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Post by fitzoliverj on Sept 24, 2015 18:49:04 GMT
Blogtor Who have reported that Big Finish are working on 10th Doctor audios blogtorwho.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/david-tennant-and-catherine-tate.htmlKasterborous have reported that the press went and bothered the actors www.kasterborous.com/2015/09/tenth-doctor-donnas-big-finish-return-scuppered/Now, I don't know what to disbelieve the most - that BF are working on 10th Doctor audios, or that this is sufficiently newsworthy for journalists to go round doorstepping people. Does Big Finish really have that kind of public profile? (It'd be lovely if it had that kind of public profile - though I don't approve of doorstepping people in the public eye like that - but I simply find it diffiicult to believe) Still... makes a change from the omnirumour, right?
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Post by hackmodford on Sept 25, 2015 2:27:21 GMT
I hope this is real
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Oct 8, 2015 19:44:46 GMT
I hope this is real I'll be shocked if it doesn't. If they can get John Hurt, then they can get David Tennant and Catherine Tate.
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Post by ausir on Oct 8, 2015 23:56:02 GMT
I'm sure it's just a matter of time.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Oct 9, 2015 18:25:40 GMT
I'm sure it's just a matter of time. Same here. It won't be long now until David Tennant is announced. The real test will be if they can get Christopher Eccleston too (I doubt it somehow).
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Post by jasonward on Oct 9, 2015 18:29:26 GMT
Test of what? I doubt CE will sign up either (well maybe in years to come like Tom Baker did), but I can't see that as a failure of BF's, any failings with regard to CE and Who happened a long time ago now.
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Post by srp5548 on Oct 9, 2015 18:41:23 GMT
I'm sure it's just a matter of time. Same here. It won't be long now until David Tennant is announced. The real test will be if they can get Christopher Eccleston too (I doubt it somehow). If they can never get Chris would everybody be ok with Nicholas Briggs doing the 9th doctor he did a good impersonation for the The Clockwise Man. 9th is my first doctor and I would love more stories for him as he has the least right now
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Post by jasonward on Oct 9, 2015 18:44:26 GMT
I'd love to hear Chris do BF Who, really would, I would rather BF wait and see if they can get him onboard eventually, even if it takes years as it did with Tom.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Oct 9, 2015 19:32:22 GMT
I'm more certain that the report had it right now more than ever. Big Finish declining to comment when asked combined with the wording at the end of the announcement of the War Doctor box sets makes me think we will be reading something sooner rather than later.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Oct 9, 2015 20:02:58 GMT
Test of what? I doubt CE will sign up either (well maybe in years to come like Tom Baker did), but I can't see that as a failure of BF's, any failings with regard to CE and Who happened a long time ago now. I meant 'test' as more a turn of phrase. If they get Christopher Eccleston, then essentially they have solved all problems in regards to who they will or will not be able to get.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Oct 9, 2015 20:04:19 GMT
Same here. It won't be long now until David Tennant is announced. The real test will be if they can get Christopher Eccleston too (I doubt it somehow). If they can never get Chris would everybody be ok with Nicholas Briggs doing the 9th doctor he did a good impersonation for the The Clockwise Man. 9th is my first doctor and I would love more stories for him as he has the least right now It would seem a little odd considering Christopher Eccleston is still alive.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2015 20:54:02 GMT
I'm not a fan of Briggs' impression of 9 and it just doesn't seem appropriate when the original actor is still around.
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Post by aztec on Oct 9, 2015 21:24:06 GMT
Same here. It won't be long now until David Tennant is announced. The real test will be if they can get Christopher Eccleston too (I doubt it somehow). If they can never get Chris would everybody be ok with Nicholas Briggs doing the 9th doctor he did a good impersonation for the The Clockwise Man. 9th is my first doctor and I would love more stories for him as he has the least right now I really liked Mr Briggs' take on the 9th Doctor (wasn't overly fond of his Captain Jack though) Personally if the situation were to hypothetically arise I wouldn't be comfortable with Big Finish recasting the 9th Doctor if Eccleston is still alive and active as an actor. It's one thing to recast a doctor some 20 years after the actors passing (and around 40 since his tenure ended, I'm referring to the Third Doctor obviously) it's another to recast a fairly recent doctor merely because the actor is question doesn't feel it's the right thing for his career at the present time, it could come across as insulting to Eccleston i.m.o, and personally 9th Doctor stories without Eccleston wouldn't really interest me that much anyway. (I often felt Eccleston's performance (and in some ways, uniqueness) as the Doctor transcended the uneven storylines and tonal issues that Series 1 had, and replacing him with stand in or narrator merely to plug a potential gap in the audio doctors wouldn't sit right with me, especially as his Doctor has so much more potential. Eccleston strikes me as the type of actor who always wants to push himself and try new things (not that that's a bad thing, I certainly respect anyone who wishes to move forward with their career, rather than looking back too often) if any potential scripts were to take his doctor in enough new and unexplored directions I think he'd at least strongly considerate it at some point eventually, he didn't seem to have issues with the character itself or the scripts for the TV series at least. As for hypothetical 9th Doctor stories...I subscribe to the 'The 9th Doctor was referring to a recent haircut that emphasized his ongoing grievance with the size of his ears' theory in regards to his comments about his appearance in Rose (his UNIT I.D badge has a photo of a younger Eccleston with longer hair, in Rose he seems very confident and in command for someone who has supposedly just committed double genocide, and frankly Eccleston has so few stories It would be a shame not to explore as many gaps as possible) so pre-rose adventures with Eccleston would be top of my list, I'd quite like to see (well, here) how and why he thinks he earns the right to call himself the Doctor again after the time war, and I think journeying with the 9th Doctor as he gradually comes to terms with his lonelyness and actions would be a very powerful change of pace in terms of tone for Doctor Who. I also feel there's a missing link in the timeline of the whoniverse in exploring the immediate aftermath of the time war, I don't think it would have ended overnight, and I wonder how the universe would react to the last remaining timelord, fresh from battle... I suppose you could argue this risks undermining the 'healing of the soul' arc he undergoes with Rose and Jack, but that's precisely the reason why I'm interested in it... Speaking of Rose and Jack, I loved the dynamic the trio developed in Series 1 and I'd love to see that explored if the opportunity ever arises...maybe they could explore Jack's missing two years... I'd pass on more Dalek or Slithveen stories for 9 though...
