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Post by grinch on Apr 24, 2021 19:05:32 GMT
Ozma of Oz (L. Frank Baum)
A Libravox recording of the original novel. This marks the first appearance of the Nome King and he definitely makes for a more memorable antagonist than the Wicked Witch of the West.
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Post by kurumais on Apr 28, 2021 0:54:33 GMT
im listening to ender's game full cast audio from audible is pretty good much better than their sandman production
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Post by johnhurtdoctor on May 23, 2021 7:49:53 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2021 16:04:35 GMT
I'm listening to my old CD soundtrack of The Highlanders. I often come back to this - it's just such an unusual story for the Second Doctor - the final historical, Ben,Polly and Jamie together for the first time and lots of good stuff for Polly rather than just screaming (bless her!). Amidst all this, a strange Second Doctor who really is not always to be relied upon. Although the writers hadn't quite decided on what path the new Doc would take, you wouldn't know it from Troughton's performance, which is confident and authoritative in its oddness. Definitely an unusual tale, and possibly more 'old fashioned' than what was to come, but well told and very well played. Great fun.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2021 12:41:19 GMT
Thought i would try out the BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes plays with Clive Merrison and Michael Williams. Listened to A scandal in Bohemia and it was cracking stuff they are a brilliant Holmes and Watson with a well written and faithful story. Definitely plan to go through all this series eventually as they did the whole cannon, looks like i am in for a treat.
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Post by mark687 on Jun 12, 2021 13:13:20 GMT
Thought i would try out the BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes plays with Clive Merrison and Michael Williams. Listened to A scandal in Bohemia and it was cracking stuff they are a brilliant Holmes and Watson with a well written and faithful story. Definitely plan to go through all this series eventually as they did the whole cannon, looks like i am in for a treat. Best version of the series in audio/visual format. Regerds mark687
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Post by grinch on Jun 12, 2021 19:08:49 GMT
Thought i would try out the BBC Radio Sherlock Holmes plays with Clive Merrison and Michael Williams. Listened to A scandal in Bohemia and it was cracking stuff they are a brilliant Holmes and Watson with a well written and faithful story. Definitely plan to go through all this series eventually as they did the whole cannon, looks like i am in for a treat. When you’re finished with that, I’d recommend you check out the Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series they did. Each episode expands on many of the throwaway cases Holmes and Watson mentions in the canon and fully depicts them.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2021 16:28:04 GMT
To whet my appetite for the new recast Dodo, I'm listening to The Ark CD soundtrack. I've always really liked this story, and still feel that the Monoids (they've only got one eye, see?) are quite an effective alien. In silhouette, their ungainly reptilian gait gives them a really strange appearance. It's only the Beatles-wig that lets them down. All academic on audio of course! For villainous types, they're quite sweet, and no good at subterfuge ("Are you planning something?" Dodo asks at one point. "Er ... n-no!" comes the less-than-convincing reply). Some of the acting is a little ropy, especially in the first half - but the beauty of this story is that episodes 1 and 2 have a different cast and story-line to parts 3 and 4. A very inventive use of time travel in early Who (nice to see Michael Sheard's first appearance in the show here too).
As the Doctor, William Hartnell seems to lose his way when describing his magic cure for the illness a bit, but other than that, he's every bit my favourite Doctor: cantankerous, petulant, lovable, ingenious, charming and scatty. Steven remains bull-headed but likeable, overbearing at times but you're definitely on his side when the virus strikes! As for Dodo, well, this is as much of an intro as she gets - which is not a lot really. Her notoriously wavering accent (BBC producers didn't want a regional accent, but only decided this once a few scenes had been recorded - Christopher Eccleston would have something to say about that) is noticeable but not that much of a distraction. She's well played, but there's no real character there, and sadly, that wouldn't change during her brief tenure.
As a whole though, I love The Ark, and it's always a pleasure to give it another visit.
* Just to add an unwelcome poignancy to this post, Jackie Lane has just passed away. RIP.
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Post by grinch on Jun 24, 2021 10:27:16 GMT
An Evening with Jon Pertwee
What a masterful raconteur he was. With anecdotes within anecdotes.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 24, 2021 11:28:34 GMT
An Evening with Jon Pertwee What a masterful raconteur he was. With anecdotes within anecdotes. My favourite's still got to be the one about the troubles he had with hovercraft in Planet of the Spiders. He tells it so well.
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Post by grinch on Jul 27, 2021 16:37:03 GMT
Nuptial Doom
A sort of origin story for the Bride character from The Haunted Mansion in DisneyLand. It was read by someone who I believe was actually the daughter of one of the original Imagineers which I thought was neat.
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Post by grinch on Jul 27, 2021 22:33:51 GMT
Indiana Jones and the Well of Life
A fan made audio drama I believe released around 2007 where Indiana Jones among a familiar cast of characters embark on a search for the Fountain of Youth.
It’s really solid and a fun ride. And to be honest, I’m surprised there isn’t more like it. Indiana Jones does work so well on audio as it turns out.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jul 27, 2021 23:04:06 GMT
I had a bit of "The War Of The Worlds" action last night.. My gawd, that is almost perfection..
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Post by redsharkJason on Jul 28, 2021 3:03:27 GMT
I had a bit of "The War Of The Worlds" action last night.. My gawd, that is almost perfection.. "Almost perfection" - Well don't hold out on us! Which version? 1938 Mercury Theatre / 1978 or 2012 Jeff Wayne's / 1967 BBC Radio / 2017 BBC Radio / 2018 Sherwood Sound ?
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jul 28, 2021 3:38:34 GMT
I had a bit of "The War Of The Worlds" action last night.. My gawd, that is almost perfection.. "Almost perfection" - Well don't hold out on us! Which version? 1938 Mercury Theatre / 1978 or 2012 Jeff Wayne's / 1967 BBC Radio / 2017 BBC Radio / 2018 Sherwood Sound ? OOPS! My bad ! The 1978 version with Phil Lynott
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Post by sherlock on Aug 2, 2021 14:31:14 GMT
Daleks: Mission to the Unknown (aka Daleks’ Master Plan Part 1)
Purves and Marsh make great narrators and this novelisation is well written. I suspect my problems with it are from the TV source mainly (What is the point of the delegates other than Chen and why do we revisit them so much?).
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Post by mark687 on Aug 2, 2021 14:46:10 GMT
Daleks: Mission to the Unknown (aka Daleks’ Master Plan Part 1) Purves and Marsh make great narrators and this novelisation is well written. I suspect my problems with it are from the TV source mainly (What is the point of the delegates other than Chen and why do we revisit them so much?). So that 54 Years BF can pull one of the funniest Cliff-hangers and a few stories later deliver a emotional gut punch season finale for the 4DAs Regards mark687
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Post by The Brigadier on Aug 6, 2021 16:13:56 GMT
The Sandman (via Audible)
It's been a long, long time since I read the original Vertigo comics...and finally getting to round to listening to this production has given me a yearning to read them again...
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2021 22:38:23 GMT
The BBC radio 4 Sherlock plays are so good. Clive Merrison Is very quickly becoming the quintessential Holmes for me he is fab. Just finish The Boscombe Valley Mystery and he plays it superbly.
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Post by grinch on Aug 11, 2021 22:10:28 GMT
Blithe Spirit (Noel Coward)
This radio adaptation was produced for their BBC Saturday Night Theatre series all the way back in 1956.
As should be expected from the pen of someone such as Mr Coward, it’s extremely witty and funny.
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