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Post by barnabaslives on Sept 19, 2016 14:40:25 GMT
Very pleased to see the announcement. Couldn't imagine them not doing a second volume after the success of the first, but it does occur to me that the New Series being rather visually oriented, it may not always be conducive to the best audio monsters. I sort of felt like they were scraping the barrel a bit already with the Sycorax. I'm glad they came up with enough for a second set because I still can't. :-) I will order it though - if nothing else it was a huge treat to hear four Doctors in one box set, but the first set gave us some great stories as well. All this Slitheen hate but did any of you watch the Sarah Jane Adventures where the Slitheen were freaking terrifying and frequently killed children for their skin? If we get those Slitheen then bring it on. Agree that they're formidable in the SJA - Sontarans likewise - but the audios might intend to serve the viewers of DW more than of SJA? If the Slitheen can just find a cure for their gas problem somewhere in the cosmos. It would be a complete waste of Nick's amazing talents to have to rattle off an hour of potty noises.
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Post by agentten on Sept 19, 2016 15:13:19 GMT
Very pleased to see the announcement. Couldn't imagine them not doing a second volume after the success of the first, but it does occur to me that the New Series being rather visually oriented, it may not always be conducive to the best audio monsters. I sort of felt like they were scraping the barrel a bit already with the Sycorax. I'm glad they came up with enough for a second set because I still can't. :-) I will order it though - if nothing else it was a huge treat to hear four Doctors in one box set, but the first set gave us some great stories as well. All this Slitheen hate but did any of you watch the Sarah Jane Adventures where the Slitheen were freaking terrifying and frequently killed children for their skin? If we get those Slitheen then bring it on. Agree that they're formidable in the SJA - Sontarans likewise - but the audios might intend to serve the viewers of DW more than of SJA? If the Slitheen can just find a cure for their gas problem somewhere in the cosmos. It would be a complete waste of Nick's amazing talents to have to rattle off an hour of potty noises. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Slitheen implement a new suit system on SJA that no longer had the escaping gas problem? If so, perhaps we can avoid the sound effects that a Slitheen audio story would suggest. x.x
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Post by Timelord007 on Sept 19, 2016 15:34:31 GMT
What if they are singing Dio songs? lol Not even singing Queen or Ozzy songs, No.No.No (goes into grumpy bo....ks mode).
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Post by fingersmash on Sept 19, 2016 17:03:46 GMT
Very pleased to see the announcement. Couldn't imagine them not doing a second volume after the success of the first, but it does occur to me that the New Series being rather visually oriented, it may not always be conducive to the best audio monsters. I sort of felt like they were scraping the barrel a bit already with the Sycorax. I'm glad they came up with enough for a second set because I still can't. :-) I will order it though - if nothing else it was a huge treat to hear four Doctors in one box set, but the first set gave us some great stories as well. Agree that they're formidable in the SJA - Sontarans likewise - but the audios might intend to serve the viewers of DW more than of SJA? If the Slitheen can just find a cure for their gas problem somewhere in the cosmos. It would be a complete waste of Nick's amazing talents to have to rattle off an hour of potty noises. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Slitheen implement a new suit system on SJA that no longer had the escaping gas problem? If so, perhaps we can avoid the sound effects that a Slitheen audio story would suggest. x.x I've been watching the series on Amazon Prime and they do, along with letting them squeeze into skinnier people. It is quite horrifying. Come on Big Finish, you already have a perfect plot right here. I'll even write it.
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Post by mbt66 on Sept 19, 2016 19:53:19 GMT
The Racnoss are a great choice. Arachnid-Centaurs are perfect for audio!
As for guesses for the other stories I would still love to hear the Carrionites (The Shakespeare Code) on audio, but whenever I picture them in my head it is with the Fourth Doctor and now with the Fifth Doctor being the first reveal I have to assume that this boxset will feature Doctors numbered Five through to Eight again.
So for the Sixth & Seventh Doctor I would imagine that the Krillitane (School Reunion) would work well as they are a composite race and can evolve between encounters. Same foe, different monster!
And if the second box set follows the structure of the first then I was thinking about the Eighth Doctor in the Time War and what monster could appears in that war...how about the Reapers (Fathers Day)? With all the changing of time and paradoxes I am sure that they could make an appearance. The Doctor is told that he dies today and when he cheats death the Reapers appear...
