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Post by ollychops on Jan 24, 2024 13:09:52 GMT
From the DWM 2024 Yearbook Nick confirms that will Lost stories out this year Regards mark687 I just hope it's an actual lost story rather than a first draft of an existing story...
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Post by theillusiveman on Jan 24, 2024 13:40:50 GMT
From the DWM 2024 Yearbook Nick confirms that will Lost stories out this year Regards mark687 Wonder if that’s the original version of the three doctors with Noonan, Troughton and trelore
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Post by shallacatop on Jan 24, 2024 17:54:50 GMT
From the DWM 2024 Yearbook Nick confirms that will Lost stories out this year Regards mark687 I loved his delicate choice of words around the reception to Once and Future.
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Post by dannybl on Jan 24, 2024 19:06:27 GMT
From the DWM 2024 Yearbook Nick confirms that will Lost stories out this year Regards mark687 MAWDRYN UNDEAD featuring Jamie Glover as Ian instead of the Brigadier and MAWDRYN UNDEAD featuring Christopher Naylor as Harry instead of the Brigadier confirmed! (no seriously hoping for DR WHO'S GREATEST ADVENTURE with Tim Treloar and Xyz as the Young Doctor) and THE LAIRD OF MCCRIMMON
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Post by number13 on Jan 27, 2024 12:21:32 GMT
The main people that are talking about this are the “go woke go broke” crowd so will be taking this with a pinch of salt right now. Anyone who objects to being lectured by 'Doctor Who' is about 60 years late discovering this!
As a 1970s fan from the Pertwee era, I grew up being lectured about war, capitalism, colonialism, capitalism, pollution, capitalism, politicians, war (again), capitalism and Europe, pollution (again), the Cold War and of course not to forget capitalism on an almost weekly basis, 26 Saturdays a year! Occasionally there were some more-or-less straightforward adventure stories in there too, but many or most of the stories have at least one clear 'message' to put across.
It was probably the most overtly 'activist' era of the show there has ever been, it drew in huge audiences for all five years and - this is the key - produced fantastically good stories from 'Spearhead' to 'Spiders'. Most viewers or listeners will take or leave the message and not get too excited about it either way, but all want 'a good story'. So, if the story ever seems to be only a vehicle for the message and our enjoyment depends on whether or not we agree with that message, then in my book that's a failure of the script. EDIT: I know not everyone shares this viewpoint, but I thought 'Orphan 55' was a genius episode which sent up the idea of 'the overdone message story' brilliantly!
I've heard a very large amount of BF by now and I can only remember three stories where I felt that had happened. In two cases I didn't agree with the message, in the other I strongly did, but it made no difference - I still didn't enjoy the story because it felt more like an activists' meeting than a play.
'For the love of stories' is a great slogan; as long as BF stick to that we should be able to go on enjoying their excellent output for a long time.
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Post by mark687 on Jan 27, 2024 12:48:45 GMT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb5_sz3SSeQWell.. I debated whether or not to post this- was sent to me (thank you - wife was watching it over my shoulder).. A bit of a touchy subject on the bu$ine$$ side of things - cannot confirm if these figure$ are real or not. Not sure how I feel about this. Well he's a charming Fellow! Look BF's Income is whatever Jason Heigh Ellery invests every year (from his other Business Interests) plus the Sales to us and ironically Doom's Day was a paid commission by BBC Studios. The Loan is new and slightly cornering And again I'm not Business trained but if you were trouble would you not focus on productions with your surving stars and making them avails to buy ASAP. Regards mark687
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Post by michaeljkevans on Jan 27, 2024 12:49:42 GMT
Just looked at those accounts on Companies House. Their debt is down on the previous year. I doubt there is cause for serious concern.
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Post by ollychops on Jan 27, 2024 13:07:23 GMT
Just looked at those accounts on Companies House. Their debt is down on the previous year. I doubt there is cause for serious concern. I noted that too. Maybe a little concerning but I don’t think it’s quite as bad as some people are making it out to be (at least not right now). Like I said, it seems to be people with a certain agenda talking all doom and gloom and painting it that way to support their agenda.
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Post by number13 on Jan 27, 2024 21:26:43 GMT
I wonder if this is why Big Finish seem to have cut back on their ranges (possibly these were under-sellers)? It would seem reasonable. As a true 'Doctor Who' fan I know that capitalism is evil and profit is a very bad thing but at the end of the day, they are a business.
The way they have been expanding their 'New Who' ranges and and trying out various spin-offs seems to imply confidence that potential sales are there, even for more 'niche' products.
(Just keep the 3DAs coming twice-yearly please BF and I'll be happy! )
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Post by kipperserver on Jan 29, 2024 10:05:25 GMT
Just looked at those accounts on Companies House. Their debt is down on the previous year. I doubt there is cause for serious concern. I thinkthe people who have commented aren't very good at reading company accounts and no nothing about taxable income.
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Post by lidar2 on Jan 29, 2024 11:24:13 GMT
The more BF invest in future releases - ie recording stuff that won't be announced let alone released for another 2-3 years - the more strain it must put on their cashflow as all these recordings have to be paid for at the time of recording, or shortly thereafter, but generate no revenue until possibly years later when they are announced for pre-order. All that has to be financed somehow.
