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Post by Audio Watchdog on Apr 30, 2017 19:34:24 GMT
No. As fans we speculate about what things mean and would it not be cool is this or that happened. Speculating on business matters which you are not privy to as a way to try and prove a point you are trying to make is not what fans do. I know nothing about business. I wasn't trying to make out I did. News flash. When you start talking about costs & scheduling, you are talking business.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Apr 30, 2017 20:10:54 GMT
I know nothing about business. I wasn't trying to make out I did. News flash. When you start talking about costs & scheduling, you are talking business. I know, I wasn't trying to imply my posts were anything other than uneducated guesses though.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2017 22:15:15 GMT
You are speaking of things of which you have no knowledge of. We're fans. That's what we do. Please don't speak for other people.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2017 0:00:10 GMT
WHY ISN'T IT THURSDAY YET?!!!
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2017 6:26:27 GMT
We're fans. That's what we do. No. As fans we speculate about what things mean and would it not be cool is this or that happened. Speculating on business matters which you are not privy to as a way to try and prove a point you are trying to make is not what fans do. Well, in fairness we often do, or some of us at least. We tend to acknowledge the limits of our experience and caveat our comments as speculation when we do though. I've found it helps, when reading DB's posts, to add imaginary "I think it might be possible" type statements everywhere. I think he means his posts to be less matter of fact and assertive than they come out.
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Post by Ela on May 2, 2017 3:37:04 GMT
I listened to the free preview at the end of the podcast and wasn't too taken with the story. I thought Nick wasn't bad at all, just don't find the bit of the story they provided as a preview all that interesting.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on May 2, 2017 3:58:10 GMT
Like the other non-Doctor Doctors BF has had, Briggs is evocative of Eccelston but not a mimic thereof. I can live with his ninth Doctor. His Rose on the other hand ... ohh boy. Loads of other characters as Briggs too. Too much Nick, not enough diversity. When you have two other actors they need to do a third of the work.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on May 2, 2017 8:56:06 GMT
Like the other non-Doctor Doctors BF has had, Briggs is evocative of Eccelston but not a mimic thereof. I can live with his ninth Doctor. His Rose on the other hand ... ohh boy. Loads of other characters as Briggs too. Too much Nick, not enough diversity. When you have two other actors they need to do a third of the work. I don't know why they're including Rose in the stories. Couldn't she just be separated from The Doctor somehow, as the BBC did with the interactive adventure Attack of the Graske? It won't be the same without Billie Piper as Rose - I'd rather they waited until Billie Piper is available before using her character.
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Post by bobod on May 2, 2017 9:02:05 GMT
Like the other non-Doctor Doctors BF has had, Briggs is evocative of Eccelston but not a mimic thereof. I can live with his ninth Doctor. His Rose on the other hand ... ohh boy. Loads of other characters as Briggs too. Too much Nick, not enough diversity. When you have two other actors they need to do a third of the work. I don't know why they're including Rose in the stories. Couldn't she just be separated from The Doctor somehow, as the BBC did with the interactive adventure Attack of the Graske? It won't be the same without Billie Piper as Rose - I'd rather they waited until Billie Piper is available before using her character. More so than Christopher Eccleston?
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on May 2, 2017 9:12:02 GMT
I don't know why they're including Rose in the stories. Couldn't she just be separated from The Doctor somehow, as the BBC did with the interactive adventure Attack of the Graske? It won't be the same without Billie Piper as Rose - I'd rather they waited until Billie Piper is available before using her character. More so than Christopher Eccleston? Yeah, I don't mind Nicholas Briggs reading in for Christopher Eccleston so much. It just seems odd with Rose when they have Adam and Jackie anyway.
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Post by bobod on May 2, 2017 9:16:10 GMT
More so than Christopher Eccleston? Yeah, I don't mind Nicholas Briggs reading in for Christopher Eccleston so much. It just seems odd with Rose when they have Adam and Jackie anyway. I can't imagine the ninth Doctor and Jackie meeting up without Rose...
