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Post by Ela on Apr 19, 2016 17:55:40 GMT
Forget your backlog. I have a backlog, too, but I interrupted my listening queue to insert this release for the group listen.
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Post by ljwilson on Apr 19, 2016 18:16:54 GMT
The background sounds of the Airship rumbling away are just marvellous, especially during those scenes on the bridge.
I dont quite get the alien voices on this one, but all in all a very good story.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2016 19:40:47 GMT
Just finished it, and I thought it was great. The performances from everyone were wonderful, Paul and India just seemed made for each other from the first instant and Gareth was magnificent, especially in Episode 4. I rmember when this first came out This was the first time with Big Finish that I found myself wishing this could be in TV. it really emphasised what we were missing in not getting an eighth Doctor series.
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Post by mark687 on Apr 19, 2016 20:20:21 GMT
still in my all time favourite top 10
Confident debut from McGann, Excellent support from Gareth Thomas and India Fisher, BF's first really nasty and believable human villain in Rathbone and the first example of distinctly different from the artist preforming them sounding aliens.
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Post by Ela on Apr 20, 2016 1:17:34 GMT
Finished listening on the way to work. Gareth Thomas was great as Lord Tamworth. And I always enjoy Paul McGann.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2016 2:26:13 GMT
Finished this yesterday but haven't had time to post what I thought. This is a very good release that does everything right except for one thing. The darn alien's voices sound so gargled and annoying, but other than that, I really enjoyed and am ready for my own personal listen through of the Charley era!
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Post by Ela on Apr 20, 2016 2:30:38 GMT
The alien's voice was a bit weird, but it didn't really bother me.
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Post by Hieronymus on Apr 20, 2016 2:31:16 GMT
It feels to me (and did the first time too) as though the first half and second half of the story were written in different styles, almost as if they were written by different authors. That's not necessarily a bad thing, since the setting, tone, and pretty much everything else shifts halfway through. But it does feel as though there's too much "visual exposition" coming from the characters during the third and fourth episodes.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2016 2:52:18 GMT
It feels to me (and did the first time too) as though the first half and second half of the story were written in different styles, almost as if they were written by different authors. That's not necessarily a bad thing, since the setting, tone, and pretty much everything else shifts halfway through. But it does feel as though there's too much "visual exposition" coming from the characters during the third and fourth episodes. I did notice that tone of shift now that you mention it but as I recall, I remember thinking that the way they had changed the shift of tone and direction worked really well for me.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 20, 2016 6:14:45 GMT
It feels to me (and did the first time too) as though the first half and second half of the story were written in different styles, almost as if they were written by different authors. That's not necessarily a bad thing, since the setting, tone, and pretty much everything else shifts halfway through. But it does feel as though there's too much "visual exposition" coming from the characters during the third and fourth episodes. Episode 3 especially is very exposition heavy (and lengthy to compensate)
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Post by elkawho on Apr 20, 2016 11:50:07 GMT
The best things about this audio are McGann and his chemistry with Charley. Yes, the second half feels completely different from the first, but I think it works. I do love to hate the villain Rathbone, and Gareth Thomas was terrific. But again, this one is all about introducing the Eighth Doctor and hoping to get it right, and they certainly did on that scale. I've listened to this story more than a few times over the last year or so, whenever I want to get a fix of the young, romantic, happy Eighth Doctor. For that I usually go with this story or Seasons of Fear, another of my favorites.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Apr 20, 2016 13:36:43 GMT
I find its also very respectful to the story of the R-101. Especially since i heard the Iron Maiden song Empire of the Clouds. Makes me want to do audio excerpts from this and put it over parts of that song
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Post by kimalysong on Apr 27, 2016 14:43:02 GMT
I am going to be honest I am not as enamored with this one and a second listen did not really change my opinion. I do love the 8th Doctor and Charley and there are some fun moments between them. The opening scene with the 8th Doctor going through his library is perfectly realized and just a great introduction to the 8th Doctor.
Charley is also fully captured here with her adventurous spirit going off on her own in an airship. But maybe we can also see she is a little rash. Right away I do see some lovely chemistry between Paul & India.
