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Post by shallacatop on Dec 14, 2023 12:45:18 GMT
Will be waiting for the inevitable paperback, but nice to see a different writer. RTD has said some of Ncuti’s first series will be novelised later in the year too. My preference still remains about the original author penning the novels, as they’re going to have greater scope to deviate.
I’ve seen a couple of Twitter threads from people who’ve read the novelisations of the 60th episodes. Apart from a few past references, they don’t seem to add as much as originally suggested by RTD, but that may be just something those particular fans overlooked when reading.
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Post by shallacatop on Jan 11, 2024 18:41:45 GMT
The Star Beast is mostly a breezy retelling of the story with a couple of nice additions. A new side character is introduced, who weaves in and out of events, which adds a nice dimension to the story from an outsider’s perspective, as the bulk of it firmly follows the Doctor and the Noble’s. Fudge gets a little bit more, including speaking to Sharon on the phone. We also get the previously deleted scene restored where the Doctor uses his sonic in Camden for the first time, which you may remember from the location filming. The real highlight is the further insight into Sylvia’s thoughts, which I enjoyed as I find her the highlight of the televised episode. The documented interludes between chapters are a nice touch too.
Wild Blue Yonder is a straight retelling. I’m not sure if there’s really anything added at all, frankly. I think it loses its horror edge too, as it’s not as well realised in the prose.
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Post by noneofyourbusiness on Jan 12, 2024 5:46:05 GMT
The Star Beast is mostly a breezy retelling of the story with a couple of nice additions. A new side character is introduced, who weaves in and out of events, which adds a nice dimension to the story from an outsider’s perspective, as the bulk of it firmly follows the Doctor and the Noble’s. Fudge gets a little bit more, including speaking to Sharon on the phone. We also get the previously deleted scene restored where the Doctor uses his sonic in Camden for the first time, which you may remember from the location filming. The real highlight is the further insight into Sylvia’s thoughts, which I enjoyed as I find her the highlight of the televised episode. The documented interludes between chapters are a nice touch too. Wild Blue Yonder is a straight retelling. I’m not sure if there’s really anything added at all, frankly. I think it loses its horror edge too, as it’s not as well realised in the prose. By Sharon, do you mean Rose, or is there a Sharon who only appears in a phone call?
Is there even a slight tongue-in-cheek reference to the events of The Star Beast having happened before?
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Post by shallacatop on Jan 12, 2024 7:48:35 GMT
The Star Beast is mostly a breezy retelling of the story with a couple of nice additions. A new side character is introduced, who weaves in and out of events, which adds a nice dimension to the story from an outsider’s perspective, as the bulk of it firmly follows the Doctor and the Noble’s. Fudge gets a little bit more, including speaking to Sharon on the phone. We also get the previously deleted scene restored where the Doctor uses his sonic in Camden for the first time, which you may remember from the location filming. The real highlight is the further insight into Sylvia’s thoughts, which I enjoyed as I find her the highlight of the televised episode. The documented interludes between chapters are a nice touch too. Wild Blue Yonder is a straight retelling. I’m not sure if there’s really anything added at all, frankly. I think it loses its horror edge too, as it’s not as well realised in the prose. By Sharon, do you mean Rose, or is there a Sharon who only appears in a phone call?
Is there even a slight tongue-in-cheek reference to the events of The Star Beast having happened before? No, it’s Sharon (or Shazza as Fudge calls her). And no reference to anything having happened before.
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Post by noneofyourbusiness on Jan 12, 2024 17:33:40 GMT
By Sharon, do you mean Rose, or is there a Sharon who only appears in a phone call?
Is there even a slight tongue-in-cheek reference to the events of The Star Beast having happened before? No, it’s Sharon (or Shazza as Fudge calls her). And no reference to anything having happened before. Does the narrator say her name is Sharon and Fudge nicknames her Shazza, or is that an inference?
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Post by shallacatop on Jan 13, 2024 14:46:23 GMT
No, it’s Sharon (or Shazza as Fudge calls her). And no reference to anything having happened before. Does the narrator say her name is Sharon and Fudge nicknames her Shazza, or is that an inference? I think Sharon is mentioned within the prose, if memory serves. There’s also a text transcript from Fudge’s phone in which she’s referred to as Sharon in his contacts.
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Post by noneofyourbusiness on Jan 13, 2024 14:48:37 GMT
Does the narrator say her name is Sharon and Fudge nicknames her Shazza, or is that an inference? I think Sharon is mentioned within the prose, if memory serves. There’s also a text transcript from Fudge’s phone in which she’s referred to as Sharon in his contacts. Thanks!
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Post by shallacatop on Jan 13, 2024 14:51:06 GMT
I thought The Giggle was terrific. A much extended page count that’s very well used. Kudos to James Goss for really bending the format, writing it from the perspective of The Toymaker, to the point of adding some puzzles in between chapters (or “moves”!) and going down a choose your adventure-esque route for Donna making her way through the corridors and rooms within the toyshop. Lots of little extra bits of detail and some previously cut dialogue restored. And I adored the extended epilogue for Kate and then Fourteen, some wonderful additions to that.
Pleasantly surprised, the one I expected to be a straight retelling was the one that really justified its release!
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Post by ollychops on Jan 13, 2024 17:10:10 GMT
The Star Beast is mostly a breezy retelling of the story with a couple of nice additions. A new side character is introduced, who weaves in and out of events, which adds a nice dimension to the story from an outsider’s perspective, as the bulk of it firmly follows the Doctor and the Noble’s. Fudge gets a little bit more, including speaking to Sharon on the phone. We also get the previously deleted scene restored where the Doctor uses his sonic in Camden for the first time, which you may remember from the location filming. The real highlight is the further insight into Sylvia’s thoughts, which I enjoyed as I find her the highlight of the televised episode. The documented interludes between chapters are a nice touch too. Wild Blue Yonder is a straight retelling. I’m not sure if there’s really anything added at all, frankly. I think it loses its horror edge too, as it’s not as well realised in the prose. Well, that's disappointing re: WBY... might skip getting that one then...
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Post by shallacatop on Jan 13, 2024 17:37:11 GMT
The Star Beast is mostly a breezy retelling of the story with a couple of nice additions. A new side character is introduced, who weaves in and out of events, which adds a nice dimension to the story from an outsider’s perspective, as the bulk of it firmly follows the Doctor and the Noble’s. Fudge gets a little bit more, including speaking to Sharon on the phone. We also get the previously deleted scene restored where the Doctor uses his sonic in Camden for the first time, which you may remember from the location filming. The real highlight is the further insight into Sylvia’s thoughts, which I enjoyed as I find her the highlight of the televised episode. The documented interludes between chapters are a nice touch too. Wild Blue Yonder is a straight retelling. I’m not sure if there’s really anything added at all, frankly. I think it loses its horror edge too, as it’s not as well realised in the prose. Well, that's disappointing re: WBY... might skip getting that one then... I was speaking with a mate and he suggested they should’ve got someone like Rob Shearman to write it and I agree. Someone who may have been able to get the horror across a little better and maybe had the sway to deviate or add new details. There’s not a lot to it - it’s why it was kept to secretive, after all - and the prose needs to work harder to make up for it. I was surprised they didn’t novelise the DWM strip that’s set just before it actually.
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Post by timleschild on Jan 27, 2024 18:20:42 GMT
Interview with Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson, author of the new Target book adaptation of The Church on Ruby Road.
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