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Post by Zagreus on Apr 9, 2017 16:54:46 GMT
Today's Podcast reveals that Love Lives On is being moved up to July! The preview clip also reveals that they seem to have moved the Stokes story, Tuesdays and Thursdays, up into this release, previously in Shadows of the Night. Also featuring in the previews were clips from a Gerard Stiles story, the previously announced Behind Closed Doors and Retreat, featuring Jessica Griffin, and I can't place the last clip, but I don't believe it's the expected Amy tale, so perhaps someone with a better ear could peg down the reader? www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/love-lives-on-1542SynopsisFour tales of horror, romance and intrigue… Tuesdays and Thursdays by Cody SchellProfessor Timothy Eliot Stokes lives a quiet, ordered life. But that order is about to be shattered as he finds himself encountering psychic medium Janet Findley over and over and over again... The Velvet Room by Antonio RastelliGerard Stiles has returned from the dead and, together with Hallie Stokes, is travelling the world attempting to defeat all manner of supernatural forces. But on a night in New Orleans they are about to receive an invitation to gain their hearts’ desires… Behind Closed Doors by Paul PhippsJessica Griffin buried her past a long time ago. But in Collinsport, secrets don’t stay buried for long. On the longest night of her life, Jessica will discover the cruel truth behind the lie that is “’til death do us part…” The Suitcase by Alan FlanaganSabrina and Cyrus Longworth seem to have everything they could wish for -- happily married, running the Collinsport Inn, and about to start a family. But when a mysterious woman checks in they'll find that not all guests should be welcomed, and not all wishes should come true... Written By: Cody Schell, Antoni Rastelli, Paul Phipps, Alan Flanagan Directed By: Darren Gross, Joseph Lidster, Jim Pierson CastMatthew Waterhouse, James Storm, Marie Wallace, Lisa Richards
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Post by barnabaslives on Apr 9, 2017 18:46:44 GMT
It's with Lisa Richards as Sabrina. Unless it's actually a preview of The Reflected Man starring Lisa from Dreams of Long Ago, it's apparently a second story with Lisa from Love Lives On, whose title or author haven't been announced yet?
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Post by Trace on Apr 9, 2017 23:21:00 GMT
Today's Podcast reveals that Love Lives On is being moved up to July! The preview clip also reveals that they seem to have moved the Stokes story, Tuesdays and Thursdays, up into this release, previously in Shadows of the Night. Also featuring in the previews were clips from a Gerard Stiles story, the previously announced Behind Closed Doors and Retreat, featuring Jessica Griffin, and I can't place the last clip, but I don't believe it's the expected Amy tale, so perhaps someone with a better ear could peg down the reader? www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/love-lives-on-1542Where is said podcast? Do you mean the general BF one? I didn't listen because the blurb doesn't mention DS at all--just Omega Man and Dan Dare.
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Post by Zagreus on Apr 9, 2017 23:36:12 GMT
Today's Podcast reveals that Love Lives On is being moved up to July! The preview clip also reveals that they seem to have moved the Stokes story, Tuesdays and Thursdays, up into this release, previously in Shadows of the Night. Also featuring in the previews were clips from a Gerard Stiles story, the previously announced Behind Closed Doors and Retreat, featuring Jessica Griffin, and I can't place the last clip, but I don't believe it's the expected Amy tale, so perhaps someone with a better ear could peg down the reader? www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/love-lives-on-1542Where is said podcast? Do you mean the general BF one? I didn't listen because the blurb doesn't mention DS at all--just Omega Man and Dan Dare. Yeah the general BF one.
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Post by barnabaslives on Apr 9, 2017 23:49:40 GMT
The Dark Shadows segment starts at about 9 min 15 seconds into the podcast (and gets ever so slightly silly in places). :-)
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2017 1:46:32 GMT
Today's Podcast reveals that Love Lives On is being moved up to July! The preview clip also reveals that they seem to have moved the Stokes story, Tuesdays and Thursdays, up into this release, previously in Shadows of the Night. Also featuring in the previews were clips from a Gerard Stiles story, the previously announced Behind Closed Doors and Retreat, featuring Jessica Griffin, and I can't place the last clip, but I don't believe it's the expected Amy tale, so perhaps someone with a better ear could peg down the reader? www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/love-lives-on-1542
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Post by bobod on Apr 10, 2017 9:24:24 GMT
The product page have been updated -
Four tales of horror, romance and intrigue…
Tuesdays and Thursdays by Cody Schell
Professor Timothy Eliot Stokes lives a quiet, ordered life. But that order is about to be shattered as he finds himself encountering psychic medium Janet Findley over and over and over again...
