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Post by number13 on Jul 1, 2017 15:22:22 GMT
Is it just me, or do others also think that the MR artwork has been exceptionally good over the last year and the ones previewed for the rest of 2017? No it's not just you, the covers have been really good of late. The fact that the main range stories over the last year have been exceptionally good too is even better! Oh well, that went without saying! And looking ahead, the rest of the year looks something very special too; this story, 'The Silurian Candidate' and the Sixth Doctor trilogy are all on my 'most anticipated' list.
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Post by Whovitt on Jul 31, 2017 7:59:09 GMT
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Post by fitzoliverj on Jul 31, 2017 19:05:22 GMT
Oh. That's literally nothing like whatsoever I was given to understand this was going to be about. I thought this was going to be sort of "Yes Minister"y - it just sounds like bog-standard DW.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Jul 31, 2017 19:22:27 GMT
Oh. That's literally nothing like whatsoever I was given to understand this was going to be about. I thought this was going to be sort of "Yes Minister"y - it just sounds like bog-standard DW. Exactly what I thought.
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Post by number13 on Jul 31, 2017 22:52:44 GMT
Oh. That's literally nothing like whatsoever I was given to understand this was going to be about. I thought this was going to be sort of "Yes Minister"y - it just sounds like bog-standard DW. If they had done a fantastical timey-wimey political comedy, how could it possibly have competed with the nightly news from Washington and Planet Brexit...? Seriously, it does seem a pity - but perhaps they are emphasising the 'action' side of the story in the trailer and there is more to it? I don't often listen to the trailers but they have left me feeling underwhelmed by the prospect of a story before now - then I've gone on to really enjoy it on release. ('The Havoc of Empires' in the 3DA Vol 1 was one example I remember - I didn't like the the trailer much, but I loved the story.) So I have learned to have faith in Big Finish!
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Post by mark687 on Jul 31, 2017 22:59:41 GMT
Oh. That's literally nothing like whatsoever I was given to understand this was going to be about. I thought this was going to be sort of "Yes Minister"y - it just sounds like bog-standard DW. It wont be Bog Standard I'm sure, Eddie Robson does great snappy Who.
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mark687
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Post by Bazoolium on Jul 31, 2017 23:01:47 GMT
I was hoping for a bit of a comedy story too, Eddie Robson is very funny. His Radio 4 series 'Welcome to our village please invade carefully' is hilarious.
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Post by number13 on Jul 31, 2017 23:18:44 GMT
The Fifth Doctor plus Tegan and Leela on Gallifrey! I don't care if it's bog standard DW , I will be looking forward to it Hear! Hear! (To cheer in a political way ) And I don't think BF do 'bog standard DW' anyway - Gold standard, yes. Every story I've heard yet has ranged from very good to utterly brilliant.
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Post by omega on Aug 24, 2017 5:37:06 GMT
From a post on Gallifrey Base: The four episodes of Time in Office have individual titles, which are given in the DWM preview:
Period of Adjustment - the Doctor's inauguration, where he accidentally announces a new and unpopular policy during his speech Past Indiscretions - diplomatic mission with another species goes wrong when it turns out the Doctor has encountered them before History Repeating - Tegan-centric, with subplot where Doctor visits his old rooms at the Academy Architect of Destruction - opening of the new Capitol building, replacing the "coffee-lounge-looking thing" from Arc of Infinity
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Post by number13 on Aug 27, 2017 21:46:39 GMT
From a post on Gallifrey Base: The four episodes of Time in Office have individual titles, which are given in the DWM preview: Period of Adjustment - the Doctor's inauguration, where he accidentally announces a new and unpopular policy during his speech Past Indiscretions - diplomatic mission with another species goes wrong when it turns out the Doctor has encountered them before History Repeating - Tegan-centric, with subplot where Doctor visits his old rooms at the Academy Architect of Destruction - opening of the new Capitol building, replacing the "coffee-lounge-looking thing" from Arc of Infinity Presumably that means they are keeping with the tradition that this 13th release of the MR year is a short story anthology, or in this case a political serial, but still with four separate stories. I'm still hoping for the Time Lord version of 'Yes, Minister' meets 'The West Wing' and the four story format would maybe hint at this. The brief synopses do have obvious elements of comedy about them so perhaps the conventional-sounding trailer didn't fully reflect the tone? Not long now until we find out. Then we can vote on President Doctor and his Time in Office!
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Post by relativetime on Aug 27, 2017 22:56:20 GMT
From a post on Gallifrey Base: The four episodes of Time in Office have individual titles, which are given in the DWM preview: Period of Adjustment - the Doctor's inauguration, where he accidentally announces a new and unpopular policy during his speech Past Indiscretions - diplomatic mission with another species goes wrong when it turns out the Doctor has encountered them before History Repeating - Tegan-centric, with subplot where Doctor visits his old rooms at the Academy Architect of Destruction - opening of the new Capitol building, replacing the "coffee-lounge-looking thing" from Arc of Infinity I must say, the more I hear about this release, the more excited I become!
