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Post by grinch on May 22, 2021 16:27:17 GMT
Animal (Andrew Cartmel)
Having finally listened to all of what consists of Season 27 (I listened to Earth Aid sometime ago) this is probably the best story it has to offer. Although, admittedly that’s not saying much.
Angela Bruce is great, however, as she reprises her role as Brigadier Bambera. I’m actually rather surprised she hasn’t popped up anywhere else to be honest. Would love to see her make a guest appearance in a story in the UNIT range. Or even have a story where she has to work alongside Klein.
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Post by anothermanicmondas on May 22, 2021 19:46:59 GMT
relistening to Minuet in Hell (reminding myself what not to vote for next week)
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Post by Digi on May 23, 2021 0:46:58 GMT
Continuing my Seven journey today with: The Devil's FootprintsThe Fires of VulcanNow back to TV Who for a bit after these... Got through Dragonfire and Season 25 over the last few days, now back to audio! Today: Destiny of the Doctor: Shockwave - Better than I remembered. I'm not really a fan of the single-narrator format (in this case two, technically), but the story itself is decent and Sophie is a solid reader. 1963: The Assassination Games - I...did not remember this one being such a heavily Counter-Measures story (as opposed to a Doctor Who story).
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Post by theillusiveman on May 23, 2021 4:18:34 GMT
Third Doctor Adventures Vol 7: The Gulf It was okay atmospheric and Sadie’s impression of Sarah was better than return of the cybermen But the pure female cast of artists does kinda raise eyebrows Good sound effects though and Wendy Craig gives a solid performance A 6/10
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Post by grinch on May 23, 2021 6:11:00 GMT
The Reaping (Joseph Lidster)
Perhaps I’ve just subconsciously lowered my standards since listening to those dreadful Season 27 Lost Stories but I thought this was an extremely well written and riveting piece.
Just a shame Mr Lidster hasn’t written anything for the Doctor Who range in a while.
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Post by anothermanicmondas on May 23, 2021 18:45:47 GMT
relistening to the Well-Mannered War
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Post by grinch on May 23, 2021 19:23:06 GMT
The Sleeping Blood (Martin Day)
Always very interesting hearing First Doctor and Susan stories set before An Unearthly Child. I’m not sure why they haven’t done more of these stories (aside from a few Companion Chronicles and the like) since this was released but I can understand that maybe they wanted to preserve the mystery.
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Post by Ela on May 24, 2021 1:50:09 GMT
My most recent listen was Harry Houdini's War. Good story.
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ljwilson
Chancellery Guard
It's tangerine....not orange
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Post by ljwilson on May 24, 2021 11:38:30 GMT
It happens every now and again, when I'm in just the right mood to let MR: Pier Pressure wash over me.
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Post by Chakoteya on May 24, 2021 14:31:57 GMT
^^ Ah yes, the wonderful Roy Hudd as Max Miller. Excellent.
Just finished Krelos/Telos. And before you all go sniffy and Worst Cyber-story Evah on me, I liked them! (I like 4th Doctor stuff anyway, mostly.) What's that nuWho phrase? Ah yes - Timey-wimey. Very well done. I'm right there with Relly, too. Especially about stuff no longer being repairable. None of those infernal devices always listening to you in my home! And I defy anyone to crack the password on my internet router. Ha!
RELLY: So who will keep it under control, Doctor? All of it, here, all these clever systems. None of us knows how to work it, repair it, control it. One day it could all go wrong and we could be at its mercy.
