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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 22:11:53 GMT
So basically a move to the Main Range before Nick took over then? Yes but don't forget there's now an individual producer for each Doctor and could mean random companion combos as well. It all sounds good to me... long live the Doctor Who main range. (It's given me an alternative world to live in since the summer of 2000! )
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Post by Audio Watchdog on Jan 2, 2018 22:13:13 GMT
So basically a move to the Main Range before Nick took over then? Yes but don't forget there's now an individual producer for each Doctor and could mean random companion combos as well.
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Again, kind of looking back. We had 5 traveling with Nyssa, Turlough, Peri & Erimem. We had 6 with Peri, Mel & Evelyn. We had 7 with Ace and Mel. I'm not saying this as a negative and I'm more than okay with less continuity driven trilogies and long term story arcs. I just find it interesting that the rethink on the Main Range brings it back to its roots as a series of releases. And as we move to Big Finish's 20th anniversary it strikes me as totally appropriate. If that indeed is what we are looking at.
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Post by mark687 on Jan 2, 2018 22:14:38 GMT
Yes but don't forget there's now an individual producer for each Doctor and could mean random companion combos as well. It all sounds good to me... long live the Doctor Who main range. (It's given me an alternative world to live in since the summer of 2000! ) "Back in Summer of 99"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 22:20:41 GMT
I'm not saying this as a negative and I'm more than okay with a less continuity driven trilogies and long term story arcs. I just find it interesting that the rethink on the Main Range brings it back to its roots as a series of releases. And as we move to Big Finish's 20th anniversary it strikes me as totally appropriate. If that indeed is what we are looking at. With the twentieth anniversary of the main range next year it would be appropriate if the range went back to it's roots a bit (if our assumptions are correct), but I don't mind story styles being mixed and matched either.
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Post by jasonward on Jan 2, 2018 22:22:46 GMT
Main Range not going into Boxsets (good) and a shift away from trilogy's long term (Interesting and an idea I like) Regards mark687 Both wonderful news to me I hope the main range get reinvigorated with new Doctor's (to it) whilst The Doctor who have so far spent their entire (BF) time in the main range, get a crack at some other things.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 22:25:49 GMT
It all sounds good to me... long live the Doctor Who main range. (It's given me an alternative world to live in since the summer of 2000! ) "Back in Summer of 99" (It took me a year to get on board the BF Express though, I thought they were just another BBV or Floor 10!)
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Post by mark687 on Jan 2, 2018 22:27:59 GMT
"Back in Summer of 99" (It took me a year to get on board the BF Express though, I thought they were just another BBV or Floor 10!) Wash your ears out sir!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2018 22:29:59 GMT
(It took me a year to get on board the BF Express though, I thought they were just another BBV or Floor 10!) Wash your ears out sir!
I have paid (a lot) for my sins!
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Post by aztec on Jan 2, 2018 22:30:10 GMT
Excellent news they now have the rights to the 12th Dr era, maybe we could now get a Nardole talking to crows short trip afterall...
Fingers crossed Perkins makes a glorious return one day as well...
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Post by mark687 on Jan 2, 2018 22:32:25 GMT
I have paid (a lot) for my sins! Ha I know the feeling !
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Post by agentten on Jan 2, 2018 22:55:40 GMT
This makes me wonder if BF's deal has an arrangement in it to the effect that they gain the rights to a Doctor's era once that Doctor's final episode airs. Given the long term relationship with Big Finish and the BBC, something along those lines would save everyone from having to sit down and renegotiate a contract every three years (give or take).
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Post by jasonward on Jan 3, 2018 1:55:56 GMT
This makes me wonder if BF's deal has an arrangement in it to the effect that they gain the rights to a Doctor's era once that Doctor's final episode airs. Given the long term relationship with Big Finish and the BBC, something along those lines would save everyone from having to sit down and renegotiate a contract every three years (give or take). Well people have said in this thread and elsewhere here on the forums, that there are only now two type of Who licence "Past" and "Present". If that's true, then yes, as soon as a Doctor is replaced they become the "past" and available to anyone with that licence.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Jan 3, 2018 9:54:01 GMT
Matt Smith said in an interview ages ago that it was his agent turning BF down, and he'd actually like to do some. Link? I think if he actually wanted to be doing them, he would be. We can only go by what Nick says. I know Matt did say he'd like to at a con in a video I saw online but he seemed to be playing to the crowd and in a "one day..." kind of way. He basically says as much here because the interview came after one of the times Nicholas Briggs said they had approached him: www.google.co.uk/amp/s/gallifreyarchive.com/2016/02/08/matt-smith-on-big-finish/amp/
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Jan 3, 2018 10:00:17 GMT
An impromptu "Ask Me Anything" on Nick's Facebook. Massive cheers. Here's the link if anyone else missed it.Other interesting point: Capaldi, Eccleston, Matt Smith and Matt Lucas have been asked but are busy, Iris is showing up with a Doctor next year, there's a completely original BF series coming in 2019... Lots of neat stuff. And, yes, in no uncertain terms, they do have the license. I thought it would take some time but there it is. Hope this means we can see some Zygon development now that UNIT can move past Jemma and Ingrid's Capaldi episodes. I think Nicholas Briggs is getting his hopes up a bit with Christopher Eccleston! His 'never say never to Eccleston' type of answer seems more than a little optimistic given his reluctance to return to the role.
