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Post by Timelord007 on Mar 7, 2016 12:32:11 GMT
I thoroughly enjoyed re-listening to this brilliant unique audio drama written by the talented Jonathan Morris.
I hear White+Black how do you hear yours?
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Post by Digi on Mar 7, 2016 13:13:01 GMT
I haven't listened to this one in ages. Now I'm feeling like I should; I remember REALLY enjoying it.
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Post by jason on Mar 7, 2016 17:22:33 GMT
I think I listened White -> Black last time, which means when I re-listen I'll do Black -> White. Might have been more fun to re-listen immediately, but such a backlog, you know?
I love the story as well, I just wish I could *not* hear Herr Flick all over Richard Gibson's performance. I recognized him immediately. Don't know if it was intentional; the characters are sort-of similar and this is a quasi-comedy, or at least a more whimsical adventure.
The absurd, slapstick Season 24 might have worked well on TV with more stories like this and Bang-Bang-A-Boom.
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Post by elkawho on Mar 7, 2016 18:18:33 GMT
I only have the download so I can't change how I listen to it easily. But I do like this story a lot.
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Post by seeley on Mar 7, 2016 19:34:34 GMT
I only have the download so I can't change how I listen to it easily. But I do like this story a lot. My MP3 player sorts by albums, so I assigned a separate one to each disk. I believe I listened to the white disk (the one that starts with the slithergees) first.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Mar 7, 2016 20:49:27 GMT
I only have the download so I can't change how I listen to it easily. But I do like this story a lot. Yes you can, you just listen to the black chapters first, then go back to the white ones.
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Post by relativetime on Mar 7, 2016 20:54:13 GMT
I remember enjoying this one, though I haven't listened to it in ages! I really wish we could have more releases like this that really play with time travel from a narrative perspective. Not that the recent releases from Big Finish are bad or anything - far from it!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2016 13:09:28 GMT
Flip-Flop was an enjoyable enough story. I have listened to it many times over the years, both ways. Although I can't remember which way I did it on the first listen, but the next day I did it the other way around just to see if the story really did work either way. It did, and I found it a fun story. It certainly wasn't Doctor Who by-the-numbers like some of the more recent Main Range releases that I have heard.
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Post by Ela on Mar 8, 2016 17:51:04 GMT
I can't actually remember which I listened to first.
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Post by mrperson on Mar 8, 2016 18:37:20 GMT
I think I listened to whatever order it was in when downloaded.
Either way, great story. Very original/clever.
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Post by mark687 on Mar 8, 2016 22:03:10 GMT
I only listened to both discs once White/Black all subsequent listens have been Black only, because its the scenario I prefer.
Pick a style any style though its designed to work a complete story with an outcome on 1 Disc and a complete story with a different outcome on the other Disc, but neither can dice on its tone Dark Humored or Serious
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Post by Deleted on Mar 8, 2016 23:25:27 GMT
I'd honestly say it's a classic. An altogether very clever little idea that I don't think I've seen done anywhere else and with Seven/Mel no less. I listened to it White then Black, the first time I got it. The reverse works quite well too.
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Post by barnabaslives on Mar 9, 2016 0:50:20 GMT
I listened in the track order of the download files. I think I'd probably prefer to do the same on subsequent listens although it does sound interesting to reverse the order. I wasn't sure at first that I'd like it but I really enjoyed this story and what's more I'm very impressed with the writing that the story could do what it does, but do so without leaving me as bewildered as I'd usually have been by something like this. I also really enjoyed the way The Wrong Doctors works but there I probably did end up a bit lost.
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Post by bobod on Mar 9, 2016 11:40:41 GMT
I only listened to both discs once White/Black all subsequent listens have been Black only, because its the scenario I prefer. Regards mark687 But you only get half the story - and none of the subtleties - only doing one disc.
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Post by mark687 on Mar 9, 2016 11:52:43 GMT
I only listened to both discs once White/Black all subsequent listens have been Black only, because its the scenario I prefer. Regards mark687 But you only get half the story - and none of the subtleties - only doing one disc. But their different scenarios with different outcomes I don't accept they run concurrently.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2016 12:51:29 GMT
But you only get half the story - and none of the subtleties - only doing one disc. But their different scenarios with different outcomes I don't accept they run concurrently.
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Interestingly, there seems to be the implication that the events of both the Black and White discs are a closed loop, so when one iteration of the Seventh Doctor and Mel leaves Puxatornee, the other two arrive. Presenting an altogether unusual predestination and post-destination paradox. A cat's cradle of temporal tomfoolery that appears to leave the two of them trapped in a closed circuit.
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Post by komodo on Mar 23, 2016 1:55:00 GMT
You know, you can always start listening half way through a disc. Then listen to the other disc and come back to the first half of the first disc. Sure it doesn't start with the doc's arrival, but that isn't too important.
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Post by newt5996 on Mar 23, 2016 14:52:02 GMT
I don't remember how I listened to this one, but I remember loving the social commentary.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2016 0:11:25 GMT
You know, you can always start listening half way through a disc. Then listen to the other disc and come back to the first half of the first disc. Sure it doesn't start with the doc's arrival, but that isn't too important. That's rather ingenious actually. I'll give that a shot next time I give it a listen.
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Post by mrperson on Mar 30, 2016 13:58:41 GMT
You know, you can always start listening half way through a disc. Then listen to the other disc and come back to the first half of the first disc. Sure it doesn't start with the doc's arrival, but that isn't too important. Occasionally an older version of itunes would switch the order of the discs when copying to my ipod. Made for some very confusing listens, until I realized what was happening.
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