The Velvet Room by Antonio Rastelli
Gerard Stiles has returned from the dead and, together with Hallie Stokes, is travelling the world attempting to defeat all manner of supernatural forces. But on a night in New Orleans they are about to receive an invitation to gain their hearts’ desires…
Behind Closed Doors by Paul Phipps
Jessica Griffin buried her past a long time ago. But in Collinsport, secrets don’t stay buried for long. On the longest night of her life, Jessica will discover the cruel truth behind the lie that is “’til death do us part…”
The Suitcase by Alan Flanagan
Sabrina and Cyrus Longworth seem to have everything they could wish for -- happily married, running the Collinsport Inn, and about to start a family. But when a mysterious woman checks in they'll find that not all guests should be welcomed, and not all wishes should come true...
Written By: Cody Schell, Antoni Rastelli, Paul Phipps, Alan Flanagan Directed By: Darren Gross, Joseph Lidster, Jim Pierson
Cast Matthew Waterhouse, James Storm, Marie Wallace, Lisa Richards
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Post by mark687 on Apr 10, 2017 9:32:07 GMT
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Post by bobod on Apr 10, 2017 9:37:18 GMT
And the news story -
Big Finish Productions are pleased to announce details and a date change for the third Dark Shadows short story collection of the year...
Coming later this year - now in July, rather than the originally-announced October date - is Dark Shadows - Love Lives On:
The first story in the collection is Tuesdays and Thursdays written by Cody Schell and performed by Matthew Waterhouse.
“The nice thing about Dark Shadows is that there is an unending supply of cobweb-filled corners in Collinsport in which to shine a flashlight.” says Schell. “After putting two audio dramas under my belt (The Flip Side and …And Red All Over), I was really excited to have the opportunity to write something in an audio-book style. This meant I could use the magnificent Professor Stokes! I knew the I Ching would be involved in my story, so as an experiment I cast a Hexagram at random. I researched it, and incorporated it into my story. I think Stokes would be proud. I was able to show glimpses of his past… and that of another beloved character.”
The second story is The Velvet Room by new writer Antonio Rastelli. It stars James Storm as returned-from-the-dead-seafarer Gerard Stiles.
“I can’t express how honoured I was when Joe asked me to pitch for Dark Shadows,” says Rastelli. “I have fond memories of throwing ideas at him a couple of years ago, thinking nothing would come of it. I’ve been a huge fan of the series for a long time and even had the privilege of appearing in one or two of the audios as an actor. I’ll admit that it was a daunting task. The series has 50 years of rich history and dedicated following of fans and I wanted to do it justice. Gerard Stiles and Hallie Stokes are both such complicated yet interesting characters that I jumped at the opportunity to write for them. Between you and me this is my first gig as a writer, so I do hope you all enjoy your visit to the Velvet Room.”
The third story, performed by Marie Wallace, is Behind Closed Doors by Paul Phipps.
“Marie Wallace is such a wonderful actor,” says Phipps, “and the character of Jessica Griffin is now firmly established as one of the new shining stars of Dark Shadows. We’ve had hints about her life before she took over The Blue Whale, and I really wanted to explore the journey she’s been on over the last few years - and the future she’s now looking forward to after the events of Bloodline. This is a woman with a past, and in true Dark Shadows style, everyone has to face their past one day. I’m thrilled that I’ve been given the chance to spend so much time with Jessica – even if it means I had to be the one to put her through her very worst nightmares. I thought my last story for Big Finish – Confession, in Echoes of the Past – was dark, but there are five words in Behind Closed Doors which terrify me on a completely different level...”
The final story in the collection is The Suitcase by Alan Flanagan. The story – featuring the popular duo of Sabrina and Cyrus Longworth-Jennings – is performed by Lisa Richards.
