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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2016 14:52:01 GMT
Since you work at Big Finish, would it ever have been considered to do a Lost Stories season with, say, The Suicide Exhibition or Lost In The Dark Dimension, as they were on the verge of being made. The Suicide Exhibition was the lost Gatiss 10 story, wasnt it? That one's a no, as when the Lost Stories were being done, audios with Tennant were not on the cards. I don't recall Dark Dimension ever really being a contender. Oh, right. Were there any stories from the Lost Stories range that were almost made into audios but didn't make it?
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Post by Timelord007 on Jun 25, 2016 15:55:30 GMT
The Suicide Exhibition was the lost Gatiss 10 story, wasnt it? That one's a no, as when the Lost Stories were being done, audios with Tennant were not on the cards. I don't recall Dark Dimension ever really being a contender. Oh, right. Were there any stories from the Lost Stories range that were almost made into audios but didn't make it? I think Wally K.Daly was going to adapt his script for The Children Of January but it fell through, i don't think he had the time to adapt the script himself although that may not be the reason.
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Post by dorney on Jun 25, 2016 16:02:17 GMT
Oh, right. Were there any stories from the Lost Stories range that were almost made into audios but didn't make it? I think Wally K.Daly was going to adapt his script for The Children Of January but it fell through, i don't think he had the time to adapt the script himself although that may not be the reason. Waly K Daly was Ultimate Evil. Children of January was antoher chap whose name I don't recall... Don't think there were any that almost made it. Its been a while though!
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Post by Timelord007 on Jun 25, 2016 16:07:59 GMT
I think Wally K.Daly was going to adapt his script for The Children Of January but it fell through, i don't think he had the time to adapt the script himself although that may not be the reason. Waly K Daly was Ultimate Evil. Children of January was antoher chap whose name I don't recall... Don't think there were any that almost made it. Its been a while though! Cheers John for the heads up, i knew it was one or the other but couldn't remember which. Was it Michael Freeney Callan who wrote Children of January?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 25, 2016 16:14:56 GMT
Waly K Daly was Ultimate Evil. Children of January was antoher chap whose name I don't recall... Don't think there were any that almost made it. Its been a while though! Cheers John for the heads up, i knew it was one or the other but couldn't remember which. Was it Michael Freeney Callan who wrote Children of January? Yeah. It was Michael Feeney Callan.
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Post by Timelord007 on Jun 25, 2016 16:16:20 GMT
Cheers John for the heads up, i knew it was one or the other but couldn't remember which. Was it Michael Freeney Callan who wrote Children of January? Yeah. It was Michael Feeney Callan. Phew good to hear, i thought i was forgetting my Doctor Who trivia for a moment.
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Post by grazey on Jun 25, 2016 17:12:07 GMT
Do those scripts still exist at this late date, though? And are they suitable for adapting? And are they any good? And wouldnt it be cheaper to hire a writer to invent a new story, not adapt an old one that they'd have to buy? It's also worth pointing out there are plenty of versions of "Shada" already; "Illegal Alien" was done as a novel; and "The Dark Dimension" simply isn't worth doing. The script is illicitly out there online, and if you read it you'll find out that practically nothing happens, and the stuff that happens doesn't make sense. Also, you may struggle to find any Doctors willing to perform it! Second the motion to leave Shada alone. Whichever version floats your boat (8's for me) we have enough of them. Agreed. Shada has been done to death. So many versions I've no interest in another
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Post by escalus5 on Jun 25, 2016 18:14:08 GMT
I'd like to hear an adaptation of "Doctor Who meets Scratchman," with different companions substituted for Sarah Jane and Harry.
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Post by aztec on Jun 25, 2016 18:18:18 GMT
Thanks for the information budnp2013 and Mr Dorney Very interesting... I wonder, could we expect New Who lost stories at some point? Obviously there could be rights issues involved but I don't see why they couldn't be popular...
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Jun 25, 2016 19:21:43 GMT
I'd like to hear an adaptation of "Doctor Who meets Scratchman," with different companions substituted for Sarah Jane and Harry. Have you read the script that's floating about the web? If it's that one then that is terrible.
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Post by omega on Jun 25, 2016 23:13:32 GMT
Since you work at Big Finish, would it ever have been considered to do a Lost Stories season with, say, The Suicide Exhibition or Lost In The Dark Dimension, as they were on the verge of being made. The Suicide Exhibition was the lost Gatiss 10 story, wasnt it? That one's a no, as when the Lost Stories were being done, audios with Tennant were not on the cards. I don't recall Dark Dimension ever really being a contender. Dark Dimension is one of the few things Nick Briggs has outright refused when asked about it in the podcast. It doesn't even a merit a We'll See or a Just Imagine response from him. One reason he gave was that it was an overly visual story that would be extremely tricky to adapt for audio.
