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Post by tuigirl on Jan 7, 2023 1:30:51 GMT
Seeing all the praise, I might have to make a start on listening to this series, after all. Well, will be something to do while I paint my Doctor Who figures- Ohila and the sisterhood, Cass, River, 8 and War.... maybe that will get me motivated.
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Post by Timelord007 on Jan 7, 2023 9:54:31 GMT
Fantastic release this was edgy, intense & suspenseful, brilliantly acted, written, produced & directed. One of my favourite releases of 2022. I have it loaded up on my phone app ready to start..
Your in for a treat.
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Post by mark687 on Jan 8, 2023 0:19:43 GMT
Regards
mark687
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Post by The Brigadier on Jan 20, 2023 11:13:12 GMT
I think all the superlatives have already been given for both He Who Fights with Monsters and Jonathan Carley's performance, so I'll merely say that this was one of those rare occasions where I devoured the entirety of a boxset in a single sitting. Oh, and Comrades in Arms is going to have a lot to live up to.
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Post by tuigirl on Apr 7, 2023 16:37:16 GMT
I agree with everyone, this was pretty much the best release in the series so far. It has an engaging exciting story, it challenges the Doctor as a character, it has some strong and distinct villains (and for one, the Dalek Hunter-Killer is just different enough so he does not add to my Dalek fatigue) and there are plenty of memorable scenes. This might even be the most memorable War Doctor release yet! Yes, they do blur into one, at least for me. I think it is especially well done with the character work for the Doctor- in this, he really is taking his first steps into becoming a monster. And Jonathan Carley rises to the challenge and gives an amazing performance- he does action scenes, he excels at torture and injury scenes and he even breaks down and weeps. Stellar performance.
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Post by masterdoctor on Nov 1, 2023 4:43:06 GMT
This was bloody marvellous. An epic three hours that doesn’t let up for a minute and has some proper gruesome imagery that fits right at home in the war setting. One moment was the Master being found, I often can somewhat visualize a scene in an audio, but I could very clearly see the entire scene play out in detail. The sound design is layered and engaging, Carley gives his best performance in the range yet, balancing nostalgia with pain in the best possible way. I think my only complaint is that the Barber Surgeon is largely missing in the second episode and some of the first and third, and I would have enjoyed more of them.
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Post by nottenst on Mar 25, 2024 20:57:19 GMT
Just finished listening to this today. I agree with all the praise. This was an amazing story with great performances all around.
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Post by wolfdog95 on Mar 26, 2024 10:47:34 GMT
Just finished listening to this today. I agree with all the praise. This was an amazing story with great performances all around. What's your theory on who the Barber-Surgeon is?
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Post by nottenst on Mar 26, 2024 13:30:00 GMT
Just finished listening to this today. I agree with all the praise. This was an amazing story with great performances all around. What's your theory on who the Barber-Surgeon is? No strong idea, but it seemed from the interviews that Louise Jameson thought it was an alternate version of The Doctor. 4:39 in interviews: "And even if you didn't know that the Barber-Surgeon and The Doctor were the same ..." 5:23: "... leads you to think that he is one and the same person." As she says, there are clues pointing along that direction.
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Post by wolfdog95 on Mar 26, 2024 13:45:46 GMT
What's your theory on who the Barber-Surgeon is? No strong idea, but it seemed from the interviews that Louise Jameson thought it was an alternate version of The Doctor. 4:39 in interviews: "And even if you didn't know that the Barber-Surgeon and The Doctor were the same ..." 5:23: "... leads you to think that he is one and the same person." As she says, there are clues pointing along that direction. He's definitely an alternate/parallel/possible future Doctor of some kind, but his exact origins are shrouded in mystery. I have two theories: 1) He's a future incarnation of the War Valeyard, extracted by the Time Lords from the time loop he trapped himself in ("They tried turning both of us into men willing to do what must be done"). While he was right that his dark nature would return, the memories of being a more heroic Valeyard remained, thus creating the ruthless, vicious, but ultimately well-intentioned Barber-Surgeon. 2) He's the last vestiges of Colin Baker's "The Warrior". One part of his consciousness merged with the Fourth Doctor and resumed travelling with Sarah and Harry. The rest of his being was trapped outside time. That part made it back to the main universe, where it was eventually reconstituted as the Barber-Surgeon, which is why he is so determined to ensure the War Doctor never makes the same mistakes.
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