"My first story for Dark Shadows was Carriage Of The Damned,” says Flanagan, “so I was chomping at the bit to return to telling a story about Sabrina, especially after all the great work building up her and Cyrus' relationship since then. She's another classic example of how Big Finish have taken a character whose arc felt unfinished on the show, and developed her into this strong, multi-faceted person. The Suitcase delves deep into Sabrina and Cyrus' relationship as they consider starting a family, but their plans are interrupted by a new arrival - a woman who has a gift for granting people their wishes in the worst possible way...
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Post by omega on Apr 10, 2017 10:44:20 GMT
Hallie Stokes the Demon Slayer. The head of Gerard Stiles can't be any worse than the Watchers Council.
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Post by Zagreus on Apr 10, 2017 16:40:09 GMT
Glad to see they're filling in the later 1970s with some of these stories. I hope the Stiles/Stokes duo adventures becoming recurring set-pieces, like the Tony & Cassandra stories before them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2017 16:41:42 GMT
Of all these exceptional sounding tales, the one I feel most drawn to at the moment is 'The Velvet Room'. It goes without saying that they all sound wonderful.
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Post by barnabaslives on Apr 10, 2017 17:34:13 GMT
Of all these exceptional sounding tales, the one I feel most drawn to at the moment is 'The Velvet Room'. It goes without saying that they all sound wonderful. Me, too - although I'm actually most intrigued by Cody and Alan's stories. Perhaps it's my being terribly thrilled for James Storm to be appearing. Another superb collection!
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Post by Trace on Apr 11, 2017 1:18:49 GMT
Glad to see they're filling in the later 1970s with some of these stories. I hope the Stiles/Stokes duo adventures becoming recurring set-pieces, like the Tony & Cassandra stories before them. I hope not...I don't mind a couple adventures, but I dislike spinoff series that are self-contained and really could exist completely on their own. The Tony & Cassandra stories are fun, and I've enjoyed them all, but they don't seem like Dark Shadows to me...more like Sam Spade mysteries with a supernatural element. And, they are the only two DS characters who appear in them, and usually at a locale quite distant from Collinsport. Maybe if they had more ties to the main series, other than the fact that the two characters are DS originals.
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Post by omega on Apr 11, 2017 8:21:33 GMT
Of all these exceptional sounding tales, the one I feel most drawn to at the moment is 'The Velvet Room'. It goes without saying that they all sound wonderful. Did Dark Shadows previously do ventriloquist dolls? Along with spiders that's another horror trope the audios are taking advantage of. And of course any wishes that are granted will be in the worst possible way.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Jul 2, 2017 21:57:53 GMT
July is here and I'm thinking this may be a early-in-the-month-release, so let's give the thread a little bump.
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Post by Zagreus on Jul 3, 2017 14:07:12 GMT
I think Behind Closed Doors is the one I'm most looking forward to. That was the dangling plot thread from Twinkling that's been nagging at me for quite some time. I was worried that things like that and the Hallie/Styles mysteries were going to be lost with the relaxing of the multi-cast Dramatic Readings, so it's nice to see that BigFin are carrying on with plots as if nothing has changed.
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Post by davidxbrunt on Jul 3, 2017 19:03:40 GMT
I'm particularly looking forward to the Jessica Griffin story but anything that carries forward the created for audio characters is bound to intrigue me.
Stories set in the build up to or aftermath of Bloodlust are always going to appeal to me. Perhaps in future we could hear James Storm tell a story of Verne Haggerty? The sheriff who refuses to acknowledge or investigate the supernatural happenings around him seems to provide scope fora story and would further flash out the Series One/Two timeline.
But that said it all looks good. New Copy Schell material? Always a treat.
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Post by cschell on Jul 4, 2017 0:47:06 GMT
But that said it all looks good. New Copy Schell material? Always a treat. Copy Schell is a guy who tries to steal all my good material. He'd never try to steal this joke, however.
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Post by omega on Jul 4, 2017 1:54:42 GMT
But that said it all looks good. New Copy Schell material? Always a treat. Copy Schell is a guy who tries to steal all my good material. He'd never try to steal this joke, however. if you're going to steal, then steal from the best. I've heard Copy Schell is the PT version of Cody Schell, so is stealing from your PT counterpart really stealing?
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