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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Jun 23, 2017 17:04:31 GMT
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Post by fitzoliverj on Jun 23, 2017 17:37:35 GMT
Nice article - interesting that Stephen Moffat wasn't the only stroppy blighter at that initial meeting, and the absence of Paul McGann not the only issue - but I'm not sure I count digitalspy as mainstream media....
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Post by Ela on Jun 23, 2017 18:08:40 GMT
Lovely article. Thanks for sharing it.
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Post by mark687 on Jun 23, 2017 18:29:06 GMT
Well that's encouraging timing aiming at wider public reach during TV showrunner transition.
In BF terms it would've been nice this time next year or the year after as an Anniversary piece.
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Sneaking in the Divergent Arc in the same sentence as Chimes of Midnight  LOL
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2017 18:44:04 GMT
Nice article - interesting that Stephen Moffat wasn't the only stroppy blighter at that initial meeting, and the absence of Paul McGann not the only issue - but I'm not sure I count digitalspy as mainstream media.... Good article, all publicity is good publicity Nothing really new though, the early days stuff was covered in The Inside Story book. |
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Post by Ela on Jun 23, 2017 18:45:38 GMT
Yeah, except that a wider audience wouldn't have read The Inside Story book.  |
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Post by mbt66 on Jun 23, 2017 20:55:10 GMT
A nice article.
But Nick must be furious that they left out the bit on The Prisoner!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2017 21:14:38 GMT
Hey, even the Audio Visuals got a look in. Nice.  Lovely bit of modesty, but I think Big Finish had a very tangible and real impact on how NuWho brought back both the Daleks and Cybermen. |
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Post by theotherjosh on Jun 23, 2017 21:45:02 GMT
I love this! I even hear Nick's quote in his voice!
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Post by aztec on Jun 23, 2017 22:12:00 GMT
A nice article. But Nick must be furious that they left out the bit on The Prisoner! Big Finish have adapted The Prisoner? Are you sure? I don't recall it being mentioned on the facebook page, twitter, podcast or in Vortex   |
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Post by aztec on Jun 23, 2017 22:12:36 GMT
Yeah, except that a wider audience wouldn't have read The Inside Story book. And some of us still haven't... |
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Post by aztec on Jun 23, 2017 22:13:07 GMT
I'm wondering if Lawrence Miles was at that first meeting...
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Post by aztec on Jun 23, 2017 22:15:08 GMT
I'm not sure I count digitalspy as mainstream media.... Not sure I would either, but it's a very popular website and the BF audios are talked about on the DS forum from time to time, Audio drama is always going to be somewhat niche, but this was a nice article and hopefully a successful piece of promotion... |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2017 22:23:40 GMT
I'm wondering if Lawrence Miles was at that first meeting... No, I don't think so. The Inside Story is a terrific read but it's baffling that it was written, honestly. It's brutally honest in it's stories behind the scenes even with writers who were still working for BF at the time. Gary Russell holds nothing back in particular. No wonder there was never a follow up - I'd imagine there were more than a few ruffled feathers over more than a little dirty laundry airing. Still, it's got some lovely insights into the inception of that first 50 - very much "my" Big Finish era when it was still such a novelty. Loads of great anecdotes and titbits with talents who haven't come back. Also some cool stories into how they got McGann, Katy Manning never wanting to play Jo again, and others. |
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Post by aztec on Jun 23, 2017 22:30:57 GMT
I'm wondering if Lawrence Miles was at that first meeting... No, I don't think so. The Inside Story is a terrific read but it's baffling that it was written, honestly. It's brutally honest in it's stories behind the scenes even with writers who were still working for BF at the time. Gary Russell holds nothing back in particular. No wonder there was never a follow up - I'd imagine there were more than a few ruffled feathers over more than a little dirty laundry airing. Still, it's got some lovely insights into the inception of that first 50 - very much "my" Big Finish era when it was still such a novelty. Loads of great anecdotes and titbits with talents who haven't come back. Also some cool stories into how they got McGann, Katy Manning never wanting to play Jo again, and others. Might try and track down a copy some day, any particularly interesting nuggets of info you can remember? How did they get they persuade McGann to return? I though Janet Fielding was his agent at the time...I'm assuming she'd have tried to talk him out of it... (Stones Of Venice was the first he recorded right?). The Inside Story is a terrific read but it's baffling that it was written- ironically also applicable to Miles' Who novels... |
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Post by doctorkernow on Jun 23, 2017 22:36:25 GMT
Hello again.
Thank you so much for posting this article dalekbuster. The article reminds us how far Big Finish has come. The fact it is on Digital Spy will hopefully give the company more listeners. And why not...there is something for everyone...
