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Post by omega on Jun 22, 2017 9:49:42 GMT
BIG FINISH FOR FREE! » THE RATINGS WAR Released January 2012SynopsisBeep the Meep is back - and he's found a new channel for his aggression! A brand new series is about to make television history, but can the Doctor prevent his furry foe from turning a docu-drama into a crisis, or will the fluffy-wuffy animals get it in the neck? The first shots in the ratings war have been fired, and the next one is aimed at your head... This release is now available through the Big Finish site with thanks to Tom Spilsbury and all at Doctor Who Magazine.Written By: Steve Lyons Directed By: Gary Russell CASTColin Baker (The Doctor), Toby Longworth (Beep the Meep), Robert Jezek (Roger Lowell), Alistair Lock (Robbie McHale), Jane Goddard (Lucy)
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Post by omega on Jun 22, 2017 9:49:55 GMT
A fun way to spend half an hour, a battle of wills between the Sixth Doctor and a murderous fuzzy wuzzy! Beep is a great, and adorable, character who needs to return in some capacity. Maybe an encounter with Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor. I'd buy that story.
The satire on reality TV and the downturn in quality of programming in general is very topical. Ahead of its time considering this was released in 2002, when today we've got more reality shows than you can poke a gun at, and far more than we'd ever need. I mean, Married at First Sight? The Doctor's rant about how TV limited him, and how he needs a medium where he can be louder is an obvious jab at his short period on TV. Beep and Friends going on an 18 month hiatus is just as subtle, only I don't see a return once that period is lifted.
The theme song for Beep and Friends really is catchy. I've got half a mind to swing a cat until its head is bludgeoned.
I wonder what Beep would get up to in 2017. Probably those YouTube challenges, or a Beep the Meep emoji. He'd definitely be using social media.
By the way, this is free so you've no excuse not to give this a listen.
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Post by mark687 on Jun 22, 2017 10:21:55 GMT
I love this
Its just so perfectly silly.
The 4th wall breaking comments and the hysterical ranting nature of the Most High
And yes it would still work with social media as the basis.
Regards
mark687
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Post by omega on Jun 22, 2017 10:36:11 GMT
I love this Its just so perfectly silly. The 4th wall breaking comments and the hysterical ranting nature of the Most High And yes it would still work with social media as the basis. Regards mark687 A YouTube angle would be a good way to work it today. Viral marketing in the hands of adowable fwuffy Beep would be the end of the human race. Wait, what if Beep teamed up with the Scorchies? Keep the track playing after the end of the Invaders from Mars preview, you'll get more ranting (watching all those cute animals really damaged Beep!) and the full version of the Beep and Friends tune. |
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Post by mark687 on Jun 22, 2017 10:40:28 GMT
I love this Its just so perfectly silly. The 4th wall breaking comments and the hysterical ranting nature of the Most High And yes it would still work with social media as the basis. Regards mark687 A YouTube angle would be a good way to work it today. Viral marketing in the hands of adowable fwuffy Beep would be the end of the human race. Wait, what if Beep teamed up with the Scorchies? Keep the track playing after the end of the Invaders from Mars preview, you'll get more ranting (watching all those cute animals really damaged Beep!) and the full version of the Beep and Friends tune. yes sorry I should've clearer the end bit was what I was alluding too 
Regards
mark687
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Post by omega on Jun 22, 2017 10:47:34 GMT
There's a DWM comic where the Eighth Doctor and Izzy chase Beep into the real world. That would be a brilliant set-up for an audio, where Beep escapes into our world, the recording studio, and the Doctor has to come after him. Doctor and the actor playing him interact. It leaves nothing left of the fourth wall, but for one glorious story surely it'd be worth it? Imagine Colin Baker teaming up with the Sixth Doctor! Tempting Beep out with the lunch Toby prepares. The news item announcing the story could even be something like Beep would write!
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Jun 22, 2017 11:40:27 GMT
Surprised they have made this free and not £2.99.
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Post by bobod on Jun 22, 2017 11:47:05 GMT
Surprised they have made this free and not £2.99. It's always been free, hasn't it? |
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Post by omega on Jun 22, 2017 11:52:05 GMT
Surprised they have made this free and not £2.99. It's always been free, hasn't it? It was free with Doctor Who Magazine back in 2002, and recently became available theough Big Finish. |
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Post by bobod on Jun 22, 2017 11:56:52 GMT
It's always been free, hasn't it? It was free with Doctor Who Magazine back in 2002, and recently became available theough Big Finish. That's what I mean. It would be a bit rich to start charging for it now. (Unless collating it with other stuff.) It was made in my house you know. I remember it well. |
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Jun 22, 2017 11:59:42 GMT
It's always been free, hasn't it? It was free with Doctor Who Magazine back in 2002, and recently became available theough Big Finish. That's pretty cool. Big Finish are much more generous than most companies. |
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Post by bobod on Jun 22, 2017 12:08:47 GMT
It was free with Doctor Who Magazine back in 2002, and recently became available theough Big Finish. That's pretty cool. Big Finish are much more generous than most companies. There were regular DWm freebies.
IIRC - These all were
Last of the Titans The Ratings War
Living Legend Cuddlesome
The Coup / Silver Lining
The Veiled Leopard The Mists of Time
Freakshow
The Revenants
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Jun 22, 2017 12:10:11 GMT
That's pretty cool. Big Finish are much more generous than most companies. There were regular DWm freebies.
IIRC - These all were
Last of the Titans The Ratings War
Living Legend Cuddlesome
The Coup / Silver Lining
The Veiled Leopard The Mists of Time
Freakshow
The Revenants
They should do that again with Big Finish. They could cut down on costs by making it downloads. |
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Post by bobod on Jun 22, 2017 12:23:19 GMT
There were regular DWm freebies.
IIRC - These all were
Last of the Titans The Ratings War
Living Legend Cuddlesome
The Coup / Silver Lining
The Veiled Leopard The Mists of Time
Freakshow
The Revenants
They should do that again with Big Finish. They could cut down on costs by making it downloads. The last few were downloads. |
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Jun 22, 2017 12:25:41 GMT
They should do that again with Big Finish. They could cut down on costs by making it downloads. The last few were downloads. I wonder why they don't do it anymore then? |
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Post by constonks on Jun 22, 2017 15:47:30 GMT
The last few were downloads. I wonder why they don't do it anymore then? It might have something to do with the free previews - they give away an episode or so a month now which they didn't do previously. |
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Post by Ela on Jun 22, 2017 17:11:41 GMT
The Ratings War was a lot of fun. No excuse not to listen to it. |
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Post by sherlock on Aug 18, 2017 10:30:41 GMT
Just listened, it's great fun. Amazing that the satire seems more relevant than ever. Actually that's pretty damning on modern culture...
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Post by omega on Aug 18, 2017 10:54:30 GMT
Just listened, it's great fun. Amazing that the satire seems more relevant than ever. Actually that's pretty damning on modern culture... It's like Vengeance on Varos in that regard. |
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Post by eric009 on Aug 18, 2017 23:44:01 GMT
I got into trouble with meep and friends, a friend of mine heard the song I had on my computer and said it was in bad taste found out later she works for R.S.C.A
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