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Sept 19, 2016 21:48:08 GMT
Very pleased to see the announcement. Couldn't imagine them not doing a second volume after the success of the first, but it does occur to me that the New Series being rather visually oriented, it may not always be conducive to the best audio monsters. I sort of felt like they were scraping the barrel a bit already with the Sycorax. I'm glad they came up with enough for a second set because I still can't. :-) I will order it though - if nothing else it was a huge treat to hear four Doctors in one box set, but the first set gave us some great stories as well. Agree that they're formidable in the SJA - Sontarans likewise - but the audios might intend to serve the viewers of DW more than of SJA? If the Slitheen can just find a cure for their gas problem somewhere in the cosmos. It would be a complete waste of Nick's amazing talents to have to rattle off an hour of potty noises. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Slitheen implement a new suit system on SJA that no longer had the escaping gas problem? If so, perhaps we can avoid the sound effects that a Slitheen audio story would suggest. x.x In the Titan comics, they've also perfected copying faces and not stealing skins (vis - one that looks like the ninth Doctor).
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Post by relativetime on Sept 19, 2016 22:46:12 GMT
I'm pleased to finally have information on the second set. I'm not quite sure what I think of the Racnoss. Personally, I wasn't a fan of their one-time appearance in The Runaway Bride, but I'm intrigued to see what Big Finish do with them.
I'm just hopeful the Vashta Nerada show up - that'd result in an immediate preorder from me.
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Post by icecreamdf on Sept 19, 2016 22:54:52 GMT
What does everyone have against the Slitheen. I really want to hear Sylvester McCoy say Raxicoricofalapatorian. Besides, as an adult man, I have no shame in saying that farts are funny.
I hope that after a while, new monsters just start showing up in the main range. I don't really like them making the distinction between Classic and New monsters. They're all Doctor Who monsters. Besides, its ridiculous to claim that the Sontarans are a New monster. The only New Series element of that (very good) story was the Time War.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Sept 19, 2016 23:14:19 GMT
What does everyone have against the Slitheen. I really want to hear Sylvester McCoy say Raxicoricofalapatorian. Besides, as an adult man, I have no shame in saying that farts are funny. I hope that after a while, new monsters just start showing up in the main range. I don't really like them making the distinction between Classic and New monsters. They're all Doctor Who monsters. Besides, its ridiculous to claim that the Sontarans are a New monster. The only New Series element of that (very good) story was the Time War. You are not wrong. Farts are funny. And if people want to throw a lot of grief towards the Slitheen, then they should very much want Big Finish to take a crack at them and getting them "right."
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Post by whiskeybrewer on Sept 20, 2016 11:34:56 GMT
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the Slitheen implement a new suit system on SJA that no longer had the escaping gas problem? If so, perhaps we can avoid the sound effects that a Slitheen audio story would suggest. x.x I've been watching the series on Amazon Prime and they do, along with letting them squeeze into skinnier people. It is quite horrifying. Come on Big Finish, you already have a perfect plot right here. I'll even write it. Also one of the Ninth Doctor books has them with updated skin suits as well without the gas problem
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Sept 20, 2016 17:15:20 GMT
So for the Sixth & Seventh Doctor I would imagine that the Krillitane (School Reunion) would work well as they are a composite race and can evolve between encounters. Same foe, different monster! That's a good point actually. The Krillitanes will never look exactly the same.
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Post by barnabaslives on Sept 20, 2016 18:34:19 GMT
I really want to hear Sylvester McCoy say Raxicoricofalapatorian. I very much want to hear this also - especially the part where it's such a difficult name that he has to say it three times before Ace gets it. :-) if people want to throw a lot of grief towards the Slitheen, then they should very much want Big Finish to take a crack at them and getting them "right." Absolutely! - but I just hope Big Finish will help them achieve firmer status as monsters. The zipperheads are actually pretty scary, but the gas makes it a little bit difficult me to take them seriously (it might be worse with audio not being able to see them) and I really would hate for it to be the encore to Nick's utterly brilliant Judoon to provide effects for the Slitheen as they might be best known from TV, is all. Hopefully the Slitheen are over that and Big Finish will observe the continuity as they are known for. Not that this thread hasn't already inspired very some amusing thoughts about Ol' Sixie finding a way to give gas to a Dalek or a Cyberman and him thoroughly relishing the results...
