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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2020 7:03:51 GMT
A first run through ATA Girl 2.
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Post by tuigirl on Jul 12, 2020 8:06:49 GMT
Judgement of Isskar. Oh my. This is not very good, is it? It already starts out in medias res and is unbelievably clumsy with the exposition. And the overall plot is all over the Place, they lost me a couple of times. I am seriously wondering if it is worth finishing this.
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Post by barnabaslives on Jul 12, 2020 10:54:30 GMT
The first story from Missy 2 - wonderful! - and Out of the Deep: First Doctor historical performed by the excellent narrator Peter Purves, who by this point is the First Doctor in my book. A pure delight of course.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2020 17:39:24 GMT
A first run through Graceless - Series 1 (in preparation for Wicked Sisters in November).
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Post by tuigirl on Jul 12, 2020 18:35:34 GMT
Warhammer Horror- The Way Out. This is good.
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Post by grinch on Jul 12, 2020 18:53:11 GMT
Dirty Beasts (Stephen Mangan/Tamsin Grieg/Miriam Margoyles)
All three narrators are good. Particularly Miriam Margoyles.
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Post by grinch on Jul 12, 2020 22:58:07 GMT
The Church and the Crown (Mark Wright/Cavan Scott)
A fun historical romp with musketeers to boot! Also a lovely showcase for Erinem.
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Post by sherlock on Jul 12, 2020 23:06:37 GMT
Zaltys
A curious one. There’s a lot of atmosphere and slow build, but it just never amounted to anything. The resolution weirdly puts the TARDIS crew to the sidelines.
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Chancellery Guard
It's tangerine....not orange
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Post by ljwilson on Jul 13, 2020 7:34:04 GMT
MR: Singularity
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2020 12:25:54 GMT
To the Big Finish Classics today with a first listen to The Invisible Man (and it's only taken me *checks notes* just over six months to get around to listening to it..😳)
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Post by Whovitt on Jul 13, 2020 13:04:00 GMT
To the Big Finish Classics today with a first listen to The Invisible Man (and it's only taken me *checks notes* just over six months to get around to listening to it..😳) I wouldn't worry too much about 6 months if I were you. In the past I've been known to buy something and not listen to it for 2-3 years
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Post by doctorkernow on Jul 13, 2020 16:01:01 GMT
The Church and the Crown (Mark Wright/Cavan Scott) A fun historical romp with musketeers to boot! Also a lovely showcase for Erinem. Hello again.
I am currently listening to runs of stories based on companions. I am right in the middle of my collection of 5th Doctor, Peri and Erimem stories. What a great run of stories. I love the historical ones like The Church and the Crown. Big Finish's version of The Aztecs, The Council of Nicea is a great piece of drama. While The Kingmaker really makes me laugh but at the same time has this wonderful central performance by Stephen Beckett as Richard, the Duke of Gloucester. The scenes between him and Peter Davison's Fifth Doctor are electric. Peri and Erimem are well depicted in this story too, with Erimem weary of Peri's 20th century fear of death.
I am sad this grouping of Team TARDIS didn't stay for a little longer, but I still have Son of the Dragon and Bride of Peladon to complete my listen. By the way, Axis of Insanity, first time I've heard that one. Very odd...
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Post by doctorkernow on Jul 13, 2020 16:21:11 GMT
Hello again.
It's September 1987:
And now on BBC1, Colin Baker returns as the Doctor. Answering a distress call from far in Earth's future he finds a mysterious stranger. A stranger with a secret...
And so season 24 begins with a tale set in the city streets of Manchester. Colin Baker's Sixth Doctor meets 20th Century police procedural. He helps Detective Inspector Menzies with a crime that is anything but an open and shut case.
I really love the Sixth Doctor and Charley stories, they are varied, imaginative and the chemistry between the two leads is brilliant. Having the Doctor trying to work out this new companion is a nice change and India Fisher as Charley is extraordinary particularly in the second half of the run. There are so many highlights. Anna Hope's D I Menzies is one, as is the return of Jacqueline Rayner with her wonderful pastiche of the historical romance, The Doomwood Curse and even the Daleks get a new spin with the absolutely mind-bending Brotherhood of the Daleks.