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Post by omega on Jan 3, 2018 10:42:37 GMT
Massive cheers. Here's the link if anyone else missed it.Other interesting point: Capaldi, Eccleston, Matt Smith and Matt Lucas have been asked but are busy, Iris is showing up with a Doctor next year, there's a completely original BF series coming in 2019... Lots of neat stuff. And, yes, in no uncertain terms, they do have the license. I thought it would take some time but there it is. Hope this means we can see some Zygon development now that UNIT can move past Jemma and Ingrid's Capaldi episodes. I think Nicholas Briggs is getting his hopes up a bit with Christopher Eccleston! His 'never say never to Eccleston' type of answer seems more than a little optimistic given his reluctance to return to the role. The actors are in Big Finish primarily because they want to do radio work or whatever franchise is being produced. Money is rarely the main incentive. If Chris doesn't want to return to the role or franchise, he's under no obligation to do so. He's well within his rights to pursue other things.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Jan 3, 2018 10:47:02 GMT
I think Nicholas Briggs is getting his hopes up a bit with Christopher Eccleston! His 'never say never to Eccleston' type of answer seems more than a little optimistic given his reluctance to return to the role. The actors are in Big Finish primarily because they want to do radio work or whatever franchise is being produced. Money is rarely the main incentive. If Chris doesn't want to return to the role or franchise, he's under no obligation to do so. He's well within his rights to pursue other things. I know, I'm just saying I'd be totally shocked if Christopher Eccleston ever agrees to do Big Finish. I'm glad they're going to keep asking but I think many of us in this fandom would be surprised if he ever said yes.
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Post by omega on Jan 3, 2018 10:53:22 GMT
The actors are in Big Finish primarily because they want to do radio work or whatever franchise is being produced. Money is rarely the main incentive. If Chris doesn't want to return to the role or franchise, he's under no obligation to do so. He's well within his rights to pursue other things. I know, I'm just saying I'd be totally shocked if Christopher Eccleston ever agrees to do Big Finish. I'm glad they're going to keep asking but I think many of us in this fandom would be surprised if he ever said yes. If Nick is able to get Chris back as Nine (that's a huge If), Nick will have gotten two of the big three Doctors in. He got Tom, while Paul's been around for years doing a marvelous job with Eight. Maybe that's part of Nick's desire. He did say getting atom on board was one of his goals.
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Post by dalekbuster523finish on Jan 3, 2018 11:26:33 GMT
I know, I'm just saying I'd be totally shocked if Christopher Eccleston ever agrees to do Big Finish. I'm glad they're going to keep asking but I think many of us in this fandom would be surprised if he ever said yes. If Nick is able to get Chris back as Nine (that's a huge If), Nick will have gotten two of the big three Doctors in. He got Tom, while Paul's been around for years doing a marvelous job with Eight. Maybe that's part of Nick's desire. He did say getting atom on board was one of his goals. Tom Baker did evidently enjoy playing the Doctor though whereas Christopher Eccleston had a poor experience in the lead role and left after only one series. I could be wrong but I would imagine it's probably easier to convince someone who liked being the Doctor to return than somebody who sees it as a job he didn't enjoy. I mean, I doubt getting Tom Baker on-board was easy but he definitely must have more fond memories of his time in the role than Christopher Eccleston.
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Post by aztec on Jan 3, 2018 11:47:42 GMT
As I understand things McGann only found out about Big Finish after they were brought up in an interview, apparently his agent at the time (who was Janet Fielding I think) turned down Big Finish without really talking to him about it, assuming he wouldn't be interested/reasoning radioplays were the wrong move for his career at the time (well, that's what I read on GB), McGann was (and remains to an extent) quite a high profile and very busy character actor at the time, quite a coup for BF to sign him only 15 or so stories into the run.
Tom Baker was hugely popular as the Doctor and played the role for 7 largely happy years, although he had several high profile roles and was always working after he left Who staying in the role for so long arguably left him typecast, returning to play the Doctor on audio in his 80's whilst semi-retired is a very different situation to Eccleston who remains a very busy character actor and had a huge career before he signed on for the single series (a series fraught with overuns,troubled production/budget issues and numerous script rewrites) a series in which his Doctor underwent a complete 180 degrees character arc, perhaps Eccleston feels he doesn't have much more he could do with the part.
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Post by aussiedoctorwhofan on Jan 3, 2018 12:28:48 GMT
I just love how every year Big Finish are expanding , it's awesome..!
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