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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Apr 26, 2017 19:58:47 GMT
The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles is going to be really hard for Big Finish to find available actors for. So many of the actors who played regular characters during that period are in high demand now. I'd be very surprised if there were ever any intention of getting a *regular* involved in this range. BF aren't going to ask Karen or Arthur or Jenna to do these audios without Matt. It'd be like the 9th Doctor one, using supporting characters - like the Paternoster Gang, UNIT, or even someone from another era - how would Adam or Lady Christina react to 'another' Doctor? By regular I don't necessarily mean companions but characters who appeared more than once too. The Paternoster Gang are probably a strong possibility.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 26, 2017 20:42:54 GMT
The Eleventh Doctor Chronicles is going to be really hard for Big Finish to find available actors for. So many of the actors who played regular characters during that period are in high demand now. I'd be very surprised if there were ever any intention of getting a *regular* involved in this range. BF aren't going to ask Karen or Arthur or Jenna to do these audios without Matt. It'd be like the 9th Doctor one, using supporting characters - like the Paternoster Gang, UNIT, or even someone from another era - how would Adam or Lady Christina react to 'another' Doctor? Why would it be so surprising? It would be just like Lalla doing companion chronicles before Tom returned.
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Post by mrperson on Apr 26, 2017 21:16:34 GMT
I was never terribly keen on Amy. This surprises me, as Karen Gillan always seems great fun in interviews. I think her attitude toward Rory (a far more engaging character), her eagerness to slap people and her 'endearing' insistence on telling people to 'shut up' all the time doesn't help. This and her pretty-much seen-it-all-before touring of the universe (her first meeting with a Dalek is a good example of this. "Oi! Dalek!" indeed. Finally, her bizarre attempted seduction of The Doctor on the eve of her wedding - I mean, what? I could never get my head around that. If she does sign up with BF - and I hope she does, because it will make many people happy, I'm sure - I hope they soften her character as they have with Adric and The Sixth Doctor. BF = The ultimate therapist for fictional characters. I agree with your comments generally. Separately, I liked Matt Smith in Season 5, but he just pushed it too far from there. BF may tone him down a bit. I'd definitely buy audios with that team again. They could really be set just about anywhere, since there is no logical reason why he can't go to, say, 1942 and pick them up. It was supposedly only the few years around the "paradox" that he couldn't get to, so their departure never sat well with me. He could've just given them a few years and picked 'em up after she finished the book they'd used. Simple. Then, either eventually drop them back off or plant a special "gravestone" and program it to display their names at the exact moment they appeared in Angels. After all, S6 establishes that fixed points don't have to be fixed as long as it looks like the same thing always happened...
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Post by bobod on Apr 26, 2017 21:29:02 GMT
I'd be very surprised if there were ever any intention of getting a *regular* involved in this range. BF aren't going to ask Karen or Arthur or Jenna to do these audios without Matt. It'd be like the 9th Doctor one, using supporting characters - like the Paternoster Gang, UNIT, or even someone from another era - how would Adam or Lady Christina react to 'another' Doctor? Why would it be so surprising? It would be just like Lalla doing companion chronicles before Tom returned. No it wouldn't, for a start she's the lead in them.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Apr 26, 2017 23:33:55 GMT
I loved Amy Pond for a lot of different reasons and I would sign up for 11/Amy or 11/Amy/Rory in a heartbeat.
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Post by Sir Wearer of Hats on Apr 27, 2017 0:44:58 GMT
I'm all for it, especially if the cover is Karen in her Jumanji costume.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2017 0:46:44 GMT
This may seem a bit off-topic, but has anyone seen Gillian in NTSF:SD:SUV? She plays their nutty quartermaster, the character's so much fun. Completely off her rocker, but fun.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Apr 27, 2017 1:17:56 GMT
There was a great interview with James Gunn around when the first Guardians of the Galaxy movie was coming out and he was singing her praises. His quote was something along the lines of when the camera was off she was all Hello Kitty! and when the camera was rolling she was all Clint Eastwood. I've loved her even more ever since I heard that.
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Post by nottenst on Apr 27, 2017 1:33:48 GMT
I asked her at a convention last year and she said she would be happy to do Big Finish.
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Post by agentten on Apr 27, 2017 2:59:02 GMT
I'm rather confident of 11/Amy/Rory stories at Big Finish eventually. Hard to say when everyone will be available, of course. One thing that occurs to me is that Amy/Rory boxed sets which are set after "The Angels Take Manhattan" would be a lot of fun. The Ponds solving all manner of fantastic mysteries in the 1930s is a story hook that I'm sure Big Finish could mine just as effectively as they have with the Jago and Litefoot series.
