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Post by omega on Nov 8, 2017 1:30:40 GMT
I loved this!! I can’t quite pick if I prefer this or ‘A Full Life’, not something I expected to say about Adric short trips. Matthew Waterhouse performs this beautifully, I hope he does more A Full Life has that bittersweet edge over Ingenious Gentleman. Both are superb stories that everyone should listen to though.
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Post by number13 on Nov 8, 2017 10:22:22 GMT
A charming fantasy adventure of the subconcious made real {Spoiler}as Adric travels with an adventuring 'Fourth Doctor' hero created not by magic, but by malfunctioning technology in the best 'Doctor Who' tradition. It's no spoiler to mention the 'Don Quixote' theme because it's obvious from the title and synopsis, but it was carried through so well that it's clear Adric must have read the tales of the Knight of the Doleful Countenance in the TARDIS library. I enjoyed the many continuity references in this story, (all there for good reason) but you will need to be familiar with the relevant classic era stories for this to make sense. {Spoiler}Late Season 18, from 'Full Circle' onwards, providing the background to Adric's mysterious Gleeful Knight. I won't try to compare this with 'A Full Life' because they are very different stories, except to say that I also enjoyed this one very much and that Matthew Waterhouse gives another excellent performance. As well as bringing across all the humour and poignant moments from the script, it's the little details, like the way even his breathing pattern audibly changes to match the Fifth Doctor's characteristic speaking style. And we discover that Adric is more settled in the new TARDIS crew than he will admit to himself (perhaps from a sense of loyalty to 'his' Fourth Doctor?) {Spoiler}Although travelling with a hero created to fulfill his dreams of adventuring with the Fourth Doctor, the moment Adric sees the real Fifth Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan he instantly snaps back to reality and joins his friends in working out their latest, real adventure. Another great Short Trip and it's also well worth listening to Robert-T 's music suite, especially if you like classical-style Spanish guitar music; it's excellent and gave the story the perfect atmosphere.
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Post by IndieMacUser on Nov 8, 2017 15:32:21 GMT
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Post by theotherjosh on Nov 8, 2017 16:53:38 GMT
Things that I would not have believed five years ago
The Sixth Doctor would become one of my favorites I would be more excited for the Short Trips than I would for the Main Range I would especially look forward to Adric stories
Wow, this was another amazing story. It looks like the only source of disagreement is if the story was great or super-great.
That was some lovely music.
Short Trips with Tegan are always a special delight, because the reader gets a chance to try on her accent for a while. I missed the Don Quixote reference when I read the summary, because I was thinking along the lines of a Sir Gilles Estram, but as soon as I heard it pronounced out loud I figured out what was going on. Characterization of the Doctors was spot on and Waterhouse does a great job voicing everyone. Just great, all around.
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Post by elkawho on Nov 8, 2017 18:35:02 GMT
Yeah, I really enjoyed the Don Quixote references. I proclaimed it out loud as well!
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Post by chapwithwings on Nov 9, 2017 18:57:37 GMT
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Post by relativetime on Nov 9, 2017 20:30:04 GMT
I almost passed this one up. I'm so glad I didn't. Much like A Full Life, this is Doctor Who at its best.
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Post by tardis1 on Nov 10, 2017 10:39:22 GMT
Have to admit that I did enjoy this release, despite the fact I also thought it was pretty unmemorable. I did really like the twist regarding Keeyoht, despite the fact I could see it coming right from his introduction. It was pretty decent for what it was, and it was probably Richards' best Short Trip thus far.
Also, I nearly burst out laughing on the train when I heard Matthew Waterhouse's Tegan impression. It's possibly the funniest thing you will ever hear from Big Finish in your life.
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Post by omega on Nov 10, 2017 19:44:04 GMT
Have to admit that I did enjoy this release, despite the fact I also thought it was pretty unmemorable. I did really like the twist regarding Keeyoht, despite the fact I could see it coming right from his introduction. It was pretty decent for what it was, and it was probably Richards' best Short Trip thus far. Also, I nearly burst out laughing on the train when I heard Matthew Waterhouse's Tegan impression. It's possibly the funniest thing you will ever hear from Big Finish in your life. So it wasn't just me then.
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Post by tardis1 on Nov 10, 2017 19:54:49 GMT
Have to admit that I did enjoy this release, despite the fact I also thought it was pretty unmemorable. I did really like the twist regarding Keeyoht, despite the fact I could see it coming right from his introduction. It was pretty decent for what it was, and it was probably Richards' best Short Trip thus far. Also, I nearly burst out laughing on the train when I heard Matthew Waterhouse's Tegan impression. It's possibly the funniest thing you will ever hear from Big Finish in your life. So it wasn't just me then. Oh lord, no. I couldn't be irritated by it, it was so funny. The most I've laughed at a Big Finish release since The One Doctor (intentional or not). Mind you, I think Janet's a really hard voice to pin down. In the past, Peter, Sarah and Mark have all struggled. But Matthew's is easily the worst.
