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Post by captain jack on May 15, 2016 10:36:20 GMT
Looks like we wont be getting any early adventures for the 8th Doctor with Samson & Gemma  Hopefully Merry Shelley will return for a few more adventures with him one day? |
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Post by agentten on May 15, 2016 17:11:12 GMT
That's too bad; it's a part of Eight's timeline that I've hoped would get fleshed out more.
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Post by captain jack on May 15, 2016 17:13:14 GMT
That's too bad; it's a part of Eight's timeline that I've hoped would get fleshed out more. Same here! As much as i love the push forward towards the timewar I'd still like a few adventures set in the early carefree days of Eights life now & then. |
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Post by aztec on May 15, 2016 18:30:15 GMT
Well that's a bummer  (Unless it means they'll be appearing in boxsets instead...) |
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2016 22:06:27 GMT
I love terror firma, its one of my favorites but its such a shame that Samson & Gamma are limited to that one story (to my knowledge anyway) as there's so much that could be done with their characters. Hopefully one day in the future they'll revisit them (or any of 8s companions from his earlier days like with Charley or Mary for that matter)
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Post by bobod on May 16, 2016 10:42:45 GMT
I kinda think that the point IS that we don't know much about them.
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Post by relativetime on May 16, 2016 17:14:18 GMT
That's a bit of a disappointment, to be honest. Not that I've disliked Dark Eyes or Doom Coalition - far from it, really - but I do miss the more lighthearted Eighth Doctor that I enjoyed in the Main Range and there was so much potential with Samson and Gemma... Oh well. Fingers crossed for Mary Shelley or maybe even Fitz?
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Post by aztec on May 16, 2016 17:21:25 GMT
That's a bit of a disappointment, to be honest. Not that I've disliked Dark Eyes or Doom Coalition - far from it, really - but I do miss the more lighthearted Eighth Doctor that I enjoyed in the Main Range and there was so much potential with Samson and Gemma... Oh well. Fingers crossed for Mary Shelley or maybe even Fitz? Nick mentioned in the podcast before last he'd like to do more Mary Shelley stories, and I'd love for more Fitz stories (maybe they could a company of friends style boxset?) or at the least 8 with a male companion... I wonder if they aren't doing any Early stories simply because McGann dosen't want to? He's always seemed more interested in the darker side of the character, and with the rights to the time war there's going to be a big commercial reason for pushing forward rather than looking back... |
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Post by OneTen on May 17, 2016 12:38:05 GMT
(maybe they could a company of friends style boxset?) boxset? Great idea. I'd buy that in an instant. |
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Post by mrperson on May 17, 2016 21:52:55 GMT
I actually don't really feel any need to hear more about Samson and Gemma. The whole point of the impact is that The Doctor doesn't know precisely what memories were removed and neither does the audience.
I think I rather prefer the more sombre Doctor to the carefree take. If a Doctor is going to be carefree, I like it in the Tom Baker sense of not appearing to take anything seriously and joking about/riffing on the situation (even while actually taking it seriously)
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Post by icecreamdf on May 17, 2016 21:56:57 GMT
I don't really have much interest in a pre-Charley Eighth Doctor. I would be happy if they brought back a more lighthearted Eight travelling with Charley or Lucie, but I don't really need anything earlier.
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Post by barnabaslives on May 18, 2016 1:40:19 GMT
I sort of dislike there being any part of The Doctor's life that's closed off to us and there are maybe enough of those already - also I think very highly of Lizzie Hopley for her work at Big Finish, particularly Dark Shadows where she's fantastic. All the same I can understand if BF doesn't get back to Samson and Gemma (even if I wish otherwise) or others, what with Doom Coalition and the Time War and all.
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Post by elkawho on May 18, 2016 1:40:35 GMT
(maybe they could a company of friends style boxset?) boxset? Great idea. I'd buy that in an instant. Me too. |
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Post by aztec on May 18, 2016 10:56:42 GMT
Company of Friends boxset? Great idea. I'd buy that in an instant. Me too. Maybe I'll email BF about it for the next podcast... |
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Post by whiskeybrewer on May 19, 2016 12:43:23 GMT
Its a shame, but he did say Never say never so who knows. I would love to hear them again especially as they are who he was meant to be travelling with when he picked up Mary. So who knows. Maybe my Shada link in may come to pass lol
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Post by who on May 27, 2016 1:36:58 GMT
I prefer keeping Samson and Gemma mysterious. The most interesting thing about them was just that we don't know about their adventures. There are so many more interesting companions out there for Eight. I'd love to get a Charley reunion someday, and I really would love to have Susan be his full time companion for awhile.
More Fitz would be excellent. Heck, use post Gallifrey Chronicles Fitz, his fate is still unknown after all.
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Post by Ela on May 27, 2016 2:38:54 GMT
I'd be interested in learning more about Samson and Gemma.
I'd love more Fitz.
I really don't need more Charley, thanks. Susan might be okay for several adventures, but I'd rather he had a different full-time companion.
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Post by whiskeybrewer on May 28, 2016 13:51:28 GMT
Even if with Samson and Gemma they only do a couple of stories as a snapshot of their time with 8. Especially as Terror Firma shows how they came to join 8 and how they left as is my understanding
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Hopefully Merry Shelley will return for a few more adventures with him one day?
