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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 22:28:43 GMT
I think the main range should always be the centre of everything Big Finish do. It has to be the range that stays while every other range fades away. One day we'll see the final release and that will also be the day Big Finish releases its final ever release. soundableobject why do you think this? Why should the Monthly Range (still) be the centre of everything Doctor Who Big Finish? I do think it was The Main Range and centre of everything Big Finish in the early 2000s. It still was until last year, as Paul McGann and Tom Baker were doing their own thing in their own ranges. Paul McGann because of his arc-heavy series, and Tom Baker because it's Tom Baker. Then Big Finish added each Doctor to the Ranges page due to users finding it difficult to find 'their' Doctor. The post-2005 Doctors and characters also came to Big Finish and people didn't want them being part of the main range so another "New Series" range was created. This leaves the Monthly Range as "The range containing Doctors 5-7 (for some reason) (and 8 until 2007, except for Company of Friends and the Mary Shelly trilogy)." Bringing Paul McGann back in will just change it to "The range containing Doctors 5-8 (for some reason)." Given all this I don't understand the view that the monthly range should (still) be The Main Range and am curious. Could you explain?
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Post by chrism1999 on Apr 17, 2016 22:36:17 GMT
One box set a year could work, even if they do nothing but bring each trilogy under one box. However that does prevent people buying stories individually. I think it depends on the trilogy structure. Are they just a way to collect a year's worth of stories into 4 even parts? Or are the stories more connected? I don't know as I've only just reached the trilogies myself, but I'm guessing the former. In that case the structure they have at the moment works well. It depends upon the trilogy in question, as some are more linked than others. Persuasion, Starlight Robbery and Daleks Among Us and Castle of Fear, The Eternal Summer and Plague of the Daleks are both examples of trilogies where the stories are interlinked. {Spoiler}(e.g. the setup for Eternal Summer flows from events at the climax of Castle of Fear, while the former trilogy revolves around the ongoing hunt for the Persuasion machine)
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Post by iank on Apr 17, 2016 22:49:59 GMT
I don't like that idea. Box sets are generally much more expensive per box set, and I don't always want to spend that much money. Sometimes I want to pay less and get a single release. Agreed.
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Post by SoundableObject on Apr 17, 2016 23:07:56 GMT
I think the main range should always be the centre of everything Big Finish do. It has to be the range that stays while every other range fades away. One day we'll see the final release and that will also be the day Big Finish releases its final ever release. soundableobject why do you think this? Why should the Monthly Range (still) be the centre of everything Doctor Who Big Finish? I do think it was The Main Range and centre of everything Big Finish in the early 2000s. It still was until last year, as Paul McGann and Tom Baker were doing their own thing in their own ranges. Paul McGann because of his arc-heavy series, and Tom Baker because it's Tom Baker. Then Big Finish added each Doctor to the Ranges page due to users finding it difficult to find 'their' Doctor. The post-2005 Doctors and characters also came to Big Finish and people didn't want them being part of the main range so another "New Series" range was created. This leaves the Monthly Range as "The range containing Doctors 5-7 (for some reason) (and 8 until 2007, except for Company of Friends and the Mary Shelly trilogy)." Bringing Paul McGann back in will just change it to "The range containing Doctors 5-8 (for some reason)." Given all this I don't understand the view that the monthly range should (still) be The Main Range and am curious. Could you explain? It is the main range because it is the only range that still attempts to do the original remit of Big Finish when it first started doing Who. New Doctor Who with the classic Doctors in the classic style. The box sets don't do that as they do more new series style one hour stories. Also, very simply, the main range should be the one that sees a new release every month. It may be that the main range loses a bit of razzmatazz in the face of each box set and spin-off vying for attention with each and every gimmick but it is a range which just trundles on doing what it does best and staying consistent. In that regard, The Main Range plays it safe. You might see that as a bad thing but I think it is a good thing. While the main range is playing it safe with a release every month, it means Big Finish can then take risks in their releases in and around it and if they make a misstep with a release they take a risk on, at least they've always got old reliable on the go.
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Post by constonks on Apr 17, 2016 23:17:53 GMT
Also the Main Range has been fantastic lately and BF is still attempting new and interesting things within it. And it does still feel like the main Doctor Who range for me.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2016 23:20:32 GMT
For me, I don't view it as the main range anymore, I see it as a monthly range. I also think that while there are the many box sets that are released, The monthly range gives us constant adventures that are usually varying from good to very good. If they were to change the monthly range to a box set release format, I think that would take the ability away to do non arc heavy trilogies such as the last 5th Doctor, Nyssa and Tegan Trilogy that we had which were all very good, but were not connected in a way that should warrant a box set. We also get very inventive ideas in the monthly range, such as the upcoming Master Trilogy and the upcoming 7th Doctor, Mel and Ace Trilogy. All in all, I think that without the monthly range, we would lose something very special. But in the end that's just my two cents.
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Apr 18, 2016 0:23:26 GMT
I will always look at the Main Range as the foundation for the BF Doctor Who line, and I agree, if/when BF no longer has the licence for Who, the Main Range should and probably will be the last Doctor Who title they release. Since this thread was started I agree with the sentiment that the Main Range has improved in quality quite a lot. That doesn't mean things should not be shaken up. I for one would like to see a move away from the trilogy format, or perhaps a move away from three stories that have a connecting thread. Alan Barnes is one of the rocks of the Big Finish Doctor Who line but maybe it is time to usher in a new editor for the line. I'd like to see a continuation of new and/or different directors working with the range. I think Jamie Anderson has been a huge assest to the monthly releases. Let's see Lisa Bowerman directing more for the monthly range. Maybe Scott Handcock or Joe Lidster. And bring back Barnaby Edwards as much as possible.
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Post by omega on Apr 18, 2016 2:11:57 GMT
I'd like to see a continuation of new and/or different directors working with the range. I think Jamie Anderson has been a huge assest to the monthly releases. Let's see Lisa Bowerman directing more for the monthly range. Maybe Scott Handcock or Joe Lidster. And bring back Barnaby Edwards as much as possible. One thing I like about Jamie Anderson is that he goes into the directors role with a bit more detail, like how he finds the actors. Louise Jameson directed Shield of the Jotunn last year, it'd be great to see her directing more stories. More Barnaby Edwards in never a bad thing. His scripts are always fantastic (think Wreck of the Titan and Emerald Tiger) and something special, especially when he's also directing.
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Post by icecreamdf on Apr 18, 2016 2:59:25 GMT
I'm sure its not cost-effective or practical, but I want each Doctor to have a monthly range. That way, we get Eleven Doctor Whos a month.
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Post by doctorkernow on May 3, 2016 22:01:32 GMT
Hello again. I too would not be able to access Big Finish without its marvellous download service. I also tend to buy items in sales due to restricted funds. When they reduced the first fifty stories, I really enjoyed the variety of stories in the main range.
I think a new story a month makes sense because much like the TV series if you don't like one story next month will be different. I think that the new companions particularly Erimem, Evelyn and Charlie have given us different experiences to those who watch only TV Who.
Boxsets are more financially difficult for me and again Big Finish do help us out with pre-release price periods that are very generous. I am looking forward to The Last Adventure, at the end of my Sixth Doctor odyssey. However, generally I prefer single stories to four story boxsets.
The best thing about Big Finish is that they constantly evolve and try new things. Who would have thought that the Companion Chronicles, the Lost Stories, Unbound and the anthologies would have produced such interesting and varied listening. Now with the Nuwho Doctors and monsters and from the 90s the Novel adaptations the company still continue to produce imaginative audio adventures.
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