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Post by omega on Nov 10, 2017 19:56:40 GMT
So it wasn't just me then. Oh lord, no. I couldn't be irritated by it, it was so funny. The most I've laughed at a Big Finish release since The One Doctor (intentional or not). Mind you, I think Janet's a really hard voice to pin down. In the past, Peter, Sarah and Mark have all struggled. But Matthew's is easily the worst. Mark played up the Aussie twang hilariously in Ringpullworld. Sarah Sutton did a pretty good job in the Short Trips she's read.
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Post by Max Kashevsky on Nov 10, 2017 20:53:35 GMT
I assumed it was intentionally exaggerated. Turlough would imitate Tegan as faithfully as possible, whereas Adric would probably do it as "a funny voice". I might be wrong, but I didn't think Matthew was going for his most accurate Australian impression.
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Post by glutamodo on Nov 13, 2017 17:51:52 GMT
I listened to this yesterday, thought it was quite good, voted 4 but would have gone 4.5 had it been an option.
I thought it had to be some kind of twisted hallucination (or manifestation of one as it turns out)... Now, all the mangled and twisted continuity and names given by Sir Keeyoht, they reminded me of one of those interviews by Sam Kisgart... and that's not a bad thing.
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Post by nottenst on Nov 27, 2017 15:34:44 GMT
Just finished it today. I loved it. Just a pure delight. I don't think anyone mentioned it, but I thought they were calling the horse K-nin, right?
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Post by Max Kashevsky on Nov 28, 2017 1:59:07 GMT
Just finished it today. I loved it. Just a pure delight. I don't think anyone mentioned it, but I thought they were calling the horse K-nin, right? Yes! Loved that. At the risk of revealing my stupidity, is "Keeyoht" supposed to mean something...?
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Post by number13 on Nov 28, 2017 13:17:46 GMT
Just finished it today. I loved it. Just a pure delight. I don't think anyone mentioned it, but I thought they were calling the horse K-nin, right? Yes! Loved that. At the risk of revealing my stupidity, is "Keeyoht" supposed to mean something...? Try reading it as Key-oht(ay) {Spoiler} As in 'Don Qui-xo-te'. Presumably Adric had read the novel in the TARDIS library because his fantasy companion combines the Fourth Doctor with the eccentric knight-errant (aka The Doleful Knight mirroring the Gleeful Knight here). Among other adventures, Don Quixote charged a line of windmills while convinced they were really giants...
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Post by Max Kashevsky on Nov 28, 2017 14:46:05 GMT
Yes! Loved that. At the risk of revealing my stupidity, is "Keeyoht" supposed to mean something...? Try reading it as Key-oht(ay) {Spoiler} As in 'Don Qui-xo-te'. Presumably Adric had read the novel in the TARDIS library because his fantasy companion combines the Fourth Doctor with the eccentric knight-errant (aka The Doleful Knight mirroring the Gleeful Knight here). Among other adventures, Don Quixote charged a line of windmills while convinced they were really giants... Ohhhhhh, of course! I got the narrative reference, but I didn't realize the name referenced that too.
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Post by number13 on Nov 28, 2017 14:56:39 GMT
Try reading it as Key-oht(ay) {Spoiler} As in 'Don Qui-xo-te'. Presumably Adric had read the novel in the TARDIS library because his fantasy companion combines the Fourth Doctor with the eccentric knight-errant (aka The Doleful Knight mirroring the Gleeful Knight here). Among other adventures, Don Quixote charged a line of windmills while convinced they were really giants... Ohhhhhh, of course! I got the narrative reference, but I didn't realize the name referenced that too. I assumed you'd have got the literary reference - but of course not everyone pronounces the name in the same way. I'm not a Spanish speaker so I just hope I'm not too far wrong; this time my version matched the clue so I got it! (Looking forward to your Third Doctor Short Trip very much by the way. He's my Doctor so it's always an event to have a new BF story for him.)
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Post by aemiliapaula on Jan 6, 2018 21:53:55 GMT
I loved this story. It is very touching now as we are in the transition between doctors. Must listen to Man of La Mancha record now...
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Post by Ela on Sept 9, 2018 5:01:15 GMT
I loved this story. Matthew Waterhouse did such a great job of narrating it, and I loved the Don Quixote references.
All through the story, I wondered how his adventures would be explained, and I was not disappointed by the ending.
Lots of fun to listen to.
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