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Post by Kestrel on Jan 20, 2021 8:06:04 GMT
Oh, man. Just two more left.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2021 22:33:49 GMT
Oh, man. Just two more left.
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Post by sherlock on Jan 27, 2021 16:06:04 GMT
The end is nigh.
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Post by constonks on Jan 27, 2021 16:16:07 GMT
Turlough, Constance and Charley! I really wasn't expecting companions, mostly because Sirens didn't have any. Wonder if Seven will have some friends alongside him as well!
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Post by grinch on Jan 27, 2021 16:42:44 GMT
Sounds promising. I’m very curious to know what role the Seventh Doctor plays in all of this. Almost wonder if this’ll somehow tie into the idea of the Last Days of his incarnation which Big Finish have said they’ll be exploring soon.
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Post by mark687 on Jan 29, 2021 11:48:55 GMT
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jan 29, 2021 11:49:10 GMT
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Post by eldersensorite on Feb 6, 2021 18:21:02 GMT
Do we know if the retroactive subs are going to be sticking around after the range ends? I'm still a good few years behind and hoping I'll still be able to get them with all the subscriber bonuses
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Feb 6, 2021 21:17:11 GMT
Do we know if the retroactive subs are going to be sticking around after the range ends? I'm still a good few years behind and hoping I'll still be able to get them with all the subscriber bonuses I have already done 2 X 12mth retro subs this year, I have a good 2 more and I will have almost all 275, I think it will stop around 273.. I am planning to do another one hopefully next week.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Feb 9, 2021 9:34:47 GMT
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You know, now that you mention it, I actually do rather like Attack of the Cybermen ...
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Post by lidar2 on Feb 9, 2021 10:31:39 GMT
Just got an email from BF to say that my sub ends with release 275 and encouraging me to look at renewal options
Bless them . . .
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Post by mark687 on Mar 31, 2021 8:53:22 GMT
DW MR End of the Beginning
PDF Script and Extended Extras DL Added to Subscribers Accounts
Potentially the last ever notification Post on this Thread Brave Heart everyone
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Post by Kestrel on May 17, 2021 1:42:17 GMT
I imagine some (most?) of y'all have already seen this, but someone just linked to a Big Finish writers' guide from 2005 elsewhere, and I thought I'd share it here. Some pretty interesting stuff from back when the MR was just getting started. docs.google.com/document/d/1Fb9ueWEvp_RTG9bldU0cipJkxfSFeWrRqNx-8sBo_yI/editPerhaps most crucially, this document indicates that BF were very aware of the inherent limitations of the audio format, which is perhaps the main reason why the MR was so immediately successful and why so many of the early releases felt (and feel) so bold and experimental. Its also interesting to see that they were specifically forbidding stories w/ recurring characters. In retrospect I've wondered why there were so few stories with the Master in the monthly range, and this explains it! (Still kinda wish we'd had more Beevers, though.) EDIT: There's some sample dialog at the bottom of the document and I'd be very whether or not it ever made it into an actual release. Anyone recognize it?
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Post by Ela on May 24, 2021 1:12:24 GMT
Just got an email from BF to say that my sub ends with release 275 and encouraging me to look at renewal options Bless them . . . I got that email, too, and meant to post about it at the time, but I got busy. It made me laugh.
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Post by mark687 on May 25, 2021 21:13:24 GMT
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Post by Star Platinum on May 25, 2021 23:03:58 GMT
I imagine some (most?) of y'all have already seen this, but someone just linked to a Big Finish writers' guide from 2005 elsewhere, and I thought I'd share it here. Some pretty interesting stuff from back when the MR was just getting started. docs.google.com/document/d/1Fb9ueWEvp_RTG9bldU0cipJkxfSFeWrRqNx-8sBo_yI/editPerhaps most crucially, this document indicates that BF were very aware of the inherent limitations of the audio format, which is perhaps the main reason why the MR was so immediately successful and why so many of the early releases felt (and feel) so bold and experimental. Its also interesting to see that they were specifically forbidding stories w/ recurring characters. In retrospect I've wondered why there were so few stories with the Master in the monthly range, and this explains it! (Still kinda wish we'd had more Beevers, though.) EDIT: There's some sample dialog at the bottom of the document and I'd be very whether or not it ever made it into an actual release. Anyone recognize it? A little late but an interesting read none the less. I’ve always loved the behind the scenes stuff like this. As for your last question, it looks like that script sample was lifted from colditz.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2021 23:54:18 GMT
I imagine some (most?) of y'all have already seen this, but someone just linked to a Big Finish writers' guide from 2005 elsewhere, and I thought I'd share it here. Some pretty interesting stuff from back when the MR was just getting started. docs.google.com/document/d/1Fb9ueWEvp_RTG9bldU0cipJkxfSFeWrRqNx-8sBo_yI/editPerhaps most crucially, this document indicates that BF were very aware of the inherent limitations of the audio format, which is perhaps the main reason why the MR was so immediately successful and why so many of the early releases felt (and feel) so bold and experimental. Its also interesting to see that they were specifically forbidding stories w/ recurring characters. In retrospect I've wondered why there were so few stories with the Master in the monthly range, and this explains it! (Still kinda wish we'd had more Beevers, though.) EDIT: There's some sample dialog at the bottom of the document and I'd be very whether or not it ever made it into an actual release. Anyone recognize it? A little late but an interesting read none the less. I’ve always loved the behind the scenes stuff like this. As for your last question, it looks like that script sample was lifted from colditz. Ditto. I missed it first time around, but good that it got a bump. It makes for some interesting reading. You can see the influence of the Wilderness Years in full force. There are quite a few comparisons to the novels as an established medium, including the final line being "Remember, what a book looks for and what an audio looks for are quite different." Even Fitz gets a namecheck. Coupled with Camera Obscura and Primeval being mentioned as recent, BF's desire to steer clear of paradoxes and mature Ace into McShane... I'm tempted to say the original document was possibly written up in 2003(ish?) with adjustments made accordingly. Especially given their own point of comparison for audio being what sounds like The Paradise of Death, The Ghosts of N-Space and The Pescatons. Quite a few of the guidelines feel like, well, if not a continuation, then definitely a reaction to Virgin Publishing's ruleset that entrenched itself for writers in the 1990s. Explicitly no unsolicited scripts featuring Daleks, Cybermen, sure, but my next instinct would've been "no Sontarans, no Master" in the list, rather than the Valeyard, Brigadier and UNIT. The New and Missing Adventures were able to cheat slightly by having the Valeyard show up as a manifestation within the Doctor (rather than as a separate character). As for the UNIT family... They were actually quite ubiquitous over that decade. Old Alistair, especially, was a sort of touchstone with the past, so that's rather logical. A few of the limitations have been outgrown since the 2000s, naturally. Some in small ways, some in quite distinctive ways. Like the idea that audio isn't as well-suited to putting the cast through the wringer (that feels pre- Project: Lazarus and a lot of 2004 Eighth Doctor stories). Production-wise, the stipulation of no more than eight characters (including Doctor and companion) makes me smile as stories like Leviathan have shown how much they've evolved on the production-side since.