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Post by MayoTango131 on Apr 27, 2017 3:40:10 GMT
I was never terribly keen on Amy. This surprises me, as Karen Gillan always seems great fun in interviews. I think her attitude toward Rory (a far more engaging character), her eagerness to slap people and her 'endearing' insistence on telling people to 'shut up' all the time doesn't help. This and her pretty-much seen-it-all-before touring of the universe (her first meeting with a Dalek is a good example of this. "Oi! Dalek!" indeed. Finally, her bizarre attempted seduction of The Doctor on the eve of her wedding - I mean, what? I could never get my head around that. If she does sign up with BF - and I hope she does, because it will make many people happy, I'm sure - I hope they soften her character as they have with Adric and The Sixth Doctor. It seems that a lot of people do not understand the phrase "four psychologists", their parents thought that their daughter was crazy, the other children made fun of her, and Amy spent all her life trying to prove that a madman in a box was real. Her attitude is totally justified. The comic Imaginary Enemies (DWM 455) verifies that my theory is correct. I think Rory is the only one who sees her crying alone while others see her as a pathetic insane. claudiaboleyn.tumblr.com/post/102899336301/ritchandspace-bisexualamy-amy-pond
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Post by MayoTango131 on Apr 27, 2017 3:54:22 GMT
Separately, I liked Matt Smith in Season 5, but he just pushed it too far from there. BF may tone him down a bit. I'd definitely buy audios with that team again. They could really be set just about anywhere, since there is no logical reason why he can't go to, say, 1942 and pick them up. It was supposedly only the few years around the "paradox" that he couldn't get to, so their departure never sat well with me. He could've just given them a few years and picked 'em up after she finished the book they'd used. Simple. Then, either eventually drop them back off or plant a special "gravestone" and program it to display their names at the exact moment they appeared in Angels. After all, S6 establishes that fixed points don't have to be fixed as long as it looks like the same thing always happened... Perhaps because they are human beings in that they are enslaved by their history while the Doctor is a Time Lord in that he is outside the equation of time and is not affected by the changes.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2017 4:19:49 GMT
Why would it be so surprising? It would be just like Lalla doing companion chronicles before Tom returned. No it wouldn't, for a start she's the lead in them. Don't get me wrong, I don't think Karen would do them without Matt, but I think Big Finish have proved they'll work with whoever is available to recreate a particular era.
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Post by Timelord007 on Apr 27, 2017 7:52:59 GMT
Karen Gillan has such a sexy voice when she dressed as a sexy police woman i nearly regenerated, when she reprises Amy for Big Finish sign me up.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Apr 27, 2017 8:57:06 GMT
I'm rather confident of 11/Amy/Rory stories at Big Finish eventually. Hard to say when everyone will be available, of course. One thing that occurs to me is that Amy/Rory boxed sets which are set after "The Angels Take Manhattan" would be a lot of fun. The Ponds solving all manner of fantastic mysteries in the 1930s is a story hook that I'm sure Big Finish could mine just as effectively as they have with the Jago and Litefoot series. That would be fun, especially if done in the style of a film noir.
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Post by bobod on Apr 27, 2017 9:09:45 GMT
I'm rather confident of 11/Amy/Rory stories at Big Finish eventually. Hard to say when everyone will be available, of course. One thing that occurs to me is that Amy/Rory boxed sets which are set after "The Angels Take Manhattan" would be a lot of fun. The Ponds solving all manner of fantastic mysteries in the 1930s is a story hook that I'm sure Big Finish could mine just as effectively as they have with the Jago and Litefoot series. Yeah, actually that sounds great. And the two characters would make great Doctor-less leads.
Although there'll likely be the usual complaints about BF American accents (no matter how American the actors actually are).