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Post by Digi on May 24, 2021 14:48:24 GMT
Continuing my Seven journey today with: The Devil's FootprintsThe Fires of VulcanNow back to TV Who for a bit after these... Got through Dragonfire and Season 25 over the last few days, now back to audio! Today: Destiny of the Doctor: Shockwave - Better than I remembered. I'm not really a fan of the single-narrator format (in this case two, technically), but the story itself is decent and Sophie is a solid reader. 1963: The Assassination Games - I...did not remember this one being such a heavily Counter-Measures story (as opposed to a Doctor Who story). Yesterday: The Light at the EndToday (so far): The Sirens of Time (just parts 1 & 4 though, which makes for an odd listening experience)
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ljwilson
Chancellery Guard
It's tangerine....not orange
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Post by ljwilson on May 24, 2021 17:20:57 GMT
Now on to The Bounty of Ceres (probably my all-time favourite BF) followed by 3DA The Scream of Ghosts.
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Post by tuigirl on May 24, 2021 18:32:41 GMT
3rd Doctor Adventures Volume 7. They did quite a good job with that.
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Post by anothermanicmondas on May 24, 2021 20:10:07 GMT
Pathfinder Legends Curse of the Crimson Throne 6 Crown of Fangs part 2 = the end of the range as it stands
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Post by Digi on May 25, 2021 0:14:53 GMT
Got through Dragonfire and Season 25 over the last few days, now back to audio! Today: Destiny of the Doctor: Shockwave - Better than I remembered. I'm not really a fan of the single-narrator format (in this case two, technically), but the story itself is decent and Sophie is a solid reader. 1963: The Assassination Games - I...did not remember this one being such a heavily Counter-Measures story (as opposed to a Doctor Who story). Yesterday: The Light at the EndToday (so far): The Sirens of Time (just parts 1 & 4 though, which makes for an odd listening experience) Over the course of the day... Dark Convoy Washington Burns The Four Doctors The Defectors
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Post by sherlock on May 25, 2021 8:23:55 GMT
First train journey since October, so on a bit of a whim put on Class: Tell Me You Love Me
I need to revisit the Class audios as I remember them being enjoyable and this lived up to that.
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Post by mark687 on May 25, 2021 11:29:17 GMT
Adam Adamant both series
Regards
mark687
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ljwilson
Chancellery Guard
It's tangerine....not orange
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Post by ljwilson on May 25, 2021 12:03:42 GMT
MR: Unregenerate! Which is a story I want to like more, so giving it another listen.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2021 12:13:24 GMT
Well, I saw a live stage production of The Importance of Being Earnest last weekend and yesterday popped on, in one of the universe's many in-jokes, Beautiful Things from the Jago and Litefoot range. The one with Messr Oscar Wilde.
And a beautiful thing it is, too. As I continue a slow, often meandering, but nevertheless persistent pursuit through the Claudius Dark arc, the range continues to surprise me in little ways. For Nigel Fairs' entry, it was an unusual format with a structure that looped back over itself, but always with a purpose. In the case of Henry, George and Leela's encounter with the Irish poet... It has some wonderfully Wildean moments like the "sure/Shaw" riposte, but what to keep an eye out for is the subtext. After all, it's all about what's unsaid when it comes to high society, isn't it?
I've read extracts of Wilde's trial for his homosexuality and the voice of the man, not just his works, but the individual himself is quite uncanny here. The performances fill in all the gaps without having to breath a single, concrete word. Most tellingly in Litefoot. In Benjamin & Baxter, Christopher Benjamin has a verbal slip at one point and calls Trevor "Treasure", which... Well, he rather was, wasn't he? They both are. Together, the duo were able to give us scenes like the discussion of, in their world, "the love that dare not speak its name." A vulnerability that the antagonist exploits, which brings a viscerally evil quality to the character.
For all the jolly japes, romps and wanted janis thorns at Act 1 intervals, it never forgets that it's a character piece. There's something very humanising about Jago, Litefoot and Leela struggling against the ordinary as much as the preternatural. It's rather comforting.
(Next time, we're caught by the train. Sorry, I mean the train catches us. No, wait, one more time...)
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ljwilson
Chancellery Guard
It's tangerine....not orange
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Post by ljwilson on May 25, 2021 17:00:48 GMT
The Prisoner 1.1 Departure and Arrival - I'd forgotten how good this is, quality stuff.
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