away from Mr Cushing though!! Why? [b He had a history with his female costars. Which he admitted in his autobiography.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2020 23:35:17 GMT
[b He had a history with his female costars. Which he admitted in his autobiography. No he didn't.
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Post by frisby78 on Jan 18, 2020 23:38:43 GMT
[b He had a history with his female costars. Which he admitted in his autobiography. No he didn't. Yes he did. It was known to Helen too who turned a blind eye to his dalliances.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2020 0:51:51 GMT
[b He had a history with his female costars. Which he admitted in his autobiography. No he didn't. He very much did, in An Autobiography/Past Forgetting. None were apparently more than on set flings and very short term - and were over and done with by the time he became a big star. Helen was always very sickly, even before the illness that took her life. David Miller in The Peter Cushing Companion suggests this is partially why Helen tolerated his affairs as she wasn't able to be physically with him very often. He certainly adored Helen in their own way and he never got over her death, really, but certainly for the first decade or so they weren't as close as many documentaries and biographies would have it. Which is odd as, as Simon says above, Cushing admitted to his own guilt over betraying Helen until the end. He was human like the rest of us - a gentleman and a consumate professional but not above faltering.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2020 9:37:06 GMT
He very much did, in An Autobiography/Past Forgetting. None were apparently more than on set flings and very short term - and were over and done with by the time he became a big star. Helen was always very sickly, even before the illness that took her life. David Miller in The Peter Cushing Companion suggests this is partially why Helen tolerated his affairs as she wasn't able to be physically with him very often. He certainly adored Helen in their own way and he never got over her death, really, but certainly for the first decade or so they weren't as close as many documentaries and biographies would have it. Which is odd as, as Simon says above, Cushing admitted to his own guilt over betraying Helen until the end. He was human like the rest of us - a gentleman and a consumate professional but not above faltering. Well I will no longer watch any of his films or TV shows. He is just a sleazy adulterer.
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Post by slithe on Jan 19, 2020 9:52:53 GMT
I would quite like a range of figures from the earlier/mid part of the Twentieth Century:
Josef Stalin - 7th Doctor here against a paranoid Stalin at the end of his life/rule - would the Doctor really be a match for Stalin and escape the gulag? Franklin Roosevelt - 7th Doctor here again (or possibly Sixie) giving him a nudge to continue to fight his disabilities after his polio weaknesses Harold Wilson - 7th Doctor and the Assassination Games angle fits so well here Charles De Gaulle - Any Doctor here would be good Charlie Chaplin - after Houdini why not?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2020 10:30:05 GMT
David Lloyd George - An influential Prime Minister who was only mentioned once via dialogue. I feel that he deserves a guest appearance, set during WWI, with a young Winston Churchill in his Cabinet.
Hergé - Some may remember when Steven Moffat wrote the screenplay for The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, but later withdrew because he was about to become showrunner. Tintin has been a favourite of mine since childhood, and it would be a great opportunity to explore the life and career of his creator.
Mozart and/or Beethoven - There has never been a TV episode featuring a classical composer or musician, despite Twelve playing the opening chords of Beethoven's 5th twice. What if we get to see the Doctor helping out with composing his 9th symphony (Ode to Joy), or meeting a giddy Amadeus (like the film depiction)?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 19, 2020 12:38:40 GMT
Dian Fossey is one that's always stuck with me since Gorillas in the Mist. My brain insists it'd be perfect with the Fifth Doctor, Tegan and Turlough, but I can't say why.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Jan 20, 2020 13:11:25 GMT
He very much did, in An Autobiography/Past Forgetting. None were apparently more than on set flings and very short term - and were over and done with by the time he became a big star. Helen was always very sickly, even before the illness that took her life. David Miller in The Peter Cushing Companion suggests this is partially why Helen tolerated his affairs as she wasn't able to be physically with him very often. He certainly adored Helen in their own way and he never got over her death, really, but certainly for the first decade or so they weren't as close as many documentaries and biographies would have it. Which is odd as, as Simon says above, Cushing admitted to his own guilt over betraying Helen until the end. He was human like the rest of us - a gentleman and a consumate professional but not above faltering. Well I will no longer watch any of his films or TV shows. He is just a sleazy adulterer. Well guess you wont be watching many films featuring anybody then
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