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Post by agentten on Oct 10, 2015 1:52:06 GMT
If Eccelston continues to decline Doctor Who related offers I'd prefer that Big Finish not try to recast him. I think they were right to hold out for Tom Baker (though jumping the gun on Shada is a shame now that Baker has returned). One of the things that drew me to Big Finish in the first place is that they were using the original actors. I tried my first stories based on the desire to have new adventures with the original cast. I'm not against recasting, it's an inevitability when a character has such a long life, but recasting a Doctor when the original actor is still alive doesn't sit right with me. I believe it's important to be respectful of the role the actors have in their Doctor's popularity. Each Doctor is special because of the unique choices the actor makes and the spark that actor gives the character. I'm for preserving that as much as possible.
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Post by elkawho on Oct 10, 2015 3:15:57 GMT
Not saying that they should recast Eccleston, but if they did the should use the actor that played Richard in The Kingmaker, Stephen Beckett. He sounds so much like CE that I really believed it was him under a pseudonym. I even looked him up on iMDB to see if he was real.
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Post by TinDogPodcast on Oct 10, 2015 6:05:00 GMT
The best replacement for ce is the bloke who played Richard the third in. . Never fountain script without doctor ..
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Post by carefulsilly12 on Oct 10, 2015 11:09:45 GMT
No one seems to mention getting Matt Smith back, is that because he was so recent or because we're a bit 'meh' about his Doctor? Just wondering.
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Post by jasonward on Oct 10, 2015 11:59:35 GMT
I assume just too soon, I'd love to hear him in new stories.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Oct 10, 2015 12:11:13 GMT
If they can never get Chris would everybody be ok with Nicholas Briggs doing the 9th doctor he did a good impersonation for the The Clockwise Man. 9th is my first doctor and I would love more stories for him as he has the least right now I really liked Mr Briggs' take on the 9th Doctor (wasn't overly fond of his Captain Jack though) Personally if the situation were to hypothetically arise I wouldn't be comfortable with Big Finish recasting the 9th Doctor if Eccleston is still alive and active as an actor. It's one thing to recast a doctor some 20 years after the actors passing (and around 40 since his tenure ended, I'm referring to the Third Doctor obviously) it's another to recast a fairly recent doctor merely because the actor is question doesn't feel it's the right thing for his career at the present time, it could come across as insulting to Eccleston i.m.o, and personally 9th Doctor stories without Eccleston wouldn't really interest me that much anyway. (I often felt Eccleston's performance (and in some ways, uniqueness) as the Doctor transcended the uneven storylines and tonal issues that Series 1 had, and replacing him with stand in or narrator merely to plug a potential gap in the audio doctors wouldn't sit right with me, especially as his Doctor has so much more potential. Eccleston strikes me as the type of actor who always wants to push himself and try new things (not that that's a bad thing, I certainly respect anyone who wishes to move forward with their career, rather than looking back too often) if any potential scripts were to take his doctor in enough new and unexplored directions I think he'd at least strongly considerate it at some point eventually, he didn't seem to have issues with the character itself or the scripts for the TV series at least. As for hypothetical 9th Doctor stories...I subscribe to the 'The 9th Doctor was referring to a recent haircut that emphasized his ongoing grievance with the size of his ears' theory in regards to his comments about his appearance in Rose (his UNIT I.D badge has a photo of a younger Eccleston with longer hair, in Rose he seems very confident and in command for someone who has supposedly just committed double genocide, and frankly Eccleston has so few stories It would be a shame not to explore as many gaps as possible) so pre-rose adventures with Eccleston would be top of my list, I'd quite like to see (well, here) how and why he thinks he earns the right to call himself the Doctor again after the time war, and I think journeying with the 9th Doctor as he gradually comes to terms with his lonelyness and actions would be a very powerful change of pace in terms of tone for Doctor Who. I also feel there's a missing link in the timeline of the whoniverse in exploring the immediate aftermath of the time war, I don't think it would have ended overnight, and I wonder how the universe would react to the last remaining timelord, fresh from battle... I suppose you could argue this risks undermining the 'healing of the soul' arc he undergoes with Rose and Jack, but that's precisely the reason why I'm interested in it... Speaking of Rose and Jack, I loved the dynamic the trio developed in Series 1 and I'd love to see that explored if the opportunity ever arises...maybe they could explore Jack's missing two years... I'd pass on more Dalek or Slithveen stories for 9 though... I agree with all of this. There's certainly a lot of potential for pre-Rose 9th Doctor stories (although I'd like some post-Rose ones too). I think it would work well as four box sets 8th Doctor-style from just after the Time War to when he starts to find his feet again, followed by another four featuring a more confident Doctor and eventually a series of box sets that lead directly into Rose.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Oct 10, 2015 12:16:24 GMT
No one seems to mention getting Matt Smith back, is that because he was so recent or because we're a bit 'meh' about his Doctor? Just wondering. With Matt Smith, he's not one who's obviously going to join Big Finish like David Tennant but he doesn't seem impossible like Christopher Eccleston. He's kind of in the middle so I think it's just hard to predict whether Big Finish will get him onboard or not.
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