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Post by grinch on May 30, 2022 10:18:36 GMT
All Fall Down (David Bishop)
In which we are reintroduced to Silver played by the wonderful David Collings. Goes without saying to be I honest that it was such a loss to the acting world when he was passed away.
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Post by grinch on May 30, 2022 14:33:37 GMT
The Lighthouse (Nigel Fairs)
Easily one of the more disturbing stories from Sapphire and Steel. And even without the shenanigans from Time, dare I say it’s a scenario could quite easily see playing out in the real world.
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Post by anothermanicmondas on May 30, 2022 19:16:11 GMT
Water Worlds - the Rotting Deep
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Post by Star Platinum on May 31, 2022 3:00:22 GMT
Graceless: The End and Gallifrey: Square One at work today.
I'm hoping to squeeze in an hour or so of Bernice Summerfield and the Doomsday manuscript on the way home tonight.
With any luck, I might even be able to squeeze in The Speckled Band tonight.
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Post by grinch on May 31, 2022 4:32:53 GMT
Dead Man Walking (Nigel Fairs)
With a runtime at less than an hour, this is by far the shortest story in the Sapphire and Steel range. But personally I think it’s the perfect length and one that certainly doesn’t overstay its welcome.
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Post by anothermanicmondas on May 31, 2022 18:33:00 GMT
nearing the end of my Tomorrow People relisten with End of Silence
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Post by sherlock on May 31, 2022 18:46:17 GMT
Instant Karma
A good outing for Tosh with a believable cast of characters. Another score for what is easily the most consistently good range going.
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Post by Star Platinum on May 31, 2022 20:55:31 GMT
Today's listening pleasure is The Final Problem and Graceless Vol 2. Depending on how The Final Problem goes, I may listen to the Empty house, but I find I run very hot and cold on BF's Sherlock Holmes.
Nothing against Briggs and Earl as holmes and Watson, but I just struggle getting into it. I enjoyed Perfidious, and The various crossovers Briggs has done (Dorian, Worlds of BF, All consuming fire, Fleet street transparency) I just struggle with the home range
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Jun 2, 2022 21:44:58 GMT
the Death of the Daleks
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jun 3, 2022 4:49:04 GMT
Day 4 of isolation. Junior randomly demanded some "fourth doctor and a dalek". Co-incidentally my cd of "Genesis Of the Daleks" from the TLV range was sitting on the computer desk. He is enjoying it, we are easily 3/4 of the way through.
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Post by bonehead on Jun 3, 2022 14:31:13 GMT
Torchwood - Night of the Fendahl.
I'd forgotten how grim vast chunks of the story was. Really well written though, and beautifuly played. What a mind Tim Foley has!
Torchwood - Made You Look.
Another Eve Lyles-tastic tale. Quite simply, a chilling ghost story, very well told and played. The location works particularly well. There's always something creepy about an out-of-season seaside town. A great stopry by Guy Adams, who starred in Night of the Fendahl. Smnall world!
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Jun 3, 2022 18:30:50 GMT
halfway through the Rule of Death
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Post by grinch on Jun 3, 2022 18:49:20 GMT
The School (Simon Guerrier)
And so we finally move onto Series Two of Sapphire and Steel.
You know, thinking back this might actually be the first Sapphire and Steel story I listened to. So even though it’s not among my favourites, it was a pleasure to revisit it for this relisten.
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Post by grinch on Jun 4, 2022 18:48:12 GMT
The Surest Poison (Richard Dinnick)
You know, I’m sure I read somewhere that this story was once pitched for the Doctor Who range but obviously not to much success.
It certainly feels like a Doctor Who story although one which I’m not sure is really in keeping with the overall mythos of Sapphire and Steel as an idea. Especially considering how casually Sapphire and Steel flit across the centuries in this.
Still, at least Richard Franklin is good.
Water Like a Stone (Nigel Fairs)
In which Sapphire and Steel finally get their Christmas special. Say what you will about the story (personally, I just think it’s alright) but the novelty of it all I find makes this one worthwhile.
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Jun 4, 2022 19:31:04 GMT
the Fiends of New York City
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Post by relativetime on Jun 5, 2022 0:01:38 GMT
Girl Deconstructed, one of my favorite Ninth Doctor audio stories so far. It reminds me of everything that made me fall in love with the show in the first place - it really reminds me of The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances, which is probably the highest praise I could ever give! The fact that there's already several other stories in the Ninth Doctor's range that I could give similar praise for just goes to show how strong this range has been so far.
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Post by grinch on Jun 5, 2022 20:00:24 GMT
Cruel Immortality (Nigel Fairs)
What starts off as a pretty solid commentary on mortality and the pain we all carry with us quickly becomes an excellent character piece for Steel examining not just his own humanity (or apparent lack there of) but also the nature of his relationship with the ever present Sapphire.
I can only imagine that had this range carried on after Series 3 we would have continued to closely examine the ever growing development of Steel’s character.
Perfect Day (Steve Lyons)
A simple story effectively told. Funnily enough, this is also one of my favourites from Series 2.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jun 6, 2022 3:44:59 GMT
Just finished "10th Doctor and River Song" boxset.. Full marks for the direct "Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy" quote too.
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Jun 6, 2022 18:14:43 GMT
the Tides of the Moon
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Post by tuigirl on Jun 6, 2022 18:35:58 GMT
Water Worlds. Rotting Deep. Wow. I am stunned. This is one of the cleverest stories BF has done in a while.
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