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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2016 18:32:05 GMT
It seems to me that the Fifth Doctor doesn't get used as much as the rest. So my question is, in everyone's opinions, which Doctors NEED more attention from Big Finish?
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Post by muckypup on Jun 30, 2016 19:24:26 GMT
I think 5 is just fine but probably has had the least development of all the classic doctors, it's 8 that seems to get short changed these days with just 2 releases a year.
but 3 is the most underserved era but things for that are improving
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Post by mrperson on Jun 30, 2016 20:34:11 GMT
I think 5 is just fine but probably has had the least development of all the classic doctors, it's 8 that seems to get short changed these days with just 2 releases a year. but 3 is the most underserved era but things for that are improving McGann may have two releases a year but that's only because they moved him over to box set format. It's still 8h, spread out over eight episodes. Consider: there are 12 MR releases a year, or an average of four per classic doc. And each one is about 2h on average. However, they also have had the occasional box set or separate release, so I suppose they get more time than McGann, but only just. (Similarly, the great Tom Baker has a series plus occasional extra releases). Still, I'd happily take more McGann. Hell, I'd take more from all of them so long as my wallet holds and they had the capacity to produce at a higher rate. |
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Jun 30, 2016 22:34:59 GMT
We need more David Warner!
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Post by agentten on Jul 1, 2016 3:58:06 GMT
We need more David Warner! This is true in all situations. |
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Post by relativetime on Jul 1, 2016 4:08:40 GMT
I think we could certainly do with a bit more Second Doctor and Third Doctor stories, though I think that problem has been addressed by recent and upcoming releases.
I'm hopeful we'll hear of a War Doctor Volumes 5, 6, 7 and 8 sometime in the future. There's a lot you can do with an incarnation of the Doctor who's meant to go against everything his name stands for and I'm skeptical we've heard it all yet.
On the Eighth Doctor, I think the current setup works for now. I'd like to hear more from Paul, naturally, but I also like how the current "two box sets a year" schedule makes his stories more of an event or ongoing series.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2016 4:23:01 GMT
We need more David Warner! This is true in all situations. You can never have too much David Warner. I'd love to hear more from Carolyn Seymour as well. |
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Post by barnabaslives on Jul 1, 2016 4:41:56 GMT
Ten. Three might be starting to catch up to the rate of other Doctors on audio, but I'm not sure what we can expect yet for the Tenth Doctor.
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Post by grazey on Jul 1, 2016 5:20:08 GMT
Ten. Three might be starting to catch up to the rate of other Doctors on audio, but I'm not sure what we can expect yet for the Tenth Doctor. with his current busy schedule we are lucky to get 3 a year. |
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Post by grazey on Jul 1, 2016 5:21:29 GMT
I would have said 7 but in the past couple of years he has started to make up for it
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Jul 1, 2016 12:08:34 GMT
The 10th Doctor definitely needs more. Wish Big Finish would hurry up and announce some future stories. I need to preorder a volume two!
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Post by Timelord007 on Jul 1, 2016 12:25:57 GMT
I'd say Third Doctor but that's now being rectified with these Third Doctor Adventures, i always want more Eighth Doctor me as i love Paul McGanns portrayal of the Doctor.
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Post by aztec on Jul 1, 2016 18:17:49 GMT
You can never have too much BF McGann.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2016 0:42:35 GMT
You can never have too much BF McGann. You can't have enough McGann in general! XD |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2016 0:49:34 GMT
Ooh, actually... With the most recent volume of The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield coming out with David Warner starring as his own peerless incarnation, it occurred to me that after all this time I would still love to see more of the Eighth Doctor and Benny together in original tales. We only heard them together on audio for thirty minutes, but the wonderfully unique chemistry of both the characters and actors shone through rather marvellously. There's already a gap after Benny's Story to stick them in by Professor Summerfield's own admission, so why not continue the trend with a special release?
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Post by omega on Jul 2, 2016 1:10:06 GMT
We need more David Warner! Hi, I'm in the choir you're preaching to. He could read Twilight and I'd tolerate it. He could read the phone book and I'd be spellbound. |
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Post by omega on Jul 2, 2016 1:17:24 GMT
With the Fifth Doctor there are far less opportunities to do something special. From Castrovalva to Caves of Androzani you have a chain of overlapping companion tenures, with precious few periods where he is without a companion (lampshaded in The Gathering, when an in-universe fanboy is trying to place when this takes place for the Fifth Doctor). One of those times had to freeze time for the Doctor's present companion to allow him a trilogy with just a new companion!
Peter Davison also seems more comfortable with what's familiar. It's noticeable that he hasn't had a new companion for years (the fumbling of Hannah Bartholomew aside, that's another story entirely) and most of his stories involve his TV companions, especially Sarah Sutton (even the Erimem stories also had Peri as a companion). Fewer Fifth Doctor stories are experimental or different compared to the other Doctors and the only Special Release for the Fifth Doctor in recent years was when Matthew Waterhouse came back to play Adric again.
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Post by icecreamdf on Jul 2, 2016 1:57:50 GMT
Nine and Eleven.
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Post by chronotis on Jul 3, 2016 6:23:27 GMT
The Valeyard. Jayston is always a joy to listen to.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2016 21:22:53 GMT
The Valeyard. Jayston is always a joy to listen to. I will agree! Trial of the Valeyard was amazing! |
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