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Post by Kestrel on Nov 7, 2021 17:15:02 GMT
So it seems like we'll always be talking about how confusing Big Finish' output is, huh? I tried to make sense of it as much as I could with the Discussion Thread Index, but even then I had to just keep the Monthly Range totally separate from everything else otherwise it would just be too confusing.
Anyway, I've noticed that in their recent threads, @causality has been applying the XDA label to MR releases, and that got me thinking. We all know Big Finish' Doctor Who is a big messy jumble, and that while they claimed ending the MR and transitioning to boxsets would alleviate some of those issues... it really hasn't. But what if Big Finish we're to totally reclassify everything?
Obviously all of the special/extra/bonus stories are their own can of worms, but how would y'all feel about Big Finish dismantling the MR entirely? And then recategorizing all of the included stories in an XDA format? EG in the mold of the 8DAs, creat 3-5 "seasons" for each Doctor comprised of MR releases, and then move on to boxsets? Would y'all be open to that kind of severe reorganization, or do y'all think it's better to just leave the MR as it is, organization be damned?
Personally think that's really the only route BF can take to really make their organization more accessible to new audiences, but it would also be kind rough on the fandom as it would require a fundamental change in how we categorize the material. Like, no one really wanted to shift all of the post-Time War Doctors up a number after it was revealed that John Hurt was the "real" 9th Doctor.
(I am definitely not advocating anything so drastic, it just occurred to me that this was a possibility.)
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2021 17:59:57 GMT
So it seems like we'll always be talking about how confusing Big Finish' output is, huh? I tried to make sense of it as much as I could with the Discussion Thread Index, but even then I had to just keep the Monthly Range totally separate from everything else otherwise it would just be too confusing. Anyway, I've noticed that in their recent threads, @causality has been applying the XDA label to MR releases, and that got me thinking. We all know Big Finish' Doctor Who is a big messy jumble, and that while they claimed ending the MR and transitioning to boxsets would alleviate some of those issues... it really hasn't. But what if Big Finish we're to totally reclassify everything? Obviously all of the special/extra/bonus stories are their own can of worms, but how would y'all feel about Big Finish dismantling the MR entirely? And then recategorizing all of the included stories in an XDA format? EG in the mold of the 8DAs, creat 3-5 "seasons" for each Doctor comprised of MR releases, and then move on to boxsets? Would y'all be open to that kind of severe reorganization, or do y'all think it's better to just leave the MR as it is, organization be damned? Personally think that's really the only route BF can take to really make their organization more accessible to new audiences, but it would also be kind rough on the fandom as it would require a fundamental change in how we categorize the material. Like, no one really wanted to shift all of the post-Time War Doctors up a number after it was revealed that John Hurt was the "real" 9th Doctor. (I am definitely not advocating anything so drastic, it just occurred to me that this was a possibility.) Personally i dont care but i know many do am just more of a which doctor is involved in the story and who the writer is.So when i read a review i can think well i really like XDA and that sounds like a tale i would enjoy...the BF website does mean now that if you click on Collections you can find all the stories that he is involved in so even 8DA his involvement in Kleins timeline shows.MR number helps as i can see how far things have progressed or regressed lol. TIMELINES-chronology and easy on i dont try to fit things in very much its a show that has changed constantly and no doubt will again like i said before only takes one producer to come in and say BF isn’t canon to make everything redundant 😂
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Post by Kestrel on Jun 17, 2022 2:34:15 GMT
Lately I've been listening to the new XDAs alongside the early MRs I originally skipped past. Gotta say--and maybe I'm mistaken and this is all in my head--I feel like the XDAs have thus far very deliberately tried to mimic specific eras of the TV show (and that seems to be the trend for future releases, too) whereas the early MRs, while not a.ways successful, we're a bit more ambitious about playing with the classic themes, tone and formatting.
Basically I'm saying that between these very new stories and very old stories--both of which I'm listening to for the first time--I'm finding the older ones to be fresher and more imaginative.
Which isn't exactly something I can also say with regard to the later MRs, but... well, you know. Suffice it to say I now miss the Monthly Range more than I thought I would.
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Also, looks like that MR price decrease I predicted so long ago is finally happening... a far smaller decrease affecting far fewer stories than I supposed, but welcome all the same. I currently own 195 Monthly Range stories (sans special releases) so I still have quite a few left to finish out my collection.
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