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Post by xlozdob on Aug 28, 2017 0:06:54 GMT
Wonder if Maxil will cameo in one of these stories. That'd be great!
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Post by Timelord007 on Aug 28, 2017 6:49:34 GMT
Very very intrigued by this one, a question though where does this one fit in the Doctor's timeline?
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Post by omega on Aug 28, 2017 7:04:03 GMT
Very very intrigued by this one, a question though where does this one fit in the Doctor's timeline? I'm assuming that gap at the end of Frontios when the Doctor and Tegan take the Gravis to Kolkokron. The Time Lords snatch the TARDIS out of the vortex and force the Doctor to take office.
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Post by mark687 on Aug 28, 2017 10:16:44 GMT
Very very intrigued by this one, a question though where does this one fit in the Doctor's timeline? At the moment I'm thinking after Excelis Dawns with the Doctor and Tegan supposed to be on their way back to Frontios.
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mark687
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Post by omega on Aug 28, 2017 10:22:40 GMT
Very very intrigued by this one, a question though where does this one fit in the Doctor's timeline? At the moment I'm thinking after Excelis Dawns with the Doctor and Tegan supposed to be on their way back to Fronitos.
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mark687
Another Frontios gap is what did Turlough do while waiting for the Doctor and Tegan to return? Might be worth a Short Trip, Turlough putting his ascentral fear of Tractators to rest, with flashbacks to when the Tractators were on Trion.
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Post by Bazoolium on Aug 28, 2017 15:39:55 GMT
At the moment I'm thinking after Excelis Dawns with the Doctor and Tegan supposed to be on their way back to Fronitos.
Regards
mark687
Another Frontios gap is what did Turlough do while waiting for the Doctor and Tegan to return? Might be worth a Short Trip, Turlough putting his ascentral fear of Tractators to rest, with flashbacks to when the Tractators were on Trion. For instance, why anyone was sacred of something called a Tractator. They sound like Authoritarian Tractors.
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Post by number13 on Aug 28, 2017 18:10:31 GMT
Another Frontios gap is what did Turlough do while waiting for the Doctor and Tegan to return? Might be worth a Short Trip, Turlough putting his ascentral fear of Tractators to rest, with flashbacks to when the Tractators were on Trion. For instance, why anyone was sacred of something called a Tractator. They sound like Authoritarian Tractors. Well, the Soviets were infamous for announcing (impossibly optimistic but indisputable) 5-year plans for tractor production. Those were authoritarian tractors for sure! On Topic: even with the Gravis gone and the Tractators back to harmless grubbing insects (if rather large ones), the political situation on Frontios was a mess, with the old order of the colony rule falling, Plantagenet being young and inexperienced and the 'Retrograde Element' unlikely to go back to being ruled by anyone. Turlough was born into the schemings and civil war of the Trion nobility. He was a naturally clever and devious person but by this point he had learned better ways from the Doctor's example. So, I could imagine him using his guile and experience of Trion to help Plantagenet establish the new colony, while trying to avoid the sort of divisions that had driven his family into exile.
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Post by Bazoolium on Aug 28, 2017 20:09:57 GMT
For instance, why anyone was sacred of something called a Tractator. They sound like Authoritarian Tractors. Well, the Soviets were infamous for announcing (impossibly optimistic but indisputable) 5-year plans for tractor production. Those were authoritarian tractors for sure! On Topic: even with the Gravis gone and the Tractators back to harmless grubbing insects (if rather large ones), the political situation on Frontios was a mess, with the old order of the colony rule falling, Plantagenet being young and inexperienced and the 'Retrograde Element' unlikely to go back to being ruled by anyone. Turlough was born into the schemings and civil war of the Trion nobility. He was a naturally clever and devious person but by this point he had learned better ways from the Doctor's example. So, I could imagine him using his guile and experience of Trion to help Plantagenet establish the new colony, while trying to avoid the sort of divisions that had driven his family into exile. I wish Turlough's other life wasn't a secret from the Doctor. It's really scuppered Big Finish's ability to deal with it. Also, 5 likes traveling with nobility doesn't he Nyssa, Turlough, Erimem.
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Post by number13 on Aug 28, 2017 20:26:45 GMT
Well, the Soviets were infamous for announcing (impossibly optimistic but indisputable) 5-year plans for tractor production. Those were authoritarian tractors for sure! On Topic: even with the Gravis gone and the Tractators back to harmless grubbing insects (if rather large ones), the political situation on Frontios was a mess, with the old order of the colony rule falling, Plantagenet being young and inexperienced and the 'Retrograde Element' unlikely to go back to being ruled by anyone. Turlough was born into the schemings and civil war of the Trion nobility. He was a naturally clever and devious person but by this point he had learned better ways from the Doctor's example. So, I could imagine him using his guile and experience of Trion to help Plantagenet establish the new colony, while trying to avoid the sort of divisions that had driven his family into exile. I wish Turlough's other life wasn't a secret from the Doctor. It's really scuppered Big Finish's ability to deal with it. Also, 5 likes traveling with nobility doesn't he Nyssa, Turlough, Erimem. Of course, he is Lord President!
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