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Post by omega on Jul 4, 2017 6:01:52 GMT
DOCTOR WHO - THE EARLY ADVENTURES » 4.1. THE NIGHT WITCHES Released September 2017SynopsisWhen the TARDIS materialises north of Stalingrad in 1942, the Doctor, Jamie, Ben and Polly are captured by the Night Witches, an all-female unit of flyers tasked with disrupting the German forces nearing Moscow. They suspect that the travellers are spies - part of the Germans’ Operation Barbarossa. Despite their pleas they are locked up while it is decided what to do with them. Polly, however, is receiving strange looks from the pilots and clearly unnerving them. When the TARDIS crew discover why this, it becomes clear that they’re about to get far more involved in the war than they could possibly have imagined. Written By: Roland Moore Directed By: Helen Goldwyn CASTAnneke Wills (Polly Wright/Narrator), Frazer Hines (Jamie McCrimmon/The Doctor), Elliot Chapman (Ben Jackson), Anjella Mackintosh (Tatiana Kregki), Wanda Opalinska (Nadia Vasney), Kristina Buikaite (Lilya Grankin). Other parts played by members of the cast.
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Post by omega on Jul 4, 2017 6:02:40 GMT
Interesting premise, a not often used location, new writer, great director and gorgeous cover. What's not to look forward to?
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Post by Timelord007 on Jul 4, 2017 6:12:45 GMT
These covers are visually striking, this sounds like a good one.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Jul 4, 2017 21:05:31 GMT
And I'll keep mentioning this until the audio comes out, take a little time and learn about the Night Witches. One of the best stories of WWII.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2017 22:02:45 GMT
Interesting that Elliot Chapman now gets top billing, rather than under 'featuring'.
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Post by number13 on Jul 4, 2017 23:18:11 GMT
Interesting that Elliot Chapman now gets top billing, rather than under 'featuring'. Yes, that's very good to see. He was excellent in 'The Bonfires of the Vanities' and 'Plague of Dreams' on the recent First Doctor CCs; as Ben, as the Doctor, as a mysterious Player and various other characters - and he shared the narration. Thanks to his great performances, BF now have the opportunity not only to do Second Doctor EAs with Jamie/Doctor, Polly and Ben but First Doctor/Ben and Polly EAs too (and more CCs in due course.) I do hope they will take advantage of this. |
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Post by dastari on Jul 5, 2017 17:05:28 GMT
Interesting that Elliot Chapman now gets top billing, rather than under 'featuring'. Yes, that's very good to see. He was excellent in 'The Bonfires of the Vanities' and 'Plague of Dreams' on the recent First Doctor CCs; as Ben, as the Doctor, as a mysterious Player and various other characters - and he shared the narration. Thanks to his great performances, BF now have the opportunity not only to do Second Doctor EAs with Jamie/Doctor, Polly and Ben but First Doctor/Ben and Polly EAs too (and more CCs in due course.) I do hope they will take advantage of this. They've already revealed that they've recorded first Doctor EA's for the season next year. They kind of needed to add Ben and Polly into the first Doctor EA mix with William Russell no longer working for Big Finish. I still hope that they manage to do a season 0 (what I call pre-Unearthly Child stories) EA at some point with Ford, so that she's not left out. |
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Post by mrperson on Jul 5, 2017 18:56:32 GMT
Yes, that's very good to see. He was excellent in 'The Bonfires of the Vanities' and 'Plague of Dreams' on the recent First Doctor CCs; as Ben, as the Doctor, as a mysterious Player and various other characters - and he shared the narration. Thanks to his great performances, BF now have the opportunity not only to do Second Doctor EAs with Jamie/Doctor, Polly and Ben but First Doctor/Ben and Polly EAs too (and more CCs in due course.) I do hope they will take advantage of this. They've already revealed that they've recorded first Doctor EA's for the season next year. They kind of needed to add Ben and Polly into the first Doctor EA mix with William Russell no longer working for Big Finish. I still hope that they manage to do a season 0 (what I call pre-Unearthly Child stories) EA at some point with Ford, so that she's not left out. William Russell is done? That's too bad, but I suppose I should simply be grateful that he kept at it for so long. |
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Post by number13 on Jul 6, 2017 0:12:51 GMT
They've already revealed that they've recorded first Doctor EA's for the season next year. They kind of needed to add Ben and Polly into the first Doctor EA mix with William Russell no longer working for Big Finish. I still hope that they manage to do a season 0 (what I call pre-Unearthly Child stories) EA at some point with Ford, so that she's not left out. Does anyone know when & where that was announced? - How did I miss that news?? I mean, this is Ian Chesterton we're talking about, one of the four who were there in that legendary junkyard and started it all! William Russell is a person of such significance to 'Doctor Who' (beside all his other roles) that I'd have thought a major 'Our heartfelt thanks for half a century of great Ian/Doctor performances' would have been in order if he retired. |
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Post by omega on Jul 6, 2017 0:23:26 GMT
They've already revealed that they've recorded first Doctor EA's for the season next year. They kind of needed to add Ben and Polly into the first Doctor EA mix with William Russell no longer working for Big Finish. I still hope that they manage to do a season 0 (what I call pre-Unearthly Child stories) EA at some point with Ford, so that she's not left out. Does anyone know when & where that was announced? - How did I miss that news?? Wouldn't completely surprise me, he's not as young as he used to be. Wonder how this will affect the next season of Early Adventures, because with William Russell unavailable anything before Vicki and Steven is off the table unless there's a pre-Unearthly Child story. Shame really, as the new Barbara didn't get much of a chance to shine and develop in Age of Endurance or Fifth Traveler. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2017 0:29:46 GMT