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Post by kipperserver on Jan 29, 2024 12:05:29 GMT
The more BF invest in future releases - ie recording stuff that won't be announced let alone released for another 2-3 years - the more strain it must put on their cashflow as all these recordings have to be paid for at the time of recording, or shortly thereafter, but generate no revenue until possibly years later when they are announced for pre-order. All that has to be financed somehow. We already know they've recorded loads of Tom Baker storyes - up to 2030? I think.
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Post by elkawho on Jan 31, 2024 1:30:32 GMT
Just looked at those accounts on Companies House. Their debt is down on the previous year. I doubt there is cause for serious concern. I thinkthe people who have commented aren't very good at reading company accounts and no nothing about taxable income. I couldn't tolerate listening to that guy for more than a few minutes. But did he even think about the fact that Jason Haigh-Ellory owns a number of business ventures, and some of them also have the name Big Finish? I mean, there's at least the animation wing of Big Finish. So we don't really know what these numbers mean.
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Post by Ela on Feb 2, 2024 19:14:17 GMT
I thinkthe people who have commented aren't very good at reading company accounts and no nothing about taxable income. I couldn't tolerate listening to that guy for more than a few minutes. But did he even think about the fact that Jason Haigh-Ellory owns a number of business ventures, and some of them also have the name Big Finish? I mean, there's at least the animation wing of Big Finish. So we don't really know what these numbers mean. Agreed. As for any emails by Pip and Jane Baker - haven't they been dead for a few years now?
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Post by shallacatop on Feb 4, 2024 15:29:59 GMT
I’m assuming Dark Gallifrey is the same as the Time War Suicide Squad they teased years back. This was when there were ongoing Time War sets galore, when we thought they’d all culminate and crossover, so what, 2018 or so?
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Post by kipperserver on Feb 6, 2024 11:46:23 GMT
I couldn't tolerate listening to that guy for more than a few minutes. But did he even think about the fact that Jason Haigh-Ellory owns a number of business ventures, and some of them also have the name Big Finish? I mean, there's at least the animation wing of Big Finish. So we don't really know what these numbers mean. There's an email doing the round which claims ALL JH-e's businesses are in dept. It seems to have been written by Pip and Jane Baker. LABYRINTH OF BIG FINISH OFFSHOOTS MASK
A VERITABLE CORNUCOPIA OF REVELATIONSI searched the website for this post because I wanted to continue the conversationa nd then found this thread which is exactly the same conversation but SEVEN YEARS AGO!¬ notthebigfinishforum.freeforums.net/post/72002/thread
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Post by chronotis on Feb 11, 2024 9:43:43 GMT
A friend of mine attended the Sirens of Audio - Wendy Padbury in Australia event in Sydney yesterday.
Wendy has recorded for about two weeks with Frazer and Michael Troughton, so a couple of box sets, some that won't be out for ~3 years. Shes doing a set for after that with McCoy next week.
Apparently, Colin and Sylv have been heavily banking sets this year. Peter and Janet have not. Janet and Peter are a bit miffed they aren't being banked, and when asked about it, JHE replied the reason was because "well we don't expect you to die soon".
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Feb 11, 2024 9:57:07 GMT
A friend of mine attended the Sirens of Audio - Wendy Padbury in Australia event in Sydney yesterday. Wendy has recorded for about two weeks with Frazer and Michael Troughton, so a couple of box sets, some that won't be out for ~3 years. Shes doing a set for after that with McCoy next week. Apparently, Colin and Sylv have been heavily banking sets this year. Peter and Janet have not. Janet and Peter are a bit miffed they aren't being banked, and when asked about it, JHE replied the reason was because "well we don't expect you to die soon". "Sirens" did that thing where they post the pics of the guests. I told u know of this just so he was aware
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Post by theillusiveman on Feb 11, 2024 10:01:20 GMT
A friend of mine attended the Sirens of Audio - Wendy Padbury in Australia event in Sydney yesterday. Wendy has recorded for about two weeks with Frazer and Michael Troughton, so a couple of box sets, some that won't be out for ~3 years. Shes doing a set for after that with McCoy next week. Apparently, Colin and Sylv have been heavily banking sets this year. Peter and Janet have not. Janet and Peter are a bit miffed they aren't being banked, and when asked about it, JHE replied the reason was because "well we don't expect you to die soon". Wow JHE didn’t mince words did he
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Post by number13 on Feb 11, 2024 10:06:19 GMT
A friend of mine attended the Sirens of Audio - Wendy Padbury in Australia event in Sydney yesterday. Wendy has recorded for about two weeks with Frazer and Michael Troughton, so a couple of box sets, some that won't be out for ~3 years. Shes doing a set for after that with McCoy next week. Apparently, Colin and Sylv have been heavily banking sets this year. Peter and Janet have not. Janet and Peter are a bit miffed they aren't being banked, and when asked about it, JHE replied the reason was because "well we don't expect you to die soon". Good news then (if not unexpected) for the Second Doctor Adventures, which I'm enjoying a lot. Zoe and Seven (or any post War Games event) is interesting. Maybe he pops up in her earlier timeline?
(No comment on the tactful reply... )
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