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2017 22:41:44 GMT
I'm wondering if Lawrence Miles was at that first meeting... No, I don't think so. The Inside Story is a terrific read but it's baffling that it was written, honestly. It's brutally honest in it's stories behind the scenes even with writers who were still working for BF at the time. Gary Russell holds nothing back in particular. Still, it's got some lovely insights into the inception of that first 50 - very much "my" Big Finish era when it was still such a novelty. Methinks it wouldn't have got written if Nick had been in charge back then! But yeah Gary was brutally honest, and the insights in to those early Main Range titles are probably my favourite read ever. I llove The Inside Story; it should always be in print so every Big Finish fan could read it! |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 23, 2017 22:44:13 GMT
No, I don't think so. The Inside Story is a terrific read but it's baffling that it was written, honestly. It's brutally honest in it's stories behind the scenes even with writers who were still working for BF at the time. Gary Russell holds nothing back in particular. No wonder there was never a follow up - I'd imagine there were more than a few ruffled feathers over more than a little dirty laundry airing. Still, it's got some lovely insights into the inception of that first 50 - very much "my" Big Finish era when it was still such a novelty. Loads of great anecdotes and titbits with talents who haven't come back. Also some cool stories into how they got McGann, Katy Manning never wanting to play Jo again, and others. Might try and track down a copy some day, any particularly interesting nuggets of info you can remember? How did they get they persuade McGann to return? I though Janet Fielding was his agent at the time...I'm assuming she'd have tried to talk him out of it... (Stones Of Venice was the first he recorded right?). The Inside Story is a terrific read but it's baffling that it was written- ironically also applicable to Miles' Who novels... The one that stays with me is, as I alluded to, Katy didn't want to return as Jo as the idea of not having Pertwee around was too raw for her.Obviously time healed those wounds but she played Iris, partially, because she didn't think she'd ever be able to play Jo again (which wouldn't have been too much of an issue given the CCs were years away) so Iris was as much her way of coming back to Who as anything. More gossip-wise, Paul Cornell telling Nick he wasn't good enough, or enough of a "name" to write the first BF audio always stays with me, Nick seemed reallyquite hurt by that even 4 years on when recalling the story for the book. For your McGann question, essentially BF had asked a few times and always been told by his agents (I don't know if it still was Janet by then, she was at the time of the TV Movie) that he wasn't interested in returning to the role. When he agreed to do two BBC short story audios, someone at BF managed to ask again an this time it was a yes, and Paul subsequently said he'd never actually been told about the offer or he would have signed up at day one. In retrospect it was good that Peter, Colin and Sylv got to establish themselves for 2 years as Paul would have overshadowed them somewhat. |
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Post by aztec on Jun 23, 2017 22:54:37 GMT
Might try and track down a copy some day, any particularly interesting nuggets of info you can remember? How did they get they persuade McGann to return? I though Janet Fielding was his agent at the time...I'm assuming she'd have tried to talk him out of it... (Stones Of Venice was the first he recorded right?). The Inside Story is a terrific read but it's baffling that it was written- ironically also applicable to Miles' Who novels... The one that stays with me is, as I alluded to, Katy didn't want to return as Jo as the idea of not having Pertwee around was too raw for her.Obviously time healed those wounds but she played Iris, partially, because she didn't think she'd ever be able to play Jo again (which wouldn't have been too much of an issue given the CCs were years away) so Iris was as much her way of coming back to Who as anything. More gossip-wise, Paul Cornell telling Nick he wasn't good enough, or enough of a "name" to write the first BF audio always stays with me, Nick seemed reallyquite hurt by that even 4 years on when recalling the story for the book. For your McGann question, essentially BF had asked a few times and always been told by his agents (I don't know if it still was Janet by then, she was at the time of the TV Movie) that he wasn't interested in returning to the role. When he agreed to do two BBC short story audios, someone at BF managed to ask again an this time it was a yes, and Paul subsequently said he'd never actually been told about the offer or he would have signed up at day one. In retrospect it was good that Peter, Colin and Sylv got to establish themselves for 2 years as Paul would have overshadowed them somewhat. Makes me wonder if Pertwee or Troughton would have agreed to do a few BF were they still alive when they started... I can kinda see where Cornell was coming from, in that Briggs wasn't a 'fan name' for such a big endeavor, but he had audio experience from the fan audios they did and Cornell didn't, prose skills don't necessarily translate to writing for audio. I agree with you on the McGann point, it worked especially well for Colin as with the Evelyn stories and new persona he was the one breaking new ground, related to this...I'm actually glad Tom Baker joined BF so late, his popularity would have overwhelmed everything from the beginning, and I can't really picture his Doctor in many of the early BF releases... |
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Post by sherlock on Jun 23, 2017 22:57:26 GMT
Nice article, any publicity is good publicity after all.
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LOL
Lovely bit of modesty, but I think Big Finish had a very tangible and real impact on how NuWho brought back both the Daleks and Cybermen.