Anyways I understand why they would use a sci-fi/alien plotline to explain the mysterious circumstances surrounding the crash of the R-101 but I just can't say I really cared for the explanation or storyline all that much. However I did really like the ending with the Doctor realizing that Charley should have died on the airship. Of course you are happy the Doctor saved Charley but this realization makes you excited and a bit worried for what will happen next and I think that is a great way to start a journey.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2016 16:14:27 GMT
I am going to be honest I am not as enamored with this one and a second listen did not really change my opinion. I do love the 8th Doctor and Charley and there are some fun moments between them. The opening scene with the 8th Doctor going through his library is perfectly realized and just a great introduction to the 8th Doctor. Charley is also fully captured here with her adventurous spirit going off on her own in an airship. But maybe we can also see she is a little rash. Right away I do see some lovely chemistry between Paul & India. Anyways I understand why they would use a sci-fi/alien plotline to explain the mysterious circumstances surrounding the crash of the R-101 but I just can't say I really cared for the explanation or storyline all that much. However I did really like the ending with the Doctor realizing that Charley should have died on the airship. Of course you are happy the Doctor saved Charley but this realization makes you excited and a bit worried for what will happen next and I think that is a great way to start a journey. The story is very basic. it smacks of a very perfunctory vehicle for the big sell, which is of course the introduction of the Eighth doctor and his new companion. I guess they just thought it didn't need anything else. And actually I think they were right
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Post by kimalysong on Apr 27, 2016 16:18:31 GMT
The story is very basic. it smacks of a very perfunctory vehicle for the big sell, which is of course the introduction of the Eighth doctor and his new companion. I guess they just thought it didn't need anything else. And actually I think they were right Well honestly I think of these new companion introductions that we will be listening to it is actually by far the weakest. I am not sure if it needs anything else besides 8 and Charley being great, which admittedly they are. I just think on its own its not that strong of a story.
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Post by Ela on Apr 27, 2016 16:27:14 GMT
I always have enjoyed Storm Warning, myself. I think it has some interesting characters.
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Post by omega on Apr 23, 2017 4:55:39 GMT
Doctor Who Main Range 16. Storm WarningReleased January 2001SynopsisOctober, 1930. His Majesty's Airship, the R101, sets off on her maiden voyage to the farthest-flung reaches of the British Empire, carrying the brightest lights of the Imperial fleet. Carrying the hopes and dreams of a breathless nation. Not to mention a ruthless spy with a top-secret mission, a mysterious passenger who appears nowhere on the crew list, a would-be adventuress destined for the Singapore Hilton... and a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. There's a storm coming. There's something unspeakable, something with wings, crawling across the stern. Thousands of feet high in the blackening sky, the crew of the R101 brace themselves. When the storm breaks, their lives won't be all that's at stake... The future of the galaxy will be hanging by a thread. Written By: Alan Barnes Directed By: Gary Russell CASTPaul McGann (The Doctor), India Fisher (Charley Pollard); Gareth Thomas (Lord Tamworth); Nicholas Pegg (Lt-Col Frayling); Barnaby Edwards (Rathbone); Hylton Collins (Chief Steward Weeks); Helen Goldwyn (Triskelion); Mark Gatiss (Announcer) Technical DetailsWritten By: Alan Barnes Director: Gary Russell Sound Design: Alistair Lock Music: Alistair Lock Cover Art: Clayton Hickman Number of Discs: 2 Duration: 12' approx Physical Retail ISBN: 1-903654-24-6 Production Code: 8B Recorded Dates: 18 May 2000 Recorded At: The Moat Studio, London Product Format: 2-disc CD (jewel case)
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Post by omega on Apr 23, 2017 5:08:07 GMT
There are a number of milestones in Big Finish's Doctor Who catalog. This is one of them. The very first story to feature an incumbent Doctor (a position Paul McGann would hold up to and including 2004's The Next Life), and indeed the first story to feature Paul McGann. It was the second story to introduce a brand new original companion and seeded one of the best story arcs Big Finish has ever done.
The writing for McGann's Doctor is incredible, with Alan Barnes taking a Doctor who had appeared in one TV story and 40 novels and making him totally accessible while giving him an immediately identifiable and unique personality. McGann is given so many facets of the Doctor to display, and does so admirably.
It's a brilliant introduction to Charley. We can tell immediately that she's a romantic who seeks to evade her ordered life and embrace adventure, without entirely thinking it through. She's a brilliant match for the Eighth Doctor, sharing enough traits that they get on like an airship on fire but sensible enough to put her foot down when the Doctor is in his sillier moments (just wait until she meets him when he's all silly!). The tragedy of her character is hinted at in the end of the story, but it only deepens the character.
Among the guest cast is the late, great Gareth Thomas of Blake's 7 fame. The performances are great all around.
I love the concept of the Triskele, a race with the three core aspects split into physical embodiments. The way the Doctor, Lord Tamworth and Frayling each reflect one of these aspects is a great use of character.
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Post by number13 on Apr 23, 2017 22:58:40 GMT
This was the first Big Finish I ever heard, by pure chance, back in 2007 on BBC Radio 7 (as 4 Extra was then called.) I loved it... and The Chimes of Midnight which was on the next week... and it led me precisely nowhere. Was I slow on the uptake or what??, but there was nothing to hint that these were just two entries in a glittering catalogue of audio Who - I took them for one-off radio plays! A mere 8 years later, I finally discovered Big Finish... My main memory of hearing Storm Warning back in 2007 is of thinking that this was Doctor Who exactly as it should be, the Doctor stepping into a fascinating moment in Time and finding a mystery greater than we ever realised - and a splendid new companion I liked from the outset. Excellent writing, sound design and cast, in a plot with many twists and turns - and the lurking knowledge of what must happen to the ship, all her crew and all her passengers... all but one!
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Apr 24, 2017 12:24:16 GMT
This audio is just pure gold. One of the best ever stories in Doctor Who, let alone Big Finish
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