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Post by omega on Jun 25, 2016 23:17:48 GMT
Series four was four stories, none of which were well-known in fan circles. Series 1 had Nightmare Fair, Mission to Magnus, Hollows of Time and the Space Whale story as part of the unmade season 23, series 2 had Farewell, Great Macedon, Prison in Space and season 27 while series 3 had Christopher Bailey's storyline and Masters of Luxor.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Jun 25, 2016 23:41:57 GMT
The Suicide Exhibition was the lost Gatiss 10 story, wasnt it? That one's a no, as when the Lost Stories were being done, audios with Tennant were not on the cards. I don't recall Dark Dimension ever really being a contender. Dark Dimension is one of the few things Nick Briggs has outright refused when asked about it in the podcast. It doesn't even a merit a We'll See or a Just Imagine response from him. One reason he gave was that it was an overly visual story that would be extremely tricky to adapt for audio. It also relies on a number of actors who are dead, treats everyone who isn't Tom like crap and, most importantly, is written by Adrian Rigelsford, who has served time at Her Majesty's Pleasure for theft.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2016 0:25:20 GMT
Still, if you are desperate to know what the story had been like you can find an amateur animated adaptation here on YouTube.
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Post by Timelord007 on Jun 26, 2016 1:03:06 GMT
I like the Dark Planet Lost Story audio drama, a very well written story by Brian Hayles skillfully adapted by Matt Fitton.
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Jul 1, 2016 20:58:31 GMT
The Suicide Exhibition was the lost Gatiss 10 story, wasnt it? That one's a no, as when the Lost Stories were being done, audios with Tennant were not on the cards. I don't recall Dark Dimension ever really being a contender. Dark Dimension is one of the few things Nick Briggs has outright refused when asked about it in the podcast. It doesn't even a merit a We'll See or a Just Imagine response from him. One reason he gave was that it was an overly visual story that would be extremely tricky to adapt for audio. Speaking of weasels, wasn't Rigelsford meant to write for the Lethbridge books at one point? Or did I just imagine that?
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Jul 1, 2016 21:15:18 GMT
Been reading Complete History again and it mentions an abandoned hotel/deserted London idea initially suggested for the October (then early Christmas) Special. I think that would work really well on audio and I'd like to see Big Finish adapt it.
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Post by dastari on Jul 2, 2016 0:23:13 GMT
I know at the very least that they said that they had multiple Brian Hayles' outlines (I think they said ten in one of the interviews) that they could have adapted, but they chose the threesome of - The Dark Planet, The Queen of Time, and Lords of the Red Planet. I think that the decision had already been made to end the range, and that there were several more that they could have done.
I also wonder if there are some Season 17 ones that they passed on because Tom and Lalla weren't working together at the time, but now conceivably could do if they revived the range.
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Post by charlesuirdhein on Jul 2, 2016 0:36:36 GMT
I know at the very least that they said that they had multiple Brian Hayles' outlines (I think they said ten in one of the interviews) that they could have adapted, but they chose the threesome of - The Dark Planet, The Queen of Time, and Lords of the Red Planet. I think that the decision had already been made to end the range, and that there were several more that they could have done. I also wonder if there are some Season 17 ones that they passed on because Tom and Lalla weren't working together at the time, but now conceivably could do if they revived the range. Well, the Fourth Doctor set wasn't technically IN the range, so a second box would be feasible without an actual revival.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2016 0:41:36 GMT
I also wonder if there are some Season 17 ones that they passed on because Tom and Lalla weren't working together at the time, but now conceivably could do if they revived the range. Hmm... I'll have a gander through the Lost Stories websites I know... The Psychonauts, maybe? Although from the sounds of it, the story is only an outline... Sealed Orders is off the table due to Christopher Priest's unhappy association with Who previously... Oh, hey, The Iron Legion started out as a television script before it was adapted to comics, that's pretty neat... The Tearing of the Veil? The Nightmare Planet? A lot of these aren't exclusively Four/Romana stories, but then The Valley of Death (or The Valley of the Lost as it was originally submitted) didn't have Leela in mind for the original submission. I'd love to see Fires of the Starmind brought to life with its sentient stellar intelligence using the unique properties of Time Lord libraries in an attempt to invade Gallifrey. It's still a wonderfully original idea and it had the endorsement of the then current script editor who thought that although it lacked action and drama, it still nevertheless had quite a great deal of potential. That's got to be a personal highlight of Marc Platt's surely, getting encouragement to continue his writing from the late great Bob Holmes.
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