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Post by omega on May 11, 2017 6:42:24 GMT
Vorlon kosh... You are not ready... Then blows up the vampire ship.  |
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2017 6:50:33 GMT
Vorlon kosh... You are not ready... Then blows up the vampire ship. Given how the Time Lords react in The World-Shapers, that might just be their mindset: Maybe that's a genuine mindset in some sectors of Time Lord society? The cosmic daisy chain. Although, that said... The further up the chain you go, the less it seems to be about keeping things like immortality out of inexperienced child-species and more like: "IT'S MINE, DAMMIT." Their presence at the Archetryx conference and attempts to stop the Kartz-Reimer experiments was all about maintaining their monopoly on, well, not so much time travel, but a greater understanding of temporal mechanics. |
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Post by Ela on Jan 22, 2018 20:05:51 GMT
Ok... Steps onto political correctness tight rope... trifold of causing offence. Rebecca Roots performance is very very good. Bur she used to be male and has some vocal inflection that is a hang over of this. This is no one's fault. I went into listening to this unaware of this. And got confused when the character is referee to using a pronown. And... it took me ou of the story for a few seconds while I realised what was happening. To be honest it's such a tiny and pointless point that it's hardly worth mentioning as it is such a strong character in such a strong story I did not know Rebecca Roots was a transwoman. I initially heard her voice as "male" but figured out pretty quickly that she was a female character. Not knowing the actor's background, I just assumed it was a woman with a masculine-sounding voice. There are women who have naturally deep voices without transitioning male to female. I didn't know her background till I heard you talk about the story on your podcast. And to be honest, I wasn't at all confused by it. It was interesting to me as a sidestep to hear (and read here) your remarks, but as you said, it in no way detracts from the story. |
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Post by Ela on Jan 22, 2018 20:33:47 GMT
While conversely, the Fifth Doctor in Goth Opera is instrumental in setting an entire army of their kind alight. They're probably the closest that Time Lords get to having a blood enemy. Gallifreyans are genetically programmed to destroy certain species that would threaten the continuity of time and I think the vampires fall under that category. Considering where they came from (being thralls of a sentient, psychotic form of space totally anathema to our own), it's not hard to see why the Time Lords would be so frightened of them. Zagreus reveals that {Spoiler}Rassilon prevented other races who could rival and eventually take the place of the Time Lords from even developing, hence the Divergents. It makes sense with the CIA's (Celestial Intervention Agency) mission of preventing other races from developing time travel tech. While there's the obvious intention of keeping the timelines and the Web of Time intact, it also lets them maintain influence over time. Rather convenient with how the Time Lords in the High Council and the CIA are characterised. I thought about all that background, too, when I was listening to this. As well as some stuff about vampires in some of the Gallifrey stories. It was an interesting use of the vampires in relation to their past history with the time lords. Also, I thought it must have been fairly early in the Doctor's relationship with Nyssa, as he states she has no psychic/telepathic ability. I'm sure I've heard stories in which he refers to her having exactly that type of ability. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2021 15:43:30 GMT
The writer, Matthew J Elliot, retweeted my note about enjoying the story, so I replied to him "By the way, will you be writing the 3rd Doctor Prequel?" He replied back "That's up to the good people at @bigfinish!" Yes was on my wish list |
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Post by masterdoctor on Nov 8, 2023 19:40:57 GMT
Hmm, I didn’t really gel with this one. I thought part one was really solid, but the story kind of fizzles out afterwards. The guest cast is great however, especially Rebecca Root and Niamh Cusack, and the sound design felt very 80s which is a big plus.
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