They've already revealed that they've recorded first Doctor EA's for the season next year. They kind of needed to add Ben and Polly into the first Doctor EA mix with William Russell no longer working for Big Finish. I still hope that they manage to do a season 0 (what I call pre-Unearthly Child stories) EA at some point with Ford, so that she's not left out. Does anyone know when & where that was announced? - How did I miss that news?? Not sure it has been but it's a good few years since Russ recorded anything for BF, I believe. The Early Adventures Series 3 was in the can a long, long time before release and I think that's the last time he was in. He's still doing cons though, so isn't completely out the Who-world. He'll be 93 in a few months. I think he's earned a retirement many times over by now. |
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Post by constonks on Jul 6, 2017 0:36:55 GMT
They've already revealed that they've recorded first Doctor EA's for the season next year. They kind of needed to add Ben and Polly into the first Doctor EA mix with William Russell no longer working for Big Finish. I still hope that they manage to do a season 0 (what I call pre-Unearthly Child stories) EA at some point with Ford, so that she's not left out. Does anyone know when & where that was announced? - How did I miss that news?? I mean, this is Ian Chesterton we're talking about, one of the four who were there in that legendary junkyard and started it all! William Russell is a person of such significance to 'Doctor Who' that I'd have thought a major 'Our heartfelt thanks for half a century of great Ian/Doctor performances' would have been in order if he retired. I think it was Maureen who said it in passing, saying she "enjoys working with Peter, and Russell when he was doing them" or something like that. As for why no announcement - they might just be hoping they'll get him back at some point and don't want to make it a big deal. |
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Post by number13 on Jul 6, 2017 0:49:02 GMT
Does anyone know when & where that was announced? - How did I miss that news?? Not sure it has been but it's a good few years since Russ recorded anything for BF, I believe. The Early Adventures Series 3 was in the can a long, long time before release and I think that's the last time he was in. He's still doing cons though, so isn't completely out the Who-world. He'll be 93 in a few months. I think he's earned a retirement many times over by now. Yes, indeed. We are lucky to have so many great BF stories from the actors who were part of those earliest years, it's a real privilege. |
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Post by dastari on Jul 6, 2017 1:35:37 GMT
Not sure it has been but it's a good few years since Russ recorded anything for BF, I believe. The Early Adventures Series 3 was in the can a long, long time before release and I think that's the last time he was in. He's still doing cons though, so isn't completely out the Who-world. He'll be 93 in a few months. I think he's earned a retirement many times over by now. Yes, indeed. We are lucky to have so many great BF stories from the actors who were part of those earliest years, it's a real privilege. Everyone was talking about it on the forums after Maureen mentioned that Russ wasn't doing them anymore, so I asked Jason Haigh-Ellery about it point blank at Chicago TARDIS last year, and he confirmed it. He wouldn't say why. He just said "we do not have William Russell working with us right now, but we always hope that he'll change his mind and do more with us in the future." |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2017 17:52:34 GMT
I saw William at a convention back in November, and he said although he hadn't done any BF recently he loved doing them and hoped to do more soon.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2017 18:27:43 GMT
I saw William at a convention back in November, and he said although he hadn't done any BF recently he loved doing them and hoped to do more soon. That's wonderful news. |
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Jul 10, 2017 21:24:05 GMT
Love the cover, really great premise from a not often discussed part of WW2 history...
But, I wonder if I'm the only one who was in a rush and misread the title, making the story sound more like a story about rappers.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2017 6:06:23 GMT
Yes, that's very good to see. He was excellent in 'The Bonfires of the Vanities' and 'Plague of Dreams' on the recent First Doctor CCs; as Ben, as the Doctor, as a mysterious Player and various other characters - and he shared the narration. Thanks to his great performances, BF now have the opportunity not only to do Second Doctor EAs with Jamie/Doctor, Polly and Ben but First Doctor/Ben and Polly EAs too (and more CCs in due course.) I do hope they will take advantage of this. They've already revealed that they've recorded first Doctor EA's for the season next year. They kind of needed to add Ben and Polly into the first Doctor EA mix with William Russell no longer working for Big Finish. I still hope that they manage to do a season 0 (what I call pre-Unearthly Child stories) EA at some point with Ford, so that she's not left out. Im that case maybe we'll be lucky and find they have a story already in the bag from William before he retired. |
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Post by omega on Aug 11, 2017 8:49:12 GMT
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Post by omega on Sept 10, 2017 6:43:30 GMT
To be released Thursday the 14th of September according to the podcast
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