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Post by icecreamdf on Sept 20, 2016 18:44:45 GMT
So for the Sixth & Seventh Doctor I would imagine that the Krillitane (School Reunion) would work well as they are a composite race and can evolve between encounters. Same foe, different monster! That's a good point actually. The Krillitanes will never look exactly the same. We can hear the versions with really long necks.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2016 21:47:01 GMT
I hope that after a while, new monsters just start showing up in the main range. I don't really like them making the distinction between Classic and New monsters. They're all Doctor Who monsters. Besides, its ridiculous to claim that the Sontarans are a New monster. The only New Series element of that (very good) story was the Time War. Long term, that would be my wish too. There is no need for a distinction between old and new monsters, they are just Doctor Who monsters now. There is no reason - well, once the marketing hype for the box sets dies down - that some of those monsters can't make an appearance in the Doctor Who main range. Never understood the Sontaran 'New Monster' thing either, but I haven't got the Classic Doctors, New Monsters box set yet, so maybe it's explained in the relevant story in that.
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Post by agentten on Sept 21, 2016 1:33:25 GMT
I'm totally fine with new series monsters making their first Big Finish appearances in these boxed sets. After that I'd love for them all to be integrated into the main range and other places, but it's fun having their first appearances be a special event. The first boxed set is just so good, too, and that's probably boosting my enthusiasm for the idea.
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Post by Ela on Sept 21, 2016 4:23:28 GMT
I hope that after a while, new monsters just start showing up in the main range. I don't really like them making the distinction between Classic and New monsters. They're all Doctor Who monsters. Besides, its ridiculous to claim that the Sontarans are a New monster. The only New Series element of that (very good) story was the Time War. Long term, that would be my wish too. There is no need for a distinction between old and new monsters, they are just Doctor Who monsters now. There is no reason - well, once the marketing hype for the box sets dies down - that some of those monsters can't make an appearance in the Doctor Who main range. Never understood the Sontaran 'New Monster' thing either, but I haven't got the Classic Doctors, New Monsters box set yet, so maybe it's explained in the relevant story in that. Not really. They're just "new series" Sontarans. Whatever that means.
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Post by Zagreus on Sept 21, 2016 16:53:30 GMT
Like, I could understand if it was the alt-universe Cybermen, or a past Doctor running into the Cult of Skaro or something. But yeah it was just Sontarans. Like, it was a good story, and gave us a glimpse of The Time War, but yeah.
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Post by Ela on Sept 21, 2016 16:56:23 GMT
Yeah, it was a stretch to call them "new monsters" by virtue of the fact that they were "new series" Sontarans. But it was a good story, so I'm willing to overlook it.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Sept 21, 2016 17:38:35 GMT
Like, I could understand if it was the alt-universe Cybermen, or a past Doctor running into the Cult of Skaro or something. But yeah it was just Sontarans. Like, it was a good story, and gave us a glimpse of The Time War, but yeah. I'd love to hear the sixth Doctor meet a Cybus Cyberman actually. That would be fun.
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Sept 23, 2016 22:35:42 GMT
I really want to hear Sylvester McCoy say Raxicoricofalapatorian. I very much want to hear this also - especially the part where it's such a difficult name that he has to say it three times before Ace gets it. :-) if people want to throw a lot of grief towards the Slitheen, then they should very much want Big Finish to take a crack at them and getting them "right." Absolutely! - but I just hope Big Finish will help them achieve firmer status as monsters. The zipperheads are actually pretty scary, but the gas makes it a little bit difficult me to take them seriously (it might be worse with audio not being able to see them) and I really would hate for it to be the encore to Nick's utterly brilliant Judoon to provide effects for the Slitheen as they might be best known from TV, is all. Hopefully the Slitheen are over that and Big Finish will observe the continuity as they are known for. Not that this thread hasn't already inspired very some amusing thoughts about Ol' Sixie finding a way to give gas to a Dalek or a Cyberman and him thoroughly relishing the results... Allow me to demonstrate a prediction of a Slitheen audio's soundtrack: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXHkFZ-nG4Y
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