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on May 2, 2017 11:00:48 GMT
Yeah, I don't mind Nicholas Briggs reading in for Christopher Eccleston so much. It just seems odd with Rose when they have Adam and Jackie anyway. I can't imagine the ninth Doctor and Jackie meeting up without Rose... Maybe history is rewritten so Rose is never born and The Doctor needs Jackie's help to fix it?
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on May 2, 2017 11:18:14 GMT
I mentioned this before, but I wonder if it's possible Christopher Eccleston could change his mind about returning if he happens to hear these audios and decide they are really good stories? Could it be what persuades him to do Big Finish?
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Post by sherlock on May 2, 2017 11:33:32 GMT
I mentioned this before, but I wonder if it's possible Christopher Eccleston could change his mind about returning if he happens to hear these audios and decide they are really good stories? Could it be what persuades him to do Big Finish? I think that's highly unlikely, but stranger things have happened.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2017 13:45:56 GMT
I mentioned this before, but I wonder if it's possible Christopher Eccleston could change his mind about returning if he happens to hear these audios and decide they are really good stories? Could it be what persuades him to do Big Finish? I'm sure Christopher Eccleston is aware of what Big Finish do anyway. However, I can think of a good few Doctor Who stories to send Christopher Eccleston to show him the quality of stories that Big Finish are capable of, but quite simply, if the man doesn't want to return to the role, he doesn't want to return to the role. He might change his mind one day, but I don't see the Ninth Doctor Chronicles as being something that will suddenly make him jump up off his chair to ring Nick Briggs and say, I have seen the light, sign me up... It would be great if it did though!
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Post by aztec on May 2, 2017 13:54:17 GMT
I mentioned this before, but I wonder if it's possible Christopher Eccleston could change his mind about returning if he happens to hear these audios and decide they are really good stories? Could it be what persuades him to do Big Finish? Perhaps that's part of BF's plan, get Briggs to do divisive impersonations and emotionally blackmail the Doctors into coming back and doing the audios themselves
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2017 14:00:16 GMT
I thought the preview was far better than the trailer, but ironically it was also what convinced me not to buy it. I'm not a big fan of straight audiobook readings, even with enhancements.
Also the whole project leaves a bit of a sour taste in my mouth. Big Finish have been so respectful of other absent Doctors and come up with elegant solutions such as Companion Chronicles format, or not explicitly using Jon Pertwee's image on the Third Doctor Adventures covers. This feels uncharacteristically like cashing in on the new series license.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on May 2, 2017 15:46:37 GMT
I thought the preview was far better than the trailer, but ironically it was also what convinced me not to buy it. I'm not a big fan of straight audiobook readings, even with enhancements. Also the whole project leaves a bit of a sour taste in my mouth. Big Finish have been so respectful of other absent Doctors and come up with elegant solutions such as Companion Chronicles format, or not explicitly using Jon Pertwee's image on the Third Doctor Adventures covers. This feels uncharacteristically like cashing in on the new series license. It makes sense to 'cash-in' on the new series. In many ways it has been a bigger success than the classic.
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Post by kimalysong on May 2, 2017 19:54:01 GMT
Guys please keep this thread on the topic of the New Series Doctor Chronicles not discussions about other posters
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2017 23:10:07 GMT
I thought the preview was far better than the trailer, but ironically it was also what convinced me not to buy it. I'm not a big fan of straight audiobook readings, even with enhancements. Also the whole project leaves a bit of a sour taste in my mouth. Big Finish have been so respectful of other absent Doctors and come up with elegant solutions such as Companion Chronicles format, or not explicitly using Jon Pertwee's image on the Third Doctor Adventures covers. This feels uncharacteristically like cashing in on the new series license.
I don't think it's a matter of 'cashing in'. As I've said before, Big Finish's options with the revival licencise are sadly limited at this time: (Reposting my post from the Ninth Doctor thread)
I'd also argue that in the choice of format, Ecclestone's absense is being acknowledged and respected. These are enhanced audiobooks, not full-cast productions and Nick is doing audiobook narration, not taking over the role.
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