lidar2
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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 Nov 5, 2020 17:02:52 GMT
Apollo 23 - fairly light reading tbh
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Post by constonks on Nov 20, 2020 22:56:59 GMT
Zoomed through Revolution Man over the last few days. It did a lot of things I wasn't expecting and I really enjoyed it. Makes me want to start Dominion right away, to see if the events resonate through to the next book...
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Post by tuigirl on Nov 22, 2020 16:40:08 GMT
The new Doctor Who comic. I really like the style. I already enjoyed the previous series of 13 and 10 teaming up, and this one promises more of the same. Only this time, it is Sea Devils. And probably something else. The voice of the Doctor and the Fam is recreated perfectly and I like the artwork. The setting is interesting. Looking forward to the next in the series.
Now I am going to read the new Seven of Nine comic... I wonder how much it compares, the new Doctor Who comic raises the bad quite high.
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Post by constonks on Nov 22, 2020 19:07:38 GMT
The new Doctor Who comic. I really like the style. I already enjoyed the previous series of 13 and 10 teaming up, and this one promises more of the same. Only this time, it is Sea Devils. And probably something else. The voice of the Doctor and the Fam is recreated perfectly and I like the artwork. The setting is interesting. Looking forward to the next in the series. I've been following the Titan stuff with my library's digital comic platform, will have to share my thought when it arrives there! (The TLV stuff was pretty instantly uploaded so I'll be refreshing religiously until the first Sea Devil issue shows up!)
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Post by fitzoliverj on Nov 22, 2020 21:15:55 GMT
Does this count? The current Radio Times has a look back at "Dimensions in Time" on page 7. Say what you like, but it's the best cover the show's ever had.
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melkur
Chancellery Guard
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Post by melkur on Nov 26, 2020 1:52:11 GMT
Today I've been making my way through the 'Adventures In Lockdown' book... 'Press Play' and 'Fellow Traveller'? (Chef's kiss)
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Post by shallacatop on Nov 28, 2020 9:59:25 GMT
I’ve just finished The Secrets of Vault 13 and was pleasant surprised by just how much I enjoyed it. That’s not to say I was expecting to dislike it, but given it’s a book written for 8 year olds I was expecting it to be a more straightforward affair than what we got.
I loved the incorporation of a pre-titles as Chapter 1 and the episodic format of the story worked in its favour. The TARDIS crew are especially well realised given this was released in the week between Arachnids in the UK & The Tsuranga Conundrum, so written well before the series aired and the bulk of it was shot. The dialogue for our mains leaps off the page and I had no issue in hearing Jodie, Bradley, Mandip & Toisin in my head. I’d argue that this is probably one of Ryan’s best outings so far, he’s very well served here and the poor sod goes through the wringer in this!
Shout out to the world building too; David Solomons really ran with the idea of Doctor Who in prose and presents us some wonderful civilisations, concepts and imagery that just wouldn’t be fully realised on screen.
My only criticism is that the endless references quickly got tiring. As I mentioned, Solomons absolutely nailed Doctor Who in this, so I don’t think he needed to show off his fan credentials to prove he loves the show.
Really looking forward to reading The Maze of Doom, which is presumably what the cliffhanger of Vault 13 is teasing.
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Post by newt5996 on Dec 3, 2020 3:15:49 GMT
Started Parallel 59 which is...fine. It's okay. It feels a bit like it wants to be Seeing I minus the inherent charisma of a Kate Orman novel.
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Post by shallacatop on Dec 5, 2020 16:09:15 GMT
Just finished reading The Maze of Doom. A fun second outing by David Solomons. I think it lacked the pace, creativity and sheer absurdity of The Secrets of Vault 13, but the TARDIS team are very well served yet again. There’s lots to like if you’re a fan of Thirteen & Yaz. Poor old Ryan goes through the wringer once again, especially considering this is supposedly straight after Vault 13!
On the subject of where it’s set timeline wise, one thing that did take me out of the story occasionally is that it’s set straight after Vault 13, but is also serving as a tie-in to Series 12 (much like how the precious novel was a Series 11 tie-in). As a result it becomes a little hard to reconcile the difference in the TARDIS team, despite them being consecutive stories. The references are toned down here compared to Vault 13, instead deciding to focus its efforts on being a sequel to another Doctor Who story.
Would definitely be up for a third novel by Solomons when Series 13 comes round.
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shutupbanks
Castellan
There’s a horror movie called Alien? That’s really offensive. No wonder everyone keeps invading you.
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Post by shutupbanks on Dec 5, 2020 23:57:53 GMT
Finished the last of the three audio books I got as a bundle a couple months ago (Rose, Day of the Doctor and Twice Upon A Time). Of them, I think that Day is the best book. - mostly because it’s less obviously padded out than the other two - but it’s the lesser of the three in terms of being read. I mean, Nick Briggs is amazing at it and does a tremendous job and I loved it but Camille Coduri and Mark Gatiss were phenomenal readers.
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Post by shallacatop on Dec 9, 2020 9:42:54 GMT
Read At Childhood's End over the past few days. I wasn't expecting a great deal, yet I still ended up disappointed. It reminds me of Dark Universe in a way: all over the place with lots of untapped potential.