I like the fact this run has a definite beginning, middle and end. If it had aired in 1987, I would have had season 24 end with the special hour long story The Return of the Krotons. You would then restart season 25 back in Manchester with The Raincloud Man and end the run with the space opera Blue Forgotten Planet.
Now, of course season 25 gave us three interesting stories, Remembrance, Happiness and Greatest Show and I would not be without those stories. So it is wonderful that Big Finish took a chance and paired Sixie with Charley and it works so well. I don't have a particular favourite, they all have something to enjoy about them.
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Post by tuigirl on Jul 13, 2020 20:18:56 GMT
Got a bunch of Horus Heresy audios and have started on listening to them. The best of the bunch so far was "The Sigillite". Always thought Malcador was a great character. However, having this narrated by Tim Treolar causes a weird bit of dimensional instability in my ears, which makes me wonder if the Third Doctor had suddenly been transported into the nightmare of the Warhammer Universe. There is even a character who gets warned against wandering off.
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Chancellery Guard
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Post by ljwilson on Jul 13, 2020 20:29:22 GMT
MR: The Masters of Luxor (I listened to this 5 or 6 years ago with my kids who were quite young - they are now 16 and 13 - and remember quite enjoying it. Slow yes, but I fancied something tonight that takes it's time)
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Post by grinch on Jul 13, 2020 21:42:50 GMT
The Monstrous Menagerie (Jonathan Morris)
Always great to listen to an adventure with those infernal investigators Jago and Litefoot. Feels like revisiting a pair of old friends.
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Post by Digi on Jul 13, 2020 22:22:26 GMT
Revisited a couple of Doctor Who Monthly Range titles earlier today, Whispers of Terror and The Spectre of Lanyon Moor. Have been in the mood for some older stories for the last little while, so I downloaded a bunch that I haven't listened to in ages.
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Post by sherlock on Jul 13, 2020 23:35:29 GMT
The Iron Legion
It’s a shame these adptations didn’t seem to sell well, as they’re such a fun take on Doctor Who and Tom Baker is clearly relishing the more bizarre material.
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Post by polly on Jul 14, 2020 1:46:25 GMT
Human Resources (Both Parts)
They saved the best for last, I see. I expected a big shoot em up sort of story for the finale, but this was much better and more intelligent than I thought it would be. I'm glad they decided to bookend the series with 2-hour stories. There's a lot of ideas crammed into both of them, and I can't imagine telling the same tale in 50 minutes or less.
Office jargon and corporate culture is something I've never been able to quite get my head around, and I've always found it vaguely creepy. Good thing I work outside, I guess. Anyway, that was definitely not what I was expecting to find after the cliffhanger in No More Lies. The, uh, exterior of said office is quite striking imagery as well.
I like the way the Cybermen are used in this story. It reminds me of The Harvest a little bit, where they're more sympathetic than usual. Human Resources doesn't go quite as far as that story, but it's more interesting than just stomping about. The Doctor's argument with them over the right to survive is wonderful (and also a bit harsh), and I think it puts a nice cap on the more abrasive characterization in this series compared to the Main Range.
Then there's the Time Lord side of things. I can't recall them ever sharing a story with the Cybermen. It's a good payoff to the mysteries surrounding Lucie thus far, not so much because of the explanations, but the way that Lucie reacts to it. That won me over more than anything else from her up to now, and it would appear she is now as free to roam with the Doctor as any other companion. I'm curious if they can land in Blackpool yet or not. At least the TARDIS works normally again.
As for the Headhunter and her new traveling companion, it's clear we've not seen the last of her. The function of the character seems to be to bring us into this story, which is now fulfilled. But, there's hints of perhaps a further agenda of her own. So I guess we'll see.
A very strong end to Series 1. I'd go so far as to say it's among Eight's best so far. I will come back to the EDAs for sure, but for right now, my Excelis CD finally arrived, so that goes first.
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Post by ljwilson on Jul 14, 2020 14:30:07 GMT
Going to make a start on Dorian Gray, series 3 (great blurb for all the stories) plus some more of The Masters of Luxor.
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