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2017 9:13:48 GMT
I was never terribly keen on Amy. This surprises me, as Karen Gillan always seems great fun in interviews. I think her attitude toward Rory (a far more engaging character), her eagerness to slap people and her 'endearing' insistence on telling people to 'shut up' all the time doesn't help. This and her pretty-much seen-it-all-before touring of the universe (her first meeting with a Dalek is a good example of this. "Oi! Dalek!" indeed. Finally, her bizarre attempted seduction of The Doctor on the eve of her wedding - I mean, what? I could never get my head around that. If she does sign up with BF - and I hope she does, because it will make many people happy, I'm sure - I hope they soften her character as they have with Adric and The Sixth Doctor. It seems that a lot of people do not understand the phrase "four psychologists", their parents thought that their daughter was crazy, the other children made fun of her, and Amy spent all her life trying to prove that a madman in a box was real. Her attitude is totally justified. The comic Imaginary Enemies (DWM 455) verifies that my theory is correct. I think Rory is the only one who sees her crying alone while others see her as a pathetic insane. claudiaboleyn.tumblr.com/post/102899336301/ritchandspace-bisexualamy-amy-pondGiven that they did wonders with rounding out Tegan's character, that's something I'd really like Big Finish to pick up on. She's a character with a problem history and I think a self-awareness of that would help with smoothing out some of the rougher edges to her characterisation on screen. Not necessarily soften her, but make her more sympathetic. The pair at their best felt like Buckaroo Banzai and Emma Peel and that's a pretty fun combination with a little sanding down (although personally, I think they'll win me over if Amy mentions having seen Beyond Thunderdome and the original raggedy man). On the subject of Rory, I really didn't like how they treated him in the television series. I'd much have preferred an equal like Ian was to Barbara, or Steven to Vicki/Sara instead of what we often got. That's what I loved most about Sixie and Peri on audio. They challenged each other as equals rather than the often one-sided dynamic they had during their debut year and both came out the better for it as characters. As he was portrayed, it felt like in order to boost Amy's character, they had to push down Rory (and later the Doctor) and it wasn't really necessary.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2017 9:18:22 GMT
I'm rather confident of 11/Amy/Rory stories at Big Finish eventually. Hard to say when everyone will be available, of course. One thing that occurs to me is that Amy/Rory boxed sets which are set after "The Angels Take Manhattan" would be a lot of fun. The Ponds solving all manner of fantastic mysteries in the 1930s is a story hook that I'm sure Big Finish could mine just as effectively as they have with the Jago and Litefoot series. Yeah, actually that sounds great. And the two characters would make great Doctor-less leads.
Although there'll likely be the usual complaints about BF American accents (no matter how American the actors actually are).
Ah, the 1930s, where the accents get heavier the closer you are to a major city. Just to show how much potential this idea has, here's a quote from Raymond Chandler: Don't that just sound like a chap we know.
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Post by bobod on Apr 27, 2017 9:28:06 GMT
Actually this 1930s noir-y Amy and Rory in NY idea seems much more interesting to me as a potential TV spin-off than Torchwood, SJA, Class, Rose Tyler: Earth Defender (or wotever it was)....
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2017 10:03:42 GMT
I was never terribly keen on Amy. This surprises me, as Karen Gillan always seems great fun in interviews. I think her attitude toward Rory (a far more engaging character), her eagerness to slap people and her 'endearing' insistence on telling people to 'shut up' all the time doesn't help. This and her pretty-much seen-it-all-before touring of the universe (her first meeting with a Dalek is a good example of this. "Oi! Dalek!" indeed. Finally, her bizarre attempted seduction of The Doctor on the eve of her wedding - I mean, what? I could never get my head around that. If she does sign up with BF - and I hope she does, because it will make many people happy, I'm sure - I hope they soften her character as they have with Adric and The Sixth Doctor. It seems that a lot of people do not understand the phrase "four psychologists", their parents thought that their daughter was crazy, the other children made fun of her, and Amy spent all her life trying to prove that a madman in a box was real. Her attitude is totally justified. The comic Imaginary Enemies (DWM 455) verifies that my theory is correct. I think Rory is the only one who sees her crying alone while others see her as a pathetic insane. claudiaboleyn.tumblr.com/post/102899336301/ritchandspace-bisexualamy-amy-pondI'm glad Imaginary Enemies proves you correct, but I have never seen it. I have just seen the television show. And on that show, we were told Amy had a rough, confused upbringing, but we were never shown that. We just saw the result of it - and the result was (I stress, for me as a viewer) that she was brattish and unreasonable a lot of the time, especially in her early stories. What was it she called Rory? Stupid face, or something like that? That was 'her way' of communicating her love for him? If someone communicated their love for me that way, then I wouldn't be over inclined to stay with them. Maybe you could explain the 'four psychologists' phrase to me, and how it justifies her trying to have sex with someone on the eve of her wedding to someone else (thanks for the link - very interesting)? (Must remind myself, it's only a TV show!!)
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