The story was always going to be the backdrop to the Doctor & Ace, but it's absolute nonsense. A lot of elements that get randomly thrown in, forgotten about and then we move on to something else trying to link back to what we'd been told before. A big pool of supporting characters to an already large TARDIS team plus Ace. I don't feel as though we got anything new from Ace, they didn't really develop A Charitable Earth any more than what we'd heard from some exposition from Sarah Jane, except that it's also a UNIT / Torchwood clone. Ace doesn't feel developed all that much and then she soon reverts back to her TV persona, wielding a baseball bat, throwing explosives (except this time it's Nitro-90!) and shouting.
I do really like Ace, but there's only so much of the same old story of the Doctor manipulating her, Ace shouting and screaming and then it simmering down. Rinse and repeat. We get maybe three chapters of the Doctor & Ace together and it does absolutely nothing. Indeed, they spend a bulk of their time together in silence, unsure of what to say. That's fine, if it's developed later on, but it never is. Just because the Doctor mentions that they sat in silence later in the book doesn't really justify it, especially as nothing happened between them after that mark.
By far and away the best element in the book is just how well served the Doctor, Yaz, Ryan & Graham are. They're so accurately written and their characters leap off the page. They're a crowded TARDIS team, but work so well in prose. I enjoyed Yaz's sparring with Ace and how that was reflected in the recent series. It's just a shame that the selling point is the weakest part of the book and doesn't really deliver.
There's a parallel universe out there where Dark Universe, At Childhood's End & the Season 26 trailer made a great epic and a proto-Time Lord Victorious.
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ljwilson
Chancellery Guard
It's tangerine....not orange
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Post by ljwilson on Dec 17, 2020 13:25:08 GMT
Doctor who and the Cybermen, and 3 chapters in I'm enjoying it very much.
I never get bored of a load of disparate characters, isolated from help, who are probably all going to betray each other and/or die horribly.
I'm still waiting for 'Doctor Who does The Thing' set in some remote snowy location. Maybe I should write the script and email it over to BF Towers?
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Post by tuigirl on Dec 17, 2020 16:15:08 GMT
Mistress of Chaos. This got pretty psychedelic by the end. Entertaining and enjoyable read. One of the most important messages carried through the whole collection is the issue of fake news and how much havoc they create, and the impact on content creators as well as the victims and the recipients of these fake news. At least the approach here is a bit more subtle than the actual TV series is (which is about as subtle as a punch in the face). I also liked that the voice of the Doctor and the fam was recreated beautifully and believably. You could actually hear the actors speaking these lines in your head. The art was decent, too. So yes, it is good for a rainy afternoon. Just do not expect anything really deep of profound.
Now I am going to check out the latest comic that came out yesterday.
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Post by tuigirl on Dec 17, 2020 18:56:15 GMT
The latest Doctor Who comic. Which is delightful. Well drawn light-hearted adventure which captures the two Doctors and the Fam well. And it somehow manages to stay positive and uplifting even while presenting an apocalyptic setting. I continue to enjoy these.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2020 19:24:36 GMT
The latest Doctor Who comic. Which is delightful. Well drawn light-hearted adventure which captures the two Doctors and the Fam well. And it somehow manages to stay positive and uplifting even while presenting an apocalyptic setting. I continue to enjoy these. Positive?Uplifting? Well I won’t be visiting any of those 😂😂😂
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Post by tuigirl on Dec 17, 2020 21:19:02 GMT
You could read Star Trek Hive. That is basically the opposite. I thought it was pretty dreadful for a Star Trek comic.
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Post by newt5996 on Jan 22, 2021 6:21:34 GMT
Currently reading Time’s Champion. It’s definitely from the mind of Craig Hinton though 75 pages in and I think it’s got a problem with waffling before actually going anywhere
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Jan 23, 2021 1:24:09 GMT
So, I finally got around to The Plotters, written by he who shall only be called GR. And like its creator... it's not aged well.
It's trying to be The Romans, and wears that comic leaning on its sleeve, as well as its most unfortunate scene, transposed onto Vicki. For people who called TUAT character assassination of One... this might be worse. GR does everything possible to make One ridiculously unlikeable, thorny and difficult, and the rational of his actions doesn't make a lot of sense either. Yes, One could be prickly, but this felt overdone and didn't feel right for this point in his tenure where he was softening.
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Post by newt5996 on Jan 23, 2021 1:48:06 GMT
So, I finally got around to The Plotters, written by he who shall only be called GR. And like its creator... it's not aged well. It's trying to be The Romans, and wears that comic leaning on its sleeve, as well as its most unfortunate scene, transposed onto Vicki. For people who called TUAT character assassination of One... this might be worse. GR does everything possible to make One ridiculously unlikeable, thorny and difficult, and the rational doesn't make a lot of sense either. Really? I remember loving The Plotters when I read it as a sendup of The Romans. I don't think the First Doctor was unlikable, though it's been like four/five years since I read it.
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Post by nucleusofswarm on Jan 23, 2021 1:51:02 GMT
So, I finally got around to The Plotters, written by he who shall only be called GR. And like its creator... it's not aged well. It's trying to be The Romans, and wears that comic leaning on its sleeve, as well as its most unfortunate scene, transposed onto Vicki. For people who called TUAT character assassination of One... this might be worse. GR does everything possible to make One ridiculously unlikeable, thorny and difficult, and the rational doesn't make a lot of sense either. Really? I remember loving The Plotters when I read it as a sendup of The Romans. I don't think the First Doctor was unlikable, though it's been like four/five years since I read it. To each their own, but I found most of it trying too hard to be funny or clever. To its credit, there were some funny moments and the cliffhangars worked: but on the whole, one of my least favourite of the MAs I've read thus far.
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